Bernat Guillem d'Entença, also known as Bernat Guillem II d'Entença (Spanish:''Bernardo Guillermo de Entenza''. ?, 1226 - ?, 1300), was a

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of the Catalan

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, son of

Bernat Guillem de Montpeller Bernat Guillem de Montpeller also known as Bernat Guillem I d'Entença (Spanish:Bernardo Guillermo I de Entenza. b. ? - d. El Puig, 1238) was a nobility, noble of the Catalan House of Entença. He was the lord of Fraga (Huesca), Fraga. He is best ...

Biography

Bernat Guillem d’Entença was born in 1226. Bernat was a member of the

. He was the son of Bernat Guillem de Montpeller, also known as Bernat Guillem I d'Entença, and Jusiana d'Entença who were the respective uncle and aunt of

James I the Conqueror James I the Conqueror ( es, Jaime el Conquistador, ca, Jaume el Conqueridor; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 1276 ...

. His father,

, participated in the

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and

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during the

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, and died after the

Battle of the Puig The Battle of the Puig of 1237, also known as the Battle of the Puig de Santa Maria, the Battle of the Puig de Enesa, or the Battle of the Puig de Cepolla was a battle of the Iberian Reconquista and of the Aragonese Conquest of Valencia. The b ...

in 1238. Bernat Guillem d'Entença, who was 10 or 11 years old, inherited his possessions and was also called to war. Due to his young age, his relatives Berenguer d'Entença and Gombau d'Entença fought in the name of House of Entença instead of him during the rest of the campaign. After the defeat of the

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in Valencia, the House of Entença achieved important territorial gains. He would marry Alamanda de Sant Martí in 1242, the daughter of an important noble family of New Catalonia, offering her as

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the towns of Castellnou and Rafals. This increased the social status of his house and reinforced his presence in Valencia. Between 1250 and 1260 he assisted the

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with their fight against the moors and he also delimited the border between the Kingdom of Castille and the

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. In 1264 he tried to claim the territory of

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but failed. He participated in the Conquest of the Kingdom of Murcia from 1265 to 1266 and, in 1273, he protected the border established by the

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from the Kingdom of Castille. In 1284 he fought in the Siege of Albarracín (1284). He would also participate in the peace treaty between Alfonso II the Chaste and the King Castille in 1289. In 1300 he went to

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, became a

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and died there.

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