Ferdinand of Majorca

Prince of Majorca (1278–1316)

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Ferdinand of Majorca

Born| 1278
Perpignan, Kingdom of Majorca
Died| 5 July 1316 (aged 37-38)
Glarentza, Principality of Achaea
Spouse| Isabella of Sabran
Isabella of Ibelin
Issue| James III of Majorca
Ferdinand, viscount of Aumelàs
illegitimate
Sancho
Fernand
Pagan
Esclaramunda
House| Barcelona
Father| James II of Majorca
Mother| Esclaramunda of Foix
A denarius minted by Ferdinand during his brief rule in Achaea

Ferdinand of Majorca (Catalan: Ferran de Mallorca; 1278 – 5 July 1316) was an infante of the Kingdom of Majorca; he was born at Perpignan, the third son of King James II. He was Viscount of Aumelas and Lord of Frontignan from 1311 and claimed the title of Prince of Achaea from 1315.

He was sent by Frederick III of Sicily to take command of the Catalan Company in Frederick's name, but was rebuffed by Bernat de Rocafort, one of their leaders. On his return with the chronicler Ramón Muntaner, he was captured by the Venetians at Negroponte. He had been released by 1310, when he distinguished himself at the siege of Almería by killing the son of the King of Guadix.

In 1313, he returned to Sicily to take part in the war then in hand with the Angevins and was created Lord of Catania. Margaret of Villehardouin was then in Sicily, seeking to advance her claim to the Principality of Achaea. She gave her daughter Isabella of Sabran to Ferdinand in marriage and resigned Akova and her claim on Achaea to the couple, who were married in Messina. Margaret died in March 1315 in captivity in Chlemoutsi, and her daughter on 7 May 1315 in Catania, shortly after bearing a son, James III of Majorca.

Shortly after her death, Ferdinand set out with a small company for the Morea to uphold the claim now held by his son. He seized Clarenza in June 1315 and briefly took control of the Morea. In the autumn of 1315 he took a second wife, Isabella of Ibelin, daughter of Philip of Ibelin, Seneschal of Cyprus. However, his rival claimant Matilda of Hainaut, and her husband Louis of Burgundy returned to the Morea in the spring of 1316 with Venetian aid. Ferdinand's expected aid from Majorca and Sicily was tardy, as was that of the Catalan Company from Athens. Facing superior numbers, he was killed at the Battle of Manolada, near Glarentza, on 5 July 1316. He was succeeded as heir presumptive of Majorca by his elder son, the future King James III, and as Viscount of Aumelas by his posthumous son, Ferdinand.

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* The Chronicle of Ramón Muntaner, translated into English by Lady Goodenough

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Infantes of Aragon

1st generation|

* Sancho I

2nd generation|

* Peter I
* Alfonso I
* Ramiro II

4th generation|

* Ramon/Alfonso II
* Peter, Count of Cerdanya/Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Provence
* Sancho, Count of Provence

5th generation|

* Peter II
* Alfonso II, Count of Provence

6th generation|

* James I

7th generation|

* Peter III
* James II of Majorca
* Sancho

8th generation|

* Alfonso III
* James II
* Frederick III of Sicily
* Sancho of Majorca 1
* Ferdinand, Viscount of Aumelas 1

9th generation|

* Alfonso IV
* Peter II of Sicily 2
* Manfred, Duke of Athens and Neopatria 2
* William II, Duke of Athens and Neopatria 2
* John, Duke of Randazzo 2
* James III of Majorca 1

10th generation|

* Peter IV
* James I, Count of Urgell
* Louis of Sicily 2
* Frederick IV of Sicily 2
* Frederick I, Duke of Athens and Neopatria 2
* James IV of Majorca 1

11th generation|

* John I
* Martin
* Peter II, Count of Urgell

12th generation|

* Martin I of Sicily
* James II, Count of Urgell

13th generation|

* Peter
* Martin

14th generation|

* Alfonso V
* John II
* Henry, Duke of Villena
* Peter, Count of Alburquerque

15th generation|

* Charles, Prince of Viana
* Ferdinand II

16th generation|

* John, Prince of Asturias

17th generation|

* Charles I of Spain
* Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

* 1 also a prince of Majorca
* 2 also a prince of Sicily

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