Early Life
Alfonso received an accurate humanistic education. His first tutor was Giuniano Maio and then the florentine poet Raffaele Brandolini, also known as "Lippus Brandolinus" because of his blindness. Since childhood he became involved in the crisis that hit the Aragonese dynasty of Naples. In 1495, during the French occupation, his father fled and died in Sicily. Alfonso, aged 14, fought for the return to the throne of his half-brother Ferdinand, who became king of Naples in 1495 but died one year later. In 1497, with the restoration of the Aragonese domination under his uncle Frederick IV of Naples, Alfonso was assigned to the first position of responsibility and became the Lieutenant general of Abruzzo.
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