Pere March ( — 7 June 1413) was a

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. He was the father of

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and the uncle of Arnau March. Pere's family had been lawyers and officers of the court of the

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. Born in

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, he was seemingly the younger brother of Jaume March II, and the family's possessions around

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passed to Jaume. Pere served at the court of the younger brother of King Alfonso IV, Peter, seneschal of Catalonia, and then at the court of Peter's son Alfonso, Duke of

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, and of Alfonso's son Alfonso. He undertook several important diplomatic missions, travelling to

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for the first Alfonso twice in the 1380s, and then working for the second during the

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following the death of King

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. For his services, Pere was knighted. After his death at

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in 1413, his body was moved and buried in the

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, in Alfahuir, (

).Source:

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"Hallan en Sant Jeroni de Cotalba los restos de las dos esposas y el padre de Ausiàs March".
Published November 24, 2016. Along with verses he wrote together with Jaume, three major poems by Pere March survive: * ''El mal d'amor'' * ''L'arnés del cavaller'' * ''Lo compte final''

References

*Pujol Gomez, Josep, "March, Pere" in Gauvard, C., de Libera, A. & Zink, M. (eds), ''Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge.'' Paris: PUF/Quadrige, 2nd edn, 2004. {{DEFAULTSORT:March, Pere 1330s births 1413 deaths 14th-century writers Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba 14th-century people from the Crown of Aragon