Joan Ramon I Folc de Cardona, 2nd

Count of Cardona Duke of Cardona () is a hereditary title in the Spanish nobility, Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee. The title was granted in 1491 by Ferdinand II of Aragon, Ferdinand II to Juan Ramón Folch de Cardona, 5th Count of Cardon ...

(3 January 1375 – 11 April 1441), was a Catalan nobleman in the late Middle Ages. His titles included Count of Cardona and Viscount of Vilamur ().

Biography

His parents were Hug I, 1st Count of Cardona, and his wife Beatriu d'Anglesola. In 1396 Joan Ramon, heir of Cardona, was one of the magnates who went to

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to assist its new King, Martín. The young king soon granted him the investiture to the Admiralty previously held by his father. Upon the death of his father, the first count, Hug de Cardona, in 1400 he inherited the county of Cardona. He inherited the title of Admiral of Aragon. Joan Ramon, count of Cardona, was one of the generals of King Martin the Young in the

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. The campaign ended with the

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in 1409. During the

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of 1410–12 in the realm of the

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, count Joan Ramon and his brother

Antoni de Cardona Antonio de Cardona y de Xerica-Aragon (1395 – 1458 in Naples, Italy) Viceroy of Sicily 1419–1421, son of Hugo de Cardona and Beatriz de Xerica y Martinez de Luna, In 1400, Antonio de Cardona y de Xerica-Aragon married "Leonor Manoel de Vilhena ...

were the most notable leaders of the party of Jaume II, Count of Urgell, in the parliamentary processes. In 1412 they both lodged their protest against the way the delegates for the Compromis de Casp had been elected. However, once the decision had been pronounced, choosing

Ferran de 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 Sicil ...

as the new

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, the count Joan Ramon I was fervently loyal to the new dynasty and refused to collaborate with the Urgellist revolt of 1413. In 1418 count Joan Ramon I was the

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of King

Alfonso V of Aragon Alfonso the Magnanimous (Alfons el Magnànim in Catalan language, Catalan) (139627 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfons V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfons I) from 1442 until his ...

to the Church

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. In 1423, Joan Ramon commanded a fleet of 22 galleys and eight big ships, assisting Aragonese king Alfonso V of Aragon, (1395 - king of Aragon and Sicily 1416 - king of Naples "manu militari" between 1434 - 1458), who was besieged in Naples. On his return home, he took the French city of Marseille. For his actions, his family was awarded in 1463 by Alfonso V of Aragon's brother, King

John II of Aragon John II (Spanish language, Spanish: ''Juan II'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Joan II'', Aragonese language, Aragonese: ''Chuan II'' and ; 29 June 1398 – 20 January 1479), called the Great (''el Gran'') or the Faithless (''el Sense Fe''), was ...

(ruled 1458 - 1479), the Sicilian town of

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. After 1436, count Joan Ramon I retired to Cardona.

Cultural achievements

For the occasion of the wedding of his son

Joan Ramon II The 3rd Count of Cardona, Joan Ramon II Folc de Cardona (14 June 14001471), was a Catalan nobleman in the late Middle Ages. His titles included Count of Cardona and Count-consort of Prades, as well as Viscount of Vilamur. Biography He was born ...

with Joana de Prades, the elderly count authored a beautiful letter of advice and instructions.

Family

At the age of 16 years, Joan Ramon I was married to a young lady from the Royal House, by name Joana de Arago de Gandia, in 1391. She was daughter of

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and his wife Violant de Arenos. Countess Joana died in 1419. Their adult children were: *

(1400-1471), his successor as Count of Cardona * Hug de Cardona i Gandia (1405-1470) *Joana de Cardona * Jaume de Cardona i de Gandia (1405-1466), bishop of Vic (1445-1459) and President of the Generalitat de Catalunya from 1443 to 1446 *Elionor de Cardona, she embarked in 1451 to

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for marriage with the

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*Pere de Cardona

References

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