Alfonso IV of Aragon

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Aragonese and Valencian Royalty
House of Barcelona

Alfonso II Children include    Peter (future Peter II of Aragon)    Alfonso II, Count of Provence Peter II Children include    James (future James I of Aragon, Valencia and Majorca) James I    Peter (future Peter III of Aragon and I of Valencia and Sicily)    James II of Majorca    Isabella, Queen of France Peter III (I of Valencia and Sicily) Children include    Alfonso (future Alfonso III of Aragon and I of Valencia)    James (future James I of Sicily and II of Aragon and Valencia)    Frederick II of Sicily    Elizabeth, Queen of Portugal Alfonso III (I of Valencia) James II (I of Sicily) Children include    Alfonso (future Alfonso IV of Aragon and II of Valencia) Alfonso IV (II of Valencia) Children include    Peter (future Peter IV of Aragon and II of Valencia) Peter IV (II of Valencia) Children include    John (future John I of Aragon and Valencia)    Martin (future Martin II of Sicily and I of Aragon and Valencia)    Eleanor, Queen of Castile Grandchildren include    Ferdinand (future Ferdinand I of Aragon, Valencia and Sicily) John I    Yolande, Queen of France Martin I (II of Sicily)

Alfonso IV, called the Kind (also the Gentle or the Nice, Catalan: Alfons el Benigne) (1299 – 24 January 1336) was the King of Aragon^[1] and Count of Barcelona^[2] (as Alfonso III) from 1327 to his death. He was the second son of James II and Blanche of Anjou. His reign saw the incorporation of the County of Urgell, Duchy of Athens, and Duchy of Neopatria into the Crown of Aragon.

During the reign of his father, he was the procurator general of the Crown. He married Teresa d'Entença, heiress of Urgell, in 1314. In 1323–1324, he undertook the conquest of Sardinia. He became heir after his older brother James renounced his rights to become a monk. In 1329, he began a long war with the Republic of Genoa. The city of Sassari surrenderd in 1323, but rebelled three more times and was contested by Genoa.

After widowing, Alfonso married Eleanor of Castile, who was betrothed to his brother James, who had refused to consummate the marriage. She was the sister of Alfonso XI of Castile.

[edit] Ancestors

Alfonso's ancestors in three generations

Alfonso IV of Aragon	Father: James II of Aragon	Paternal Grandfather: Peter III of Aragon	Paternal Great-grandfather: James I of Aragon
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Violant of Hungary
		Paternal Grandmother: Constantia of Sicily	Paternal Great-grandfather: Manfred of Sicily
			Paternal Great-grandmother: Beatrice of Savoy
	Mother: Blanche of Anjou	Maternal Grandfather: Charles II of Naples	Maternal Great-grandfather: Charles I of Naples
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Beatrice of Provence
		Maternal Grandmother: Maria Arpad of Hungary	Maternal Great-grandfather: Stephen V of Hungary
			Maternal Great-grandmother: Elisabeth of Kuthan

[edit] Children

By Teresa d'Entença:

• Alfonso, lived only one year
• Peter IV, successor
• James I, Count of Urgell, also inherited Entença and Antillon
• Fadrique, died young
• Constance (1322-1346), married James III of Majorca
• Elizabeth, died young
• Sancho (1327), lived only a few days

By Eleanor of Castile:

• Ferdinand, Marquis of Tortosa
• John, married Isabel Núñez de Lara and was killed by order of his cousin Pedro of Castile

[edit] Notes

1. ^ He held the Crown of Aragon, which included not just Aragon, but also the kingdoms of Valencia, Sardinia, and Corsica.
2. ^ He was also the holder of most of the Catalan counties.

Preceded by James II	King of Aragon 1327–1336	Succeeded by Peter IV
	Count of Barcelona 1327–1336
	King of Valencia 1327–1336