James III of Majorca

James III of Majorca (1315–1349), called the Rash, was born at Catania. His father Ferdinand was killed at Manolada in 1316 trying to seize Achaea from the Angevins, and his mother Isabella of Sabran died soon after the birth; the orphan was declared Prince of Achaea. In 1324 he succeeded his uncle Sancho as King of Majorca.

Majorcan kings swore fealty to Aragon, but James argued that no king could hold authority over another, and jurists of Montpellier backed him. In 1337 he issued the Leges palatinae, the first code of its kind for a royal court.

In 1342 he refused fealty to his cousin Peter IV of Aragon, who conquered Majorca in 1344. James died at the Battle of Llucmajor on 25 October 1349, trying to recover it.