Martin Ier d\' Aragon
Martin Ier Human the (Gérone or Perpignan 1356 - Barcelona 1410), duke of Monblanch and king of the Crown of Aragon, Martin II of Sicily , the last of the Kings d' Aragon of the House of Barcelona who reigned in Aragon during 273 years.
Second wire of Pierre IV the Ceremonious one, of which it obtained the Royaume of Sicily in 1380.
In 1396, it reaches the throne of Aragon, succeeding his brother Jean I {{er}}.
The October 13rd 1397, Martin grants privileges ( fueros ) to Saragossa and the April 13rd 1399 it is crowned in this city.
It launched two Croisades in North Africa in 1398 and 1399.
The September 26th 1399, to its request, the Saint Chalice was transported Monastère of Jean Saint of Peña to the vault of the Palais Royal (the Aljafería) of Saragossa.
His/her son, Martin the Young person, king de Sicile and Procureur of Sardinia for the account of his father eliminated the last judges d' Arborée of which Éléonore d' Arborée.
The reign is marked by the schism of Église.
Martin, combined of the pope of Avignon, the Aragonese Benoît XIII, which was relative of the queen, carried his protection up to the point to intervene militarily with Avignon, in 1403.
Martin Ier died in Barcelona the May 31st 1410, without legitimate descent, because it had of the queen four wire (Martin, Jacques, Jean and Marguerite), which all are died before their father; Marie married in 1379 and died the December 29th 1407.
The September 17th it married in second Marguerite weddings of the Meadows, of which it did not have succession.
It left only one bastard son, Frederic (Fadric).
Martin Ier did not want to indicate of successor.
In 1410, its death starts a war of succession for the Couronne of Aragon.
The ones support Jacques II, Count of Urgell, nearer going down from the king by the males, the others the French Louis, duke of Anjou, grandson by his mother of the king Jean I {{er}} of Aragon, the others finally the king of Castille Jean II (king of 1406 with 1454), in the name of the rights of its family (Eleanor d' Aragon, girl of Pierre IV, had married Jean Ier de Castille, which had died in 1390).
The royal house of Castille transmits its rights to Ferdinand, wire of Jean I {{er}} of Castille and Eleanor d' Aragon, and this prince is recognized king under the name of Ferdinand {{er}} of Aragon.
The dynastic question had been definitively settled by a conference held in Aragon, the Compromis of Caspe, where the influence of the pope of Avignon Benoît XIII, eager to constitute political customers, had decided the lecturers to choose Ferdinand.
This choice starts the revolt of Jacques d' Urgel, who is overcome and killed.
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