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The succession laws of the Aragonese Empire at that time were rather hazy, based more on custom than any specific legislation, and even case law did not exist. All successions in time of united Barcelona-Aragon had been to the eldest son, to the next younger brother, or to the only daughter. However, earlier successions indicated that Agnate s (males in male line) of Aragonese royal family had precedence over daughters and descendants of daughters - for example, Martin himself had succeeded over daughters of his late elder brother, King John I. However, very distant agnates had lost out to the daughter of the late king in 11th century, when Petronila Of Aragon succeeded over claims of the then agnates (second cousins or the like), the Kings of Navarre and Castile. The important candidates for succession were:
Deliberations between the Parliaments or Diets of Aragón, Valencia and Cataluña were difficult, due to diverging interests, factions of nobility, impatience of the partisans of the Count of Urgel and the intervention of Castilian troops of Ferdinand of Trastamare. The Parliamentarians agreed on 15 February , 1412 (Concordia de Alcañiz) to appoint negotiators (nueve compromisarios) who then met in Caspe near Zaragoza, to examine the rights of the pretenders. The compromisarios were:
They proclaimed the Castilian Infante as King Ferdinand I Of Aragon on 28 June , 1412 by votes of three Aragonese, two Valencian and one Catalan compromisarios. |
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