Ferdinand I of Naples
| Ferdinand I | |
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| King of Naples | |
| Reign | 27 June 1458 – 25 January 1494 |
| Coronation | 16 August 1458 Barletta, Apulia |
| Predecessor | Alfonso I |
| Successor | Alfonso II |
| Born |
2 June 1423 Aragon |
| Died | 25 January 1494 (aged 70) Naples |
| Burial | San Domenico Maggiore |
| Spouse |
Isabella of Clermont Joanna of Aragon |
| Issue among others... |
Alfonso II, King of Naples Eleanor, Duchess of Bari and Ferrara Frederick IV, King of Naples Cardinal John Beatrice, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia Joanna, Queen of Naples Ferdinand, Duke of Montalto |
| House | Trastámara |
| Father | Alfonso V of Aragon |
| Mother | Giraldona Carlino |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Ferdinand I (2 June 1423 – 25 January 1494), also called Ferrante, was the King of Naples from 1458 to 1494. He was the son of Alfonso V of Aragon and his mistress, Giraldona Carlino.
His mother was Gueraldona Carlino. In order to arrange a good future for Ferdinand, King Alfonso had him married in 1444 to a feudal heiress, Isabella of Clermont, who besides being the elder daughter of Tristan di Chiaramonte (Tristan de Clermont-Lodeve), Count of Copertino, and Catherine of Baux Orsini, was the niece and heiress presumptive of childless prince Giovanni Antonio del Balzo Orsini of Taranto. She was a granddaughter of Mary of Enghien, who had been queen consort of Naples between 1406 and 1414. Ferdinand's wife was the heiress presumptive of remarkable feudal possessions in Southern Italy.
He used the title Ferdinand I, King of Naples and Jerusalem. In accordance with his father's will, Ferdinand succeeded Alfonso on the throne of Naples in 1458, when he was 35 years old. Pope Calixtus III, however, declared the line of Aragon extinct and the kingdom a fief of the church. Calixtus died before he could make good his claim (August 1458), and the new Pope Pius II within the year publicly recognized Ferdinand's titles.
In 1459, Ferdinand's rule was threatened by a long revolt of the barons. Among the leaders of revolt were Giovanni Antonio Orsini, prince of Taranto and uncle of Ferdinand's wife. The rebels joined to offer the crown to John of Anjou, a son of the former king René. With the help of the Genoese, John brought a fleet and landed, slowly taking some towns including Nocera. On July 7, 1460, Ferdinand was defeated by John in the plain beside the mouth of the Sarno River south of Mount Vesuvius. Ferdinand was nearly captured and escaped with a guard of only twenty men. The pope and the duke of Milan sent reinforcements under the count of Urbino Federico da Montefeltro and condottiero Alessandro Sforza, but these arrived after the defeat and were themselves crushed by John's ally Piccinino at San Fabriano.
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