Death of Alfonso V of Aragon

Timeline

1. 1454–1458Naples · CampaniaAlfonso V based his Italian affairs in Naples for many years, participating in the peninsula's configuration after the Peace of Lodi; in his later years his health declined and he began arranging the succession to the thrones of Naples and Aragon.
2. 1458Castel dell'Ovo · NaplesAlfonso V died at the Castel dell'Ovo in Naples; his will left the Kingdom of Naples to his illegitimate son Ferrante and the crowns of Aragon and Sicily to his brother John II, thereby splitting the two crowns.