Editing Ferdinand I of Naples (section)

==== The last Angevin stronghold ====
In September 1463 Duke John, abandoned by his allies, agreed with the king to go on the [[Ischia|island of Ischia]]. After subduing Apulia, [[L'Aquila]], and Abruzzo, Ferrante faced only the reconquest of Ischia, the last Angevin bulwark, where the Duke of Anjou had retired, and which was defended by the brothers Carlo and Giovanni Toreglia; these with eight galleys infested the [[Gulf of Naples]] to such an extent that King Ferrante asked for the intervention of his uncle John II of Aragon, who sent him Galzerano Richisens with numerous Catalan galleys. In the spring of 1464 John of Anjou, having seen himself isolated and defeated, left with two galleys for [[Provence]].

After the Catalan army came, which he was no longer in need of, Ferrante gave a great gift to General Toreglia and sent the army back. When Duke John left the kingdom, he left a good memory to some peoples and nobles thanks to his numerous virtues, so many knights followed him to the [[Kingdom of France|France]], including Count Nicola di Campobasso, Giacomo Galeota, and Rofallo del Giudice. The Duke John arrived in Provence and was called by the [[Catalans]], who had rebelled against King John II of Aragon, an event for which Ferrante very rejoiced, as if the Duke John, his father René, and the King of Aragon were engaged in waging war with each other and would not have constituted a danger to Naples. Meanwhile, the [[County of Barcelona]] had rebelled against King John and had called King René to govern him. Ferrante, warned of the war, sent some militias to Catalonia to help his uncle.<ref name="Le vite de Re di Napoli" /><ref>{{harvnb|Biancardi|1737|pp= 338–339}}.</ref>