Alfonso V of Aragon
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Alfonso the Magnanimous （1396 – 27 June 1458） was the 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.
He was one of the most prominent political figures of the early Renaissance.
Born at Medina del Campo, he was the son of Ferdinand of Trastámara and Eleanor of Alburquerque.
Ferdinand was the brother of King Henry III of Castile, and Alfonso was betrothed to his uncle King Henry's daughter Maria in 1408.
In 1412, Ferdinand was selected to succeed to the territories of the Crown of Aragon.
Alfonso and Maria's marriage was celebrated in Valencia on 12 June 1415.
King Ferdinand died on 2 April 1416, and Alfonso succeeded him as king of Aragon, Valencia, and Majorca and count of Barcelona.
He also claimed the island of Sardinia, though it was then in the possession of Genoa.
Alfonso was also in possession of much of Corsica by the 1420s.
Alfonso's marriage with Maria was childless.
His mistress Lucrezia d'Alagno served as a de facto queen at the Neapolitan court as well as an inspiring muse.
With another mistress, Giraldona Carlino, Alfonso had three children: Ferdinand （1423–1494）, Maria （who married Leonello d'Este）, and Eleanor （who married Mariano Marzano）.
Alfonso was the object of diplomatic contacts from the Empire of Ethiopia.
In 1428, he received a letter from Yeshaq I of Ethiopia, borne by two dignitaries, which proposed an alliance against the Muslims and would be sealed
by a dual marriage that would require Alfonso's brother Peter to bring a group of artisans to Ethiopia where he would marry Yeshaq's daughter.
In return, Alfonso sen...