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	Alfonso II of Naples - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Born at Naples, Alfonso was the oldest child of Ferdinand I of Naples and his first wife, Isabel de Claremont, the daughter of Tristan, Count of Capertino and Caterina Orsini.
		Alfonso had shown himself a skilled and determined soldier, helping his father in the suppression of the Conjure of the Barons (1485) and in the defence of the Kingdom's territory against the Papal claims.
		Alfonso, terrified by a series of portents, as well as unusual dreams (perhaps attributable to memories of his victims), abdicated in favour of his son, Ferdinand or Ferrantino, and fled, entering a Sicilian monastery.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfonso_II_of_Naples (647 words)

	Alfonso V of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alfonso called for help Braccio da Montone, who was besieging Joanna's troops in L'Aquila, but had to set sail to Spain, where a war had broken out between his brothers and the Kingdom of Castilla.
		Naples, which was held by Alfonso's brother, Pedro, was besieged in 1424 by the genoese ships and joanna's troops, now led by Francesco Sforza, son of Muzio (who had died at L'Aquila).
		Alfonso, by formally submitting his reign to the Papacy, obtained by pope Eugene IV that the Kingdom of Naples went to his bastard son Ferdinand.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfons_V_of_Aragon (1469 words)

	Aragon
		Alfonso became count of Barcelona in 1162 and king of Aragon in 1164, and in 1167 he inherited the county of Provence.
		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.
		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)

	Kingdoms of Italy - Naples & Sicily
		Pedro III of Aragon is invited in, and the Aragonese line begins in Sicily, with the Anjevins continuing to rule Naples.
		Alfonso V of Aragon, King of Naples and Sicily.
		Duke of Savoy (1675-1730), King of Sardinia (1720-1730).
	www.kessler-web.co.uk /History/KingListsEurope/ItalySicily.htm (456 words)

	AllRefer.com - Alfonso V, king of AragOn and Sicily (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Alfonso V (Alfonso the Magnanimous), 1396–1458, king of AragOn and Sicily (1416–58) and of Naples (1443–58), count of Barcelona.
		Queen Joanna II of Naples sought his aid against Louis III, rival king of Naples, and, after Alfonso had defeated (1421) Louis, Joanna adopted Alfonso as her heir.
		Attempting to conquer Naples, Alfonso was captured (1435) by the Genoese, but he was released through the agency of the duke of Milan.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Alfon5Ara.html (339 words)

	Ferdinand II of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ferdinand was the son of John II of Aragon by his second wife, the Aragonese noblewoman Juana Enriquez.
		In 1494, Charles VIII of France invaded Italy and expelled Ferdinand's cousin, Alfonso II, from the throne of Naples.
		Ferdinand allied with various Italian princes and with Emperor Maximilian I, to expel the French by 1496 and install Alfonso's son, Ferdinand, on the Neapolitan throne.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon (875 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Naples
		Naples was founded by Greeks from Cumæ, and Cumæ, according to Mommsen, is the Palæopolis to which Livy refers as existing not far from Naples and as being allied with the latter city against the Samnites.
		Naples, also, was obliged to receive the Samnites within its walls and to give to them participation in the government of the city, which explains her ambiguous conduct towards Rome during the Samnite War (325 B. In its alliance with Rome, Naples furnished only ships.
		Alfonso II, knowing the hatred in which he was held, abdicated in favour of his son Ferdinand II; vainly, however, for almost without striking a blow, Charles became master of the kingdom.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/10683a.htm (3429 words)

	Alfonso I (of Aragón and Navarre) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		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...
		After the Sicilian Vespers of 1282, Charles I made Naples the capital of his Angevin kingdom, which participated in the economic and intellectual...
		Alfonso V (of Aragón and Sicily), called The Magnanimous (1396-1458), King of Aragón and Sicily (1416-1458), and also Alfonso I, King of Naples...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Alfonso_I_(of_Arag%C3%B3n_and_Navarre).html (178 words)

	Alfonso V of Aragon - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		Alfonso V of Aragon (also Alfonso I of Naples) (1396 – June 27, 1458), surnamed the Magnanimous, was the King of Aragon and Naples and count of Barcelona from 1416 to 1458.
		Alfonso founded nothing, and, after his conquest of Naples in 1441, ruled by his mercenary soldiers and no less mercenary men of letters.
		Alfonso was the object of diplomatic contacts from the empire of Ethiopia.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=1686 (482 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Castile and Aragon
		Alfonso VII bore the title of emperor, and extended his conquests as far as Almeria, but he, also, at his death in 1157, divided his possessions among his children, giving Leon to Ferdinand II, and Castile to Sancho, in whose short reign the Military Order of Alcántara was founded.
		Alfonso VIII (1158-1214) conquered Cuenca and defeated the Almohades in the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212), which definitively freed New Castile from the Mussulman yoke.
		Alfonso XI (1310-50) in the battle of Salado annihilated the last of the Mussulmans who attempted the reconquest of Spain.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03410b.htm (3071 words)

	Origin of Tarot. Research of the history of Tarot. Oldest Tarot cards.
		Alfonso appeared already in the time of Muzio Attendola in Italy, fighting for his interests to be the correct heir of Queen Jeanne of Naples against Rene's older brother Louis d'Anjou.
		The fight for the Kingdom of Naples between Aragon and Anjou is an old long story, which endured centuries, starting with the beheading of Konradin in 1268 and the Sicilian Vesper at 30th of May in 1282.
		For the rest, Alfonso's procession, which passed by a breach in the wall through the city to the cathedral, was a strange mixture of antique, allegorical, and purely comic elements.
	trionfi.com /0/k/marc/52/t.html (1237 words)

	Europe's 13th-Century Progress by Sanderson Beck
		When Alfonso's eldest son Fernando was killed fighting the Moors at Algeciras in 1275, he recognized his second son Sancho as heir to the throne; the widow Blanche got the French to fight for her son Alfonso de la Cerda.
		King Bela fled to Austria and had to cede territory to the Austrian duke Friedrich, and in rebuilding the fortifications of the country many magnates became more independent as 34 of the 55 new castles were not royal ones.
		King Henry III was 19 in January 1227 when he proclaimed himself of age and gained full use of the seal, enabling him to give charters and grants in perpetuity.
	www.san.beck.org /AB21-Europe13thCentury.html (23696 words)

	Descendants of Alfonso V The Magnanimous, King of Aragon+Naples (1394-1458)
		King of Castile and Leon 1390-1406 and Catherine of
		Wladislaw Jagiello, King of Hungary 1490-1516 and Bohemia
		Alfonso II of Aragon, King of Naples 1494-1495 and Ippolita
	worldroots.com /~brigitte/famous/a/alfonso5aragondesc1394.htm (318 words)

	Timeline 1200 to 1299
		King Henry III was captured by his brother in law Earl of Leicester Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Lewes in England.
		The King of Mien and Bangala, in India, opposed the advance of the Tartars and a major battle was fought, wherein the Tartars were victorious.
		He noted that the king had 326 children, and that it was the custom for all young women to be proved by the king before being given in marriage.
	www.timelines.ws /1200_1299.HTML (10589 words)

	Naples, Italy
		Villa Floridiana was given by King Ferdinando of Bourbon to his second wife; it consists of a park, at the centre of which stands a small palace which is now a museum (Il Museo della Ceramica Duca di Martina).
		It was only Ulysees, the hero of Ithaca who managed to escae this fate, by forcing his crew to plug their ears with wax and then tying them to the mainmast of the fragile hull, thus saving the ship and all its equipment from being wrecked in a disastrous storm.
		Marble was sent to Naples by Donatello and Michelozzo for the tomb of Cardinal Brancaccio in the Church of Sant'Angelo a Nilo.
	worldfacts.us /Italy-Naples.htm (3156 words)

	Ferdinand V and Isabella I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		called The Catholic (1452-1516), King of Castile (1474-1504); as Ferdinand II he was also King of Sicily (1468-1516) and of Aragón (1479-1516); as Ferdinand III, King of Naples (1504-1516).
		Alfonso attacked Castile and León but was defeated by the Castilian army in 1476.
		Isabella and her husband (known together as "the Catholic kings") are remembered for completing the reconquest of Spain from the Moors, for initiating the Inquisition, and for their ruthless expulsion of the Spanish Jews.
	www.sonhex.dk /fandi.htm (617 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ferdinand I, king of Naples (Italian History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Ferdinand I or Ferrante[fAr-rAn´tA] Pronunciation Key, 1423–94, king of Naples (1458–94), illegitimate son and successor (in Naples) of Alfonso V of AragOn.
		Ferdinand's son Alfonso (later Alfonso II) reconquered (1481) the port of Otranto from the Turks.
		Ferdinand was succeeded by Alfonso II (1494–95), Ferdinand II (1495–96), and Frederick (1496–1501), none of whom was able to defend the kingdom of Naples against France and Spain in the Italian Wars.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/F/Ferdi1Nap.html (267 words)

	Donald M. Nicol - The Fall of Constantinople
		TÎ¿ King Alfonso V of Aragon and Naples he issued another chrysobull offering him the island of Lemnos.
		King Alfonso of Aragon, who was all for other people smiting the infidel, wrote to congratulate the Despot Demetrios.
		Meanwhile, the Emperor sent more messengers to Venice and to King Alfonso early in 1453, begging them to send not only arms, soldiers and ships but also food, for the people of Constantinople were beginning to suffer the effect of the Turkish blockade.
	www.myriobiblos.gr /texts/english/nicol_fall.html (7821 words)

	Find in a Library: Alfonso the Magnanimous : King of Aragon, Naples, and Sicily, 1396-1458
		Alfonso the Magnanimous : King of Aragon, Naples, and Sicily, 1396-1458
		Subjects: Alfonso -- V, -- King of Aragon,
		Aragon (Spain) -- History -- Alfonso V, 1416-1458.
	worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/5981d5f0b2ca6b8aa19afeb4da09e526.html (99 words)

	The History of the origins of the Noble House of Vassallo
		He was elected King of the Bavarians, but at a later date, he renounced the title of King and renounced the title of King and called himself ‘Duke’ of the Bavarians.
		On the death of his cousin, King Cunnincpert I in 700, he rose in rebellion and marched eastward with a strong army and meet Ansprnad, the guardian of the Boy King Luitpert on the plain of Novara and defeated Ansprand and his allies and won the crown.
		Married in 713 to the daughter of Pepn II de heristal, Duke of the Franks, and Mayor of the palace of Anastrasia, to the Merovingian Kings.
	www.geocities.com /maltesenobility/vassallo.htm (4945 words)

	Italy
		It was the invasion of Italy by the French King Charles VIII in 1494 that disrupted the rule of the Medici.
		Alessandro was appointed regent of the Netherlands by King Philip II of Spain at the height of the Dutch revolt.
		Later, Joanna II of Naples left her rights to René; I the Good of Anjou, but he was unable to hold off Alfonso V of Aragon and Sicily.
	www.friesian.com /italia.htm (10172 words)

	Alfonso V, king of Aragon and Sicily. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		(Alfonso the Magnanimous), 1396–1458, king of Aragón and Sicily (1416–58) and of Naples (1443–58), count of Barcelona.
		They quarreled in 1423, and when Joanna died (1435), she left her throne to René; of Anjou.
		In 1442 he defeated René;, took Naples, and was recognized (1443) as king by the Pope.
	www.bartleby.com /65/al/Alfon5Ara.html (248 words)

	5 THE MURDER OF ALFONSO OF ARAGON
		It was, you will remember, in July of 1498 that Lucrezia took a second husband in Alfonso of Aragon, the natural son of Alfonso II of Naples and nephew of Federigo, the reigning king.
		The rumour that Alfonso had been assailed by the murderer of Gandia is a reasonable enough rumour, so long as the latter remains unnamed, for it would simply point to some enemy of the House of Borgia who, having slain one of its members, now attempts to slay another.
		They returned to Naples, and in Naples, if not elsewhere, the truth must have been known-definite and authentic facts from the lips of eye-witnesses, not mere matters of rumour, as was the case in Rome.
	books.rakeshv.org /html/lcbga10/lcbga10ch15.html (2471 words)

	Alfonso V, king of Aragón and Sicily — Infoplease.com
		Alfonso V, king of Aragón and Sicily — Infoplease.com
		Alfonso V (Alfonso the Magnanimous), 1396–1458, king of Aragón and Sicily (1416–58) and of Naples (1443–58), count of Barcelona.
		Ferrante of Naples: the statecraft of a Renaissance prince.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0803284.html (291 words)

	SPANISH - Online Information article about SPANISH
		Kings, as it is rather inappropriately designated by most historians of literature—is a fragment of a See also:
		Special chronicles of each king of Castile were soon written.
		theatre is known to us only by fragments of the play of the Magian Kings, already nramatb mentioned; but certain regulations given in the Literature.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SOU_STE/SPANISH.html (6141 words)

	Alfonso V (of Aragón and Sicily) - Search Results - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Alfonso V (of Aragón and Sicily) - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Callistus was a close friend of King Alfonso V of Aragón and Sicily, who secured his appointment as pope.
		Ferdinand V, called The Catholic (1452-1516), King of Castile (1474-1504); as Ferdinand II he was also King of Sicily (1468-1516) and of Aragón...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Alfonso_V_(of_Arag%C3%B3n_and_Sicily).html (184 words)

	Spain
		Aragon and Castile were the most important Spanish states from the 12th to the 15th century, consolidated by the marriage of Ferdinand II and Isabella I in 1469.
		In 1930, King Alfonso XIII revoked the dictatorship, but a strong antimonarchist and republican movement led to his leaving Spain in 1931.
		Spain: Kings, Queens, Prime Ministers - Kings and queens Carlos II (1665–1700) Felipe V (1700–1724, 1724–1746) Luis I...
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