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Apr 16, 2021 · Many also point out that Joanna's supposedly poor mental health was a convenient excuse for Joanna's male relatives to wield power in her stead, as The Sixteenth Century Journal argues. Her own father, Ferdinand, attempted to take over Castile in her name.
The narrative of her purported mental illness is perpetuated in stories of the mental illness of her maternal grandmother, Isabella of Portugal, Queen of Castile, in widowhood exiled by her stepson to the castle of Arévalo in Ávila, Castile.
Jan 20, 2023 · Joanna of Castile’s family has a history of mental illness, and she may have indeed inherited something of the family complaint. Psychologists today believe Joanna of Castile might have suffered from either bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder.
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Dec 8, 2015 · The Journal of Humanistic Psychiatry, Vol. 2:2 (2014) Joanna depicted by Charles de Steuben (1788–1856) Introduction: Joanna (1479-1555) nicknamed “The Mad” (In Spanish Juana la Loca), was the daughter of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.
Mar 2, 2017 · Perhaps one of Juana’s most notorious, lurid displays of mental instability occurred when her husband died in September of 1506. Already known to fly into jealous rages over her husband's mistresses, even reportedly going so far as to attack at least one, Juana refused to part with her deceased husband's remains for a disturbingly long time.
Apr 12, 2020 · For this she was labelled delusional. In response to her deteriorating mental state, her son Charles declared her unfit to rule, and took over from his mother as monarch in 1509. He had Joanna confined to a convent in Castile, where she remained until she died of natural causes in 1555.
Oct 7, 2018 · Historians have speculated that Joanna may have suffered from a wide range of mental illness, from depression to schizophrenia to even postpartum depression. However, her increasingly erratic behavior was reported following the deaths of her siblings, nephew, mother, and her husband.
