sentences:  In 1565 it abandoned the legislative control of Aragon, of which it had been a part, taking in its place that of Valencia.Since that time the villa has had its own shield.In the second decade of the eighteenth century, after the close of the War of the Spanish Succession, King Felipe V, desiring to reward the loyalty and services of the Duke of Berwick (who had won the Battle of Almansa), created the Duchy of Liria and Jérica, and granted it to the Duke.