Alfonso IV of Aragon
Alfonso IV of Aragon, surnamed
the Kind (
Catalan:
Alfons el Benigne) (
1299 –
January 24 1336) was the king of
Aragon and count of
Barcelona (as Alfonso III) from
1327 to
1336. He was the second son of
James II of Aragon and
Blanche of Anjou.
He became heir after his older brother James renounced his rights to become a monk. He married Teresa of Entença and Antillon (1300-1327), heiress of
Urgell. With this marriage, Urgell was definitively incorporated into the crown of Aragon.
After widowing, he married Leonor de Castile, who should have been his brother James' wife but he refused to consummate the marriage. She was the sister of
Alfonso XI of Castile and was murdered by her nephew
Peter I of Castile.
Children
By Teresa of Entença:
* Alfons (lived only one year).
*
Peter IV* James (Jaume), Count of Urgell (1320-1347). He also inherited Entença and Antillon.
* Fadrique (died young).
* Constança (1322-1346), married
James III of Majorca.
* Elizabeth (died young).
* Sanç (1327, lived only a few days).
By Leonor de Castile:
*
Ferdinand (Ferran), Marquis of Tortosa. Married
Maria of Portugal (daughter of
Peter I of Portugal) and was killed by his half-brother Peter IV.
* John (Joan). Married Isabel Núñez de Lara and was killed by order of his cousin Peter I of Castile.
