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To appease the Pope, King Frederick eventually consented to a match between the Pope's daughter Lucrezia Borgia, aged 18, and the 17-year-old Alfonso of Aragon. On 15 July 1498 Alfonso entered Rome in disguise. Alfonso and Lucrezia were married in the Vatican on 21 July with the celebrations being held behind closed doors. [4] With Alfonso came ...
Alfonso (1417–1495), duke of Villahermosa, count of Ribagorza and Cortes, baron of Arenos, grand master of the Order of Calatrava; Alonso or Alfonso (1470–1520), archbishop of Zaragoza and Valencia and lt. general of Aragon; Alfonso (1481–1500), duke of Bisceglie and prince of Salerno
King Ferdinand died on 2 April 1416, and Alfonso succeeded him as king of Aragon, Valencia, and Majorca and count of Barcelona. He also claimed the island of Sardinia, though it was then in the possession of Genoa. Alfonso was also in possession of much of Corsica by the 1420s. [1] [2] Alfonso's marriage with Maria was childless.
On 27 September 1458, Alfonso V of Aragon, Skanderbeg's most important and helpful ally after the stipulation of the Treaty of Gaeta, died. [1] In 1448, as a gesture of friendship with Alfonso, Skanderbeg sent a detachment of Albanian troops commanded by General Demetrios Reres to Crotone to quell a rebellion against Alfonso. [4]
Alfonso was released in October. [9] Milan's change of alliances revolted the Genoese at Christmas 1435, killing the Milanese governor. [10] Peter of Aragon, brother of Alfonso and who had escaped defeat, [5] finally took Gaeta on March 25, 1435, where Alfonso entered on February 2, 1436, [11] and the same year, to Terracina. [citation needed]
The Kingdom of Aragon gave the name to the Crown of Aragon, created in 1150 with the dynastic union resulting from the marriage of the Princess of Aragon, Petronilla, and the Count of Barcelona, Ramon Berenguer IV. Their son Alfonso II inherited all of the territories ruled by his father and mother.
Alfonso I of Asturias (739–757), king of Asturias; Afonso I of Portugal (1094–1185), king of Portugal; Alfonso Jordan (1103–1148), count of Toulouse; Alfonso I of Aragon (1104–1134), known as Alfonso the Battler, king of Aragon and Navarre; Alfonso I, Duke of Gandia (1332–1412) Alfonso V of Aragon (1396–1458), king of Naples as ...
Alfonso II (1–25 March 1157 [1] [2] [3] – 25 April 1196), called the Chaste or the Troubadour, was the King of Aragon and, as Alfons I, the Count of Barcelona from 1164 until his death. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] The eldest son of Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona and Queen Petronilla of Aragon , [ 5 ] he was the first King of Aragon who was also ...