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  John II of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Juan 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 memorable 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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 JOHN II. (SOBIESKI), KING OF POLAND - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN II. (SOBIESKI), KING OF POLAND   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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.
JOHN I. (1358-1390), king of Castile, was the son of Henry II.
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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 Ferdinand II of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ferdinand II the Catholic (Spanish: Fernando de Aragón "el Católico", Catalan: Ferran d'Aragó "el Catòlic") (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 Juana Enriquez, 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 1494, Charles VIII of France invaded Italy and expelled Ferdinand's cousin, Alfonso II, from the throne of Naples.
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 John II of Aragon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Ferdinand ii of aragon (fernando de aragón in spanish and ferran daragó in catalan), nicknamed the catholic (march 10, 1452 - june 23, 1516)...
Sancho i of aragon (died 1094) was king of aragon (1063-1094) and of navarre (1076-1094) as sancho v of navarre....
Peter i of aragon (circa 1068-1104) was king of aragon and navarre from 1094 to 1104....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_ii_of_aragon1.htm   (1578 words)

  
 Raul N. Longoria's Genealogy Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
She was married to John II of Aragon (KING OF ARAGON and NAVARRO) on Jan 18 1420.
Parents: John II of Castille and Maria of Aragon.
Children were: Leonor of Castile, Miguel of Portugal (Infante de Portugal), Leonora of Aragon, Maria of Aragon, Alfonso V, John II of Aragon (KING OF ARAGON and NAVARRO), Enrique of Aragon (Duke of Villena), Pietro di Noto (Duke of Noto), Sancho of Aragon.
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 Glossary: New Monarchies
John I (Juan I) of Castile and León
John II (Juan II) of Aragón and Navarre
John II (Juan II) of Castile and León
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 JOHN II. OF ARAGON - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN II. OF ARAGON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
JOHN (1296-1346), king of Bohemia, was a son of the emperor Henry VII.
John was now a candidate for the imperial throne; but, on account of his youth, his claim was not regarded seriously, and he was persuaded to give his support to Louis, duke of Upper Bavaria, afterwards the emperor Louis the Bavarian.
Restless, adventurous and warlike, John had soon tired of governing his kingdom, and even discussed exchanging it with the emperor Louis for the Palatinate; and while Bohemia was again relapsing into a state of anarchy, her king was winning fame as a warrior in almost every part of Europe.
www.1911ency.org /J/JO/JOHN_II_OF_ARAGON.htm   (1400 words)

  
 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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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Castile and Aragon
John I attempted to obtain possession of Portugal, but was defeated by the Portuguese at Aljubarrota (1385), and his grandson, John II, turned over the government to his favourite, Alvaro de Luna, whom he afterwards caused to be decapitated (1453).
John I and Martin (1395-1410) dying without heirs, the Conpromiso de Caspe (a commission of nine members, three from the Cortes of each province) was assembled and gave the crown of Aragon to Ferdinand of Antequera, Infante of Castile.
John II disturbed the peace of his reign by the unjust persecution of his son the Prince of Viana, and at his death was succeeded by Ferdinand the Catholic, who by his marriage to Isabella the Catholic definitively united the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03410b.htm   (3092 words)

  
 John II of France articles on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Henry II HENRY II [Henry II] 1133-89, king of England (1154-89), son of Matilda, queen of England, and Geoffrey IV, count of Anjou.
John JOHN [John] 1167-1216, king of England (1199-1216), son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Ferdinand II FERDINAND II [Ferdinand II] or Ferdinand the Catholic, 1452-1516, king of Aragón (1479-1516), king of Castile and León (as Ferdinand V, 1474-1504), king of Sicily (1468-1516), and king of Naples (1504-16).
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 John II Casimir - Search Results - MSN Encarta
John was the younger son of King Sigismund III.
John II (of Aragón and Navarre), in Spanish, Juan II (1397-1479), king of Aragón (1458-1479) and Navarre (1425-1479), the son of King Ferdinand I of...
John II (of Castile and León), in Spanish, Juan II (1405-1454), King of Castile and León (1406-1454), the son of Henry III.
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 European Voyages of Exploration: Imperial Spain
That same year, 1479, Ferdinand's father King John II of Aragon died and the couple became the joint sovereigns of Aragon and Castile.
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.
www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/Imperial.html   (1030 words)

  
 Raul N. Longoria's Genealogy Database   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
She was married to John I of Castile on Jun 18 1375.
She was married to John II of Castille on Aug 4 1420.
Maria of Aragon (Infanta of Aragon) was born in 1455.
www.raullongoria.net /Genealogy/FamilyTree/d4.html   (1537 words)

  
 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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 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.
volweb.utk.edu /Schools/bedford/harrisms/brittany.htm   (1150 words)

  
 History (15th century)
John I (1387-95) acknowledged the pope of Avignon.
The union of Aragon, Valencia, and Catalonia under John II of Aragon was extended to association with Castile through the marriage of his son Ferdinand with the Castilian heiress Isabella.
During the reign of Charles I (the emperor Charles V) centralization was quickened by the importation of Burgundian conciliar methods of government, and in the reign of his son Philip II Spain was in practice an autocracy.
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 King Ferdinand II
Ferdinand V of Castile and Leon, also called Ferdinand II of Aragon, 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 10th or 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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 Aragon
Ferdinand V (1452-1516) King-consort of Castile from 1474 (as Ferdinand II), King of Aragon from 1479, and Ferdinand III of Naples from 1504.
During the latter part of his reign, John engaged in war against King Louis XI of France and was forced to cede to him the provinces of Cerdagne and Roussillon.
King of Aragon as Sancho I Ramirez (1063-94) and of Navarre as Sancho V Ramirez (1074-94).
website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/aragon.htm   (1998 words)

  
 The Periphery of Francia: Spain, Britain, Eastern Europe, & Scandinavia
Thus, Sancho II of Navarre (970-994) is different from Sancho II of Aragón (1063-1094), Sancho II of Castile (1065-1072), and Sancho II of Portugal (1223-1245); but Alfonso IX of León (1188-1230) is numbered in succession to Alfonso VIII of Castile (1158-1214).
Ferdinand II of Aragón (1479-1516) becomes Ferdinand V of Castile and of Spain (united with his marriage to Isabella I of Castile).
Teobaldo II The marriage of Blanca of Navarre to Theobald of Champagne means that for a while the Counts of Champagne become the Kings of Navarre.
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 Ferdinand V and Isabella I   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
He was the son of King John II of Aragón.
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.
www.sonhex.dk /fandi.htm   (617 words)

  
 Ferdinand II, King of Aragón - Timeline Index
Ferdinand II or Ferdinand the Catholic, 1452—1516, king of Aragón (1479—1516), king of Castile and León (as Ferdinand V, 1474—1504), king of Sicily (1468—1516), and king of Naples (1504—16).
Isabella of Castile, who helped unify Spain via a dynastic marriage with Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469, was a master of propaganda to secure her rule.
Philip II, king of Spain and Portugal, was born at Valladolid, the only son of the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V and Isabella of Portugal.
www.timelineindex.com /content/view/1100   (423 words)

  
 Ferdinand V
Ferdinand V, called The Catholic (1452­1516), king of Castile (1474­1504); as Ferdinand II he was also king of Sicily (1468­1516) and of Aragon (1479­1516); as Ferdinand III, king of Naples (1504­1516).
He was the son of King John II of Aragon.
The union of the Spanish kingdoms of Aragon and Castile was effected in 1469 by Ferdinand's marriage to his cousin Isabella I, queen of Castile.
www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu /antillians/ferdinand.html   (482 words)

  
 1397 - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
September 29 John Holland, Earl of Huntingdon is created Duke of Exeter by his half-brother Richard II of England.
September 29 - Thomas Holland, 3rd Earl of Kent is created Duke of Surrey by Richard II of England.
June 29 - John II of Aragon (d.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Pius II
Among the German delegates, Gregory of Heimburg assumed an ostentatiously disrespectful attitude toward Pius II; the country, however, ultimately agreed to raise 32,000 footmen and 10,000 cavalry.
Likewise the refusal of the Archbishop of Mainz, Diether of Isenburg (q.v.) to abide by the pope's decree of deposition led to civil strife.
As a last resort, Pius II endeavoured to stir up the enthusiasm of the apathetic Christian princes by placing himself at the head of the crusaders.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/12126c.htm   (2056 words)

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