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Juan II King of Aragón

Male 1398 - 1479  (80 years)


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  • Name Juan II King of Aragón  [1, 2, 3
    Born 29 Jun 1398  Medina del Campo, Valladolid, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Conde de Mayorga 
    Occupation Señor de Lara 
    Occupation 1412 
    Created Infante de Aragón on his father's assumption of power 
    Occupation 1414 
    Created Duque de Peñafiel by his father at his coronation 
    Occupation 1415 
    Viceroy of Sicily and Sardinia (appointed by his father) 
    Occupation 1418 
    Joint regent of Castile with his brother Enrique from the death of Queen Mother Katharine until Juan II de Castilla was declared of age 
    Occupation 18 May 1425 
    Proclaimed himself King of Navarre by right of his wife on the death of his father-in-law 
    Occupation 15 May 1429 
    Crowned at Pamplona with his wife Blanche d'Évreux 
    Occupation 1430 
    His Castilian titles and assets were confiscated by the Treaty of Majano which ended Aragon's invasion of Castile 
    Occupation 1436 
    Regent of Aragón and Valencia (appointed his brother Alfonso) 
    Occupation 1441 
    King of Navarre 
    Occupation 1441 
    Seized power in Navarre (setting aside the rights of his son Carlos) on his first wife's death 
    Occupation 1451 
    Don Carlos fled Navarre for Guipúzcoa 
    Occupation 1453 
    Don Carlos was captured and imprisoned (until 1455) 
    Occupation 27 Jun 1458 
    King of Aragón (succeeded his brother and excluded his older son Carlos from the succession) 
    Occupation 2 Dec 1460 
    Don Carlos was arrested at Lérida after being discovered negotiating with don Enrique IV, King of Castile 
    Occupation 25 Feb 1461 
    King Juan II faced growing opposition and special council was formed which secured the release of don Carlos 
    Occupation 21 Jun 1461 
    The council imposed a capitulation on the King enacted at Vilafranca del Penedès requiring him to recognize his older son's right to succeed 
    Occupation 1462 
    A general civil war broke out after the death of his son Carlos (on 09-23-1461) and Juan II sought help from France 
    Occupation 1462 
    Ceded Roussillon and Cerdanya to Louis XI of France with a 200.000 écus payment under the treaties of Sauveterre and Bayonne 
    Occupation 30 Jun 1466 
    Catalan rebels offered the crown of Aragón to René d'Anjou (duc de Provence and son of Violante, daughter of Juan I King of Aragón) 
    Occupation 1469 
    René d'Anjou captured Girona but died the following year before he could press his claim further 
    Occupation 1471 
    Juan II recaptured Girona, Barcelona and Pedralbes marking the end of the civil war by 1472 
    Died 19 Jan 1479  Barcelona, Catalonia, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Nuestra Señora de Poblet monastery, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4799  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Fernando I de Trastámara King of Aragón,   b. 27 Nov 1380, Medina del Campo, Valladolid, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Apr 1416, Igualada (Barcelona), España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Mother Leonor Urraca de Castilla,   b. 1374, Medina del Campo, Valladolid, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1435, Medina del Campo, Valladolid, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 1393  Medina del Campo, Valladolid, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2416  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Blanche I d'Évreux Reine de Navarre,   b. 1385, Pamplona, Navarra, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Apr 1441, Santa María de Nieva, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Marriage Contract 5 Nov 1419 
    Marriage Contract 5 Dec 1419  Olite, Navarra, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 18 Jun 1420  Pamplona, Navarra, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Blanca de Aragón & Navarre,   b. 9 Jun 1424, Olite, Navarra, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Dec 1464, Orthez, Béarn, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
     2. Éléonore I d'Aragón Reine de Navarre,   b. 2 Feb 1425,   d. 12 Feb 1479, Tudela, Navarra, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2479  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Juana Enríquez,   b. 1425, Torrelobatón, Valladolid, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1468, Barcelona, Catalonia, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Married 1 Apr 1444  Torrelobatón, Valladolid, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fernando II King of Aragón,   b. 10 Mar 1452, Soa, Zaragoza, Aragón, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Jan 1516, Madrigalejo, Cáceres, Extremadura, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2430  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S576] Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, augustin déchaussé, (Troisième Édition, la Compagnie des Libraires, Paris, 2 août 1726-1733), Volume 1, pp. 288-289 & Vol. 3, p. 374.
      Également: Histoire de la fortification, La citadelle et la place de Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, de la Renaissance à l'Époque Contemporaine, Gérard Folio, général de division, Centre d'études d'histoire de la Défense, Cahier n° 25, 2005, Tome 2, pp. 23 & 25.

    2. [S628] Dictionnaire de la noblesse, seconde et troisième éditions, François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chenaye-Desbois, (La Veuve Duchesne, libraire, Antoine Boudet, l'auteur, rue Saint-André-des-Arcs, Schlésinger frères, Paris, 1770-1778), Tome 6, p. 452.

    3. [S676] Épisodes de la Guerre Civile de Navarre, Jean de Jaurgain, Membre Correspondant de l'Académie Royale de l'Histoire de Madrid, (Revue Internationale des Études Basques, Imprimerie A. Lamaignère, 9 Rue Jacques-Lafitte, Bayonne, 1908), 40 (1).
      D'après un Compte de Pedro-Periz de Jassu, bailli de Saint-Jean et receveur des deniers royaux en Basse-Navarre, 1451-1455.