Alfonso de Aragon y Eiximenis
Alfonso de Aragón y Eiximenis, el Joven (* after 1358; † November 29, 1425 ) was 2nd Duke of Gandía , Count of Dénia and Ribagorza from 1412 to 1425. He was the son of Alfonso de Aragón y Foix , 1st Duke by Gandía and thus a member of the house of Barcelona , and the Violante Eiximenis de Arenós.
He married on January 20, 1393 in Tudela Maria Infanta of Navarre, daughter of King Charles II of Navarre († after 1420), and was thus a brother-in-law of King Charles III, who ruled from 1387 to 1425 . He later married Aldonza March y Vilarig, daughter of Mosén Juan March and Violante Vilarig.
With the death of his father in 1410, he moved up as a pretender for the Aragon Crown in the compromise of Caspe , but received no votes in the election. During the uprising of the Count of Urgell (1412/14) and the Battle of Balaguer (1413) he fought on the side of Ferdinand I of Aragón , he blocked the city of Lleida (Lérida) and finally mediated the end of the uprising.
He died in 1425 without legitimate descendants, so the succession in his areas was unclear. Gandía went to Hugo de Cardona , Ribagorza to the Infante Juan de Aragón, the later King John II. A little later, in 1433, Hugo de Cardona Gandía also passed to Juan de Aragón, so that Alfonso's titles were reunited.
However, he had an illegitimate son from an unknown woman, Jaime de Aragón, who was married to a daughter of Bernardo de Villaragut and died in Játiva prison in 1465 .
literature
- Detlev Schwennicke : European Family Tables , Volume III.1 (1984) Plate 130
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| SURNAME | Aragón y Eiximenis, Alfonso de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Duke of Gandía, Count of Denia and Ribagorza |
| DATE OF BIRTH | after 1358 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1425 |