Ferdinand I of Aragon
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Ferdinand I being crowned by the infant Jesus in San Benito el Real Valladolid, by Juan Rodríguez de Toledo (c.1410–15), now in the Museo del Prado, Madrid.
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| Reign | 3 September 1412 – 2 April 1416 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coronation | January 1414 (Zaragoza) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Martin the Humane | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Successor | Alfonso the Magnanimous | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 November 1380 Medina del Campo |
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| Died | 2 April 1416 (aged 35) Igualada |
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| Burial | Poblet Monastery | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Consort | Eleanor of Alburquerque | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Issue among others... |
Alfonso V, King of Aragon Maria, Queen of Castile John II, King of Aragon Henry, Duke of Villena Eleanor, Queen of Portugal Peter, Count of Alburquerque |
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| House | Trastámara | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Father | John I of Castile | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mother | Eleanor of Aragon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Ferdinand I (Spanish: Fernando I; 27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416 in Igualada, Catalonia) called of Antequera and also the Just (or the Honest) was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and (nominal) Corsica and king of Sicily, duke (nominal) of Athens and Neopatria, and count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdanya (1412–1416). He was also regent of Castile (1406–1416).
Born at Medina del Campo, he was the younger son of King John I of Castile and Eleanor of Aragon.
In 1406, upon the death of his elder brother, King Henry III of Castile, Ferdinand declined the Castilian crown and instead, with Henry's widow Catherine of Lancaster, became coregent during the minority of his nephew John II of Castile. In this capacity he distinguished himself by his prudent administration of domestic affairs.
In a war with the Muslim Kingdom of Granada, he conquered the town of Antequera (1410), whence his surname.
After Ferdinand's maternal uncle, King Martin I of Aragon (Martin II of Sicily), died without surviving legitimate issue, Ferdinand was chosen King of Aragon in 1412 to succeed him in the Compromise of Caspe. The other candidate, Count James II of Urgell (see Counts of Urgell), revolted and Ferdinand dissolved the County of Urgell in 1413.
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