Martin I of Sicily (c. 1374/1376 – 25 July 1409), called "The Younger", was

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from his marriage to Queen Maria in 1390 until his death. Martin's father was the future King

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, and his grandparents were King

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and

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. In February 1390 he married Maria of Sicily, born in 1362/1363. In 1392 he returned with Maria to Sicily with a military force and defeated a group of opposing barons. In 1394 the couple had their only son

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, crown prince of Sicily, who died in 1400. He ruled Sicily jointly with Maria until her death at

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on 25 May 1401. At that time, he repudiated the

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(1372) and ruled Sicily alone. After his death in 1409 in

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, his father, by then king of Aragon, ruled Sicily as Martin II. After Maria's death Martin I the Younger married at

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on 21 May 1402 by proxy and on 26 December 1402 in person Blanche of Navarre, who was heiress of the Evreux family and the future queen of

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, by whom he had an only son Martin in 1403, who died in

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in 1407. 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

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and Ejerica and Lord of

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, born in 1400/1403, whom Martin II tried to make his successor in the

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. But the effort failed, and Fadrique was denied the succession by the Pact of Caspe. Fadrique married Yolande Louise (Violante Luisa) de Mur and died at

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in 1438 without issue. He also left a bastard daughter by Sicilian-born Agathe de Pesce, named Violante of Aragon, who died c. 1428. She was married twice: first in 1405 as the second wife (some say she was his mistress) to Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, 2nd Count de Niebla (1371–1436); and second, she married to Enrique's cousin Martín de Guzmán. Martin the Younger led the troops in the conquest of

in 1409, decisively defeating the ruler of Arborea at the Battle of Sanluri just before his own death.

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