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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsBackground[edit]Candidates[edit]Family tree[edit]Interregnum 1410\u201312[edit]Conflicts and deliberations[edit]Revisionism[edit]Aftermath[edit]See also[edit]Sources[edit]Bibliography[edit]Background[edit]The Aragonese succession laws at that time were based more on custom than any specific legislation, and even case law did not exist. All successions after the union of Catalonia with Aragon in 1137 had been to the eldest son, to the next younger brother, or to the only daughter. However, earlier successions indicated that agnates (males in the male line) of the Aragonese royal family had precedence over daughters and descendants of daughters; for example, Martin himself had succeeded over the daughters of his late elder brother, King John I.However, very distant agnates had lost out to the daughter of the late king in the 11th century, when Petronilla succeeded over claims of the then agnates (second cousins or the like), the kings of Navarre.       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4J. N. Hillgarth writes: “Among the descendants by the male line, the closest relation to Martin was James II, Count of Urgell.”[1] T. N. Bisson writes that “the issue was (or became) political rather than simply legal, a utilitarian question of which candidate with some dynastic claim would make the best king.”[2]Candidates[edit]The major candidates for succession were:James II, Count of Urgell, Martin’s closest agnate as patrilineal great-grandson of Alfonso IV of Aragon. Incidentally, he was also Martin’s brother-in-law. Appointed Lieutenant of the Kingdom by Martin, he was heir male of the line and claimed the throne according to agnatic primogeniture.Louis of Anjou, matrilineal grandson of John I of Aragon and grandnephew of Martin. He was heir general to the line and claimed the throne according to cognatic primogeniture.Alfonso I, Duke of Gandia, 80-year-old patrilineal grandson of James II of Aragon. He claimed the throne by both agnatic seniority and proximity of blood to the previous kings of Aragon. He died in March 1412.John of Ribagorza, brother of Alfonso, who inherited his claim.Ferdinand of Castile, matrilineal grandson of Peter IV of Aragon and nephew of Martin, claimed the throne by proximity of blood to the last king.Frederic, Count of Luna, natural grandson of Martin of Aragon, being the bastard of Martin’s predeceased son, Martin I of Sicily. Born illegitimate, he had been legitimized by Antipope Benedict XIII.Family tree[edit]Interregnum 1410\u201312[edit]  The parties had agreed to a parliamentary process to resolve the issue, but coordinating deliberations between the cortes (parliaments) of Aragon, Valencia and Catalonia was made difficult by their diverging interests. Thus, a general cortes was demanded by the governor of Catalonia to meet in Montblanch, but the meeting was delayed and ended up in Barcelona, starting in October 1410 and only being Cortes of the Principality of Catalonia.[3] As the Cortes dragged on, the situation became violent.Ant\u00f3n de Luna, an Aragonese supporter of Count James II of Urgell, assassinated the Archbishop of Zaragoza, Garc\u00eda Fern\u00e1ndez de Hered\u00eda (supporter of Louis of Anjou).[4] This event damaged the candidacy of James of Urgell and gave strength to the candidacy of Ferdinand of Castile (regent of Castile and therefore commanding a nearby army with which he protected his allies). There was fighting in the streets, especially between partisans of Aragon and Valencia. The conflict divided the Kingdom of Aragon, with two rival Cortes meeting: one favorable to Ferdinand of Castile in Alca\u00f1iz, and another favorable to James II, Count of Urgell in Mequinenza (but this one was not recognized by the Catalan parliament at Tortosa).[5] The same occurred in Valencia, with Cortes in Traiguera and Vinar\u00f2s. Furthermore, in 1410-1412 Ferdinand’s troops entered Aragon and Valencia to fight the Urgellists. The Trastamarist victory at the Battle of Morvedre on 27 February 1412 finally left Valencia in their hands.Conflicts and deliberations[edit]  Pope Benedict XIII (Avignon) intervened and proposed a smaller group of nine compromisarios (negotiators).[3] The Trastamarist parliament of Alca\u00f1iz agreed with the proposition, which was finally accepted by a Catalan-Aragonese board of fourteen Aragonese Trastamarists and five varied Catalan emissaries: the agreement known as the Alca\u00f1iz Concord of 15 February 1412. But a few days later, the Alca\u00f1iz parliament chose not only the three compromisarios from Aragon but also the three Catalan and the three Valencian compromisarios too. The angry complaints among the Catalan and Valencian parliamentarians for this abuse were ignored, targeting the peaceful discussions sought since 1410;[10] and equally the complaints of James of Urgell and Louis of Anjou.The appointed compromisarios met in Caspe to choose the next king. The majority of historians have agreed with the account of the election by historian Jer\u00f3nimo Zurita. Zurita wrote his Anales de la Corona de Arag\u00f3n from the original records, which he bequeathed to the house of the General Deputation of Aragon in 1576 (they were lost or burned during political disorders in the 19th century). According to Zurita, the compromisarios had conflicting views about the succession to the deceased King Martin, and they voted differently as well. The votes were cast on Friday, 24 June 1412, and recorded on 25 June. Vincent Ferrer was the first one to speak; in a long speech, he voted for Ferdinand, and then Ram, his brother Bonifaci, Gualbes, Bardaix\u00ed, and Aranda simply joined him. Sagarriga, Vallseca, and Bertran voted differently, giving their own reasons.  Portrait of Ferdinand of Castile, proclaimed king after the Compromise.Kingdom of Aragon delegates:Kingdom of Valencia delegates:Principality of Catalonia delegates:On 28 June 28, Ferdinand of Castile was proclaimed king by Vicent Ferrer in a public speech also recorded. The knights Guillem Ramon Alemany de Cervell\u00f3 and \u00cd\u00f1igo de Alfaro, who were present for the proclamation, brought the news of his election to Ferdinand.Revisionism[edit]In recent years, three Aragonese historians (Jos\u00e9 \u00c1ngel Sesma Mu\u00f1oz, Carlos Laliena, and Cristina Monterde) rejected Zurita’s account, arguing that no contemporary sources confirm the existence of any secret ballot. Sesma claimed in 2011 that all nine compromisarios, despite their different preferences, agreed unanimously to select Ferdinand. He repeated this view in 2012 with Laliena and Monterde. Their main argument is that the official notarized deed of proclamation, issued on 25 June 1412, does not mention any results of the supposed election. Furthermore, they quoted testimonies (but not the full statements) from those who were present at the ceremony of proclamation on 28 June, such as Melchor de Gualbes, saying that the three Catalan compromisarios had declared that “they had acted freely and had not been under any pressure” and that at the end “everybody would be of one opinion“. As of 2013, there are no new published works that support this new theory.Already in 2012, this point of view had been refuted by historian Ernest Belenguer, who called attention to the point that in this kind of election (as with papal conclaves), the results of the ballots are not published, therefore one cannot infer a unanimous election only from this kind of deed. He also mentioned that even Trastamara’s official chronicler Lorenzo Valla said in the 15th century that there were very different opinions among the compromisarios. Furthermore, Belenguer cited other authors who in the 17th century had seen the same documents as Zurita, such as Uztarroz and Dormer, and reported the same account as Zurita of the preferences stated by every one of the nine compromisarios.Aftermath[edit]  Reenaction of the CompromiseInitially James II of Urgell accepted the sentence and even swore allegiance to the new king, but he revolted in May 1413. However, he was unsuccessful to mobilize more nobles after two years of fights and battles. There were some uprisings in support of James in Valencia and Catalonia and James himself lead sorties out from his domain in Urgell. James’s supporters were defeated in battle on 25 June 1413 outside of Lleida. Ant\u00f3n de Luna enlisted the support of Gascon and English troops who invaded at Jaca, but they were defeated on 10 July 1413 before he was able to join James’s army.In August, Ferdinand began the siege of Balaguer. Meanwhile, Ant\u00f3n de Luna had organized defenses in Huesca; however, the Castle of Montearag\u00f3n was taken on 11 August, and he and his troops fled to Loarre Castle. Finally, in October 1413 James surrendered at his city: Balaguer. The following January, Loarre Castle fell, and the rebellion was over. The County of Urgell was dissolved in 1413 and the area came under the royal domain of the county of Barcelona, but was shared out among the Trast\u00e1mara’s supporters.With the selection of a younger prince of the Castilian Royal House of Trast\u00e1mara, the Aragonese Crown became increasingly drawn into the sphere of influence of the more powerful Castile. About 50 years after the Compromise, with the marriage of Ferdinand I’s grandson Ferdinand II to Queen Isabella of Castile, Aragon became the junior partner in a dynastic union that would become the modern Spanish state.See also[edit]Sources[edit]^ Hillgarth, Jocelyn Nigel (1978) The Spanish Kingdoms 1250-1516 volume 2 1410-1516: Castilian hegemony p 229 ISBN\u00a00-19-822531-8^ Bissonm Thomas N. (1991) The Medieval Crown of Aragon: a short history, pp 135-6, ISBN\u00a00-19-820236-9^ a b Earenfight, Theresa (2003) “Caspe, Compromise of” page 208 in Gerli, E. Michael (editor) (2003) Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia Routledge, New York, ISBN\u00a00-415-93918-6^ R\u00e1bade Obrad\u00f3, Mar\u00eda del Pilar; Ram\u00edrez Vaquero, Elo\u00edsa; Utrilla Utrilla, Juan F. (2005) La din\u00e1mica pol\u00edtica p 458. Ediciones Istmo^ Salom, Jaime (1995) Jerusal\u00e9n, hora cero: nueve brindis por un rey p 172. Editorial Fundamentos^ Ferran Soldevila 1965, pp.\u00a0105-109 and 120-125.Bibliography[edit]Belenguer, Ernest (2012). El com i el perqu\u00e8 del Comprom\u00eds de Casp (1412) (in Catalan). Barcelona: Rafael Dalmau Editions. ISBN\u00a0978-84232-0772-5.Bonneaud, Pierre (1999). “Le R\u00f4le politique des ordres militaires dans la Couronne d’Arag\u00f3n pendant l’interr\u00e8gne de 1410 \u00e0 1412 \u00e0 travers les Anales de Zurita”. Arag\u00f3n en la Edad Media. 14: 119\u201342.C\u00f2nsul, Arnau; Casals, \u00c0ngel (April 2012). “El Comprom\u00eds de Casp. Pacte o conxorxa?” [Compromise of Caspe. Pact or plot?]. S\u00e0piens (in Catalan). Barcelona: Grup Cultura 03. 115: 26\u201337. ISSN\u00a01695-2014.Dualde Serrano, Manuel (1947\u20131948). “La elecci\u00f3n de los compromisarios de Caspe” [The election of the Caspe compromisarios]. Estudios de Edad Media de la Corona de Arag\u00f3n (in Spanish). Zaragoza. 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