Count of Cervera

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The title Count or Countess of Cervera (

The title was created on 27 January 1353 by Peter IV of Aragon for his son and heir, the infante John, who was later John I of Aragon. The title, which Peter claimed as Count of Barcelona, passed in the Crown of Aragon; it has been united with the Aragonese title Prince of Girona since 1414, after which its history may be traced under that title.

The Crown of Aragon and its institutions were formally abolished after the War of the Spanish Succession (1702–1713) with the accession of the first Bourbon king of Spain, by the Nueva Planta decrees, under which all the lands of Aragon were incorporated, as provinces, into a united Spanish administration, as Spain moved towards a more centralized government under the new Bourbon dynasty.

By royal decree

See also

• Cervera
• Crown of Aragon
• Coat of arms of the Prince of Asturias
• Line of succession to the Spanish Throne
• List of titles and honours of the Heir Apparent to the Spanish Throne

External links

• Official website of the Spanish Monarchy