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Alfonso was the elder son of Ercole II d'Este and Renée de France, the daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany and was the fifth and last Duke of Ferrara. [1] As a young man, Alfonso fought in the service of Henry II of France against the Habsburgs .
Alfonso II, Count of Provence (1174–1209) Afonso II of Portugal (1185–1223), "the Fat". Alfonso, Count of Poitou (1220–1271), jure uxoris Alfonso II, Count of Toulouse. Alfonso II, Duke of Gandia ( c. 1358 –1422) Alfonso II of Naples (1448–1495) Alfonso II Piccolomini (1499–1559), Neapolitan nobleman and military leader.
Union with France (1501–1504) Upon his death in 1480, René of Anjou transferred his claim to his nephew, Charles IV, Duke of Anjou. Charles died in 1481 and willed his claim to Louis XI of France. His son Charles VIII attempted to take Naples by force, but failed and died childless in 1498.
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Charles II, also known as Charles the Lame ( French: Charles le Boiteux; Italian: Carlo lo Zoppo; 1254 – 5 May 1309), was King of Naples, Count of Provence and Forcalquier (1285–1309), Prince of Achaea (1285–1289), and Count of Anjou and Maine (1285–1290); he also styled himself King of Albania and claimed the Kingdom of Jerusalem from ...
- 7 January 1285 – 6 May 1309
- Beatrice of Provence
Alfonso went into an Olivetan monastery at Mazara del Vallo, on Sicily, where he survived until 18 December 1495. Alfonso II 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.
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.
