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In August 1342, Alfonso XI laid siege to the strategic port of Algeciras on the western side of the Bay of Gibraltar with a Castilian naval force blockading the city's access to the sea. The twenty-month siege was notable for its use of cannon by the Moors; it was one of the first occasions that guns were used effectively in European warfare. [6]
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In 1490, he presided over the funeral ceremony held in the Naples Cathedral in memory of Matthias Corvinus, the king’s son-in-law, a month after his death. Naturally, he also participated in the funeral of Ferdinand, who died on January 25, 1494, following the casket alongside Alfonso, whom he blessed in the cathedral, and attended Alfonso's ...
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It is alleged that Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, the children's father, threw the gun into the sea some time after Alfonso's death. [15] The funeral liturgy for Alfonso was held on Holy Saturday and was presided over by Monsignor Fernando Cento, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal. He was buried at the municipal cemetery in Cascais, Portugal.