petronilla was the first monarch to rule a united crown of aragon.
petronilla was the first monarch to rule a united crown of aragon.
the first monarch to rule a united crown of aragon was?
petronilla
the crown of aragon originated in 1137, when the kingdom of aragon and the county of barcelona (with the county of provence, girona, cerdanya, osona and other territories) merged by dynastic union upon the marriage of petronilla of aragon and raymond berenguer iv of barcelona ; their individual titles combined in the person of their son alfonso ii of aragon, who ascended to the throne in 1162. this union respected the existing institutions and parliaments of both territories. the combined state was initially known as "regno, dominio et corona aragonum et catalonie", and later as "corona regum aragoniae", "corona aragonum" or simply "aragon". this was due to the reduction of catalan influence, the renunciation of the family rights of the counts of barcelona in occitania, and the extinction of the house of barcelona in 1410. consequently, the monarchs denominated themselves "de aragon", and aragon became prominent as an iberian kingdom linked to the house of jiménez which ruled over navarre (905–1234), castile, leon and galicia (1035–1126) and aragon (1035–1137).
crown of aragon
the bernadotte dynasty resigned their norwegian throne in 1905 and was succeeded by prince carl of denmark, who took the name of haakon vii when he accepted his election as king of a completely independent norway. haakon became the first monarch to use the palace permanently and the palace was therefore refurbishment for two years before he, queen maud and crown price olav could move in. king haakon would be the first monarch to greet the children's parade on the palace balcony during the norwegian constitution day celebration in oslo. it was also king haakon vii who in 1905 introduced the tradition of weekly meetings with the council of state, a tradition which is still practiced with the meetings always being held in the palaces' council chamber where the king's throne chair is located.
royal palace, oslo