Martin of Aragon (heir of Sicily)

For other uses, see Martin of Aragon (disambiguation).

Martin
Prince of Sicily, Infante of Aragon
House	House of Barcelona
Father	Martin I of Sicily
Mother	Blanche I of Navarre
Born	17 December 1406(1406-12-17) Kingdom of Sicily
Died	August 1407(1407-08-00) (aged 226) Kingdom of Sicily
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Martin of Aragon or Martin of Sicily (17^[1]/19^[2] December 1406 – August 1407^[3]), Italian: Martino di Sicilia, Catalan: Martí de Sicília, Spanish: Martín de Sicilia, Sicilian dialect: Martinu di Sicilia, Prince of Sicily and Infante of Aragon, Heir Apparent (Crown Prince) of Sicily and Heir Presumptive of Aragon. He was the member of House of Barcelona.

Life

He was the only son and heir of Martin the Younger King of Sicily and Queen Blanche of Navarre, from 1425 Queen Regnant of Navarre. His paternal grandparents were Martin the Elder King of Aragon and Queen Maria de Luna. His maternal grandparents were Charles III King of Navarre and Queen Eleanor of Castile. His parents got married on 26 November 1402.^[4] His mother, queen Blanche's first pregnancy failed and she had a miscarriage.^[5] Nevertheless, the young queen's second pregnancy had already been successful, and he was born on 17^[6] or 19^[7] December 1406 in Sicily. He became the heir apparent (crown prince) of Sicily and infante of Aragon from birth. He was baptized Martin after his father and grandfather. Unfortunately, his paternal grandmother, queen Maria de Luna died about ten days after her little grandson's birth on 29 December 1406, therefore she cannot have been informed about his birth because the good news arrived in Aragon only on 11 February 1407 when the paternal grandfather, King Martin the Elder informed the maternal grandfather, King Charles III of Navarre, too.^[8] Of course, the bad news about his grandmother's death also arrived in Sicily a few months later.

Then Violant of Bar Queen Dowager of Aragon, the second wife of King John I of Aragon proposed an engagement to her brother-in-law, King Martin the Elder between their grandchildren, the new-born Martin and her granddaughter, the eldest daughter of her only surviving daughter, Yolande of Aragon and King Louis II of Naples, Marie of Anjou, the future queen consort of France,^[9] in order to see her offsprings on the Aragonese throne.^[10]

The little prince, nevetheless, died few months later on August 1407 in Sicily.^[11] And not only the dowager queen's hopes failed but the continuity of the House of Barcelona was on the rocks.

And few years later the royal branch of the House of Barcelona became extinct through legitimate male line because Martin the Younger died without children born within wedlock in 1409, then his father, Martin the Elder passed away next year, too.

His siblings were: Peter of Sicily (the only son of King Martin I of Sicily and Queen Maria I of Sicily), Fadrique (illegitimate son of King Martin I of Sicily and Tarsia Rizzari) and Violante (illegitimate daughter of King Martin I of Sicily and Agatuccia Pesce)

Notes

1. ^ See Fodale (1999: 316–317).
2. ^ See Tramontana (1999: 16).
3. ^ See Tramontana (1999: 16) and Fodale (1999: 316–317).
4. ^ See Fodale (1999: 315).
5. ^ See Tramontana (1999: 16)
6. ^ See Fodale (1999: 316–317).
7. ^ See Tramontana (1999: 16)
8. ^ See Fodale (1999: 316–317).
9. ^ In 1422 she married King Charles VII of France.
10. ^ See Silleras-Fernández (2004: 195).
11. ^ See Tramontana (1999: 16) and Fodale (1999: 316–317).

Bibliography

• Lo Forte Scirpo, Maria Rita: C'era una volta una regina... : due donne per un regno: Maria d'Aragona e Bianca di Navarra, Napoli, Liguori, 2003. ISBN 882073527X
• Fodale, Salvatore: Blanca de Navarra y el gobierno de Sicilia, Príncipe de Viana 60, 311–322, 1999. URL: See External links
• Silleras-Fernández, Núria: Spirit and Force: Politics, Public and Private in the Reign of Maria de Luna (1396–1406), In: Theresa Earenfight (ed.): Queenship and Political Power in Medieval and Early Modern Spain, Ashgate, 78–90, 2005. ISBN 075465074X, 9780754650744 URL: See External links
• Miron, E. L.: The Queens of Aragon: Their Lives and Times, London, Stanley Paul & Co, 1913. URL: See External links
• Tramontana, Salvatore: Il matrimonio con Martino: il progetto, i capitoli, la festa, Príncipe de Viana 60, 13–24, 1999. URL: See External links
• Silleras-Fernández, Núria: Widowhood and Deception: Ambiguities of Queenship in Late Medieval Crown of Aragon, In: Mark Crane et al. (eds.): Shell Games: Studies in Scams, Frauds and Deceits (1300–1650), CRRS Publications, Toronto, 2004, 185–207. URL: See External links

Ancestry

External links

• Foundation for Medieval Genealogy/Aragon Kings Genealogy – 12 August 2011
• Euweb/House of Barcelona/Aragon Kings Genealogy – 12 August 2011
• Núria Silleras-Fernández: Widowhood and Deception: Ambiguities of Queenship in Late Medieval Crown of Aragon – 12 August 2011
• Núria Silleras-Fernández: Spirit and Force: Politics, Public and Private in the Reign of Maria de Luna (1396–1406) – 12 August 2011
• Miron: The Queens of Aragon – 12 August 2011
• Libro d'Oro della Nobilità Mediterranea/Bellonidi (Aragonesi) – 12 August 2011
• Salvatore Fodale: Blanca de Navarra y el gobierno de Sicilia – 12 August 2011
• Salvatore Tramontana: Il matrimonio con Martino: il progetto, i capitoli, la festa – 12 August 2011

Translation

This article incorporates information from this version of the equivalent article on the Hungarian Wikipedia.

Martin of Aragon (heir of Sicily) House of Aragon Cadet branch of the House of Barcelona Born: 17/19 December 1406 Died: August 1407
Royal titles
Preceded by Peter of Sicily	Heir Apparent of Sicily 1406–1407	Succeeded by Alphonse of Aragon

Persondata
Name	Martin Of Aragon (heir Of Sicily)
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	17/19 December 1406
Place of birth	Kingdom of Sicily
Date of death	August 1407
Place of death	Kingdom of Sicily