Ferdinand I | |
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![]() Ferdinand I being crowned by the infant Jesus in San Benito el Real Valladolid, by Juan Rodríguez de Toledo (c..1410–15) | |
King of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica Count of Barcelona, Roussillon, and Cerdanya Duke of Athens and Neopatria | |
Reign | 25 June 1412[1] – 2 April 1416 |
Coronation | 11 February 1414 (Zaragoza) |
Predecessor | Martin |
Successor | Alfonso V |
Born | 27 November 1380 Medina del Campo |
Died | 2 April 1416 Igualada | (aged 35)
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Issue among others... | |
House | Trastámara |
Father | John I of Castile |
Mother | Eleanor of Aragon |
Ferdinand I (Spanish: Fernando I; 27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416 in Igualada, Òdena) named Ferdinand of Antequera and also the Just (or the Honest) was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and (nominal) Corsica and king of Sicily, duke (nominal) of Athens and Neopatria, and count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdanya (1412–1416). He was also regent of Castile (1406–1416). He was the first Castillian ruler of the Crown of Aragon.
Page 241: On March 29 1412 the nine electors got down to their task in an Aragonese town of Caspe and on June 25 they declared the Castilian prince don Fernando elected. Fernando de Antequera was solemnly proclaimed King of Aragon three days later.
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