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At the invitation of some rebels, he conquered the Kingdom of Sicily and became King of Sicily in 1282, pressing the claim of his wife, Constance II of Sicily, uniting the kingdom to the crown.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1240","date":"1240"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312311#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Valencia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8818"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312311#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"11 November 1285","date":"1285-11-11"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312311#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Vilafranca del Penedès","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q835012"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312311#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Crown of Aragon","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204920"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312311#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"troubadour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q186370"},{"text":"poet","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49757"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"composer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36834"},{"text":"knight","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102083"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312311#P106"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Constance of Sicily","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q286537","start":"1262-06-13","end":"1285"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312311#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"King of Sicily (1282–1285)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3930923","start":"1282","end":"1285"},{"text":"King of Aragon (1276–1285)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111671302","start":"1276","end":"1285"},{"text":"Count of Barcelona (1276–1285)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q38673587","start":"1276","end":"1285"},{"text":"King of Valencia (1276–1285)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58006132","start":"1276","end":"1285"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312311#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_III_of_Aragon","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312311"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Peter III of Aragon born?","a":"Peter III of Aragon was born on 1240 in Valencia."},{"q":"What positions has Peter III of Aragon held?","a":"Positions held by Peter III of Aragon include: King of Sicily (1282–1285); King of Aragon (1276–1285); Count of Barcelona (1276–1285); King of Valencia (1276–1285)."}],"related":[{"name":"Philip II of Spain","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/philip-ii-of-spain"},{"name":"John II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/john-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"James II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/james-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Martin of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/martin-of-aragon"},{"name":"Charles III of Spain","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/charles-iii-of-spain"},{"name":"Victor Amadeus II","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/victor-amadeus-ii"},{"name":"James I of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/james-i-of-aragon"},{"name":"Berengar the Wise","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/berengar-the-wise"},{"name":"Alfonso II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/alfonso-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Peter II of Aragon","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/peter-ii-of-aragon"},{"name":"Humfrid, Margrave of Gothia","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/humfrid-margrave-of-gothia"},{"name":"William of Septimania","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/william-of-septimania"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/peter-iii-of-aragon-596368ae1a.jpg","width":323,"height":476,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Filippo Ariosto","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedro_III_de_Arag%C3%B3n.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Peter III of Aragon","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_III_of_Aragon","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q312311","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312311","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Pedro III de Aragón.jpg by Filippo Ariosto (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedro_III_de_Arag%C3%B3n.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Peter III of Aragon, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Pedro III de Aragón.jpg — Filippo Ariosto, Public domain.","cite":"\"Peter III of Aragon\". DigiNepal. Last updated 5 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/peter-iii-of-aragon. Retrieved 12 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-05T06:58:27Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-12","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/peter-iii-of-aragon","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/peter-iii-of-aragon","ne":null}}