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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).
Feb 2, 2015 · 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. The second Queen Joanna was born in 1373, the daughter of Charles III of Naples--the very guy who deposed the first Queen Joanna ...
Joanna II (25 June 1373 – 2 February 1435) was Queen of Naples from 1414 to her death, upon which the senior Angevin line of Naples became extinct. As a mere formality, she used the title of Queen of Jerusalem, Sicily, and Hungary. Joanna was born at Zara, Dalmatia (present-day Zadar, Croatia) on 25 June 1373, as the daughter of Charles III of Naples and Margaret of Durazzo.[1] In 1414, she ...
May 26, 2023 · Joanna II of Naples. May 26, 2023 Leave a comment. c. 1371 – February 2, 1435. Joanna II of Naples was born around 1371 to King Charles III of Naples and Margaret of Durazzo. In 1381, Charles usurped Naples’ throne from his cousin, Queen Joanna I, after she refused to acknowledge Urban VI as pope.
Joanna of Naples (1478–1518)Queen of Naples. Name variations: Giovanna of Naples. Born in 1478; died on August 27, 1518; daughter of Joanna of Aragon (1454–1517) and Ferdinand also known as Ferrante I (1423–1494), king of Naples (r. 1458–1494); married her nephew Ferdinand also known as Ferrante II (1469–1496), king of Naples (r. 1495–1496), in 1496.
Joanna II was the last Angevin to reign in Naples; at her death Alfonso seized power, and René's claim was never secured. 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 ...
