Saturday, March 09, 2013
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antequeraFERDINAND I (1379-1416)- king of aragon + sicily, surnames the just, the younger son of john I, of castile + leonora of aragon. on the death of his older brother henry III in 1406, he refused the crown of castile, which the nobles had offered, but in accordance w/ his brothers will undertook the office of regent during the minority of his nephew john II. in this capacity he distinguished himself by his victories over the moors by land & sea. he took the title 'de antequera' on the surrender of that fortress after a siege of 5 months. on the death of his maternal uncle,
king martin of aragon + sicily, is claim to to the throne, tho not derived from laws of decent, were taken up + keenly pressed by a powerful party in the state. the question of succession was ultimately referred to a comitee of 9 judges equally representing catalonia, valencia, + aragon, + the result was his election in 1412. after he had defeated count jayme of urgel, the last + most formidable of his rivals, he was crowned. from 1378, europe had been scandalized by the spectacle of the PAPAL schism; + since 1410 3 rival popes had been claiming the obedience of the faithful. at the council of constance in 141, ferd was a prominent supporter of the spaniard, Benedict XIII(peter d cuna(, who had been deposed at pisa in 1408, the deposition of john XXIII, + the abdication of gregory XII in 1415, having paved the way for peace, ferd consented to be present at the meeting of sigisemund w/ the ambassadors of france, castile, + navarre, + after long temporizing he ultimately agreed for unity of the church to withdraw from luna. he died the next yr, succeeded by his son alphonso V, the conquerer of naples
