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counts of Barcelona who became independent with Wilfred I. by 874. He and his immediate descendants gradually subdued the other counts. They suffered much from the inroads of Mansur in the 10th century, but on the decline of the caliphate, they took part in the general advance.

Berenguer Ramon I. 1018–1035 Held Barcelona, Vich and Manresa with land conquered from the Moors to the south.
Ramon Berenguer,
 "The Old."
1035–1076 Son. His father had divided his possessions between his widow and all his sons, but Ramon Berenguer reunited them by force. He left his dominion to be held in common by his two sons.
Ramon Berenguer II.  1076–1082  Ramon Berenguer II. Cap d’estops (“Tow Pow”) was murdered by Berenguer Ramon II., whose end is unknown.
and
Berenguer Ramon II. 1076–1082
Ramon Berenguer 1082–1131 Son of Ramon Berenguer II. By his marriage with Aldonza or Douce of Provence he acquired territory in south-eastern France. He inherited or subdued all the other countships of Catalonia, except Peralada.
Ramon Berenguer 1131–1162 Son. Inherited the Spanish possessions of his father, the French going to a brother. Was betrothed to Petronilla of Aragon, and married her in 1150, becoming king of Aragon.

Second period of the union, disunion and reunion of Castile and Leon from Fernando I. to Fernando III. Fernando I. divided his dominions among his three sons: to Sancho, the eldest, Castile; to Alfonso, the second son, Leon; to Garcia, the third son, Gallicia.

Berenguer Ramon I. 1018–1035 Held Barcelona, Vich and Manresa with land conquered from the Moors to the south.
Sancho II. 1065–1072 He expelled Alphonso and Garcia, reuniting the three kingdoms. Murdered at Zamora.
Alphonso VI. 1065–1109 Returned from exile, obtained all the three kingdoms, and imprisoned Garcia for life.
Urraca 1109–1126 Daughter of Alphonso VI., and widow of Raymond of Burgundy.
Alphonso VII. 1126–1157 Son. Recognized as king in Gallicia during his mother’s life. Divided his kingdoms between his sons; to the elder Sancho, Castile, to the younger, Fernando, Leon.
Sancho III. 1157–1158 In Castile.
Fernando II. 1157–1188 In Leon.
Alphonso VIII.  1158–1214  Castile. Son of Sancho III.
Alphonso IX. 1188–1230 Leon. Son of Fernando II. Is numbered IX. because he was junior to the cousin Alphonso of Castile.
Henry I. 1214–1217 Castile. Son of Alphonso VIII.
Berengaria 1217– Daughter of Alphonso VIII. Married to Alphonso IX. of Leon, but the marriage was declared uncanonical by the pope. The children were declared legitimate. Berengaria resigned the crown of Castile to her son Fernando by the uncanonical marriage with Alphonso IX. of Leon.
Fernando III. 1217–1252 Inherited Leon on the death of his father Alphonso IX., and united the crowns for the last time, in 1230.


Castile and Leon till the Union With Aragon.

Fernando III. was king of Castile and Leon from 1230 to 1252.

Alphonso X. 1252–1284 Eldest son of Fernando III.
Sancho IV. 1284–1295 Second son of Alphonso. X. Was preferred to the sons of his elder brother Ferdinand de la Cerda, who died in Alphonso's lifetime.
Ferdinand IV. 1295–1312 Son of Sancho.
Alphonso XI. 1312–1350 Son of Ferdinand IV.
Peter “The Cruel”  1350–1369 Son of Alphonso XI.
Henry II. 1369–1379 Natural son of Alphonso IX. He deposed and murdered Peter, and founded the line of the new kings.
John I. 1379–1390 Son of Henry II.
Henry III. 1390–1406 Son of John I.
John II. 1406–1454 Son of Henry III.
Henry IV. 1454–1474 Son. The legitimacy of the daughter of his second marriage was not recognized, and the crown of Castile passed to his sister, who married Ferdinand of Aragon. The marriage united the crowns in 1479.
Isabella 1474–1504

Aragon, from the union with the county of Barcelona, to the union with Castile:—

Alphonso II. 1162–1196  Son and successor of Petronilla and Ramon Berenguer IV. Recovered the Provencal possessions of Ramon Berenguer II.
Peter II. 1196–1213 Son. Killed at Muret.
James I., “The 
 Conqueror.”
1213–1276 Son. Conquered the Balearic Islands and Valencia. Left the islands to his son James, from whom the title passed in succession to Sancho (d. 1324), his eldest son, to Sancho’s nephew James (d. 1349), and to another James, his son (d. 1375); but the actual possession was recovered by the elder line before the extinction of the younger branch.
Peter III. 1276–1285 Eldest son. Conquered Sicily, claimed by right of his wife Constance, daughter of Manfred of Beneventum.
Alphonso III. 1285–1291 Eldest son. Succeeded to Spanish possessions.
James II. 1291–1327 Second son of Peter III. He had succeeded to Sicily, but resigned his rights, which were then assumed by his brother Frederick, who founded the Aragonese line of kings of Sicily.
Alphonso IV. 1327–1336 Son of James II.
Peter IV. 1336–1387 Finally reannexed the Balearic Islands.
John I. 1387–1395 Son by the marriage of Peter IV. with his cousin Eleanor of the Sicilian line.
Martin 1395–1410 Younger brother of John I. His son Martin was chosen king of Sicily , but died in 1409. The male line of the kings of Aragon of the House of Barcelona ended with Martin.
Ferdinand I. 1412–1416 Second son of Eleanor, sister of Martin, and wife of John I. of Castile. Succeeded by choice of the Cortes.
Alphonso V. 1416–1458 Son. Spent most of his life in Italy, where he was king of Naples and Sicily.
John II. 1458–1479 Brother of Alphonso V., whom he succeeded in the Spanish possessions, and Sicily, but not in Naples.
Ferdinand II. 1479–1516 Son. His marriage with Isabella united the crowns.