The new King of Majorca, James II, since the islands were patrimonial inheritance, thus, part of the territorial domains of the kingdom found it pejorative to pay tribute to his brother Peter III of Aragon.

The Aragonese ruler maintained political and economic oversight over the insular kingdom of Majorca, reestablishing the centralised model of state existence that the will of James I had overturned.

James II of Majorca due to the situation found himself opposite of his own brother, having allied himself with Pope Martin IV and the French.

The son of Peter III, Alfonso, nephew of James II invaded in the realm of his uncle and conquered the island of Majorca in 1286.

To that end, he was forced to participate in the war against the Republic of Genoa (1329–1336), which resulted in the loss of various economic markets for the kingdom.

The Kingdom of Majorca, which had bonds of vassalage with the crowns of France (through Montpellier) and Aragon, could not remain neutral during the conflicts.

The Kingdom of Majorca continued for nearly another four hundred years in personal union with the Crown of Aragon, retaining its own viceroy and political identity.

However, during the War of the Spanish Succession the Crown of Aragon mostly backed the claims of the Archduke Charles and with his defeat the victorious Philip V of Spain abolished the kingdom via the Nueva Planta decrees in 1715.