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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. 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.
- 25 January 1494 – 23 January 1495
- Isabella of Clermont
Charles VIII expelled Alfonso II of Naples from Naples in 1495, but was soon forced to withdraw due to the support of Ferdinand II of Aragon for his cousin, Alfonso II's son Ferrantino. Ferrantino was restored to the throne but died in 1496 and was succeeded by his uncle, Frederick IV .
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. He was a soldier and a patron of Renaissance architecture and the arts.
son John II. Alfonso V (born 1396—died June 27, 1458, Naples) was the king of Aragon (1416–58) and king of Naples (as Alfonso I, 1442–58), whose military campaigns in Italy and elsewhere in the central Mediterranean made him one of the most famous men of his day. After conquering Naples, he transferred his court there.
Alfonso the Magnanimous (Alfons el Magnànim in Catalan) (1396 – 27 June 1458) was King of Aragon and King of Sicily (as Alfonso V) and the ruler of the Crown of Aragon from 1416 and King of Naples (as Alfonso I) from 1442 until his death.
- 2 April 1416 – 27 June 1458
- Eleanor of Alburquerque
Finally, in 1442, Naples fell to the ruler of Sicily, Alfonso V of Aragon, who in 1443 assumed the title of king of the Two Sicilies —i.e., of Sicily and Naples. The title was retained by his son and grandson, Ferdinand I and Ferdinand II.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Overview. Alfonso II of Aragon. (1448—1495) Quick Reference. (1448–95), King of Naples, was born on 4 November 1448, the son of Ferrante I, who created him duke of Calabria. Alfonso was educated in his father's humanist court and ... From: Alfonso II of Aragon in The Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance »
