Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar

Cross of the Order of Calatrava.

Alfonso de Aragon y de Escobar (1417 – 1495), Duke of Villahermosa, Count of Ribagorza and Cortes, Baron de Arenos and Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava,[1] was an illegitimate son of John II of Aragon and one of his mistresses. Little is known about him. Because he wasn't in line of succession, he was often overlooked as a member of the royal family.

Preceded by
Fernando de Padilla
Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava
1404–1407 		Succeeded by
Pedro Girón Acuña Pacheco

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Sources

  1. ↑ Francisco José Morales Roca (1999). Prelados, abades mitrados, dignidades capitulares y caballeros de las Ordenes Militares habilitados por el brazo eclesiástico en las Cortes del Principado de Cataluña: dinastía de Trastamara y de Austria : siblos XV y XVI (1410–1599) (in Spanish). Madrid: Ediciones Hidalguia. pp. 87, 90. ISBN 978-84-89851-15-3.