Alfonso IV of Aragon

Alfonso IV of Aragon
Alfonso IV of Aragon
Spouse(s)	Teresa d'Entença Eleanor of Castile
Noble family	House of Aragon
Father	James II of Aragon
Mother	Blanche of Anjou
Born	1299 Naples
Died	24 January 1336(1336-01-24) Barcelona

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    Violant, Queen of Castile    Constance, Infanta of Castile    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    Yolanda, Duchess of Calabria 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    Constance, Queen of Sicily    John (future John I of Aragon and Valencia)    Martin (future Martin II of Sicily and I of Aragon and Valencia)    Eleanor, Queen of Castile    Isabella, Countess of Urgel Grandchildren include    Ferdinand (future Ferdinand I of Aragon, Valencia and Sicily)    Isabella, Countess of Urgel and Coimbra 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, Naples – 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 y Cabrera, heiress of Urgell, in 1314 in the Cathedral of Lerida. He is reputed to have been so liberal in the expenses during the wedding, that the local counsels imposed restrictions on how much he could spend. 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 being widowed in 1327, Alfonso married in February 1329 Eleanor of Castile (1308–1359), who was betrothed to his brother James, who had refused to consummate the marriage. She was the sister of Alfonso XI of Castile. Because of some favoritism he showed towards his second wife, the last years of his life, he had to contend with the son of his first marriage, the future Peter IV.

Contents 1 Children 2 Ancestors 3 Notes 4 Sources

Children

By Teresa d'Entença:

• Alfonso (1315–1317)
• Constance (1318–1346), married in 1336 to James III of Majorca.
• Peter IV (1319–1387), successor.
• James I, Count of Urgell (1321–1347), also inherited Entença and Antillon.
• Elizabeth (1323–1327).
• Fadrique (1325-died young).
• Sancho (1327), lived only a few days.

By Eleanor of Castile:

• Ferdinand (1329–1363), Marquis of Tortosa and Lord of Albarracín and Fraga.
• John (1331–1358), Lord of Elche, Biel and Bolsa, married in 1355 to Isabel Núñez de Lara and was killed by order of his cousin Pedro of Castile.

Ancestors

16. Peter II of Aragon

8. James I of Aragon

17. Maria of Montpellier

4. Peter III of Aragon

18. Andrew II of Hungary

9. Violant of Hungary

19. Yolanda de Courtenay

2. James II of Aragon

20. Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

10. Manfred of Sicily

21. Bianca Lancia

5. Constance of Sicily

22. Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy

11. Beatrice of Savoy

23. Anne of Burgundy

1. Alfonso IV of Aragon

24. Louis VIII of France

12. Charles I of Naples

25. Blanche of Castile

6. Charles II of Naples

26. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence

13. Beatrice of Provence

27. Beatrice of Savoy

3. Blanche of Anjou

28. Béla IV of Hungary

14. Stephen V of Hungary

29. Maria Laskarina

7. Maria of Hungary

30. Kuthen the Cuman

15. Elizabeth the Cuman

31. Galicie of Halicz

Notes

Sources

• Diccionario universal de historia y de geografía, p. 152. By Lucas Alamán, Manuel Orozco y Berra
• Medieval Iberia: an encyclopedia, Ed. E. Michael Gerli, Samuel G. Armistead, Routledge, 2003.
• O'Callaghan, Joseph F., A History of Medieval Spain, Cornell University Press, 1975.

Alfonso IV of Aragon House of Aragon Cadet branch of the House of Barcelona Born: c. 1299 Died: 24 January 1336
Regnal titles
Preceded by James the Just	King of Aragon, Valencia, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica; Count of Barcelona 1327–1336	Succeeded by Peter the Ceremonious

Infantes of Aragon 1st Generation Sancho I · García 2nd Generation Peter I · Ferdinand · Alfonso I · Ramiro II 3rd Generation Peter 4th Generation Peter · Ramon/Alfonso II · Peter, Count of Cerdanya/Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence · Sancho, Count of Provence · Ramon 5th Generation Peter II · Alfonso II, Count of Provence · Sancho · Ferdinand · Ramon Berenguer 6th Generation James I 7th Generation Alfonso · Peter III · James II of Majorca · Ferdinand · Sancho · James, Lord of Jérica  · Peter, Lord of Ayerbe 8th Generation Alfonso III · James II · Frederick III of Sicily · Pedro · James* · Sancho of Majorca* · Philip* · Ferdinand, Viscount of Aumelas* · James, Lord of Jérica · Peter, Lord of Ayerbe 9th Generation James · Alfonso IV · John · Peter, Count of Ribagorza · Ramon Berenguer, Count of Ampurias · Peter II of Sicily** · Roger** · Manfred, Duke of Athens and Neopatria** · William II, Duke of Athens and Neopatria** · John, Duke of Randazzo** · James III of Majorca* · Ferdinand, Viscount of Aumelas* · James, Lord of Jérica · Peter, Lord of Jérica · Alfonso, Lord of Cocentaina 10th Generation Alfonso · Peter IV · James I, Count of Urgell · Fadrique · Sancho · Ferdinand, Marquis of Tortosa · John, Lord of Elche · Alfonso, Count of Ribagorza · John, Count of Prades · Jaime · John, Count of Ampurias · Peter, Count of Ampurias · Louis of Sicily** · Frederick IV of Sicily** · Frederick I, Duke of Athens and Neopatria** · James IV of Majorca* 11th Generation Peter · John I · Martin · Alfonso · Alonso, Count of Morella · Peter · Peter II, Count of Urgell · Infante John of Ribagorza · James, Baron of Arenós · Alfonso, Count of Ribagorza · Peter, Marquis of Villena · Peter, Count of Prades · James, Count of Prades · Louis of Prades 12th Generation James · John · Alfonso · James, Duke of Girona · Fernando, Duke of Girona · Pedro, Duke of Girona · Martin I of Sicily · James · John · Antonio of Urgell · James II, Count of Urgell · Peter of Urgell · John, Baron of Etenza 13th Generation Peter · Martin 14th Generation Alfonso V · John II · Henry, Duke of Villena · Peter, Count of Alburquerque · Sancho 15th Generation Charles, Prince of Viana · Ferdinand II 16th Generation Juan, Prince of Asturias · John, Prince of Girona 17th Generation Charles I of Spain · Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor *also a prince of Majorca **also a prince of Sicily

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Persondata
Name	Alfonso IV of Aragon
Alternative names	Alfonso the Kind (nickname); Alfons el Benigne (Catalan)
Short description	King of Aragon, Valencia, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica (1327-1336)
Date of birth	1299
Place of birth	Naples
Date of death	24 January 1336
Place of death	Barcelona