Editing Ferdinand I of Naples (section)

==== Charles of Viana the "claimant" ====
Charles, Prince of Viana, the son of King John II of Aragon, claimed that the illegitimate status of Ferrante precluded his ascension to king. While in Naples, through numerous Catalan and Sicilian barons, he conspired to gain the crown, but both the Neapolitan people and many barons, remembering the oath and promises made to Alfonso and to Ferrante, who had not only been legitimized by his father, but also declared legitimate successor by the Holy See, proclaimed: "Long live Re Ferrante our legitimate King" as Ferrante then rode through the city. When the Prince of Viana saw this display, he boarded a ship in Naples, abandoning his supporters, and fled to [[Sicily]], with the Catalan barons who had not had fiefs in the kingdom from Alfonso.<ref name="Le vite de Re di Napoli"/><ref name="Biancardi 1737">{{harvnb|Biancardi|1737|p= 326}}.</ref>