Alfons de Tous
Alfons de Tous | |
|---|---|
| 12th President of the Generalitat of Catalonia | |
| In office 1396–1413 | |
| Preceded by | Miquel de Santjoan |
| Succeeded by | Marc de Villalba |
Alfons de Tous (died February 3, 1421) was
During the Western Schism, he aligned with the Antipope Benedict XIII and the revived line of Avignon popes, and continued that support until the Council of Constance, when Ferdinand I of Aragon withdrew his support for Avignon, at which point Alfons tried unsuccessfully to convince Benedict to voluntarily renounce his claim to the papacy.[2]
Alfons began his ecclesiastical career as the rector of the church of Sant Mateu (Saint Matthew) in
Subsequently to serving at Santa Maria del Pi, he became a
His activities in the role of ecclesiastical deputy to the Generalitat required that he take part in the parliamentary discussion of the succession after Martin's death in 1410. The new king Ferdinand I was from the House of Trastámara, which already ruled Castile, so his selection as king brought Aragon and Castile under the same dynastic house. Subsequently, Alfons presided over the Corts of Montblanc (1414). In both of these parliamentary assemblies as well as in the Corts of Sant Cugat-Tortosa (1419), he tried, with little success, to influence the new Trastámara king to continue the policies of the earlier line of Aragonese monarchs of the House of Barcelona.[3]
References
- ISBN 9788439356349.
- ^ "12. Alfons de Tous". El Punt Avui (in Catalan). p. 18. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
- ^ Ferrer i Mallol 2003.