High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Alfonso IV, called the Kind (also the Gentle or the Nice, Catalan: Alfons el Benigne) (1299, Naples – 24 January 1336) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (as Alfonso III) from 1327 to his death. He was the second son of James II and Blanche of Anjou. His reign saw the incorporation of the County of Urgell, Duchy of Athens, and Duchy of Neopatria into the Crown of Aragon.