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  John II of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John II (June 29, 1397 – January 20, 1479) was a King of Aragon (1458 - 1479) and a King of Navarre (1425 - 1479).
John is regarded as one of the most stirring and most unscrupulous kings of the 15th century.
The reign of John II of Aragon is largely dealt with in WH Prescott's History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella (1854).
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 AllRefer.com - John II, king of AragOn and Sicily (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
John II 1397–1479, king of AragOn and Sicily (1458–79), king of Navarre (1425–79), count of Barcelona.
John was expelled from Catalonia, and RenE of Anjou was chosen count of Barcelona.
At John's death Navarre passed to the house of Foix through the marriage of John's daughter Leonor; AragOn, Catalonia, and Sicily passed to his son, Ferdinand II, who as Ferdinand V also became king of Castile.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - John I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John I, Saint (470-526), pope (523 to 526).
John I (of Aragón) (1350-1396), or Juan I, king of Aragón, Spain, son of Pedro IV and his third wife, Eleanor of Sicily.
John I (of Castile and León), in Spanish, Juan I (1358-1390), king of Castile and León from 1379 to 1390.
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 JOHN II. (SOBIESKI), KING OF POLAND - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN II. (SOBIESKI), KING OF POLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John was a chivalrous and romantic personage, who enjoyed a great reputation for valour both before and after his death; but as a ruler he was careless and extravagant, interested only in his kingdom when seeking relief from his constant pecuniary embarrassments.
King John was killed at Aicali on he gth of October 1390 by the fall of his horse, while he was iding in a, fantasia with some of the light horsemen known as the arfanes, who were mounted and equipped in the Arab style.
JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540), king of Hungary, was the son of the palatine Stephen Zapolya and the princess Hedwig of Teschen, and was born at the castle of Szepesvar.
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 JOHN II. - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN II.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
(1397-1479), king of Aragon, son of Ferdinand I. anc of his wife Eleanor of Albuquerque, born on the 2gth of June 1397, was one of the most stirring and most unscrupulous kings of the isth century.
John rom the first regarded his son with jealousy, which after his econd marriage with Joan Henriquez, and under her influence, ;rew into absolute hatred.
The Catalan revolt was pacified in 1472, >ut John had war, in which he was generally unfortunate, with lis neighbor the French king till his death on the 20th of anuary 1479.
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 John I of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John I (1350-1396), king of Aragon 1387-96, called Juan el Cazador in Spanish (or el Amador de la gentileza, or el Descurat, l'Amador de la Gentilesa in Catalan), John the Hunter, was the eldest son of Peter IV and his third wife Eleanor of Sicily, who was daughter of king Pietro II of Sicily.
During 1388-90 John I lost gradually all lands of the Duchies of Athens and Neopatras in Greece.
John I was protector of culture of Barcelona.
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 Encyclopedia: Martin I of Aragon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Martin I of Sicily (c 1374—1409), The Younger, King of Sicily (1390 - 1409), was the grandson of Peter IV of Aragon and nephew of John I of Aragon.
Martin I of Sicily (c 1374— 1409), The Younger, King of Sicily (1390 - 1409), was the grandson of Peter IV of Aragon and nephew of John I of Aragon.
Yolande of Aragon (also known as Jolantha de Aragon and Violant dAragó) was born in Barcelona in 1383, the daughter of John I of Aragon and his wife Yolande of Bar (who was a granddaughter of John II of France (and niece of Charles V of France and Louis...
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 Isabella of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
She was also great-great-granddaughter of Peter IV of Aragon and his wife, daughter of King Afonso IV of Portugal, as well as of her half-brother Peter I of Portugal and his mistress Teresa Lourenço.
Through John of Gaunt she was great-great-granddaughter of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault and through his first wife of Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster and his wife.
She was great-granddaughter of John I of Castile and his wife Eleanor of Aragon, a sister of Kings John I of Aragon and Martin I of Aragon.
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 John II of Aragon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John II (June 29, 1397 – January 20, 1479) was a (Click link for more info and facts about King of Aragon) King of Aragon (1458 - 1479) and a (A male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom) King of (Click link for more info and facts about Navarre) Navarre (1425 - 1479).
John is regarded as one of the most stirring and most unscrupulous kings of the (Click link for more info and facts about 15th century) 15th century.
John was first married to (Click link for more info and facts about Blanche of Navarre) Blanche of Navarre of the house of (Click link for more info and facts about Evreux) Evreux.
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 FERDINAND V. - LoveToKnow Article on FERDINAND V.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
of Aragon (1452-1516), was the son of John I. of Aragon by his second marriage with Joanna Henriquez, of the family of the hereditary grand admirals of Castile, and was born at Sos in Aragon on the 16th of March 1452.
Aragon did not recognize the right of women to reign, and would have been detached together with Catalonia, Valencia and the Italian states if he had had a son.
As king of Aragon he abstained from inroads on the liberties of his subjects which might have provoked rebellion.
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 Chapter Joan <i>to</i> John of J by Brewer's Phrase & Fable
John I. of Aragon was at ceaseless war with his subjects, by whom he was execrated; John II.
John, being jealous of the state kept by the abbot, declared he should be put to death unless he answered three questions.
John the Evangelist is represented writing his gospel; or bearing a chalice, from which a serpent issues, in allusion to his driving the poison from a cup presented to him to drink.
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 European Voyages of Exploration: Imperial Spain
Aragon was a federation of highly independent provinces that were each administered by a Cortes in the absence of the king who could not directly administer such a diverse empire.
Aragon had a rich and energetic urban patriciate with extensive overseas commercial interests who believed in a contractual relationship between the king and his subjects.
Castile took advantage of this weakness and dominated the union of kingdoms but Aragon would bring its wealth in administrative experience and its skill in the techniques of diplomacy and government that would prove to be invaluable once the Spanish Empire began to expand.
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 Ferdinand II of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ferdinand II (Fernando de Aragón in Spanish and Ferran d'Aragó in Catalan), nicknamed the Catholic (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples, Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona.
Ferdinand, the son of John II of Aragon by his second wife, the Aragonese noblewoman, was made King of Sicily by his father in 1468 in preparation for his marriage to Infanta Isabella, the half-sister and heiress of Henry IV of Castile.
In that same year, the Jews were expelled from both Castile and Aragon, and Christopher Columbus was sent by the couple on his expedition which would ultimately discover the New World.
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 Isabella of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She was also great-great-granddaughter of Peter IV of Aragon and his wife Leonor of Portugal, daughter of King Afonso IV of Portugal, as well as of her half-brother Peter I of Portugal and his mistress Teresa Lourenço.
Through John of Gaunt she was great-great-granddaughter of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault and through his first wife of Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster and his wife Isabel de Beaumont.
Her final set of grandparents were Afonso, Duke de Braganza, a son of John I of Portugal by Inez Perez, and his wife Beatriz Pereira, countess of Barcelos.
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 Ferdinand II
Ferdinand was the son of John II of Aragon and Juana Enríquez, both of Castilian origin.
John II was careful about Ferdinand's education and took personal charge of it, making sure that Ferdinand learned as much as possible from experience.
She quickly bore him children: the infanta Isabella was born in 1470; the heir apparent, John, in 1478; and the infantas Juana (called Juana la Loca--Joan the Mad), Catalina (later called--as the first wife of Henry VIII of England--Catherine of Aragon), and María followed.
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 John I of Aragon
John I (1350-1395), king of Aragon, was the son of Peter IV.
He was born on December 27 1350, and died by a fall from his horse, like his namesake, cousin and contemporary of Castile.
The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
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 aragon
Aragon (Spanish, Aragón) is an autonomous community of north-eastern Spain.
Aragon is bounded on the north by France, on the east by Catalonia, on the south by Valencia, and on the west by Castile-La Mancha, Castile-Leon, La Rioja, and Navarre.
The dynastic union of Castile and Aragón in 1479, when Ferdinand II of Aragon wed Isabella I of Castile, led to the formal creation of Spain as a single entity in 1516.
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 CHARLES OF VIANA - LoveToKnow Article on CHARLES OF VIANA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
king of Navarre, was the son of John, afterwards John II., king of Aragon, by his marriage with Blanche, daughter and heiress of Charles III., king of Nava~re.
In 5458 Alphonso died and John became king of Aragon, while Charles was offered the crowns of Naples and Sicily.
This insurrection soon became general and John was obliged to yield.
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 John I Of Castile Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
John I (August 24, 1358 – 1390) (in Spanish: Juan I) was the king of Castile, was the son of Henry II and of his wife Joan, daughter of John Manuel of Villena, head of a younger branch of the royal house of Castile.
In the beginning of his reign he had to contend with the hostility of John of Gaunt, who claimed the crown by right of his wife Constance, the eldest daughter of Peter the Cruel.
King John was killed at Alcalá on October 9, 1390 by the fall of his horse, while he was riding in a fantasia with some of the light horsemen known as the farfanes, who were mounted and equipped in the Arab style.
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 Ferdinand I of Aragon - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
He was the younger son of John I, King of Castile, and Eleanor of Aragon.
After Ferdinand's uncle, Martin I of Aragon (as Martin II, also King of Sicily) died without surviving issue, Ferdinand was chosen king in 1412 to succeed him by the Pact of Caspe.
They had 8 children: Alfonso V of Aragon; John II of Aragon; Enrique, duque de Villena; Pedro, duca di Noto; Sancho; Maria, first wife of John II of Castile; Leonor, who married Edward I of Portugal; Isabella,contesa de Urgel, who married Pedro, duke of Coimbra
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 Queen Isabella was born in 1451
She was the Queen of Castile and Aragon, and was the daughter of John II, King of Castile, by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal.
In 1479 John II of Aragon arranged a marriage between his son Ferdinand and daughter of John II of Castile, Isabella.
She was extremely solicitous for the education of her five children (Isabella, John, Joan, Maria, and Catherine), and in order to educate Prince John with ten other boys, she formed in her palace a school similar to the Palatine School of the Carlovingians.
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 John II on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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 Martin I of Sicily - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Martin I of Sicily (c 1374 — 25 July 1409), "The Younger", King of Sicily (1390 - 1409), was the grandson of Peter IV of Aragon and nephew of John I of Aragon.
In 1392 he returned with Mary to Sicily with a military force and successfully defeat a group of opposing barons.
Martin the Younger married secondly Blanche of Navarre, who was heiress of the Evreux family and the future queen of Navarre.
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 Martin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was the son of Peter IV and brother of John I of Aragon.
Peter IV of Aragon, on the grounds that females were excluded from succession to the Sicilian crown, claimed it for himself as the nearest male heir; and Mary underwent a series of abductions.
Peter IV died in 1387, leaving Aragon to his elder son John I; the queen of Sicily was brought to Spain in 1388, and her marriage to the younger Martin took place in 1390.
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 Isabella of Castile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Through John of Gaunt she was great-great-grandaughter of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault and through his first wife of Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster and his wife Isabel de Beaumont.
She was great-granddaughter of John I of Castile and his wife Eleanor of Aragón, a sister of Kings John I of Aragon and Martin I of Aragon.
She married Ferdinand II of Aragon, and their children included Joanna of Castile and Catherine of Aragon.
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 John I of Aragon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
(An island in the Mediterranean west of Italy) Sardinia had been attempted to subjugate under Aragon since the reign of (The last Stuart to be king of England and Ireland and Scotland; overthrown in 1688 (1633-1701)) James II, and gradually the Aragonese had conquered most of the island.
He died without sons, and was succeeded by his younger brother (Click link for more info and facts about Martin of Aragon) Martin of Aragon.
His daughter Joanna had married Matthew (Mathieu), count of Foix, and they claimed the throne of Aragon after the death of John I. Matthew of Foix invaded Aragonese territories, but was driven back by the new King Martin.
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 AllRefer.com - house of AragOn (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
It was descended from Ramiro I of AragOn (1035–63), natural son of Sancho III of Navarre.
His grandson, Charles I (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles V) succeeded him and merged the houses of AragOn and Castile with that of Hapsburg.
The kingdom of Majorca, with Roussillon and Cerdagne, was separate from 1276 to 1343; that of Sicily, from 1296 to 1409; and that of Naples, from 1458 to 1501.
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 Ferdinand V and Isabella I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The union of the Spanish kingdoms of Aragón and Castile was effected in 1469 by Ferdinand's marriage to his cousin Isabella I, Queen of Castile.
She was the daughter of John II of Castile and León by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal.
In 1469 Princess Isabella married Ferdinand of Aragón, known also as Ferdinand V, The Catholic, and on the death of her brother, Henry IV, Isabella and Ferdinand jointly succeeded (1474) to the throne of Castile and León.
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