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Apr 17, 2024 · Isabella of Clermont. 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.
Alfonso II (4 November 1448 – 18 December 1495), also called Alfonso of Aragon, was King of Naples from 25 January 1494 to 22 February 1495 with the title King of Naples and Jerusalem. As Duke of Calabria he was a patron of Renaissance poets and builders during his tenure as the heir to the throne of Naples. Born in Naples, Alfonso was the eldest child of Ferdinand I of Naples by his first ...
Alfonso of Aragon and Eiximenis, also known as Alfonso II of Gandia the young or Alfonso V of Ribagorza (c. 1358 – 31 August 1422) Duke of Gandia, count of Denia and count of Ribagorza, was the son of Alfonso of Aragon and Foix and his wife Violante Jimenez. He married María of Navarra, daughter of Carlos II of Navarre, on January 20, 1393 ...
Joanna of Aragon ( Spanish: Juana, Italian: Giovanna; 16 June 1455 – 9 January 1517) was Queen of Naples as the second wife of King Ferdinand I. She served as regent (General Lieutenant) of Naples between the abdication and flight of her husband's son Alfonso II on 22 February 1495 until the formal succession of Alfonso's son, Ferdinand II.
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfonso II of Naples has received more than 424,522 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019) . Alfonso II of Naples is the 2,328th most popular politician (up from 2,588th in 2019) , the 821st most popular biography from Italy (up from 904th in ...
The siege of Novara took place in the summer and autumn of 1495 during the Italian War of 1494–1495.While king Charles VIII of France was retreating to the north after facing rebellions in the recently conquered Kingdom of Naples, and managed to escape the destruction of his army at the Battle of Fornovo (6 July 1495), his cousin and future king Louis d'Orleans opened a second front by ...
Alfonso II Piccolomini (10 March 1499 – 17 February 1559) was a Neapolitan nobleman and military leader who held the office of Duke of Amalfi throughout his life. He belonged to the Sienese Piccolomini family and served as imperial governor of the Republic of Siena from 1529 until 1541. Alfonso was born in Naples on 10 March 1499, the ...
