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Antonio de Cardona

Viceroy of Sicily

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 17, 2026
Entity authorityQ2857504 ↗
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Antonio de Cardona y de Xerica-Aragon (1395 – 1458 in Naples, Italy) Viceroy of Sicily 1419–1421, son of Hugo de Cardona and Beatriz de Xerica y Martinez de Luna,

In 1400, Antonio de Cardona y de Xerica-Aragon married "Leonor Manoel de Vilhena" (born 1380)

They had:

Pedro de Cardona (died 1451), 1st Count of Collisano, Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, married Elvira Centelles, daughter of Gilberto, had issue;

Beatrice, married Antonio de Luna Peralta, Count of Caltabellotta;

Ugo;

Alfonso, Count of Reggio (died 1452), married Caterina Peralta Ventimiglia, daughter of Giovanni, Count of Burgio, had issue.

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The public source identifies “Antonio de Cardona” as viceroy of Sicily. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Antonio, Cardona and Viceroy.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1395, 1458, 1419, 1421—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1395-01-01, 1380—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Antonio, Cardona and Viceroy providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Antonio de Cardona” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.