Raimundo Perellós
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Raimundo Perellós, Viscount of Perellós, title of 1391, province of Zaragoza, Spain, was a nobleman of the Kingdom of Aragon
, Viceroy of Sicily, 1441–1443, and probably, the son of another Raymond Perellós, a.k.a. Ramón Perellós, member of the Council of king John I of Aragon
, (1350–1396), who was awarded the title of 1st Viscount of Perellós, on 13 February 1391.
, had one daughter Yolande of Aragon
, (Zaragoza
, Spain, 1384–1443), married in 1400 king Louis II of Anjou, a.k.a. king Louis II of Naples
, (1377 - 29 April 1417).
Most beautiful Yolande of Aragon, according to the French Chroniclers, had been betrothed through Ramón Perellós earlier diplomatic missions in France in 1390 to Louis II of Anjou, she became, supposedly, a Dowager Queen Regent of Naples aged 33, in 1417, and her first male child, who had been named Louis III of Anjou, a.k.a. Adopted king Louis III of Naples
, (25 September 1403 - 12 November 1434, aged 31) who died childless, too.
His adoption was carried out by twice married but childless Queen of Naples since 1414, Joan II of Naples
, (Zadar
, Dalmatia
, 25 June 1373 - Naples
, Italy, 2 February 1435, aged 61). Although Queen Joan II had cared to declare as her successor Louis III youngest brother René of Anjou, born 16 January 1409, the reality was that young René became effective King of Naples during the period 1438-1442, in spite of dying in 1480, while the rest of the time Naples was a conquered "manu militari" stronghold of the hard and ambitious Spanish Aragonese royal House of Aragón.
It appears, that the powerful Aragonese family Luna
, related by marriages to the Royal Aragonese Crown since the late 1300s and their abiding for supporting the rights of succession on the Crown of Aragón to the Anjou
, royal French origins, in Dalmatia
, Croatia
, Serbia
, Hungary, Naples
, and, hopefully, Sicily
and Sardinia
were rather hard to swallow by the new Aragonese Trastámara dynasty issued from the pactioned arrangements at Caspe
city in 1412. It was the time to support those Barons and Viscounts willing to work for the new dynasty giving them honors and lands whenever possible.
Rueda
is a rather common name in several places in Spain, but Rueda de Jalón
had been always a pivotal center to control and to close, eventually, access by the Castilians to the river Ebro
, through the river Jalón
, whose sources, located near Medinaceli
area, a Castilian area, provided water and fodder for the brisky trade outspots along the river, heavily populated by Muslim farmers and Jewish traders and money changing quarters. The Christian Lords of the conquered lands near the Castilian-Aragonese borders had to rely on sharing a part of the agricultural products, grain and wheat cutivated by the Muslim farmers, while iron trade for weapons, cloth, shoes, woollens, wine and artifacts were traded mainly by the Jews. We could speak on a certain religious tolerance but with some unwritten rules on privacy on your religious feelings, too. No bigotry, neither fundamentalists when the swords are used for communal protection also, poor or rich.
Aragonese Barons and Viscounts were thus some sort of "capitalists" being able to fund, if convinced adequately, military campaigns or trade naval expeditions through the Mediterranean, provided the equivalent to the modern words, "profit shares", were around. There were not, strictly speaking, such as our modern words "our country", "patriotism", "allegiance", and so on. Pactioned protection implied duties and rights on both sides of the contracts, written or not, to obtain a higher social respect, and money and lands, not only duties of the weak and rights of the powerful like the modern civilized world of Western Europe today as synthetised by the power philosophers.
The failure of North European conceptions on power relations, be they British, French or German can be seen everywhere around today while the understanding of some phenomena where drought, too much rain, plagues, etc., gave way to "elastic" payments of taxes for instance. You can only have hard working farmers rgrough slavery or conscription, a Bank not behaving exactly the same than a Bishop, administering big portions of Church lands either. Storage of grain for instance, has been always a constant in many "primitive" cultures.
We are tempted to think that these so many years of Viceroy administration in so many places for so many hundreds of years have not been yet properly explained, neither can be understood using dogmatic Marxism or dogmatic free economy thinking concocted at "excellence" centers by thinktanks boffins.
We know that even before the Luna family relatives were purged out of the proximity of power, circa 1410-1415, king John I of Aragon
, deceased 1396, sold the area of Rueda de Jalón
to Viscount Ramón Perellós, perhaps the son of a Francisco de Perellós, a Viscount of Perelló since 1366 by award of king Peter IV of Aragon
and that Ramón Perelló had sold it to Lope Ximénez de Urrea in 1393, getting thus their title of Viscounts of Rueda. He seems to have died in 1404.
It is known than from 1404 to around 1423 the Castle was held by Pedro Ximenez de Urrea y Heredia, 2nd Viscount. Then, from 1439 to 1492, it was held by Lope Ximénez de Urrea y Bardaxí, 3rd Viscount.
By 1488, one of these "Urrea", Lope Ximenez de Urrea y Centelles, 4th Viscount, deceased 19 January 1508, had been promoted that year to Count of Aranda (Aranda de Moncayo
), later a most famous family.
During the period 1490-1512 it was held by Miguel Ximénez de Urrea e Hijar, 2nd Count of Aranda and 5th Viscount of Rueda, while in 1512 was held by Juan de Lanuza, finding again the preceding in 1538.
Kingdom of Aragon
The Kingdom of Aragon was a medieval and early modern kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain...
, Viceroy of Sicily, 1441–1443, and probably, the son of another Raymond Perellós, a.k.a. Ramón Perellós, member of the Council of king John I of Aragon
John I of Aragon
John I , called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance , but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of...
, (1350–1396), who was awarded the title of 1st Viscount of Perellós, on 13 February 1391.
The political influence of the Aragonese Viscounts of Perellós and Rueda in Italy
This king John I of Aragon, deceased 1396, from the House of AragónHouse of Aragon
The House of Aragon is the name given several royal houses that ruled the County, the Kingdom or the Crown of Aragon.Some historiansGuillermo Fatás y Guillermo Redondo, Alberto Montaner Frutos, Faustino Menéndez Pidal de Navascués...
, had one daughter Yolande of Aragon
Yolande of Aragon
Yolande of Aragon, , was a throne claimant and titular queen regnant of Aragon, titular queen consort of Naples, Duchess of Anjou, Countess of Provence, and regent of Provence during the minority of her son...
, (Zaragoza
Zaragoza
Zaragoza , also called Saragossa in English, is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain...
, Spain, 1384–1443), married in 1400 king Louis II of Anjou, a.k.a. king Louis II of Naples
Louis II of Naples
Louis II of Anjou was the rival of Ladislaus as King of Naples. He was a member of the House of Valois-Anjou.-Biography:...
, (1377 - 29 April 1417).
Most beautiful Yolande of Aragon, according to the French Chroniclers, had been betrothed through Ramón Perellós earlier diplomatic missions in France in 1390 to Louis II of Anjou, she became, supposedly, a Dowager Queen Regent of Naples aged 33, in 1417, and her first male child, who had been named Louis III of Anjou, a.k.a. Adopted king Louis III of Naples
Louis III of Naples
Louis III was titular King of Naples 1417–1426, Count of Provence, Forcalquier, Piedmont, and Maine and Duke of Anjou 1417–1434, and Duke of Calabria 1426–1434....
, (25 September 1403 - 12 November 1434, aged 31) who died childless, too.
His adoption was carried out by twice married but childless Queen of Naples since 1414, Joan II of Naples
Joan II of Naples
Joan II was Queen of Naples from 1414 to her death, upon which the senior Angevin line of Naples became extinct. As a mere formality, she used the title of Queen of Jerusalem, Sicily, and Hungary....
, (Zadar
Zadar
Zadar is a city in Croatia on the Adriatic Sea. It is the centre of Zadar county and the wider northern Dalmatian region. Population of the city is 75,082 citizens...
, Dalmatia
Dalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
, 25 June 1373 - Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, Italy, 2 February 1435, aged 61). Although Queen Joan II had cared to declare as her successor Louis III youngest brother René of Anjou, born 16 January 1409, the reality was that young René became effective King of Naples during the period 1438-1442, in spite of dying in 1480, while the rest of the time Naples was a conquered "manu militari" stronghold of the hard and ambitious Spanish Aragonese royal House of Aragón.
The House of Aragón kings of Sicily control on Sardinia and Naples after 1440
Curiously enough, the next Viceroys of Sicily after the spell of local power there by the Viscounts of Perellós, before and after the 1412 pactioned compromises on the Aragonese kingdom succession were: Lope Ximénez de Urrea, Viscount of Rueda, the same title held by his predecessor, Raimundo Perellós, Viceroy of Sicily, 1443–1459, 16 years of ruling, Juan de Moncayo, Viceroy of Sicily, 1459–1463, during 4 years, and again once more, Lope Ximénez de Urrea, Viceroy of Sicily, 1465–1475, another 10 years.It appears, that the powerful Aragonese family Luna
Luna
Luna most often refers to:* The Latin name for the Moon, Earth's only natural satellite* Luna, the Roman incarnation of Selene, a goddess and the personified Moon in Greek mythology...
, related by marriages to the Royal Aragonese Crown since the late 1300s and their abiding for supporting the rights of succession on the Crown of Aragón to the Anjou
Anjou
Anjou is a former county , duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France. It corresponds largely to the present-day département of Maine-et-Loire...
, royal French origins, in Dalmatia
Dalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, Hungary, Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
, and, hopefully, Sicily
Sicily
Sicily is a region of Italy, and is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. Along with the surrounding minor islands, it constitutes an autonomous region of Italy, the Regione Autonoma Siciliana Sicily has a rich and unique culture, especially with regard to the arts, music, literature,...
and Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
were rather hard to swallow by the new Aragonese Trastámara dynasty issued from the pactioned arrangements at Caspe
Caspe
Caspe or Casp is a historic town and municipality in the province of Zaragoza, in the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It is situated some 100 km to the east of the provincial capital, Zaragoza.-History:...
city in 1412. It was the time to support those Barons and Viscounts willing to work for the new dynasty giving them honors and lands whenever possible.
Rueda
Rueda
Rueda may refer to one of the following.*Rueda , the Spanish wine producing region in the province of Valladolid*Rueda de Casino, a round dance variant of salsa...
is a rather common name in several places in Spain, but Rueda de Jalón
Rueda de Jalón
Rueda de Jalón is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 360 inhabitants....
had been always a pivotal center to control and to close, eventually, access by the Castilians to the river Ebro
Ebro
The Ebro or Ebre is one of the most important rivers in the Iberian Peninsula. It is the biggest river by discharge volume in Spain.The Ebro flows through the following cities:*Reinosa in Cantabria.*Miranda de Ebro in Castile and León....
, through the river Jalón
Jalón (river)
The river Jalón is located in the northeast of Spain, and is one of the principal tributaries of the Ebro. It has a length of and drains a watershed of . The flow rate in Calatayud is , but is highly irregular due to the great range of Mediterranean rainfall patterns.The course of the river forms...
, whose sources, located near Medinaceli
Medinaceli
Medinaceli is a municipality and town in the province of Soria . Its name derives from the Arabic toponym madīnat sālim . The town is named after one Salim bin Waral, head of a Masmuda Berber family which settled there in the 8th century....
area, a Castilian area, provided water and fodder for the brisky trade outspots along the river, heavily populated by Muslim farmers and Jewish traders and money changing quarters. The Christian Lords of the conquered lands near the Castilian-Aragonese borders had to rely on sharing a part of the agricultural products, grain and wheat cutivated by the Muslim farmers, while iron trade for weapons, cloth, shoes, woollens, wine and artifacts were traded mainly by the Jews. We could speak on a certain religious tolerance but with some unwritten rules on privacy on your religious feelings, too. No bigotry, neither fundamentalists when the swords are used for communal protection also, poor or rich.
Aragonese Barons and Viscounts were thus some sort of "capitalists" being able to fund, if convinced adequately, military campaigns or trade naval expeditions through the Mediterranean, provided the equivalent to the modern words, "profit shares", were around. There were not, strictly speaking, such as our modern words "our country", "patriotism", "allegiance", and so on. Pactioned protection implied duties and rights on both sides of the contracts, written or not, to obtain a higher social respect, and money and lands, not only duties of the weak and rights of the powerful like the modern civilized world of Western Europe today as synthetised by the power philosophers.
The failure of North European conceptions on power relations, be they British, French or German can be seen everywhere around today while the understanding of some phenomena where drought, too much rain, plagues, etc., gave way to "elastic" payments of taxes for instance. You can only have hard working farmers rgrough slavery or conscription, a Bank not behaving exactly the same than a Bishop, administering big portions of Church lands either. Storage of grain for instance, has been always a constant in many "primitive" cultures.
We are tempted to think that these so many years of Viceroy administration in so many places for so many hundreds of years have not been yet properly explained, neither can be understood using dogmatic Marxism or dogmatic free economy thinking concocted at "excellence" centers by thinktanks boffins.
We know that even before the Luna family relatives were purged out of the proximity of power, circa 1410-1415, king John I of Aragon
John I of Aragon
John I , called by posterity the Hunter or the Lover of Elegance , but the Abandoned in his lifetime, was the King of...
, deceased 1396, sold the area of Rueda de Jalón
Rueda de Jalón
Rueda de Jalón is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 360 inhabitants....
to Viscount Ramón Perellós, perhaps the son of a Francisco de Perellós, a Viscount of Perelló since 1366 by award of king Peter IV of Aragon
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 Peter IV, (Balaguer, September 5, 1319 – Barcelona, January 6, 1387), called el Cerimoniós ("the Ceremonious") or el del punyalet ("the one...
and that Ramón Perelló had sold it to Lope Ximénez de Urrea in 1393, getting thus their title of Viscounts of Rueda. He seems to have died in 1404.
It is known than from 1404 to around 1423 the Castle was held by Pedro Ximenez de Urrea y Heredia, 2nd Viscount. Then, from 1439 to 1492, it was held by Lope Ximénez de Urrea y Bardaxí, 3rd Viscount.
By 1488, one of these "Urrea", Lope Ximenez de Urrea y Centelles, 4th Viscount, deceased 19 January 1508, had been promoted that year to Count of Aranda (Aranda de Moncayo
Aranda de Moncayo
Aranda de Moncayo is a municipality located in the province of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. According to the 2004 census , the municipality has a population of 220 inhabitants....
), later a most famous family.
During the period 1490-1512 it was held by Miguel Ximénez de Urrea e Hijar, 2nd Count of Aranda and 5th Viscount of Rueda, while in 1512 was held by Juan de Lanuza, finding again the preceding in 1538.
External links
- Grandesp.org
- Perillos.com, a most curious IT page on Ramón de Perellós The Elder travels to Cyprus, France, England and Ireland, his visit to the PurgatoryPurgatoryPurgatory is the condition or process of purification or temporary punishment in which, it is believed, the souls of those who die in a state of grace are made ready for Heaven...
at Lough DergLough DergLough Derg is the name of two lakes in Ireland:* Lough Derg a large lake on the River Shannon, bordering counties Clare, Galway and Tipperary.* Lough Derg a small lake, a place of Christian pilgrimage....
and so on. Catalanists refer to him as "Perillós" but it appears everywhere as "Perellós".