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) Waldegrave in March. She sailed home at the end of the year. On 12 April 1808, "Minorca" and her class-mate captured the American ship "Hope". "Minorca" sailed for the Mediterranean on 3 August 1808. In 1810 Lieutenant Thomas Everard (acting) assumed command and was still in command on 12 May when "Minorca" captured the French polacca "Friedland". Although Commander Ralph Randolph Wormley was appointed to command on 16 February, he clearly did not assume command until later. On 4 June "Minorca", with Wormley in command, captured the French privateer felucca "Sans Peur". She was armed with one long gun and