Kingdom of Majorca James II of Majorca. After 1279, Peter III of Aragon established that the king of Majorca was a vassal to the king of Aragon. The title continued to be employed by the Aragonese and Spanish monarchs until its dissolution by the 1715 Nueva Planta decrees. The kingdom included the Balearic Islands: Majorca, Menorca (which was still under the rule of Muslims until 1231 when its sovereignty was surrendered to James I), Ibiza and Formentera. The king was also lord of the mainland counties of Roussillon and Cerdanya, and the territories James I kept in Occitania: the signory of Montpellier, the
HMS Minorca (1805) Increase", Berryman, master. She had been sailing from Malta when a French privateer captured her on 17 January. "Providence Increase" returned to Malta on 17 February. On 2 January 1813, "Minorca" and captured the "San Nicolo". "Minorca" was broken up at Portsmouth in May 1814. Wormley received promotion to post captain on 7 June. Notes Citations References HMS Minorca (1805) HMS "Minorca" was a "Cruizer"-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1805. She served during the Napoleonic Wars in the Mediterranean and was sold in 1814 after an uneventful career. Commander Henry Duncan commissioned "Minorca" in August 1805 and