Treaty of Corbeil settles French and Aragonese borders
1254
Louis IX and James I of Aragon renounced each other's historic claims in the former Marca Hispanica, effectively setting the Franco-Aragonese border in the Pyrenees. The treaty ended residual Carolingian claims and gave Catalonia a stable northern frontier. The agreement was characteristic of Louis's preference for negotiated settlements over military adventures, a trait that earned him the respect of even his rivals.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.