Peter IV of Aragon

Who was Peter IV of Aragon?

Peter IV, called el Cerimoniós or el del punyalet, was the King of Aragon, King of Sardinia and Corsica, King of Valencia, and Count of Barcelona from 1336 until his death. He deposed James III of Majorca and made himself King of Majorca in 1344. His reign was occupied with attempts to strengthen the crown against the Union of Aragon and other such devices of the nobility, with their near constant revolts, and with foreign wars, in Sardinia, Sicily, the Mezzogiorno, Greece, and the Balearics. His wars in Greece made him Duke of Athens and Neopatria in 1381.