Ramon d'Abella was a Catalan

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 military leader and royal councillor under John I

John I of Aragon

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 and Martin of the Crown of Aragon

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During the guerra dels armanyaguesos in 1389, Ramon led a regiment of cavalry

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 in the area around Torroella de Montgrí

Torroella de Montgrí

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 and Palafrugell

Palafrugell

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. The young poet Guillem de Masdovelles

Guillem de Masdovelles

Guillem de Masdovelles was a Catalan soldier, courtier, politician, and poet. His family came from the Penedès, but he was active in Barcelona, where he became a civic leader. His fifteen poems are preserved alongside the work of his nephew, Joan Berenguer, in a chansonnier compiled by Joan...

 fought under Ramon in these campaigns against Bernard VII of Armagnac and composed a sirventesch dedicated to him. It was probably sometime before this war that Ramon had a falling out with Guerau de Queralt i de Rocabertí.

In 1392 Ramon purchased the castle of Solivella

Solivella

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 and its jurisdiction, both high and low, for 16,500 Aragonese sou

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s from John I. From 1395 to 1397 and again from 1398 to 1401 he served as governor of the Kingdom of Majorca

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. His lieutenant was Berenguer de Montagut

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