Composition
The crown was made up of the following states (which are nowadays parts of the modern countries of Spain, France, Italy, Greece, Malta, and Andorra):
| Name | Type of entity | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Andorra | Co-principality | Established in 1278, briefly annexed by Aragon in 1396 and again in 1512 |
| Aragon | Kingdom | Established in 848 as a County and, in 1035, as Kingdom, from a division of the Kingdom of Navarre |
| Athens | Duchy | Established 1205, inherited through the Kingdom of Sicily in 1381 |
| Catalonia | County, later Principality | Established in 801, merged with Aragon in 1162 |
| Gévaudan | County | Inherited in 1166 by Alfonso II |
| Majorca | Kingdom | Established in 1231 by James I, including Roussillon and Montpellier |
| Naples | Kingdom | Established in 1282 after the Sicilian Vespers, splitting the kingdom of Sicily in two parts: insular and peninsular |
| Neopatria | Duchy | Established 1319, inherited through the Kingdom of Sicily in 1381 |
| Provence | County | Inherited with the county of Barcelona in 1162 |
| Sardinia | Kingdom | Awarded to the crown by Pope Boniface VIII in 1297, including Corsica |
| Sicily | Kingdom | Established in 1130, added to the crown in 1381; including Malta |
| Valencia | Kingdom | Established in 1238, following the conquest of the Moorish taifa |
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