The Almoravids were crucial in avoiding a precipitated fall of Al-Andalus to the Iberian Christian kingdoms, when they decisively beat a coalition of the Castilian and Aragonese armies at the Battle of Sagrajas.

Three years afterwards, under Yusuf's son and successor, Ali ibn Yusuf, Sintra and Santarém were added, and Iberia was again invaded in 1119 and 1121, but the tide had turned, the French having assisted the Aragonese to recover Zaragoza.

Being a much better soldier than any of his opponents he won the Battle of Candespina and the Battle of Viadangos, but his only trustworthy supporters were his Aragonese, who were not numerous enough to keep Castile and León subjugated.

A unified General Chancellorship for the whole Aragonese reign was set in Naples, although the main functionaries were of Aragonese nationality.

Both the Angevins and their Aragonese rivals were to claim the title of " King of Sicily "; but the Angevins, confined to the mainland, would be known to history as " Kings of Naples ".

The Aragonese forces were disorganized and disintegrated under the assault of Montfort's squadrons.

The Two Sicilies were to be a tenaciously-pursued inheritance for the Aragonese royal house and its heirs for the next five centuries.

Aragonese crown troops were commanded mainly by Christian officers, or infanzones ( low noblemen without money ).

These Aragonese troops were subjected mainly by Christian nobility.

The invaders were defeated in 1390 by Aragonese troops commanded by the Infante Martin, the king's brother ( and successor ).

However, in the 1380s, the remaining independent principality Arborea became a fortress of rebellion and the Aragonese were rapidly driven back by Eleanor de Bas-Serra.

Friar João Mocho and the Aragonese friar Bernardo, crucifix in hand, were said to go through the streets of the city, crying " Heresy!

" The Aragonese " writes Thiers ' more brave and enthusiastic as the rest of the nation, committed by previous demonstrations, were obliged to stay and fight with fury.

There were vented gunpowder in the first siege of Saragossa and fought hard in Tudela, probably in the area of ​​ Santa Barbara with the rest of the Aragonese and the 5th Division, went the next day in Zaragoza suffering like the rest of whistles that from the walls, dedicated to the brave Zaragoza defeated, as a reproach to his cowardice.

With the ascension of the House of Bourbon to the Spanish throne, the historic Aragonese viceroyalties were replaced by new Captaincies General.

Moreover, Aragonese and Valencian nobles in particular were interested in keeping their Morisco vassals under personal control ; they tried to protect them from Inquisitorial prosecution by advocating patience and religious instruction.

Around 1575, plans were made for a combined attack of Aragonese Moriscos and Huguenots from Béarn under Henri de Navarre against Spanish Aragon, in agreement with the king of Algiers and the Ottoman Empire, but these projects foundered with the arrival of John of Austria in Aragon and the disarmament of the Moriscos.

However, in the 1380s, in the reign of Martin's father Peter IV, the remaining independent principality of Arborea became a fortress of rebellion and the Aragonese were rapidly driven back by Eleanor of Arborea, so that practically the whole of Sardinia was lost.

Roger de Flor's offer was accepted by both Byzantium and by the Aragonese, rulers in Sicily and southern Italy, who were quite eager to rid themselves of unemployed and unruly soldiers.

In 1482, Lorenzo il Magnifico arranged for the marriage between the young Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco and Semiramide Appiano, daughter of the Appiani lord Jacopo III of Piombino, who brought not only lucrative commercial ties but also political connections ( the Appiani were related by marriage to the Aragonese of Naples ).

The archiepiscopal offices of Athens and Thebes were held by Frenchmen and Italians until the late fourteenth century, when Catalan or Aragonese people began to fill them.

From time to time during this period, the Islands were nominally ruled by various Counts of Malta, who were typically illegitimate sons of the reigning Aragonese monarch ; however, the day-to-day administration of the country was essentially in the hands of the local nobility, through their governing council known as the Università.

* The Castle, originally built before 540 AD and enlarged by the Normans and later by the Aragonese in 1459, unfortunately partially torn in late 19th century and in 1923, is now home to art exhibitions.

An Aragonese invasion, led by Alfonso III, came on 17 January 1287 ; its anniversary is now celebrated as Minorca's national day.

The succession to the Castilian and Aragonese crowns now fell to Joanna.

* Aragonese language ( ISO 639 alpha-3, arg ), a Romance language now spoken in a number of local varieties by between 10, 000 and 30, 000 people over the valleys of the Aragón River, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza in Aragon

His son Charles II succeeded him in Achaea as well as Sicily ( now reduced to the Kingdom of Naples ), but was a prisoner in Aragonese hands.

Many parishes of what is now called la Franja had been historically part of the Diocese of Lleida, along with other, non-Catalan-speaking Aragonese towns.

* The Historic Aragonese Castle which now houses the Italian Penitentiary Police ( Italy's Correction Officers ) training facility

The consequences vary ; an advanced language shift affects some regions, for example Asturias, whose native linguistic varieties are now close to extinction, or Aragonese language, whereas in other areas, such as Catalonia or the Basque Country, the strong link between identity and local language has contributed to its better preservation.

Due to a serious knee injury, Diogo missed the entire 2008 – 09 season, with the Aragonese now in the second division.

In Milan, however, he impressed his captor with his cultured demeanor and persuaded him to let him go by making it plain that it was not in Milan's interest to prevent the victory of the Aragonese party in Naples.

About September, however, a spurious Part Two, entitled Second Volume of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha: by the Licenciado ( doctorate ) Alonso Fernández de Avellaneda, of Tordesillas, was published in Tarragona by an unidentified Aragonese who was an admirer of Lope de Vega, rival of Cervantes.

The Pope, however, did not live long enough to complete these negotiations, which finally resulted in a peaceful settlement of the Aragonese as well as the Sicilian question in 1302 under Pope Boniface VIII.

Also in 1502, the Aragonese Cortes gathered in Zaragoza to swear an oath to Joanna as heiress ; however, the Archbishop of Saragossa expressed firmly that this oath could only establish jurisprudence by way of a formal agreement on the succession between the Cortes and the king.

The deal soon fell through, however, and Aragon and France resumed their war over the kingdom, ultimately resulting in an Aragonese victory leaving Ferdinand in control of the kingdom by 1504.

Control of Sardinia, however, did not pass permanently to Genoa: the Aragonese kings of Naples disputed control and did not secure it until the 15th century.

In 1401, however, it was confiscated after the treason of Andrea Chiaramonte, and assigned to several Aragonese feudataries.

He was supported, however, by the doctors of the University of Montpellier and by an Aragonese troubadour, Thomàs Périz de Fozes, who wrote a poem in his defence.

The family however had secured some Aragonese lands in Montpellier and Roussillon.

Sforza, however, allied himself with Medici Florence and his friend Cosimo de ' Medici against Venice and Aragonese Naples.

Eventually, however, the two monarchs reached a mutual accord — the Pact of Vadoluongo — of " adoption " in January 1135: García was deemed the " son " and Ramiro the " father " in an attempt to maintain both the independence of each kingdom and the de facto supremacy of the Aragonese one.