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He was the oldest child of Ferdinand I Of Naples and his first wife, Isabel De Claremont . (Isabel was the daughter of Tristan , Count of Capertino and Caterina Orsini .) He was the cousin of Ferdinand II Of Aragon , king of Aragon and the first ( Co -)ruler of an unified Spain . When his mother Isabella of Clermont died 1465 , he succeeded her in her feudal claims, and including in the Brienne Claim to the Kingdom Of Jerusalem . His father became in 1458 , when Alfonso was 10 years old, by testament of the grandfather, King Alfonso V Of Aragon , king in his conquered territories of Naples. When he was 15 years old, his great-uncle Giovanni Antonio Del Balzo Orsini , Prince Of Taranto , died 1463 and he obtained some lands from the inheritance. Used the title King Of Naples and Jerusalem when reigned 1494 - 95 . His reign was destined to be short. When his father died, the invasion of King Charles VIII Of France was imminent; Charles (instigated by Lodovico Sforza , who wished to stir up trouble to allow him to seize power in Milan ) had decided to reassert the Angevin claim to Naples and the accompanying title of King Of Jerusalem . Charles invaded Italy in September, 1494 , and by early 1495 was approaching Naples . Alphonso, terrified by a series of portents, as well as unusual dreams (perhaps attributable to memories of his victims), abdicated in favour of his son, Ferdinand , and fled, entering a Sicilian monastery. He died in Messina later that year. MARRIAGES AND CHILDREN Like his father, he married twice. His first wife was Hippolyta Sforza , whom he married on October 10 , 1465 , in Milan . His second wife was Trogia Gazzela . He had three children with Hippolyta:
and two with Troggia:
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