Luna

The House of Luna was a great noble lineage of Aragon, rooted in Navarre and named for Luna in Zaragoza, taken from the Muslims in 1092 under Sancho I. The semi-legendary Bacalla de Luna is said to have held its new fortress; the lordship became hereditary in 1343.

The Lunas fought at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 and died defending Peter II at Muret. In 1348 they backed Peter IV at Épila, making Lope de Luna the first Count of Luna. María de Luna married King Martin I of Aragon.

Pedro Martínez de Luna became cardinal in 1375 and, during the Western Schism, Avignon pope Benedict XIII. He resisted deposition until his death at Peñíscola in 1423. His kinsman Álvaro de Luna became Constable of Castile and favourite of John II before his execution in 1453.