The Unfortunate is an epithet which may refer to:

• James II, Count of Urgell (1380–1433), also Viscount of Àger, and lord of Antillón, Alcolea de Cinca, and Fraga
• James III of Majorca (1315–1349), King of Majorca from 1324 to 1344
• Piero the Unfortunate (1472–1503), Gran maestro (unofficial head of state) of Florence from 1492 to 1494
• Stephanie Alfonso of Castile (1139/1148–1180), murdered by her husband

See also

• List of people known as the Fortunate
• List of people known as Lucky or the Lucky