Alfonso II of Naples

Alfonso II
Alfonso II
	Medal of Alfonso as Duke of Calabria by Adriano Fiorentino, 1481
King of Naples
Reign	25 January 1494 – 23 January 1495
Predecessor	Ferdinand I
Successor	Ferdinand II
Born	4 November 1448; Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died	18 December 1495 (aged 47); Mazara del Vallo, Kingdom of Sicily
Burial	Messina Cathedral
Spouse	Ippolita Maria Sforza
Issue	Ferdinand II, King of Naples; Isabella, Duchess of Milan; Illegitimate:; Sancha, Princess of Squillace; Alfonso, Prince of Salerno;
House	Trastámara
Father	Ferdinand I of Naples
Mother	Isabella of Clermont

Alfonso II (4 November 1448 – 18 December 1495) was Duke of Calabria and ruled as King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 23 January 1495.^[1] He was a soldier and a patron of Renaissance architecture and the arts.

Heir to his father Ferdinand I's Kingdom of Naples, Alfonso held the dukedom of Calabria for most of his life.^[1] In the 1480s Alfonso commanded the Neapolitan forces in Tuscany in 1478–79. He helped reverse the Ottoman invasion of Otranto in Apulia in 1480–81, and against the Republic of Venice in 1484.^[1] In 1486 Alfonso's repressive conduct towards the Neapolitan nobility prompted a revolt; the violent excesses of suppressing this uprising further discredited Alfonso and King Ferdinand. Under Alfonso's patronage the city of Naples was remodelled with new churches, straightened roads, and an aqueduct supplying fountains.^[1]

Alfonso became King of Naples in 1494 on his father's death. Within a year he was forced by the approaching army of Charles VIII of France to abdicate; he was succeeded by his son Ferdinand II of Naples.^[1] Alfonso went into an Olivetan monastery at Mazara del Vallo, on Sicily, where he survived until 18 December 1495.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Campbell, Gordon, ed. (2005) [2003]. "Alfonso II of Aragon". The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198601753.001.0001. ISBN 9780191727795.

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Campbell, Gordon, ed. (2005) [2003]. "Alfonso II of Aragon". The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198601753.001.0001. ISBN 9780191727795.

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