Candidates
The major candidates for succession were:
- Frederic de Aragón y Luna (Frederick), Count of Luna, grandson of Martin I of Aragón and Queen María de Luna, bastard of their predeceased son Martin the Younger King of Sicily, though legitimized by Pope Benedict XIII.
- James, Count of Urgel, great-grandson of Alfonso IV of Aragon in the male line and appointed as Lieutenant of the Kingdom by Martin. Closest agnate, son of Martin's first cousin.
- Alphonse, Duke of Gandia, an octogenarian, grandson of Jaime II of Aragon in the male line, died in 1412 leaving his son as the next duke of Gandia. First cousin of Martin's father. The most senior (laterally as well as in age) and high in proximity to late reigning kings of Aragon (the stem of this succession).
- Louis III of Anjou, Duke of Calabria, grandson of John I of Aragon through his mother Yolande of Aragon. Cognatic great-nephew of Martin. Heir general to the line, John I having been the eldest son of Peter IV of Aragon and elder brother of Martin.
- Ferdinand of Castile, grandson of Peter IV of Aragon through his mother Eleanor of Aragon, queen of Castile. Cognatic nephew of Martin.
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