Joan II (1371-1435), was Queen of Naples from 1414 to 1435. Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Kogon of Japan, fourth of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Start of the reign of Emperor Go-Enyu of Japan, fifth and last of the Northern Ashikaga Pretenders Charterhouse Carthusian Monastery founded in Aldersgate, London. ... For other uses, see number 1435. ... Jump to: navigation, search Location within Italy Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region. ... Events Council of Constance begins. ...

• used the title queen of Jerusalem, Sicily, Hungary etc.

Daughter of Charles III of Naples d 1386 and Margherita of Durazzo d 1412, she succeeded her brother Ladislas of Naples in 1414. Her reign was marked by power struggles of her various paramours and adoptive heirs. Chief figures in kingdom included Muzio Sforza, Pandolfello Alopo, Giovanni Caracciolo. She adopted Alfonso V of Aragon and Louis III of Anjou as heirs alternately, finally settling succession on Louis' son René of Anjou (later René I of Naples). Charles III, King of Naples, also known as Charles II of Hungary and Charles of Durazzo, Charles the Short, reigned as King of Naples from 1382 to 1386 and as King of Hungary (under the name of King Károly II the Small) for one year only from 1385 to... King Ladislas of Naples, the Magnanimous (February 11, 1377–August 6, 1414), was King of Naples and titular King of Jerusalem and Sicily, titular Count of Provence and Forcalquier 1386–1414, and titular King of Hungary 1390–1414. ... Jump to: navigation, search Muzio Attendolo Sforza Muzio Sforza (1369-1424) an Italian Condottieri of the 14th century. ... Alfonso V of Aragon (also Alfonso I of Naples) (1396 – June 27, 1458), surnamed the Magnanimous, was the King of Aragon and Naples and count of Barcelona from 1416 to 1458. ... Louis III (1403 - 12 November 1434) was Titular King of Naples, Count of Provence and Duke of Anjou. ... René dAnjou, René I of Naples (René I the Good, French Le bon roi René) (January 16, 1409–July 10, 1480), was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434–1480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430–1480), Duke of Lorraine (1431–1453), King of Naples (1438–1442; titular...

Married firstly her cousin Jadwiga of poland's rejected fiancée, William of Austria. When already queen, married secondly James of Bourbon, Count of La Marche, d 1438.

Childless.

She had to defend her kingship from Louis II of Anjou (d 1417) and then his son Louis III of Anjou, whom she however later adopted.

Joanna II adopted firstly 1420 Alfonso V of Aragon and secondly 1423 Louis III of Anjou. After Louis III's death in 1434, her adoption went to the next brother of the deceased, Rene of Anjou.

Her line of Durazzo, and the whole senior Angevin line of Naples itself went extinct with her own death in 1435. (The line of Durazzo had succeeded in being hers-general of Angevin kings of Jerusalem, Sicily and Hungary with the death of Jadwiga of Poland in 1399). Joanna's heir general in kingdoms of Jerusalem, Sicily and Hungary and the heir-general of the line of Charles I of Sicily was Charles VII of France. This article is about 14th century queen and saint. ... Jump to: navigation, search Charles VII the Victorious, a. ...

Joan left her kingdom by testament to René of Anjou, of the junior line. She had previously adopted (and subsequently repudiated the adoption) her kinsman Alfonso V of Aragon and Sicily, who launched a conquest to have Naples. René dAnjou, René I of Naples (René I the Good, French Le bon roi René) (January 16, 1409–July 10, 1480), was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434–1480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430–1480), Duke of Lorraine (1431–1453), King of Naples (1438–1442; titular... Alfonso V of Aragon (also Alfonso I of Naples) (1396 – June 27, 1458), surnamed the Magnanimous, was the King of Aragon and Naples and count of Barcelona from 1416 to 1458. ...

René of Anjou united the claims of junior and senior Angevin lines. However, in 1441, control of the Kingdom of Naples was lost to Alfonso V of Aragon, who also claimed the Kingdom of Jerusalem thereby. René dAnjou, René I of Naples (René I the Good, French Le bon roi René) (January 16, 1409–July 10, 1480), was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434–1480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430–1480), Duke of Lorraine (1431–1453), King of Naples (1438–1442; titular... This page is about the year 1441. ... Alfonso V of Aragon (also Alfonso I of Naples) (1396 – June 27, 1458), surnamed the Magnanimous, was the King of Aragon and Naples and count of Barcelona from 1416 to 1458. ...

In addition, while René was 1480 succeeded in Bar by his grandson René of Vaudemont, René's nephew and heir male Charles IV of Anjou claimed the kingdoms of Sicily and Jerusalem, and he then testamented them to his cousin Louis XI of France. René II (May 2, 1451–December 10, 1508) was count of Vaudemont from 1470, Duke of Lorraine from 1473, and Duke of Bar and titular King of Aragon, Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem from 1483 to his death. ... Charles IV, Duke of Anjou, also Charles of Maine, Count of Maine and Guise (1436 - 1481) was the son of Charles IV of Maine, Duke of Anjou, Count of Maine, who was youngest son of Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon, Queen of Four Kingdoms. ... Louis XI the Prudent WAS A FART (French: Louis XI le Prudent) (July 3, 1423 – August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), was a King of France (1461 - 1483). ...