Ferdinand of Majorca the Younger

Ferdinand the Younger (1316–1342) was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, a posthumous son. His father, Infante Ferdinand of Majorca, had been killed at Manolada while trying to settle in Achaea. He grew up at the Angevin court of Naples under his aunt Sancha, so steeped in Franciscan ideals that he took some vows.

King Sancho's will made him heir to the Majorcan crown after his half-brother James III, who granted him an income in 1326, later replaced by the viscounty of Aumelas.

About 1338 he married Esquiva of Lusignan, and they had a daughter, Alicia. His relations with his father-in-law deteriorated, and in 1341 he was imprisoned; only papal intervention freed him. He returned alone to Majorca and died there in 1342.