candidates to the throne of Aragon
The six candidates for succession were:
Frederic de Luna, Count de Luna, bastard son of Martin I of Sicily, legitimized later by Benedict XIII .
James II of Urgel, Count of Urgel , son of Peter, grandson of James and grandson of Alfonso IV of Aragon, husband and also to Elizabeth, daughter of Peter and Sybil Ceremonioso Forti, his fourth wife.
Alfonso of Aragon and Foix, Count of Denia and Ribagorza, Marquis of Villena and Duke of Gandia, grandson, male line of James II of Aragon. He died shortly before the meeting of Caspe and was replaced by his brother Juan de Prades.
Louis of Anjou, Duke of Calabria , grandson, his mother Violet, John
I of Aragon.
Juan de Prades, Prades Count's brother Alfonso, the Duke of Gandia. Fernando
Trastámara of Antequera, Castilla infant grandson, his mother Leonor the regent of Castile, Pedro IV of Aragon.
In this situation it was decided that the successor to Martin I would appoint a General Parliament of the Crown for which met in February 1411 in Calatayud Courts under the chairmanship of the Archbishop of Zaragoza, García Fernández de Heredia, deciding that the assemblies of the two kingdoms and Catalonia would be held in areas near the common border and also establishing conditions such consultations.
The murder of the Archbishop of Zaragoza hosted by Jaime de Urgel prompted both this and Louis of Anjou, whom the prelate rested on his claim to the throne, lost strength in their applications to obtain the throne of Aragon, thus appearing as the main candidate for the crown Fernando de Trastámara.
intended that each kingdom was an assembly held utopian from the outset. In the kingdom of Aragon met two: Mequinenza Alcañiz and, in the kingdom of Valencia also came two assemblies: the Traiguera Vinaroz and, in Catalonia, the assembly was in Tortosa.
The parliament met in Alcañiz was eventually prevail to have the support of the Church and Pope Benedict XIII (Pope Luna), who decided to mediate in the crisis of succession promulgated on January 23, 1412, a bull which stated that the study of the rights to the throne of the various pretenders to the throne was made by delegates of the different kingdoms.
Alcaniz Concordia
February 15, 1412, Catalonia and Aragon signed the Accord of Alcaniz in establishing nine commissioners, three kingdom, and three in Catalonia, assembled in the Aragonese town of Caspe, discuss on the rights of the suitors and decide what should occupy the throne, as long as the chosen one gets a minimum of six votes and at least one of each kingdom.
The kingdom of Valencia had not joined in the beginning to the Concordia Alcaniz because of military resistance imposed James II of Urgel, but
after the Battle of Murviedro and the defeat of the Count of Urgel, would join Valencia the Concordia on February 27, 1412.
The choice of the nine commissioners are entrusted by the Parliament of Aragon Liborio Gil Ruiz, governor of Aragon and Juan Jimenez Cerda, chief justice of the kingdom who nominated:
For Aragon
Sunday Ram , bishop of Huesca.
Francisco de Aranda, former royal adviser and env
IADO Benedict XIII.
Bardají Berenguer, lawyer and general counsel of the Cortes of Aragon.
In Catalonia:
Pedro de Sagarriga, Archbishop of Tarragona Bernardo de Gualbes, trustee and counselor of Barcelona. Guillem
Vallseca, general counsel the Catalonian.
On Valencia:
Bonifacio Ferrer, prior of the monastery of Portaceli.
San Vicente Ferrer, Dominican Valencia.
Ginés Rabassa, citizen of Valencia law expert, who because of illness was replaced by Pedro Beltrán
. Caspe
The April 22, 1412 is start the deliberations of the commissioners, who have a temporary period of two months to get a result. In a
first time, representatives of the Catalans were undecided, while the Aragonese and Valencian, more linked to the wool trade and other economic interests Castilian chose Fernando.
During the vote was very important the views of San Vicente Ferrer, who was one of the initiators of the meeting in Casper to resolve the conflict.
will need two days of the deadline for reaching agreement, and that after the June 24 vote, six commissioners (three Aragonese
: Ram Sunday, Francisco de Aranda, Berenguer de Bardají;
two Valencia: Ferrer brothers, and a Catalan
: Bernardo de Gualbes)
supported the candidacy of Fernando de Trastámara , while the other two commissioners voted for Jaime Catalan de Urgel, the third convention delegate abstained Valencia. Thus, Ferdinand was proclaimed king Trastámara June 28, 1412 as Ferdinand I of Aragon, who came on 5 August in Zaragoza, where he swore his title to the courts with his son Alfonso.
The Caspe Agreement brought about the introduction in the Aragonese throne of a dynasty of Castile. The Castilian rose to be the language of the court, and the Aragonese language for the lower class was beginning to disappear gradually in favor of Castilian.
some years, has been held with great success, in late June, the Feast of Commemoration of Commitment in Caspe.
THE JUNE 25TH WAS SHOWN THE WORLD'S LARGEST CORTEL THE TAVERN OF THE LAST OF CASPE Almogávares DURING THE HOLIDAYS OF COMMITMENT CASPE enjoy in those days. 
