POLITICIAN

Peter IV of Aragon

1319 - 1387

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Peter IV (Catalan: Pere IV d'Aragó; Aragonese; Pero IV d'Aragón; 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: El Cerimoniós; Aragonese: el Ceremonioso), was from 1336 until his death the king of Aragon, Sardinia-Corsica, and Valencia, and count of Barcelona. In 1344, he deposed James III of Majorca and made himself King of Majorca. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter IV of Aragon has received more than 331,517 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter IV of Aragon is the 1,807th most popular politician (down from 1,710th in 2019), the 150th most popular biography from Spain (down from 142nd in 2019) and the 48th most popular Spanish Politician.

Peter IV of Aragon is most famous for his conquest of the Kingdom of Majorca in 1343.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Peter IV of Aragon ranks 1,807 out of 19,576Before him are Meñli I Giray, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor, Celâl Bayar, Al-Mutawakkil, and Jiang Ziya. After him are Senusret I, Chenghua Emperor, Joseph McCarthy, Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies, Michael the Brave, and Jang Song-thaek.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1319, Peter IV of Aragon ranks 2Before him is John II of France. After him are Stephen II, Duke of Bavaria, Charles, Duke of Brittany, Matteo II Visconti, and Theodoric of Prague. Among people deceased in 1387, Peter IV of Aragon ranks 3Before him are Olaf II of Denmark, and Charles II of Navarre. After him are Elizabeth of Bosnia, Abraham Cresques, Çandarlı Kara Halil Hayreddin Pasha, and Sāyaṇa.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Peter IV of Aragon ranks 150 out of 3,355Before him are Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920), Josemaría Escrivá (1902), James II of Aragon (1267), Henry IV of Castile (1425), Ferdinand I of Naples (1423), and José Echegaray (1832). After him are Diego de Almagro (1475), Berengaria of Navarre (1165), José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903), Carlos Saura (1932), Ferdinand I of León (1016), and Francisco de Quevedo (1584).

Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Peter IV of Aragon ranks 48Before him are Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380), Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona (1913), Henry II of Navarre (1503), Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920), James II of Aragon (1267), and Ferdinand I of Naples (1423). After him are José Antonio Primo de Rivera (1903), Ferdinand I of León (1016), Alfonso VIII of Castile (1155), John II of Castile (1405), Alfonso XI of Castile (1311), and John II of Aragon (1398).