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The positions of Provincial Master in Corona Catalano-Aragonese from 1159 were successively: Hugo of Barcelona, happening to him in 1163 Hugues de Geoffrey. In 1166 Arnau de Torroja was named, being in both following years that the Aragonese templarios participate definitively in the conquests of the Mediterranean coast, like in Caspe and Alfambra, castle this one that in 1170 would be donated to them. Greater benefit represented the concession to them of its independence with respect to any other jurisdiction political-nun excepting the Extreme Pontiff of Rome (1172). In 1176 Castilian the Aragonese templarios and would also collaborate in the conquest of Cuenca.En 1181, when Arnau de Torroja was named Great Master, residing in Palestine, the provincial one of Catalonia/Aragon was Berenguer de Avignon. Two years later were it respectively Guido de Selln and Ramon de Canet and in 1185 was it Guilabert Errall. PROVINCE MASTER: DURATION OF the MANDATOPere de Rovira de Nov. 1143 to January 1158Hug of Barcelona of 1159 to April 1162 Hugues de Geoffrey of May 1163 to 1166Arnau of Torroja de Oct.

1166 to March to 1181Berenguer of Aviny of April 1181 to 1183Guido March of Selln of April to June 1183Ramn of Canet de Nov. 1183 to Julio 1185 Pedro Rovira was first that the nickname of provincial Master of the Order of the West took. Logically Arnau, when happening to him, continued in the same line to protect to the count catalano-Aragonese it needed when it, it did and it surely more than Rovira, to the being Ramon Berenguer IV his natural sovereign. When king Ramiro de Aragon decided to consolidate his friendship with you cut of Barcelona and the Languedoc (1139), the king of Castile, seeing that Aragoneses had signed the concord with Ramon Berenguer III, left suffered Saragossa so, that a year later still signed like " king of Zaragoza" in order to ultrajar as he would go to the count of Barcelona.

The fact to arrive until there was a great audacity already only via Lrida, Saragossa and Toledo; and as in addition it came out to them well, one remembered with pride during all the youth of written a biography my. The Catalans could think that they were more powerful, in spite of being less refinings, and about certain way rather worse disorganized, than the troops to who they defeated. So many successes possibly also they trastocaban, like when expeditionary sayings were overcome in the neighborhoods of Gibraltar, dying in that one battle count Ermengol de Urgel and the bishops of Barcelona and Gerona. Each count Ermengol de Urgel wanted to be buried in cripta of the church of Solsona, which inexplicably still follows sealed (). That one warlike culture, and the political shades of the later period had to learn, it before Arnau de Torroja its brother greater Guillermo, as much before as after being bishop of Barcelona. Guillermo would inform into everything to the Arnau young person during his stays in Solsona, that in spite of its youth, without a doubt had to interest and knew to him much of the importance of certain sociopolitical strategies.

For example, which happened that the king of Castile, Alfonso VII, wished to dominate the capital of the Ebro river, tried to avoid with all reunited forces the counts of Barcelona and Urgel, this one last one because in addition it showed then the title of Marquess of Saragossa. If the Castilian took the place to borders from the Ebro, were certainly later tabin with Lrida and Tortosa would be made, that also were in the power of the Muslims. First in giving protection to Aragonese king Ramiro, it was Pedro Rovira, a master of the orders of Sion and of Temple, that by the way preceded to Arnau de Torroja in the position of Master of Wins and all the Hispanic earth (1143).