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He was the eldest son and heir of Louis II Of Anjou and Yolande Of Aragon , Queen Of Four Kingdoms . The throne of Aragon fell vacant in 1410 (Louis was then 6 years old) when king Martin I Of Aragon deceased. Louis' mother Yolande was the surviving daughter of sonless King John I Of Aragon , Martin's predecessor. They claimed the throne of Aragon to young Louis. However, unclear though they were, the succession rules of Aragon and Barcelona at that time were understood to favor all male relatives before any female, (this is how Yolande's uncle, Martin of Aragon, inherited the throne of Aragon). Martin died without surviving issue in 1410 , and after two years without a king, the Estates of Aragon by Compromise Of Caspe in 1412 elected Ferdinand De Antequera as the next King Of Aragon . Ferdinand was the second son of Eleanor Of Aragon and John I Of Castile . The 8-year-old Louis at that point lost one of his four kingdoms. The family however had secured some Aragonese lands in Montpellier and Roussillon. Yolande and her sons regarded themselves as heirs of higher claim, and began to use the title of Kings of Aragon. From this "inheritance" forward (Aragon added to other Anjou King titles), Louis and Yolande were called the King and Queen Of Four Kingdoms - the four being apparently Sicily , Jerusalem , Cyprus and Aragon; another interpretation has been Naples separate from Sicily, and then probably excluding Cyprus. However, the truth was that Yolande and her family held lands in any of the said kingdoms only for short intervals, and the island of Sicily as well as Cyprus-Jerusalem apparently was never held by them in reality. Pope Martin V invested Louis III on December 4 , 1419 as 'King of Sicily' (Naples). He was in alliance with Milan and Venice . Louis's family had been longtime rivals of the Anjou-Durazzo family regarding the kingdom of Naples, but the last heir of that line, Joan II Of Naples was childless and approaching old age. Young Louis became slowly reconciled with her, and she adopted him as her heir in 1423 , granting him the traditional title of "Duke of Calabria". However, Louis was engaged in a continual struggle with Alfonso V Of Aragon , whom she had previously adopted to succeed her. In 1432 , he married Margaret of Savoy ( 1416 – 1479 ), daughter of Amadeus VIII Of Savoy , but he died childless in Cosenza , of malaria. He was succeeded by his next brother René Of Anjou . |
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