Tag: Alphonse V

• 140 – King Ferdinand’s woes (1458 – 1492)

  After the death of Alphonse the Magnanimous, his illigitimate son, Ferdinand, has quite a time managing to hold on to the kingdom of Naples what with revolting Barons, meddling popes and even an Ottoman invasion! Will the poor man ever get any peace and quiet?

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Alphonse of Naples, Alphonse V, Anjou, Aragon, Ferdinand of Naples, Ferrante of Naples, Ferrara, Florence, Lorenzo De Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificent, Medici, Milan, Mosaic, Naples, Otranto, Ottoman, Pius II, Ravenna, Siciliy, Skanderbeg, Venice

• 139 – King Alphonse of Naples (1436 – 1458)

  We go back a little to see how Alphonse V of Aragon actually got onto the throne of Naples and what he had to put up with once he got there dealing with Milan, Venice, Genoa and Florence, before a rather unprecedented alliance in 1454 under the “Italic League” when everyone became friends after the…

  A History of Italy

  February 20, 2023

  Alphonse V, Anjou, Balears, Capua, Corsica, France, Francesco Sforza, Gaeta, Genoa, Malatesta, Milan, Naples, Rimini, Savoy, Sforza, Sicily, Venice, Visconti