User:Aecharri/Juan de Aragón

Juan de Aragón y de Jonqueras, 2nd Count of Ribagorza, (Benabarre, Spain, 1457 - Monzon, Spain, 1528) was a Viceroy of Naples, (1507 - 1509) after being so Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, for the 1st time. He was a bastard son of Royal bastard Alfonso de Aragón y de Escobar, (1415 - 1485), a.k.a. Alfonso VI de Ribagorza till 1485, 1st count of Ribagorza,  1st duke of Villahermosa since 1476  through his royal father, one of the sons of king John II of Aragón, ( 1392 - king 1458 - 1479). Therefore, he was one bastard nephew of king John II of Aragón, his successor, king Ferdinand II of Aragón, (1452 - king 1479 - 1516). He was in charge of substituting the ruling there of Naples re-conqueror for king Ferdinand II of Aragón as from 1495 Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, (1453 - 1515),who was having personal problems with his king, being thus probably a prominent person from Gonzalo´s staff.

He married in 1479 wealthy landowner María López de Gurrea y Torrellas, deceased 1492, their elder son, born 1487, being known as count Alfonso VII de Ribagorza since 1512, later duke of Luna. He was faced in June of 1508 by a popular revolt due to the lack of flour and wheat while he tried to collect extra money for military purposes. In October 1509 he had to leave the town being placed as a new Viceroy of Naples, Antonio de Guevara, count of Potenza.

In 1512 he was appointed Viceroy of Catalonia but he had to leave his post, apparently due to administrative pressures in June 1514, even after appointments were restricted for a while to Catholic Church authorities such as Bishops, as proved by  checking those appointments. In June 1528 he was buried, being an ecclesiastical member of the Military Order of Saint John since becoming a widower in 1492 at the Catalan Monastery of Montserrat.