Antón de Luna
Antonio de Luna y de Xérica (deceased in
Martin I of Aragon
.
Family
He was the only son of
James I of Aragón and Roger of Lauria).[2] He had kinship with the Aragonese queen consort Maria de Luna and the anti-pope Benedict XIII
.
He married Aldonza de Luna y Ximénez de Urrea. After she died, in 1409 he married Leonor Cervelló. They had one daughter, Elfa de Luna y Cervelló.[3]
Political life
In 1396 he was a member of the embassy for
James II of Urgell
in his unsuccessful candidacy to the throne.
In 1411, he and a gang of men murdered the Archbishop of Zaragoza,
Louis of Anjou. This action earned him excommunication and damaged James.[4]
Finally, in the
Ferdinand of Antequera became King. De Luna accepted the decision, but later rebelled along with the count of Urgell. The rebellion was defeated and Antón de Luna was dispossessed of his properties and arrested in Mequinenza
.
References
- ^ Revista Hidalguía, número 286-287 (2001)
- ISBN 3-402-05825-1.
- ISSN 0018-1285.
- ISBN 9788472250123.