John I (1350-1395), king of Aragon, was the son of Peter IV. and his third wife Eleanor of Sicily[?]. He was born on December 27 1350, and died by a fall from his horse, like his namesake, cousin and contemporary of Castile. He was a man of insignificant character, with a taste for artificial verse.
... he was
widely read, and his works abound in Biblical
quotations, especially from the New Testament.
His life is no doubt fitly characterized by the words ...