Top 10 Top 10 Historical Figures
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1. Hannibal
The Carthaginian leader is said to have been born on the island of Cabrera, just off Mallorca (Ibiza and Malta also claim his birthplace).
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2. Quintus Metellus
Roman Consul who occupied Mallorca and Menorca in the 2nd century.
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3. Count Belisarius
Byzantine general who defeated the Vandals here in 533.
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4. Emir of Córdoba
This Muslim leader conquered Mallorca and Menorca in the 10th century.
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5. Jaume I
Christian king who took the islands back from the Moors in the 13th century and established remarkably liberal laws.
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6. Pedro, Son of Jaume I
Jaume I’s violent son Pedro and grandson Alfonso III tried to take Mallorca away from the rightful heir, Jaume II.
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7. Jaume II
The rightful heir to Jaume I. He and his descendants carried on Jaume I’s legacy until Mallorca was rejoined to the kingdom of Aragón.
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8. Ramon Llull
Great 13th-century mystic, poet and scholar who had a profound influence on Mallorcan spiritual life.
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9. Robert Graves
The 20th-century English writer, scholar and poet put Mallorca on the international literary map (see Deià).
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10. Adán Diehl
The Argentinean poet and visionary built the Grand Hotel Formentor in 1929 (see Hotel Formentor), marking out Mallorca as an upper-crust tourist destination.
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