Alphonso II of Naples (November 4, 1448 - December 18, 1495) was King of Naples from January 25, 1494 to 1495. November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... Events January 5/ 6 - Christopher of Bavaria, Norway and Sweden dies with no designated heir leaving all three kingdoms with vacant thrones. ... December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events February 22 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the citys throne. ... The following is a list of monarchs of Naples and Sicily: See also: List of Counts of Apulia and Calabria Hauteville Counts of Sicily, 1071-1130 Roger I 1071-1101 Simon 1101-1105 Roger II 1105-1130 Hauteville Kings of Sicily, 1130-1198 Roger II 1130-1154 William I 1154... January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 25 - Alfonso II becomes King of Naples. ... Events February 22 - King Charles VIII of France enters Naples to claim the citys throne. ...

He was the oldest child of Ferdinand I of Naples and his first wife, Isabel de Claremont. (Isabel was the daughter of Tristan, Count of Capertino and Caterina Orsini.) Ferdinand I of Naples should not be confused with Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, a latter king of Naples. ...

His reign was destined to be short. When his father died, the invasion of King Charles VIII of France was imminent; Charles (instigated by Lodovico Sforza, who wished to stir up trouble to allow him to seize power in Milan) had decided to reassert the Angevin claim to Naples and the accompanying title of King of Jerusalem. Charles VIII of France (June 30, 1470–April 7, 1498; French: Charles VIII de France), nicknamed the Affable (lAffable), was King of France from 1483 to his death. ... Ludovico Sforza (Ludovico il Moro, The Moor) (July 27, 1452–May 27, 1508), a member of the Sforza dynasty of Milan, Italy, was the second son of Francesco Sforza, and was famed as patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists. ... Location within Italy Piazza della Scala Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed of Italian regions. ... Angevin is the name applied to two distinct medieval dynasties which originated as counts (from 1360, dukes) of the western French province of Anjou (of which angevin is the adjectival form), but later came to rule far greater areas including England, Hungary and Poland (see Angevin Empire). ... Alternate uses: See Naples (disambiguation) Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα-Πόλις, latinised in Neapolis) is the largest town in southern Italy, capital of Campania region. ... This is a list of Kings of Jerusalem, from 1099 to 1291, as well as claimants to the title up to the present day. ...

Charles invaded Italy in September, 1494, and by early 1495 was approaching Naples. Alphonso, terrified by a series of portents, as well as unusual dreams (perhaps attributable to memories of his victims), abdicated in favour of his son, Ferdinand, and fled, entering a Sicilian monastery. He died in Messina later that year. Ferdinand II (1469-1496), king of Naples, was the grandson of Ferdinand I, and son of Alphonso II. Alphonso finding his tenure of the throne uncertain on account of the approaching invasion of Charles VIII of France and the general dissatisfaction of his subjects, abdicated in his sons favour... Messina, Italy Strait of Messina, Italy. ...

Marriages and children

Like his father, he married twice. His first wife was Hippolyta Sforza, whom he married on October 10, 1465, in Milan. His second wife was Trogia Gazzela. Sforza was a ruling family of Renaissance Italy, based in Milan. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... Events July 13 - Battle of Montlhéry - Troops of King Louis XI of France fight inconclusively against an army of the great nobles organized as the League of the Public Weal. ... Location within Italy Piazza della Scala Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed of Italian regions. ...

He had three children with Hippolyta:

• King Ferdinand II of Naples (born 26 August, 1469)
• Isabella of Naples, Duchess of Bari (born 2 October, 1470)
• Piero of Rossano, Prince de Rossano (born 31 March, 1472)

and two with Troggia: Ferdinand II (1469-1496), king of Naples, was the grandson of Ferdinand I, and son of Alphonso II. Alphonso finding his tenure of the throne uncertain on account of the approaching invasion of Charles VIII of France and the general dissatisfaction of his subjects, abdicated in his sons favour...

• Sancha of Aragon Birth: (born 1478, in Gaeta)
• Alfonso of Aragon, Prince of Salerno (born 1481, in Naples)

Gaeta (ancient Caieta) is a seaport in the province of Latina in Lazio, Italy. ...

External links

• Alfonso's ancestry (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dphaner/HTML/people/p00000qa.htm#I12375)

Ferdinand I of Naples should not be confused with Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies, a latter king of Naples. ... The following is a list of monarchs of Naples and Sicily: See also: List of Counts of Apulia and Calabria Hauteville Counts of Sicily, 1071-1130 Roger I 1071-1101 Simon 1101-1105 Roger II 1105-1130 Hauteville Kings of Sicily, 1130-1198 Roger II 1130-1154 William I 1154... Ferdinand II (1469-1496), king of Naples, was the grandson of Ferdinand I, and son of Alphonso II. Alphonso finding his tenure of the throne uncertain on account of the approaching invasion of Charles VIII of France and the general dissatisfaction of his subjects, abdicated in his sons favour...