Frederick of Naples

Frederick
Sestino of Frederick of Naples
King of Naples
Reign7 September 1496 – 1 August 1501
PredecessorFerdinand II
SuccessorLouis III
Born19 April 1452
Naples, Kingdom of Naples
Died9 November 1504(1504-11-09) (aged 52)
Château de Plessis-lez-Tours, Kingdom of France
Burial
Church of Plessis-les-Tours
SpousesAnne of Savoy
Isabella del Balzo
Issue
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Charlotte, Countess of Laval
Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria
HouseTrastámara
FatherFerdinand I of Naples
MotherIsabella of Clermont
Coat of Arms

Frederick (April 19, 1452 – November 9, 1504), sometimes called Frederick IV or Frederick of Aragon,[1] was the last king of Naples from the Neapolitan branch of the House of Trastámara, ruling from 1496 to 1501. He was the second son of Ferdinand I, younger brother of Alfonso II, and uncle of Ferdinand II, his predecessor.

A combination of King Louis XII of France and Frederick's famous cousin[2] King Ferdinand II of Aragon had continued the claim of Louis's predecessor, King Charles VIII of France, to Naples and Sicily. In 1501, they deposed Frederick; Naples initially went to Louis, but by 1504 a falling-out led to Naples' seizure by Ferdinand, after which it remained part of the Spanish possessions until the end of the War of the Spanish Succession.

  1. ^ C. Warr and J. Elliott (2008), "Introduction: Reassessing Naples, 1266–1713", Art History, 31: 423–37. He was the fourth Frederick to call himself King of Sicily, ruling under the title Federicus Dei gratia rex Siciliae ("Frederick by the grace of God king of Sicily"); the second Frederick to rule peninsular southern Italy after the Emperor Frederick II and thus sometimes called "Frederick II of Naples"; and the first Frederick to actually rule over the so-called Kingdom of Naples.
  2. ^ first cousins once removed, since Frederick was son of Ferdinand I, son of Alfonso V and Ferdinand II was son of John II, brother of Ferdinand I.

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