I enlarged this part (earlier in #14) and moved it to #15.
Older research ...
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nueve_de_la_Fama ... Spanish wikipedia
Ya en 1351, por ejemplo, se documenta en Aragón un tapiz sobre la Istoria Novem Militum, y en una carta del año 1356 Pedro IV se refiere a un paño en el que aparecen las figuras de «Julio César, Héctor, Alejandro, Judas Macabeo, David, Josué, Carlomagno, Godofredo y el rey Arturo» y pide información sobre ellos al tesorero de la catedral de Gerona.1 Al correr del tiempo, sin embargo, tanto el número como los nombres de los famosos caballeros cambia, se reduce o amplía a la conveniencia o intereses del autor.
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Already in 1351, for example, a tapestry on the Istoria Novem Militum is documented in Aragon , and in a letter from the year 1356 Pedro IV refers to a cloth in which the figures of «Julio César, Héctor, Alejandro, Judas Macabeo , David, Joshua, Charlemagne, Godofredo and King Arthur» and asks for information about them from the treasurer of the cathedral of Gerona.
This note is taken from ....
https://books.google.de/books?id=-euVDw ... on&f=false
....
The Arthur of the Iberians: The Arthurian Legends in the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds, p. 253
by David Hook, University of Wales Press, 15.06.2015 - 576 Seiten
Huk refers to Bautista 11 ...
Ya en 1351, por ejemplo, se documenta en Aragón un tapiz sobre la Istoria Novem Militum, y en una carta del año 1356 Pedro IV se refiere a un paño en el que aparecen las figuras de «Julio César, Héctor, Alejandro, Judas Macabeo, David, Josué, Carlomagno, Godofredo y el rey Arturo», pidiendo alguna información sobre ellos al tesorero de la Catedral de Gerona (Rubió y Lluch 1908: I, docs. 157 y 221; Olivar 1986: 17-18).
https://journals.openedition.org/atalaya/363
Rubio y Lluch doc. 157
https://archive.org/details/documentspe ... ew=theater
CLVII
Perpinyà, 23 octubre 1351
Pere 11! se fa comprar
ELS DRAPS DELS NER CAVALLERS Y DE LES DOTZE PASSES Y EL CAVALLER BARGELLO
Petrus etc. dilecto consiliario et thesaurario nostro Berengario de Ulzinellis, legum doctori, salutem etc. mandamus vobis quatenus ematis ad opus nostri illos duos pannos quos vobis dicet dilectus consiliarius noster Raimundus de Villanova, et quorum unus est cum istoria novem militum, et eius precium dicitur esse quinquaginta florenorum auri, alius vero est de raç cum istoria de les .xii. passes et militis Bargello, cuius precium, sicut fertur, est trecentorum florenorum auri; quequidem precia exsolvatis, et recipiatis apocham de soluto ab illis quibos eadem duxeritis exsolvenda. datum Perpiniani sub nostro sigillo secreto .xxiii. die octobris anno a nativitate Domini .mcccli.
Rex Petrus,
Ant, Cor. Aragó, reg. 1.138, f. 75,
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Peter, etc. to our beloved councilor and treasurer Berengarius of Ulzinelli, doctor of laws, greetings, etc. We command you, as long as you buy for our work those two pieces of cloth which our beloved counselor Raimundus de Villanova will tell you, and
one of which is with the story of nine soldiers, and its price is said to be fifty florins of gold, while the other is of a race with the story of les xiii. passes and soldiers to Bargello, the price of which, as is reported, is three hundred florins of gold; for you shall pay the prices, and receive a portion of the money paid from those to whom you have taken the same to be paid. given to the Perpinians under our secret seal .xxiii. on the day of October in the year from the birth of the Lord .mcccli.
King Peter
Rubio y Lluch doc. 221 should be an error, cause that isn't a document of 1356. I have the suspicion, that it might be doc. 171.
https://archive.org/details/documentspe ... ew=theater .... from 15th March 1356
... this contains at least the name Charlemain. But likely this is also wrong.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_IV_of_Aragon
So, disappointed cause the both hints o not look very convincing,
I started myself to search in the source, and I found something in doc. 135 ...
135 = CXXXV
Valencià, 27 febrer 1347
Pere III tracta d'un drap ab les figures dels nou grans Cavallers que li havia aportat d'Avinyò en Ramon Boyl
Lo Rey d Arago.
Fem vos saber que l amat conseller nostre en Ramon de Boyl nos aporta d Avinyò, depentes en un drap, les ymages dels reys devall scrits, es assaber: de Julíus César, Ector, Alexandre, Judes Macabeu, David, Josue, Carles Maynes, Godofre de Billo, e del rey Artus, les quals ymagens, segos que havem entès, foren tretes d aquelles semblants qui son a l alberch qui fou de .... que son ... en qual de nostre senyor Jhesucrist perço ... dites istories o epitafis e de totes les coses demunt dites e de la manera en que estan nos trametats clarament e departida translat ab plenera informació per lo portador de la present, sabent que d aço ns farets plaer e us ho grahirem molt.
datum en Valencià, sots nostre segell secret, a .xxvii. de febrer en 1 any de Nostre Senyor .mcccxlvi.
Dominus rex mandavic Matheo Adriani.
Al amat nostre deç Collell, tresorer de !a seu de Gerona.
Arx, Cor. Aragó, reg. 1,126, f. 161,
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Valencian, 27 February 1347
Peter III deals with a cloth with the figures of the nine great Knights that Ramon Boyl had brought to him from Avinyò
The King of Arago
We let you know that our beloved advisor Ramon de Boyl brings us from Avinyò, hanging on a cloth, the images of the written kings, namely: Julius César, Ector, Alexander, Judas Maccabeu, David, Josue, Carles Maynes, Godofre de Billo, and of King Artus, which images, according to what we have understood, were taken from those similar ones who are in the alberch who was from .... which are ... in which of our Lord Jesus Christ ... said stories or epitaphs and of all the things above said and the way in which they are sent to us clearly and separately translated with full information by the bearer of the present, knowing that you will please us and we will thank you very much.
date in Valencian, under our secret seal, at .xxvii. of February in 1 year of Our Lord .mcccxlvi.
Dominus rex mandavic Matheo Adriani.
To our beloved ten Collell, treasurer of Gerona headquarters.
Arch, Cor. Aragon, reg. 1,126, f. 161.
https://archive.org/details/documentspe ... ew=theater
Avinyò is a location near Barcelona, so north of Valencia. The date of the document 1347, 27th February, falls in this development, described by ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_IV_of_Aragon
As Peter had no male issue, his brother Count James of Urgell was the presumptive heir to the Aragonese throne. Peter grew to mistrust the intentions of James over time. Peter decided that he would instead name his daughter Constance as his heir presumptive notwithstanding the precedents established by James I and Alfonso IV to exclude females from the throne. To this end, he demanded that James cede his post as procurator general, a position which, by tradition, was reserved for the second in line to the Aragonese throne. James fled to Zaragoza where he gained the favor of certain nobles who wished to reassert their powers via the monarch. Peter eventually succumbed to the pressure to hold a cortes in Zaragoza where he made numerous concessions of royal authority to quell a rebellion he was not yet in a position to crush. One of such concessions was to revoke his attempt to name Constance as heir, and to restore James as procurator general. To avert additional damage, Peter dissolved the corts on the premise that he had to address a crisis developing in Sardinia. Not long thereafter, while Peter was in Catalonia, James suddenly died. Many suspected Peter of having arranged to have James poisoned. Deprived of their leader, the Union of Aragon was greatly weakened.
Venturing next to Valencia, Peter encountered the nascent Valencian Union which had taken its cue from its counterpart in Aragon. At Murviedro (Sagunt), Peter was forced to name his stepbrother Ferran as the new procurator general. Additional concessions of royal authority were made to appease the Unionists. This time when he attempted to leave a bad situation, Peter was held under guard in Valencia as a prisoner of the Union. Suffering perhaps his greatest humility, he and his queen were forced to dance with the common folk to show his subservience. Ironically, his salvation was the Black Death. Valencia was felled by this plague in May 1348, enabling Peter to escape amid the confusion. Assembling an army of increasingly powerful royalists in Aragon, Peter attacked the unionist forces at the Battle of Epila on 21 July 1348. Peter won a complete victory. Proceeding to Saragossa, Peter executed only thirteen Union leaders. By fourteenth century standards, this was a great display of magnanimity. Not the same can be said for the fate of Valencia. After being persuaded not to burn the entire city and sow it with salt, many were executed. Of particular note, he had the bell that the Valencian Union rang to summon its meetings melted down. The molten metal from the bell was then poured down the throats of the Union leaders so that they "should taste its liquor."
Perhaps it's of interest to study the details of this time more carefully.
1336 Pedro IV (17 years old) becomes King of Aragon
1338-04-29 Pedro IV marriage with Marie de Navarra (10 years old). Marie has 3 daughters in the years 1343-45. She is pregnant at the begin of 1347.
1347-02-27 date of the document
1347-04-29 Marie died at the birth of a boy, who was desired. The boy died a few days later.
1347-06-11 marriage contract with Éléonore de Portugal (18-19 years old) ...
1347-11-14/15 2nd marriage Éléonore with Pedro IV in Barcelona
1347-11-15 Death of James I, Count of Urgell, younger brother of Pedro IV. Pedro IV is suspected to have poisoned James. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I,_Count_of_Urgell
1348 begin: Pedro IV becomes prisoner near Valencia, trouble with the Union of Valencia ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Valencia
1348-05 Plague in Valencia, Pedro IV escapes
1348-07-21 Battle of Epira ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Épila
1348-10-30 Éléonore de Portugal dies at the plague
1349-08-27 3rd marriage with Eleanor (24 years old), daughter of Peter II of Sicily ....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Sicily
The 3rd marriage of Pedro IV has 3 sons and one daughter
https://www.geo.arizona.edu/Antevs/nats ... bonic.html