Alfonso IV of Aragon
Alfonso IV | |
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King of Aragon | |
Reign | 2/5 November 1327 – 24 January 1336 |
Predecessor | James II |
Successor | Peter IV |
Born | 2 November 1299 Naples |
Died | 24 January 1336 (aged 36) Barcelona |
Spouses | |
Peter IV, King of Aragon | |
House | House of Barcelona |
Father | James II of Aragon |
Mother | Blanche of Anjou |
Alfonso IV, called the Kind (also the Gentle or the Nice,
Biography
Alfonso was born in
Alfonso became heir to the throne in December 1319 after his older brother James renounced his rights to become a monk. During the reign of his father, Alfonso was the procurator-general of the Crown, and in 1323–1324, he undertook the conquest of Sardinia.
Alfonso's father and first wife Teresa died within a few days of each other in 1327. Teresa died in childbirth on 20 October 1327, and James II died on 2 November 1327, whereupon Alfonso became king. In 1329, he began a long war with the Republic of Genoa. The city of Sassari had previously surrendered to Alfonso in 1323, but rebelled three more times; its possession was contested by Genoa, which led to the protracted war.
In February 1329, Alfonso married
Eleanor earnestly sought to advance the interests of her own infant sons over those of her stepson, the Infante
Alfonso died in January 1336, aged only 36. He was succeeded by Peter IV, his 16-year-old son from his first marriage.
Children
By Teresa d'Entença:
- Alfonso (1315–1317)
- Constance (1318–1346), married in 1336 to James III of Majorca.[3]
- Peter IV (1319–1387), successor.[3]
- James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347), also inherited Entença and Antillon.[3]
- Elizabeth (1323–1327).
- Frederick (1325-died young).
- Sancho (1327), lived only a few days.
By
- Maria, Marchioness of Tortosaand was killed by order of his brother Peter IV.
- John (1331–1358), Lord of Elche, Biel and Bolsa, married in 1355 to Pedro of Castile.
Ancestors
8. Maria of Hungary | ||||||||||||||||
15. Elizabeth the Cuman | ||||||||||||||||
Notes
- ^ O'Callaghan 1975, p. 408.
- ^ Gerli & Armistead 2003, p. 95.
- ^ a b c d e Previté-Orton 1952, p. 903.
- ^ Ramón Pont 1983, pp. 63–64.
- ^ Arco y Garay 1945, p. 258.
- ^ Ramón Pont 1983, p. 63–65.
Sources
- Diccionario universal de historia y de geografía, p. 152. By Lucas Alamán, Manuel Orozco y Berra
- Arco y Garay, Ricardo del (1945). Sepulcros de la Casa Real de Aragón (in Spanish). Madrid: Instituto Jerónimo Zurita. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. OCLC 11818414.
- Gerli, E. Michael; Armistead, Samuel G., eds. (2003). Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia. Routledge.
- O'Callaghan, Joseph F. (1975). A History of Medieval Spain. Cornell University Press.
- Previté-Orton, Charles William (1952). The Shorter Cambridge Medieval History. Vol. II The Twelfth Century to the Renaissance. Cambridge at the University Press.
- Ramón Pont, Antonio (1983). "El infante don Fernando, señor de Orihuela en la guerra de los dos Pedros (1356–1363)" (PDF). Anales de la Universidad de Alicante. Historia Medieval (in Spanish) (2). Alicante: Anales de la Universidad de Alicante. Historia medieval: Universidad de Alicante: Servicio de Publicaciones: 63–92. ISSN 0212-2480. Retrieved 8 December 2009.