Enrique de Aragón y Pimentel, known as ''el Infante Fortuna'' (
Calatayud
Calatayud (; 2014 pop. 20,658) is a Municipalities of Spain, municipality in the Province of Zaragoza, within Aragón, Spain, lying on the river Jalón (river), Jalón, in the midst of the Sistema Ibérico mountain range. It is the second-larges ...
, 25 July 1445 –
Castelló d'Empúries
Castelló d'Empúries is a town and municipality in the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It lies 9 km east of Figueres.
In 1079, Castelló d'Empúries became the capital of the Empúries county due to the previous capital, Sant Mart ...
, 2 July 1522), was
Count of Ampurias becoming Count ''later''
1st Duke of Segorbe.
He served as
Viceroy of Catalonia
This is a list of Spanish viceroys (also called lieutenants) of the Principality of Catalonia from 1479 to 1713.
*1479–1493: Enrique de Aragón
*1493–1495: Juan de Lanuza y Garabito
*1495–1496: Juan Fernández de Heredia
*149 ...
between 1479 and 1493.
Life
The only and posthumous son of
Henry, Duke of Villena
Infante Henry of Aragon (1400 – 15 June 1445), 1st Duke of Villena, 4th Count of Alburquerque, Count of Ampurias, was the Grand Master of the Order of Santiago.
Childhood
A member of the House of Trastamara, Henry was the third son of Ki ...
and his second wife Beatriz de Pimentel, he succeeded his father as
Count of Empúries
Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...
and
Count of Segorbe, when his uncle
Alfonso V of Aragon
Alfonso the Magnanimous (139627 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfonso V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfonso I) from 1442 until his death. He was involved with struggles to the t ...
, who had served as
Regent
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, died in 1458. In 1469 his
countship
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of
Segorbe
Segorbe is a municipality in the mountainous coastal province of Castelló, autonomous community of Valencia, Spain. The former Palace of the Dukes of Medinaceli now houses the city's mayor. Segorbe's bull-running week (''semana de Toros'') in ...
was elevated to a
dukedom
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* The title and office of a duke
* Duchy, the territory ruled by a duke
* Dukedom, Kentucky and Tennessee
Dukedom is an unincorporated community in both Graves County, Kentucky and Weakley County, Tennessee, straddling th ...
.
Upon his cousin's accession to
throne of Aragon in 1479,
King
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*In the context of prehistory, antiquity and contemporary indigenous peoples, the tit ...
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II ( an, Ferrando; ca, Ferran; eu, Errando; it, Ferdinando; la, Ferdinandus; es, Fernando; 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), also called Ferdinand the Catholic (Spanish: ''el Católico''), was King of Aragon and Sardinia from ...
appointed him as
Viceroy of Catalonia
This is a list of Spanish viceroys (also called lieutenants) of the Principality of Catalonia from 1479 to 1713.
*1479–1493: Enrique de Aragón
*1493–1495: Juan de Lanuza y Garabito
*1495–1496: Juan Fernández de Heredia
*149 ...
.
The Duke of Segorbe died on 2 July 1522 at
Castelló d'Empúries
Castelló d'Empúries is a town and municipality in the Alt Empordà in Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It lies 9 km east of Figueres.
In 1079, Castelló d'Empúries became the capital of the Empúries county due to the previous capital, Sant Mart ...
and is buried in the
Poblet Monastery
Poblet Abbey, otherwise the Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet ( ca, Reial Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet), is a Cistercian monastery, founded in 1151, located at the foot of the Prades Mountains, in the comarca of Conca de Barberà, in Ca ...
.
Marriage and Children
In 1488, Enrique de Aragón married Guiomar de Portugal (died 1516), sister of
Fadrique de Portugal
Fadrique de Portugal (c. 1465 – 15 January 1539) was a Portuguese politician and cleric.
Biography
Born around 1465 in Vila Viçosa, Fadrique de Portugal was a son of Afonso, 1st Count of Faro, and Maria de Noronha e Sousa, 2nd Counte ...
, Privy Counsellor to
Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II ( an, Ferrando; ca, Ferran; eu, Errando; it, Ferdinando; la, Ferdinandus; es, Fernando; 10 March 1452 – 23 January 1516), also called Ferdinand the Catholic (Spanish: ''el Católico''), was King of Aragon and Sardinia from ...
.
They had 3 children :
* Juan de Aragón (1488–1490).
*
Alfonso de Aragón y Portugal
Alfonso de Aragón y Portugal, or Alfonso I de Ampurias (Segorbe, 1489–1563), was Count of Ampurias and Duke of Segorbe.
Biography
He was a son of Enrique de Aragón y Pimentel and Guiomar de Portugal, and succeeded his father as Count of Amp ...
(1489–1562),
Viceroy of Valencia
This is a list of viceroys of the Kingdom of Valencia from 1520 to 1707.
*1520 : Diego Hurtado de Mendoza, 1st Count of Melito
*1523 : Germaine of Foix and Johann of Brandenburg-Ansbach
*1526 : Germaine of Foix and Ferdinand of Aragon, Duque ...
.
* Isabel de Aragón (1491–1530), married in 1513
.
See also
*
House of Trastámara
The House of Trastámara (Spanish, Aragonese and Catalan: Casa de Trastámara) was a royal dynasty which first ruled in the Crown of Castile and then expanded to the Crown of Aragon in the late middle ages to the early modern period.
They were a ...
References
Sources
Gran enciclopèdia catalana
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Dukes of Spain
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Enrique
Enrique () is the Spanish language, Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich (given name), Heinrich of Germanic origin.
Equivalents in other languages are Henry (given name), Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, D ...