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Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), historically known as Joanna the Mad (Spanish: Juana la Loca ), was the nominal queen of Castile from 1504 and queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555. She was the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon.
Apr 7, 2024 · Joan (born Nov. 6, 1479, Toledo, Castile [Spain]—died April 11, 1555, Tordesillas, Spain) was the queen of Castile (from 1504) and of Aragon (from 1516), though power was exercised for her by her husband, Philip I, her father, Ferdinand II, and her son, the emperor Charles V (Charles I of Spain). Joan was the third child of Ferdinand II of ...
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Jan 20, 2023 · Joanna of Castile (aka Joanna the Mad or Juana la Loca) was born on November 6, 1479, in Toledo, Castile, Spain. Her parents were Queen Isabella I of Castile and León and King Ferdinand of Aragon, who both were incredibly devoted Catholics .
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Feb 22, 2024 · Detail. Joanna of Castile, also known as Joanna the Mad, was never expected to inherit the throne of Castile and Aragon in the 16th century. Due to her misunderstood mental illnesses, though, Queen Joanna was eventually declared unfit to rule her kingdom. The mistrust of the three most important men in her life probably added to her emotional ...
Mar 2, 2017 · Thank you to regular contributor Heather R. Darsie for this article on Juana of Castile who has gone down in history as "Juana la loca". Juana of Castile, known as Juana la Loca or Joanna the Mad, was the elder sister of Catherine of Aragon and sister-in-law to Henry VIII of England. Juana married Philip the Handsome in 1496, when she was 16. She went on to have six children with her husband ...
Joanna of Castile was born on November 6, 1479, in Toledo, the capital of the kingdom of Castile, to Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon of the royal house of Trast‡mara. She had four siblings: Isabella, Queen of Portugal; John, Prince of Asturias; Maria, Queen of Portugal; and Catherine, Queen of England. John died at 19.
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Early on the morning of November 6, 1479, Queen Isabella I of Castile gave birth to her third child, a daughter named Juana in honor of King Ferdinand II of Aragon's mother, Joanna Enriquez. Although Juana was a princess, destiny seemed to hold little of importance for the infant girl, whose brother John of Spain, born the preceding year, stood ...
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