Alfonso IV (Aragon)

Alfonso IV of Aragon the Kind (* 1299 in Naples , † January 24, 1336 in Barcelona ) was king of Aragón and Sardinia from 1327 until his death .

He was the son and successor of Jacob II and his wife Blanka of Anjou-Naples. Already as crown prince Alfons conquered Sardinia in 1324 , which his father had been assured by Pope Boniface VIII after he had renounced Sicily . In order to secure the conquest, Alfonso waged war with Genoa as king , to this end he allied himself with King James III. from Mallorca . In 1314 he married Teresa d'Entença (1300-1327), countess and heiress of Urgell, daughter of Gombaldo, baron of Entença .

Alfons later became ailing and turned to religion. He came completely under the influence of his second wife Eleanor , daughter of Ferdinand IV of Castile . Because of donations to Eleanor, he got into a dispute with the estates, in which he was defeated. He got his nickname because of his lavish indulgence. He died of dropsy in 1336.

From his first marriage he had the following children:

Alfonso (1315-1317)
Konstanze (1318–1346) ⚭ 1336 King Jacob III. from Mallorca
Peter IV (1319–1387), King of Aragon
Jakob (1321–1347), Count of Urgell ⚭ 1336 Cäcilia de Comminges
Isabel (1323-1327)
Friedrich (* 1325), died young
Sancho (1326-1327)

Alfons had two sons from his second marriage:

Ferdinand (1329–1363), Marques de Tortosa ⚭ 1354 Maria of Portugal
Johann (1331–1358), Lord of Elche ⚭ 1354 Isabel Nuñez de Lara

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predecessor	Office	successor
Jacob II./I.	King of Aragón Count of Barcelona King of Valencia 1327–1336	Peter IV./I.
Jacob II./I.	King of Sardinia 1327–1336	Peter IV./I.
Teresa d'Entença	Count of Urgell 1327–1336	Jacob I of Urgell

personal data
SURNAME	Alfons IV
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Alfonso the Kind
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Aragon
DATE OF BIRTH	1299
PLACE OF BIRTH	Naples
DATE OF DEATH	January 24, 1336
Place of death	Barcelona