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Duke of Villahermosa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfonso (or Alonso)[1][n. 1][2] de Aragon y Escobar[3][4] (1417–1495), Duke of Villahermosa, Count of Ribagorza and Cortes and Grand Master of the Order of Calatrava,[5] was an illegitimate son of John II of Aragon and one of his mistresses, Leonor de Escobar, daughter of Alfonso Rodríguez de Escobar.
Alfonso de Aragón y Escobar | |
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Duke of Villahermosa Count of Ribagorza | |
Born | 1417 Olmedo, Valladolid |
Died | 1485 Linares, Jaén |
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Father | John II of Aragon |
Mother | Leonor de Escobar |
His brothers and half brothers included Prince Charles of Trastámara and Viana (Charles IV of Navarre) and King Ferdinand II of Aragon,[6] called the Catholic.
On August 18, 1443, he was elected Master of the Order of Calatrava[7] and dismissed on September 19, 1445, replaced by Pedro Girón.[8] Received the title of count of Ribagorza by his father John II in Monzón,[n. 2] and resigned on November 27, 1469, to be succeeded by his first son Fernando.[9]
He fought in the War of the Castilian Succession. Capture of the Catalan castle of Amposta gave him fame during the war. He again led a group of skilled siege engineers in the Siege of Burgos in 1475.[6][10]
In 1475 he was named Duke of Villahermosa by his father John II of Aragon[8] as a reward for his loyalty and military value.
Alfonso of Aragon and Escobar died in Linares in 1485, not long after making to Pizarra, Málaga.[11]
In 1477 Alfonso married with Leonor de Sotomayor of Portugal, daughter of Juan de Sotomayor and Isabel of Portugal with whom he had three children:
With María Junquers, daughter of Mosen Gregorio de Junquers, he had two extramarital children:
The premature death of his eldest son, Fernando, at the age of three years in 1481, would make the duchy passed to the second son of the marriage: Alfonso, who would inherit the duchy at 16 years in 1485.
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