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- 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.
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 .
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Queen of Naples who reigned from 1414 to 1435. Name variations: Giovanna or Giovanni II; Joan II; Joanna II of Naples; Johanna of Durazzo. 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 ...
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.
May 26, 2023 · Joanna II of Naples was the last ruler from the Capetian House of Anjou. Her reign was marked by intrigue, affairs, and a succession crisis.
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.
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).
She was the sister of the famous king Ladislaus of Naples, who was known for selling Dalmatia to Venice for 100,000 ducats. Joanna succeeded her brother after his death and became the Queen of Naples, but also a pretender to the Hungarian and Croatian thrones.
