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Alfonso IV of Aragon, surnamed the Kind (Catalan: Alfons el Benigne) was the king of Aragon and count of Barcelona (as Alfonso III) from 1327 to 1336. Born in 1299 and died January 24, 1336, he was the second son of James II of Aragon and Blanche of Anjou. Jump to: navigation, search Catalan (Català) or Valencian (Valencià) is a Romance language understood by as many as 12 million people in portions of Spain, France, Andorra and Italy, although the majority of active Catalan speakers are in Spain. ... Jump to: navigation, search Capital Zaragoza Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47 719 km²  9,4% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 11th  1 217 514  2,9%  25,51/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Aragonese  aragonés Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 AR Parliamentary... Jump to: navigation, search Barcelona within Barcelonès Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 100. ... Jump to: navigation, search Events January 25 - Edward III becomes King of England. ... Events End of the Kemmu restoration and beginning of the Muromachi period in Japan. ... Events Osman I declares the independence of the Ottoman Principality The County of Holland is annexed by the County of Hainaut April 1, 1299 Kings Towne on the River Hull granted city status by Royal Charter of King Edward I of England. ... Jump to: navigation, search January 24 is the 24th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events End of the Kemmu restoration and beginning of the Muromachi period in Japan. ... James II, King of Aragon (10 August 1267 – 2 November 1327), in Spanish Jaime II, in Catalan Jaume II, also James II of Barcelona, called The Just (Catalan: El Just) was the second son of Peter III of Aragon and Constance of Sicily. ...


He became heir after his older brother James renounced his rights to become a monk. He married Teresa of Entença and Antillon (1300-1327), heiress of Urgell. With this marriage, Urgell was definitively incorporated into the crown of Aragon. Urgell is one of the historical Catalan counties, bordering on the counties of Pallars and Cerdanya. ...


After widowing, he married Leonor de Castile, who should have been his brother James' wife but he refused to consumate the marriage. She was the sister of Alfonso XI of Castile and was murdered by her nephew Peter I of Castile. Alfonso XI of Castile (August 13, 1311 - March 26/27, 1350) was the king of Castile and León, the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. ... Pedro of Castile Peter I (August 30, 1334 – March 23, 1369; Spanish: Pedro I), sometimes known as Peter the Cruel or Peter the Lawful was the king of Castile from 1350 to 1369. ...


Children

By Teresa of Entença:

  • Alfons (lived only one year).
  • Peter IV
  • James (Jaume), Count of Urgell (1320-1347). He also inherited Entença and Antillon.
  • Fadrique (died young).
  • Constança (1322-1346), married James III of Majorca.
  • Elizabeth (died young).
  • Sanç (1327, lived only a few days).

By Leonor de Castile: Peter IV of Aragon (1319-1387), king of Aragon (1336-1387), the Ceremonious or el del punyalet (the one of the little dagger). ... James III (1315-1349), king of Majorca, grandson of James II, was driven out of his little state and finally murdered by his cousin Pedro IV of Aragon, who definitely reannexed the Balearic Islands to the crown. ...

  • Ferdinand (Ferran), Marquis of Tortosa. Married Maria of Portugal (daughter of Peter I of Portugal) and was killed by his half-brother Peter IV.
  • John (Joan). Married Isabel Núñez de Lara and was killed by order of his cousin Peter I of Castile.
Preceded by:
James II		 King of Aragon
1327–1336		 Succeeded by:
Peter IV
Count of Barcelona
1327–1336
King of Valencia
1327–1336

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The fight for the Kingdom of Naples between Aragon and Anjou is an old long story, which endured centuries, starting with the beheading of Konradin in 1268 and the Sicilian Vesper at 30th of May in 1282.
Alfonso manifested with his success Spanish influence on the Italian peninsula and the long time results were two Spanish (Borgia) Popes in Italy, Calixtus III.
For the rest, Alfonso's procession, which passed by a breach in the wall through the city to the cathedral, was a strange mixture of antique, allegorical, and purely comic elements.
Castile and Aragon (2847 words)
Alfonso VII bore the title of emperor, and extended his conquests as far as Almeria, but he, also, at his death in 1157, divided his possessions among his children, giving Leon to Ferdinand II, and Castile to Sancho, in whose short reign the Military Order of Alcántara was founded.
At the death of Alfonso I of Aragon Alfonso VII reclaimed and occupied part of his estates, but Alfonso II aided by Alfonso VIII in the siege of Cuenca (1177) obtained for his kingdom freedom from the dependence on Castile, to which it had been subjected since the time of Ramiro the Monk.
The Compromiso de Caspe placed the crown of Aragon on the head of an Infante of Castile, Ferdinand of Antequera (1412), and the marriage of Isabella, heiress of Henry IV of Castile, to Ferdinand, the heir of John II of Aragon, finally united these kingdoms and formed the beginning of the Spanish monarchy.
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