Alfonso de Aragón y Foix (1332 -
Gandia, 5 March 1412)
[Iglesias Costa, Manuel (2001) ''Historia del condado de Ribagorza'' . p. 267. Huesca: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses: Diputación de Huesca. .] also called Alfonso I of Gandía "the old" and Alfonso IV of Ribagorza, was the eldest son of Count
Peter of Ribagorza Peter of Aragon ( ca, Pere d'Aragó, es, Pedro de Aragón; 1305 – 4 November 1381) was an ''infante'' (royal prince) of the Crown of Aragon who served three successive kings as a soldier, diplomat and counsellor before joining the Franciscans in ...
and Juana of Foix. He was the grandson of
James II of Aragon and cousin of
Pedro IV "the Ceremonious". He held the titles of
Duke of Gandía (from 1399),
Count of Denia (since 1355),
Count of Ribagorza (from 1361),
Marquis of Villena
Duke of Escalona ( es, Duque de Escalona) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee and granted in 1472 by Henry IV to Juan Pacheco, 1st Marquess of Villena.
The title refers to the village Escalona ...
(since 1366), and first
Constable of Castile.
He was a claimant to the
Crown of Aragon in the succession crisis that followed the death of
Martin of Aragon with no children. Alfonso claimed the crown as senior male-line descendant of James II. Alfonso died before the crisis was resolved by the
Compromise of Caspe; his claim was inherited by his brother,
Juan of Aragon and Foix
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.
See also
*
Dukes of Gandía
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Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba
References
Bibliography
* Iglesias Costa, Manuel (2001
''Historia del condado de Ribagorza'' . Huesca: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses: Diputación de Huesca. .
*Suárez Fernández, Luis (1976) ''Historia de España Antigua y media'' . vol.1, p. 318. Ediciones Rialp .
House of Aragon
1412 deaths
1332 births
Dukes of Spain
Counts of Spain
Dukes of Gandía
Monastery of Sant Jeroni de Cotalba
Marquesses of Villena
Ribagorza
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