Peter Of Aragon, Count Of Alburquerque

Peter, Infante of Aragón (1406 – 1438 besieging

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), Viceroy of Sicily (1424–1425) and Duke of Noto, was the sixth child of King Ferdinand I of Aragón and Countess

Eleanor of Alburquerque Eleanor, 3rd Countess of Alburquerque (1374 – 16 December 1435) was Queen of Aragon by her marriage to Ferdinand I of Aragon. In Spanish, she is known as ''Leonor Urraca de Castilla, condesa de Alburquerque''. She was the regent of Aragon ...

. Future king John, Henry and Peter were a most troublesome princely group, known as the

Infantes of Aragon {{Short description, Term for the sons of King Ferdinand I of Aragon The Infantes of Aragon ( es, Los Infantes de Aragón) is an appellation commonly used by Spanish historians to refer to a group of 15th-century '' infantes'' (princes) of the Hou ...

, nagging, invading, and fighting all over the lands of their rather peaceful cousin and brother in law, king Juan II of Castile, disrupting, robbing and bringing havoc to the Castilian peasants and much opposed to

Álvaro de Luna Álvaro de Luna y Fernández de Jarava (between 1388 and 13902 June 1453), was a Castilian statesman, favourite of John II of Castile. He served as Constable of Castile and as Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. He earned great influence in t ...

. Then, when king

Alfonso V of Aragón 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 th ...

, the eldest brother, decided to leave Aragón to conquest the kingdom of Naples and live there, leaving his wife, a sister of his much abused and battered cousin the king of Castile, Juan II of Castile, to have some 17 Aragonese-Italian illegitimate children from several Italian nobility women never returning to Spain, his brothers ran with him, too, circa 1432, thirsty for Neapolitan adventures, including the disastrous naval battle of

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but also the conquest of

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. Both Aragonese princes ("infants" in Spanish): Peter, Duke of Noto in

died in battle, aged 32, in

, when attacking

; and Henry died in

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, also in battle, aged 45, respectively. 1406 births 1438 deaths Italian nobility Viceroys of Sicily Sons of kings {{Italy-noble-stub