page_title: Compromise of Caspe
section_title: Conflicts and deliberations
hierarchical_section_title: Compromise of Caspe / Interregnum 1410–12 / Conflicts and deliberations
caption_attribution_description: Español: El lienzo representa el Compromiso de Caspe, que tuvo lugar en 1412 y en el que se acordó que el infante Fernando de Castilla ocuparía el trono aragonés.
context_page_description: The 1412 Compromise of Caspe was an act and resolution of parliamentary representatives of the constituent realms of the Crown of Aragon, meeting in Caspe, to resolve the interregnum following the death of King Martin of Aragon in 1410 without a legitimate heir.
context_section_description: Pope Bendict XIII (Avignon) intervened and proposed a smaller group of nine compromisarios (negotiators). The Trastamarist parliament of Alcañiz agreed with the proposition, which was finally accepted by a Catalan-Aragonese board of fourteen Aragonese Trastamarists and five varied Catalan emissaries: the agreement known as the Alcañiz Concord of 15 February 1412. But a few days later, the Alcañiz parliament chose not only the three compromisarios from Aragon but also the three Catalan and the three Valencian compromisarios too. The angry complaints among the Catalan and Valencian parliamentarians for this abuse were ignored, targeting the peaceful discussions sought since 1410; and equally the complaints of James of Urgell and Louis of Anjou.
  The appointed compromisarios met in Caspe to choose the next king. The majority of historians have agreed with the account of the election by historian Jerónimo Zurita. Zurita wrote his Anales de la Corona de Aragón from the original records, which he bequeathed to the house of the General Deputation of Aragon in 1576 (they were lost or burned during political disorders in the 19th century). According to Zurita, the compromisarios had conflicting views about the succession to the deceased King Martin, and they voted differently as well. The votes were cast on Friday, 24 June 1412, and recorded on 25 June. Vincent Ferrer was the first one to speak; in a long speech, he voted for Ferdinand, and then Ram, his brother Bonifaci, Gualbes, Bardaixí, and Aranda simply joined him. Sagarriga, Vallseca, and Bertran voted differently, giving their own reasons.
  Kingdom of Aragon delegates:
  Domènec Ram (bishop of Huesca): voted for Ferdinand of Castile
  Francesc de Aranda (ancient royal councillor as well as envoy of Benedict XIII): voted for Ferdinand of Castile
  Berenguer de Bardaixí (jurist and official general of the Cortes of Aragon): voted for Ferdinand of Castile
  Kingdom of Valencia delegates:
  Vicent Ferrer (Dominican friar, later canonized): voted for Ferdinand of Castile
  Bonifaci Ferrer (brother of Vincent and prior of the monastery of Portaceli): voted for Ferdinand of Castile
  Pere Bertran (substitute for Gener Rabassa, citizen of Valencia and legal expert): abstained
  Principality of Catalonia delegates:
  Pere de Sagarriga i de Pau (archbishop of Tarragona): voted for James of Urgell and also for Alphonse of Gandia, but finally the vote have to be got by the most voted of both.
  Bernat de Gualbes (syndicus and councillor of Barcelona): voted for Ferdinand of Castile
  Guillem de Vallseca (officer general of the Corts Reials Catalanes): voted for James of Urgell
  On 28 June 28, Ferdinand of Castile was proclaimed king by Vicent Ferrer in a public speech also recorded. The knights Guillem Ramon Alemany de Cervelló and Íñigo de Alfaro, who were present for the proclamation, brought the news of his election to Ferdinand.
caption: Proclamation of Ferdinand I as king of Aragon, by Dióscoro Puebla
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