Born in 1043. Named King of Aragón between 1063/1069-1094. Known as Sancho I of Aragón. Son of Ramiro I and Ermesinda of Foix, father of the future King Pedro I.

In 1068, Sancho Ramirez traveled to Rome to consolidate the young Kingdom of Aragón by offering allegiance to the Pope.

Monzón, occupied by Muslims, was taken in 1089. He established cordial relations with Castile, assisting in various battles. He died in 1094 from an arrow wound received besieging Huesca. His body was taken to the monastery of Montearagón, and later moved to San Juan de la Peña.

Born in 1178, Huesca. Pedro II ruled as King of Aragón, Count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier. The reign of Pedro II was devoted to politics in the Cross-Pyrenean Territories.

Pedro II of Aragón renewed allegiance to the Pope. Married in 1204 to María of Montpellier. Father of James I, which guaranteed the continuation of the dynasty. He died in 1213 at the Battle of Muret, France, near Toulouse. 

Born in Montpellier 1208 - died 1276 Alzira. He was under the tutelage of the Knights Templar in the Monzón Castle, having been entrusted to Guillem Mont-Rodón.

King of Aragón (1213-1276), sworn in to Parliament at age six, in 1218 he was declared of age. The first fifteen years of his reign he had various struggles against the Aragonese nobility, Count of Barcelona (1213-1276), Lord of Montpellier (1219-1276) and other fiefdoms in Occitania.

King of Valencia (1239-1276), King of Mallorca (1229-1276). His estate was divided among the 10 legitimate and four illegitimate children, from which came  the major noble houses of Aragón and Valencia. His biography is contained in the chronicle called “Llibre dels feits”.

Born in Taradell, Barcelona,1165 -1225. He was headmaster of the Order of the Knights of the Templar in the Crown of Aragón. In 1203 he entered the Knights Templar Order. 1207 to 1211 he was appointed Commander of Gardeny and later appointed headmaster of the Temple in the Kingdom of Aragón, Cataluña and the Count of Provençe. He fought in the service of King Peter II of Aragón in battles such as that of Muret where King Peter died. He was an educator and protector in the Templar castle of Monzón under King James I. In 1220 he was appointed Attorney General of the royal revenues in Cataluña by King James I. The king always praised him for his loyalty.

lleBerenguer de Bellvís 1304. He was the last Templar commander of the Monzón Castle.

He didn’t accept the papal bull making the Order of the Knights Templar extinct, nor the delivery to the fort of King James’ royal troops. After the siege of the castle and without resources for defense, the Templars surrendered. Berenguer de Bellvís was taken prisoner along with 36 of his knights to Bellver Castle. There they waited for the judgment of the Council of Tarragona. 

José Mor  de Fuentes was born in 1762, died in 1848. He was a journalist, playwright, poet and pre-romantic Spanish novelist. He’s mainly known for his novel “The Serafina” (1798), one of the initial samples of the contemporary Spanish novel.

He studied Arts at the University of Zaragoza, Humanities in Toulouse and Royal Seminary of Vergara also conducted scientific studies of mathematics and chemistry.

His political ideas were characterized by strong liberalism. After participating in the May 2nd Survey and in the defense in the Siege of Zaragoza, warmly welcomes the 1812 Constitution.

He constantly traveled to Paris and to Zaragoza to take part in literary informal literary conferences, places where part of his work was published. Finally, he returned to Monzón where he died a ruined man.

Joaquín Ibáñez Cuevas y de Valonga, born in Talarn, in the Lleída Pyrenees in 1784, better known by his title of Baron Eroles. He was a noble Spanish politician and military officer of eighteenth century. He studied at the University of Cervera. He was a veteran of the resistance against the French in the War of Spanish Independence. Was captured after fighting in Gerona but escaped and rejoined the fight in Cataluña, participated in the taking of Cervera, Lleída, Peniscola, Mequinenza and Monzón. After the battles, he stood out in the absolutist political sector after the return to the thrown of Fernando VII. Following a major military, career he was appointed Captain General of Cataluña. He died on his way through the town of Manchega de Daimiel (Ciudad Real) on his return from the Fuensanta baths in 1825. He was buried in the lower core of the parish church of Santa María la Mayor in that town .

Born in Monzón (1826-1919). Engineer of roads, canals and orts: introduced to Spain the German engineering of iron parabolic bridges. He designed the iron bridges of Zaragoza, Monzón, Ontiñena, Sariñena and El Grado (Battery Bridge). The bridge over the Cinca in Monzón opened in 1888, serving until March 1938 when it was blown up by the retreating Republican troops into Cataluña.

He excelled in other fields such as philology (dominating Japanese and Chinese) and ornithology (conducting studies and experiments with species of Europe, Asia and Africa).

Born in Monzón (1847-1948). Belonging to a family lineage, native of Burceat (near Barbastro). The Panos located to Monzón in 1627.

Distinguished scholar, cultivator of  letters and especially the historical and artistic subjects. In his youth he cultivated literature and is the author of some dramatic pieces. A huge fan of Aragonese history studies, entering the Faculty of Arts at Zaragoza. He took part in the founding of the Journal of Aragón. His expertise in paleography and love for archival documents dates back to this stage in the early twentieth century.

He founded the Catholic League, later called Catholic Social Action - of which, among others, come the institutions of the Immaculate Savings Bank and the Mutual Aid Society for Workers.

He led the San Luis Royal Academy of Noble and Fine Arts of Zaragoza for nearly thirty years. Numerous publications and articles in the Aragonese educative newspapers and magazines, especially with the release of medieval documents in the Monzón and Sijena area.

Born in 1862. Engineer of roads, ports and channels and author of Huesca Freeport Barcelona. Serves as Inspector General of Roads. He was awarded the Grand Cross of Isabel the Catholic and Carlos III.

He lived in a building that existed at # 2 Bastarán Street, the street that bears his name. Died in Monzón in 1935.

Born in 1846, in a house on the main street of Monzón. His family was of very humble peasantry background, forcing them to move to Graus in 1852.

He left the village as soon as he could to go to Huesca and Paris to work and study.

His motto was “Modernize and Europeanize Spain”, hence creating wealth. Water for a thirsty land, integrated education for the children of peasants and workers, just laws emanating from honest and effective politicians. Defense of the the village customs/traditions and roots. He obtained his Baccalaureate, Magisterium, Bachelor of Law and Philosophy as well as a Doctorate in Law and Philosophy. He worked as a professor of Administrative Law and the Free Institution of Education, in addition to practicing law and notary. He founded several companies - Commercial Geography, Agricultural Chamber of the High Aragón, National Producers League to name a few. He was deputy for the Republican Union. He was point of reference for landmark politicians, educators, economists, jurists and literary figures for years to come. However, his life would be a constant disappointment. Costa was a maverick, a non-conformist, whose indignation was exacerbated by the insensitivity of Spain.

In 1904 he returned to Graus, sick and old, to die in peace. In 1911 he suffered a right hemiplegia from which he never recovered.

He was the first democratic mayor of the town of Monzón in the 1979-1983 mandate.

He was head of the Communist Party list, in which he served all his life. Born in Bielsa. He enlisted as a volunteer in the Republican Army. In the forties he was imprisoned and remained in the Francoist jails for twenty years. When he left, he came to Monzón, where he began work on Aiscondel. He never hid his communist militancy. He founded the town Workers’ Commission, serving almost as a labor lawyer assessing and giving advice to workers. With democracy, he was elected mayor by the votes of many people ideologically far from his ideas, but close to his ideals. He was a man “respectful of all ideas and promoted community involvement in the townspeople.” He died in 2004 at age 84. He sacrificed for principles and values, and had an unshakable faith in the national reconciliation and the disappearance of turf battles.