Frederick I (Naples)

Coin ( Sestino ) with the portrait of King Frederick. The inscription reads:
FEDERICVS D [EI] G [RATIA] R [EX] SI [CILIAE]
( Friedrich, King of Sicily by the grace of God ).

Frederick of Aragón (Italian and Spanish Federico ; born April 19, 1452 ; † November 9, 1504 in Tours ) was King of Naples from 1496 to 1501 . He was the son of Ferdinand I , brother of Alfonso II and uncle of Ferdinand II and, like them, belonged to the House of Trastámara .

Friedrich came from the marriage of Ferdinand of Naples and his first wife, Isabella of Taranto . Isabella was the daughter of Tristan, Count of Capertino, and Caterina Orsini . When he was 44 years old, he succeeded his childless nephew Ferdinand II, who died prematurely in 1496, to the throne.

In 1501 Frederick was betrayed by his cousin Ferdinand the Catholic , King of Spain: Ferdinand sent Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba y Aguilar , also known as Gran Capitano , to the Kingdom of Naples under the pretext of the crusade against the Turks and occupied it. Friedrich allied himself with King Ludwig XII. of France, surrendered to him and left him his rights of the empire.

progeny

Like his father, he married twice. His first wife was Anna of Savoy, daughter of Amadeus IX. whom he married on September 11, 1478 in Milan . He had a child with her.

Carlotta of Naples (1480–1506) ∞ Guido XV. of Montmorency, Count of Laval († 1531)

His second wife was Isabella del Balzo († 1533), with whom he had five children.

Ferdinand of Aragon , Duke of Calabria (born December 15, 1488 in Andria, † October 26, 1550) ∞ Germaine de Foix
Giulia (Julia) of Naples (1492–1542) ∞ Johann Georg von Montferrat (1488–1533)
Isabel of Naples (c. 1500–1550)
Alfonso of Naples (1499–1501 / 03)
Caesar of Naples (died early)

Remarks

↑ The numbering is not clear. Friedrich was the first and only one of his name in the " Kingdom of Naples ". If one counts his predecessors in a direct line in the Kingdom of Sicily , then he was the II. After Emperor Friedrich II. To differentiate from this he is seldom wrongly called III. numbered. If you also count the kings of the island of Sicily (Trinacria), who ruled in parallel, he was IV. Friedrich himself never used a number during his reign. Due to the origin of his dynasty, he is also known as Frederick of Aragón (his grandfather was King of Aragón ), but never ruled there himself and made no claims.

literature

Gino Benzoni: Federico d'Aragona. In: Fiorella Bartoccini (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 45: Farinacci – Fedrigo. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1995, pp. 668-682.
Claudia Vultaggio: Frederick I of Aragón . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 4, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-7608-8904-2 , Sp. 944.

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predecessor	Office	successor
Ferdinand II.	King of Naples 1496–1500	Naples went first to France ( Louis XII ), then to Spain

personal data
SURNAME	Friedrich I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Naples
DATE OF BIRTH	April 19, 1452
DATE OF DEATH	November 9, 1504

[1] The numbering is not clear. Friedrich was the first and only one of his name in the " Kingdom of Naples ". If one counts his predecessors in a direct line in the Kingdom of Sicily , then he was the II. After Emperor Friedrich II. To differentiate from this he is seldom wrongly called III. numbered. If you also count the kings of the island of Sicily (Trinacria), who ruled in parallel, he was IV. Friedrich himself never used a number during his reign. Due to the origin of his dynasty, he is also known as Frederick of Aragón (his grandfather was King of Aragón ), but never ruled there himself and made no claims.