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At the Heart of the Medieval Catalan Navy: The Inhabitants of Castelló d’Empúries in Service of James II of Aragon in Sicily, an Example from the Late 13th Century (The Battle of Cape Orlando, 1299)

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Josep Maria Gironella Granés
Independent Researcher, C/Muralla 31, 17486 Castelló d’Empúries, Spain
Histories 2026, 6(1), 4; https://doi.org/10.3390/histories6010004
Submission received: 6 September 2025 / Revised: 17 November 2025 / Accepted: 3 December 2025 / Published: 26 December 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Novel Insights into Naval Warfare and Diplomacy in Medieval Europe)

Abstract

This article presents some information about the participation of nearly one hundred inhabitants of Castelló d’Empúries (currently located in the Alt Empordà region, province of Girona, in the northeastern corner of the Iberian Peninsula) in the Battle of Cape Orlando (coast of Sicily), which in 1299 pitted the fleets of James II of Aragon against those of his brother Frederick III of Sicily. The article provides the names of the participants and discusses several issues related to their involvement in this expedition. It also offers relevant information about the participation of the town’s inhabitants in other military ventures and about the commercial navy of the Empordà region during the same period.
Keywords: late medieval maritime ports and commerce; medieval Empordà; ship ownership and leasing; battle of Cape Orlando; James II of Aragon late medieval maritime ports and commerce; medieval Empordà; ship ownership and leasing; battle of Cape Orlando; James II of Aragon

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Granés, J.M.G. At the Heart of the Medieval Catalan Navy: The Inhabitants of Castelló d’Empúries in Service of James II of Aragon in Sicily, an Example from the Late 13th Century (The Battle of Cape Orlando, 1299). Histories 2026, 6, 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/histories6010004

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Granés JMG. At the Heart of the Medieval Catalan Navy: The Inhabitants of Castelló d’Empúries in Service of James II of Aragon in Sicily, an Example from the Late 13th Century (The Battle of Cape Orlando, 1299). Histories. 2026; 6(1):4. https://doi.org/10.3390/histories6010004

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Granés, Josep Maria Gironella. 2026. "At the Heart of the Medieval Catalan Navy: The Inhabitants of Castelló d’Empúries in Service of James II of Aragon in Sicily, an Example from the Late 13th Century (The Battle of Cape Orlando, 1299)" Histories 6, no. 1: 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/histories6010004

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Granés, J. M. G. (2026). At the Heart of the Medieval Catalan Navy: The Inhabitants of Castelló d’Empúries in Service of James II of Aragon in Sicily, an Example from the Late 13th Century (The Battle of Cape Orlando, 1299). Histories, 6(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.3390/histories6010004

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