José Vicente CABEZUELO PLIEGO

Original title: Que me podiesse lamar e sea daqui adelant principe de villena e de la otra tierra que jo he en el vuestro senyorio. Don Juan Manuel y la Corona de Aragón

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Keywords: Castile, Crown of Aragon, Juan Manuel, Kingdom of Valencia, Villena’s Manor, XIV Century.

This paper analyzes the relationship of the Manuel family (mainly through the nobleman Juan Manuel) with the Valencian domains of the King of Aragon through his properties in La Mancha and Murcia. These properties are studied from the time of the conquest of the Kingdom of Murcia by James II to Juan Manuel´s death in the mid-14th c. We also study the relationship between Juan Manuel and the kings of the Crown of Aragon regarding Castile within the context of contemporary Iberian historical event.