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Mallorca : 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).
2. Quintus Metellus

Roman Consul who occupied Mallorca and Menorca in the 2nd century.
3. Count Belisarius

Byzantine general who defeated the Vandals here in 533.
4. Emir of Córdoba

This Muslim leader conquered Mallorca and Menorca in the 10th century.
5. Jaume I

Christian king who took the islands back from the Moors in the 13th century and established remarkably liberal laws.
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.
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.
8. Ramon Llull

Great 13th-century mystic, poet and scholar who had a profound influence on Mallorcan spiritual life.
9. Robert Graves

The 20th-century English writer, scholar and poet put Mallorca on the international literary map (see Deià).
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.