Ramon d'Abella (
fl.
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1389–1401) was a
Catalan
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military leader and royal councillor under
John I John I may refer to:
People
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526
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* John I o ...
and
Martin Martin may refer to:
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Austral ...
of the
Crown of Aragon
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.
During the ''guerra dels armanyaguesos'' in 1389, Ramon led a regiment of
cavalry
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in the area around
Torroella de Montgrí and
Palafrugell
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.
[According to Gerónimo Zurita, ''Anales'', X, 44.] The young poet
Guillem de Masdovelles Guillem de Masdovelles (; fl. 1389–1438) was a Catalan soldier, courtier, politician, and poet. His family came from the Penedès, but he was active in Barcelona, where he became a civic leader. His fifteen poems are preserved alongside the w ...
fought under Ramon in these campaigns against
Bernard VII of Armagnac and composed a ''
sirventesch'' dedicated to him. It was probably sometime before this war that Ramon had a falling out with
Guerau de Queralt i de Rocabertí.
In 1392 Ramon purchased the castle of
Solivella and its jurisdiction, both high and low, for 16,500 Aragonese ''
sous
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'' from John I. From 1395 to 1397 and again from 1398 to 1401 he served as governor of the
Kingdom of Majorca
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. His lieutenant was
Berenguer de Montagut.
References
*
Riquer, Martí de (1964). ''Història de la Literatura Catalana'', vol. 1. Barcelona: Edicions Ariel.
Centre d'Estudis Solivellencs
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