Alfonso Fadrique

Don Alfonso Fadrique de Aragón ( German: Friedrich Alfons of Aragon; Catalan c: N'Anfós Frederic d' Arago, * 1290, † 1338 ), was a Regent ( vicar ) of the Catalan Duchy of Athens.

Alfonso was an illegitimate son of King Frederick II of Sicily and his lover Sibylle Sormella. He grew up at the court of his uncle, King James II of Aragon, on. From his father he was in 1317 appointed vicar of the Duchy of Athens, as the successor of the recently deceased Berenguer Estanyol. With ten galleys he landed in the summer of 1317 in Piraeus in Athens to it the homage of the Catalan company accept. Alfonso ruled formally on behalf of his half-brother, Duke Manfred, and after he died a short time later for Duke Wilhelm II, but never came to the Duchy.

Immediately after his arrival Alfonso set out to expand the Duchy. He married the daughter of Bonifacio da Verona and thus claimed its heritage in Euboea ( Carystus ). He broke a war with Venice from the fence, which ruled over Euboea. At 2000 Catalan mercenaries Alfonso hit a bridge over the Strait of Euripus and marched about them on the island. The Venetian governor was so surprised that he arbitrarily negotiated a truce with the Catalans. At the end of 1317, died Alfonso's father so he could now take Carystus in possession. In a truce with Venice on the status quo has been agreed. The peace remained fragile since Alfonso conducted raids against all its neighbors and with the help of Turkish corsairs mustered Venetian ships in the Aegean Sea. It was not until 1319 it came under pressure from King Frederick II of Sicily to a temporary peace with Venice, where Alfonso was largely confirmed his conquests. Only the ownership of Carystus remained controversial, the Venice was not ready to acknowledge.

After 1318, the last Despot of Thessaly, John II Angelos, had died, Alfonso took possession after a quick train through the Thermopylae of the cities Phthiotis, Neopatra, newspapers, Gardiki, Pharsala and Domokos. He united the conquered territory so as a duchy Neopatria with Athens. 1320 Alfonso was able to secure the Principality of Salona, after there Deslaur Roger had died. Towards the end of 1330 Alfonso resigned his curacy and handed it to Nicolas de Lancia. In return, he was appointed by his father to the Count of Malta and Gozo, but remained active in Greece.

Alfonso Fadrique regarded as the true founder of the Catalan-Aragonese rule in Greece. Under him, the feral rule of the Catalan Company was organized and defended against the surrounding hostile neighbors. By the peace with Venice, he could weaken the front of his opponents, which in 1332 paid off when the young Walter of Brienne, despite the support of the Pope and the Anjou, missed a reconquest attempt of its heritage. 1335 were Alfonso, as well as Duke William II and all the Catalan Company of the Pope excommunicated. After his death, however, disintegrated increasingly order in the duchy.

With his wife Muriella da Verona, he had the children:

  • Pietro Fadrique de Aragón ( † 1355 ), Count of Malta and Gozo, Lord of Salona
  • Jaime Fadrique de Aragón († 1366), Count of Malta and Gozo, Lord of Salona
  • Fadrique Juan de Aragón ( † around 1366), lord of Aegina
  • Bonifacio Fadrique de Aragón ( † 1375 /76), Lord of Carystus ( 1365 sold to Venice), from 1366 Lord of Aegina
  • Simona Fadrique de Aragón, ∞ with Giorgio Ghisi II († 1358 ), Triarch of Negroponte and Mr. Tinos and Mykonos by
Frederick III of Sicily Manfred, Duke of Athens William II, Duke of Athens Karystos Euripus Strait Lamia (city) Amfissa Roger Deslaur Walter VI, Count of Brienne Ferdinand Gregorovius
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