Antonio de Luna y de Xérica (deceased in

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, in 1419) was an Aragonese nobleman, Lord of Almonacid, Loarre, Morés,

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and Rueda. He was leader of the supporters of

James II of Urgell James II (in Catalan ''Jaume II d'Urgell'' or ''Jaume el Dissortat'' "James the unlucky", in Spanish ''Jayme II el desafortunado'') (1380 – 1 June 1433) was the Count of Urgell (1408–1413), Viscount of Àger, and lord of Antillón, Alcolea d ...

in the

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after the death without sons of

Martin I of Aragon Martin the Humane (29 July 1356 – 31 May 1410), also called the Elder and the Ecclesiastic, was King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 (as Martin II). He failed to secure th ...

Family

He was the only son of Pedro Martínez de Luna y Saluzzo and Elfa de Xérica y Arborea (illegitimate descendant of

James I of Aragón James I the Conqueror ( es, Jaime el Conquistador, ca, Jaume el Conqueridor; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276; King of Majorca from 1231 to 1276; and Valencia from 1238 to 127 ...

and

Roger of Lauria Roger of Lauria (''c''. 1245 – 17 January 1305) was a Neapolitan admiral in Aragonese service, who was the commander of the fleet of the Crown of Aragon during the War of the Sicilian Vespers. He was probably the most successful and talent ...

). He had kinship with the Aragonese queen consort

Maria de Luna Maria de Luna (c. 1358 – 1406) was queen consort of Aragon, as the spouse of King Martin I of Aragon, from his ascension in 1396 to her death in 1406. In the early years of Martin's reign, she served as regent of Aragon while her husband tend ...

and the anti-pope Benedict XIII. He married Aldonza de Luna y Ximénez de Urrea. After she died, in 1409 he married Leonor Cervelló. They had one daughter, Elfa de Luna y Cervelló.

Political life

In 1396 he was a member of the embassy for

when he was crowned King. Martin I knighted de Luna. During the "war of factions", he led his family's faction against the Urrea family. When Martin I died, he supported

in his unsuccessful candidacy to the throne. In 1411, he and a gang of men murdered the Archbishop of Zaragoza, García Fernández de Heredia, an ally of the child candidate Louis of Anjou. This action earned him

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and damaged James. Finally, in the

compromise of Caspe The 1412 Compromise of Caspe (''Compromís de Casp'' in Catalan) was an act and resolution of parliamentary representatives of the constituent realms of the Crown of Aragon (the Kingdom of Aragon, Kingdom of Valencia, and Principality of Catal ...

Ferdinand of Antequera Ferdinand I (Spanish: ''Fernando I''; 27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416 in Igualada, Òdena) named Ferdinand of Antequera and also the Just (or the Honest) was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and (nominal) Corsica and king of Sic ...

became King. De Luna accepted the decision, but later rebelled along with the count of Urgell. The rebellion was defeated and Antón de Luna was dispossessed of his properties and arrested in

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luna, Anton De Lords of Spain 1419 deaths 14th-century Aragonese nobility 15th-century Aragonese nobility Spanish knights Year of birth unknown