Pere de Montagut should not be confused with Peire de Montagut.
Pere de Montagut was a Catalan squire. In the 13th century, he helped King James I of Aragon to conquer some zones of the kingdom of Valencia from the Moors. As a reward, he was given some territories under the condition that he had to repopulate them with Christian settlers, including L'Alcúdia. Montagut gave his land to 54 settlers in the Spanish; Castilian: Carta Pobla document of 17 January 1252.[1]