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Joanna II of Naples. Joanna II (25 June 1371 – 2 February 1435) was reigning Queen of Naples from 1414 to her death, when the Capetian House of Anjou became extinct. As a mere formality, she used the title of Queen of Jerusalem, Sicily, and Hungary .
Born on June 25, 1374, in Naples; died on February 2, 1435, in Naples; daughter of Charles III of Durazzo, king of Naples (r. 1382–1386), also ruled Hungary as Charles II (r. 1385–1386) and Margaret of Naples (daughter of Marie of Naples); sister of Ladislas I, king of Naples (r. 1386–1414); married Wilhelm also known as William (1370 ...
Feb 2, 2015 · Joanna II, Queen of Naples. Joanna II, queen of Naples (died 2 February 1435) Joanna was the second queen regnant of Naples--she was preceded on the throne by Joanna I of Naples (b. 1328), who ruled from 1343 until her assassination in 1382.
Joanna II of Naples. Introduction: “The glorious queen”: historians would hesitate to attribute the epithet to Joanna II of Anjou-Durazzo, queen of Naples from 1414 to 1435. Yet the words are those of her contemporary, the palace’s majordomo and memorialist Loise De Rosa (1385–after 1475).
Joan II (born 1371, Naples, Kingdom of Naples [Italy]—died Feb. 2, 1435, Naples) was the queen of Naples whose long reign (1414–35) was marked by a succession of love affairs, by continual intrigues, and by power struggles over her domain between the French house of Anjou and that of Aragon, in Spain. After her first husband, William of ...
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views 3,288,455 updated. Joanna II, 1371–1435, queen of Naples (1414–35), sister and successor of Lancelot. The intrigues of her favorites kept her court in turmoil. Her second husband, James of Bourbon, tried to seize power but was imprisoned in 1416.
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On this day Joanna II, Queen of Naples from the famous dynasty of Anjou, was born in present-day Zadar in Croatia. She was the sister of the famous king Ladislaus of Naples, who was known for selling Dalmatia to Venice for 100,000 ducats.
