Aragon

Alfonso V (1396?-1458) was king of Aragon and Sicily from 1416 to 1458. He succeeded his father, Ferdinand I. Queen Joanna II of Naples promised to make Alfonso her heir, but after a quarrel she left her kingdom to René I of Anjou. Alfonso seized Naples from René in 1442 and was acknowledged its ruler by Pope Eugenius IV. Leaving his wife and later his brother, John II, to rule Aragon, Alfonso moved his court to Naples. He did much to beautify that city and encouraged art and literature.