Joanna of Castile

Joanna (Spanish: Juana) (November 6, 1479 – April 12, 1555), called Juana the Mad (Juana La Loca), queen of Castile and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was the second daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, king and queen of Spain, and was born at Toledo on November 6, 1479. This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or more. ... This image is in the public domain because its copyright has expired in the United States and those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years or more. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ... Events January 20 - Ferdinand II ascends the throne of Aragon and rules together with his wife Isabella, queen of Castile over most of the Iberian peninsula. ... April 12 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). ... Events Russia breaks 60 year old truce with Sweden by attacking Finland February 2 - Diet of Augsburg begins February 4 - John Rogers becomes first Protestant martyr in England February 9 - Bishop of Gloucester John Hooper is burned at the stake May 23 - Paul IV becomes Pope. ... This is a list of kings and queens of Castile. ... The Holy Roman Emperor was, with some variation, the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire, the predecessor of modern Germany, during its existence from the 10th century until its collapse in 1806. ... Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. ... Ferdinand II the Catholic (Spanish: Fernando de Aragón el Católico, Catalan: Ferran dAragó el Catòlic) (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples, Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona. ... Isabella of Castile (Spanish: Ysabel, Isabel or Isabela) (22 April 1451 - 26 November 1504) was queen of Castile. ... Location of Toledo in Spain Toledo is a city and municipality located in central Spain, the capital of the province of Toledo and of the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha. ... November 6 is the 310th day of the year (311th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 55 days remaining. ...

Her youngest sister was Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of Henry VIII. In 1496 at Lille, Joanna was married to the archduke Philip the Handsome, son of the German King Maximilian I, and at Ghent in February 1500, she gave birth to future emperor Charles V. The recently-widowed young Catherine of Aragon, by Henry VIIs court painter, Michael Sittow, c. ... Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547) was King of England and Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) from 22 April 1509 until his death. ... 1496 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... City motto: – City proper (commune) Région Nord-Pas de Calais Département Nord (59) Mayor Martine Aubry (PS) (since 2001) Area 39. ... Philip and his wife Joanna of Castile Philip I (July 22, 1478 – September 25, 1506), sometimes called Philip the Handsome (Felipe el Hermoso - Filips de Schone) was king of Castile, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I, and husband of Joanna the Mad, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, was... Portrait by Albrecht Dürer, 1519 (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna). ... Ghent (Gent in Dutch, Gand in French, formerly Gaunt in English) is a city located in Flanders, Belgium. ... 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. ...

The death of her only brother John, of her eldest sister Isabella of Asturias, queen of Portugal, and then of the latter's infant son Miguel, made Joanna the heiress of the Spanish kingdoms, and in 1502 the cortes of Castile and of Aragon recognized her and her husband as their future sovereigns. Juan of Aragon (* June 28, 1478; † October 4, 1497)- married Margaret of Austria (1480-1530), died after 6 months marriage without offspring ... 1502 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A former kingdom in modern-day Spain, Castile (Spanish: Castilla; usually pronounced Cast-EEL in English) now compromises the regions of Old Castile in the north-west, and New Castile in the center of the country. ... Capital Zaragoza Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 4th  47 719 km²  9,4% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 11th  1 217 514  2,9%  25,51/km² Demonym  â€“ English  â€“ Spanish  Aragonese  aragonés Statute of Autonomy August 16, 1982 ISO 3166-2 AR Parliamentary representation  â€“ Congress seats  â€“ Senate...

Soon after this, Joanna's reason began to give way. She pined in an extravagant fashion for her absent husband, whom at length she joined in Flanders; in this country her passionate jealousy, although justified by Philip's conduct, led to deplorable scenes.

Her mother's death left Joanna Queen of Castile in November of 1504. She and Philip set sail from Flanders to Spain, where he would assume the kingship as her husband. Their ships were wrecked on the English coast and the couple became guests of Henry VII at Windsor Castle. After they continued their trip to Spain, they landed at Coruña in 1506 and started their trip south for the coronation. Ferdinand, her father, claimed that Joanna was being kept prisoner by Philip and that he was speaking for her, and therefore he should be made co-regent with her. This conflict threatened to lead to civil war. However, Philip unexpectedly died due to typhus fever in Burgos in September 1506. Joanna became completely deranged — it was almost impossible to get her away from the corpse of her husband. 1504 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Henry VII (January 28, 1457 - April 21, 1509), King of England, Lord of Ireland (August 22, 1485 – April 21, 1509), was the founder and first patriarch of the Tudor dynasty. ... Windsor Castle: The Round Tower or keep dominating the castle, as seen from the River Thames. ... Torre de Hércules View from the Torre de Hércules A Coruña (Galician name, also known in English as Corunna; in Spanish as La Coruña) is a Galician city, in north-western Spain at 43° 22′ 0″ N 8° 22′ 60″ W. It is the capital of... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Epidemic typhus. ... 1506 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

F.Pradilla Ortiz: Juana la Loca Depicts Queen Joanna in vigil over her husband's coffin

Ferdinand's way to the kingship was cleared. Ferdinand convinced Joanna to grant him co-regency, and, in turn, kept her isolated in the castle of Tordesillas. After his death in 1516, her son Charles laid claim to the co-regency. Joanna was kept prisoner at Tordesillas, however, with the revolt of the comuneros she had a chance to resume her sole sovereignty but failed to take it. When Charles succeeded in quelling the uprising, Joanna was locked up for good in a windowless room in the castle of Tordesillas for the rest of her life. She died on Good Friday, April 12, 1555. Image File history File links Juana_la_Loca. ... The Crest of Tordesillas Tordesillas is Valladolid (province) ,a village in Spain that was the site of many historical events, the most famous being the Treaty of Tordesillas between Spain and Portugal that divided the globe between the two countries. ... // Events March - With the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, his grandson Charles of Ghent becomes King of Spain as Carlos I. July - Selim I of the Ottoman Empire declares war on the Mameluks and invades Syria. ... Revolt of the Comuneros - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Joanna was the last of the original Spanish royals; after her, all royalty on the Spanish throne was from houses that came from abroad. Most historians believe she suffered from schizophrenia, and this weakness was ruthlessly exploited by the people closest to her: her husband, her father, and her son. She had no friends or confidants. They all lied to her, kept her in the dark (metaphorically and literally), and used her unscrupulously for their own power plays. Locked away and imprisoned, she was needed by each of them to legitimize the claim to the throne. Nominally, Joanna remained queen of Castile until her death.

She is entombed in the Capilla Real of Granada, alongside her parents, her husband, and her nephew Miguel. Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the community of Andalusia, Spain. ...

She had six children:

• Eleanor (1498-1558), Queen consort first to Manuel I of Portugal and secondly to Francis I of France.
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Spain (1500-1558).
• Isabella of Burgundy (1501-1525), Queen consort of Christian II of Denmark.
• Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503-1564).
• Maria of Austria (1505-1558), Queen consort of Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia.
• Catherine of Habsburg (1507-1578), Queen consort of John III of Portugal.

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Joanna in literature, art, music, and film

The figure of Queen Joanna attracted authors, composers, and artists of the romanticist movement, due to her characteristics of unrequited love, obsessive jealousy, and undying fidelity. Many later authors have followed this trend of portraying Joanna as a lovesick, and later griefstricken, woman, preferring to focus on her love for her husband than on her mental illness. An incomplete list of these works follows: Romanticism was a secular and intellectual movement in the history of ideas that originated in late 18th century Western Europe. ... Unrequited love is love that is not reciprocated, even though reciprocation is desired. ... Jealousy is an emotion experienced by one who perceives that another person is giving something that s/he wants or feels is due to them (often attention, love, respect or affection) to an alternate. ... For the financial services company, see Fidelity Investments. ...

• Felipe el Hermoso (1845) — Eusebio Asquerino and Gregorio Romero. A play in four acts.
• La Locura de Amor (1855) – Manuel Tamayo y Baus. Play
• Doña Juana la Loca (late 19th Cent.) – Emilio Serrano. Opera.
• Juana la Loca (1877) — Francisco Pradilla. Painting (shown above). Currently in the Prado museum of Madrid, Spain.
• Juana la Loca (2001) — directed by Vicente Aranda and starring Pilar Lopez de Ayala as Joanna, was nominated for 12 Goya Awards, and was released in the US as Mad Love. Based on La Locura de Amor by Manuel Tamayo y Baus.
• El Pergamino de la Seduccion (2005) – Gioconda Belli. Novel in Spanish.

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Biographies

• W. H. Prescott, Hist. of Ferdinand and Isabella (1854)
• Rosier, Johanna die Wahnsinnige (Vienna, 1890)
• H. Tighe, A Queen of Unrest (1907).
• R. Villa, La Reina doña Juana la Loca (Madrid, 1892)
• Bethany Aram, "Juana the Mad: Sovereignty and Dynasty in Renaissance Europe" (2005)

References

Miller T: The Castles and the Crown. Coward-McCann, New York, 1963

External link

• Juana of Castile at Find-A-Grave