Sancho (1274 – 4 September 1324), called the Pacific or the Peaceful (el Pacífic or el Pacífico), was King of Majorca

Kingdom of Majorca

The Kingdom of Majorca was founded by James I of Aragon, also known as James The Conqueror. After the death of his first-born son Alfonso, a will was written in 1262 which created the kingdom in order to cede it to his son James...

, Count of Roussillon and Cerdanya, and Lord of Montpellier from 1311 to his death. He was the second son of James II

James II of Majorca

James II was King of Majorca and Lord of Montpellier from 1276 until his death. He was the second son of James I of Aragon and his wife Violant, daughter of Andrew II of Hungary...

 and Escalaramunda de Foix, daughter of Roger IV

Roger IV of Foix

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, count of Foix. He inherited the throne when his elder brother James renounced his claim to became a Franciscan

Franciscan

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 monk.

In his early reign, Sancho struggled to continue his father's policy of stabilising the kingdom, but the major city of the realm, Palma de Mallorca

Palma de Mallorca

Palma is the major city and port on the island of Majorca and capital city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain. The names Ciutat de Mallorca and Ciutat were used before the War of the Spanish Succession and are still used by people in Majorca. However, the official name...

, fought for autonomy. He extorted money from the Jews to build a navy

Navy

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. In 1324, shortly before his death, he began construction of the Cathedral of Perpignan, in which he was buried.

Sancho married Maria of Naples

Maria of Naples

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, daughter of Charles II

Charles II of Naples

Charles II, known as "the Lame" was King of Naples, King of Albania, Prince of Salerno, Prince of Achaea and Count of Anjou.-Biography:...

, king of Naples and Maria Arpad of Hungary

Maria Arpad of Hungary

Mary of Hungary , of the Árpád dynasty, was Queen consort of the Kingdom of Naples. She was a daughter of Stephen V of Hungary and his wife Elizabeth the Cuman.-Family:Mary's mother followed the Shamanist religion, like other Cumans...

. They had no (legitimate) descendants. This lack threatened the survival of the young independent state. He willed the kingdom to his nephew James

James III of Majorca

James III , called the Rash or the Unfortunate, son of Ferdinand of Majorca and Isabelle de Sabran, heiress of Principality of Achaea, was the King of Majorca from 1324 to 1344. He was the last independent king of Majorca of the House of Barcelona.James was born at Catania...

 to prevent it from falling to the Crown of Aragón

Crown of Aragon

The Crown of Aragon Corona d'Aragón Corona d'Aragó Corona Aragonum controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain and southeastern France, as well as some of the major islands and mainland possessions stretching across the Mediterranean as far as Greece...

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Ancestry

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