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4 unusual facts about Martin I of Sicily


Martin I of Sicily

Martin the Younger led the troops in the conquest of Sardinia in 1409, decisively defeating the ruler of Arborea at the Battle of Sanluri just before his own death.

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He ruled Sicily jointly with Maria until her death at Lentini on May 25, 1401/1402.

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He married Yolande Louise (Violante Luisa) de Mur and died at Urena in 1438 without issue.

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No offspring of his two marriages survived childhood; the only issue he left was a bastard son by Sicilian-born Tarsia Rizzari, Fadrique of Aragon, Count of Luna and Ejerica and Lord of Segorbe, born in 1400/1403, whom Martin II tried to make his successor in the Aragonese Empire.



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