 Very little is known about his early life. The main source regarding Llull’s life, the anonymous De vita coaetanea, is a text written in 1311 by a friend of his in Paris. Apparently based on his memories, it states that Llull was a seneschal and major of the palace of King James II during his youth. However, contemporary studies by Dominguez Reboiras and Gayá (2008) have established that the “Llulls of Majorca never held nor were they awarded the social status of nobles” (2008: 21). Ramon Llull must have actually spent the early years of his life as a young bourgeois, having a basic education to meet his needs and dedicating himself to family business. In 1257 he married Blanca Picany, who belonged to another Catalan family settled in Majorca, with whom he had two children, Domènec and Magdalena.