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James I the Conqueror (Catalan: Jaume el Conqueridor, Aragonese: Chaime lo Conqueridor, Spanish: Jaime el Conquistador, Occitan: Jacme; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was the King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276.

James I, King of Aragon (1213–1276). He was the third king of the Crown of Aragon, which had come into existence through the union between Queen Petronila of Aragon (1157–1164) and the Count of Barcelona Ramon Berenguer IV (1137–1162). James I represents a milestone in the iconography of the Kings of Aragon, although this is due more to ...

In the 13th century, James I of Aragon did something almost unique for a medieval ruler: he wrote an autobiography. Rowena Cockett outlines five lessons that the king's memoirs teach us about what it meant to wield power, wage wars and venerate God in the Middle Ages

James I was a worthy heir to the monarchy of Aragón. He too had faith as his basic pillar and his expansionist character led him to seize territories that other monarchs only dared to dream of. From the Knights Templar he learned important lessons in discipline and military valour.

James I (James the Conqueror), 1208–76, king of Aragón and count of Barcelona (1213–76), son and successor of Peter II. After a minority was disturbed by private wars among the nobles, James soon consolidated royal power and tried to create a new nobility dependent on him.

The conquest of what would later become the Kingdom of Valencia started in 1232 when the king of the Crown of Aragon, James I, called Jaume I el Conqueridor (the Conqueror), took Morella, mostly with Aragonese troops.