Juana Queen Of CASTILE

Female 1479 - 1555  (75 years)


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  • Name Juana Queen Of CASTILE  [1
    Birth 06 Nov 1479  [2
    Gender Female 
    Name Joanna Of Aragon  [2
    Death 12 Apr 1555  [2
    Notes 
    • Wikipedia Encyclopedia:

      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 death of her only brother John, Prince of Asturias, of her eldest sister Isabella of Asturias, queen of Portugal, and then of the latter's infant son Miguel, Prince of Asturias, 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, already Princess and Prince of Asturias.

      Joanna was said to pine day and night for her husband while he was overseas, and when she eventually joined Philip in Flanders, her passionate jealousy and constant suspicion of him made her notorious, if not necessarily beloved, in the local court.

      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 CoruŅa 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.

      F.Pradilla Ortiz: Juana la Loca Depicts Queen Joanna in vigil over her husband's coffinFerdinand's way to the regency was clear. 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 assumed the regency and was proclaimed co-king. 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.

      Joanna was the last of the original Spanish royals; after her, all royalty on the Spanish throne was from houses that had come from abroad - though most of the future monarchs also were born in Spain. Most historians believe she suffered from schizophrenia and she was kept locked away and imprisoned. Needed to legitimize the claims of her father and son to the throne, Joanna only nominally remained queen of Castile until her death. Many historians, not understanding the nature and severity of a disease like schizophrenia, have made her story into an archtypal victim parable, without adequately understanding the dangers which her condition posed to the governance of Castile.

      She is entombed in the Capilla Real of Granada, alongside her parents, her husband, and her nephew Miguel.
    Person ID I10394  Main Tree

    Father Ferdinand V of Castile Ferdinand II King Of ARAGON,   b. 10 Mar 1452   d. 23 Jun 1516, Madrigalejo, Caceres, Extremadura Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother Isabella I Queen Of Castile And LEON,   b. 23 Apr 1451   d. 26 Nov 1504 (Age 53 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Married 18 Oct 1469  [1
    Marriage 19 Oct 1469  Ocana Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F07093  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Philip I The Handsome King Of CASTILE,   b. 22 Jul 1478, Bruges Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1506 (Age 28 years) 
    Marriage 1496  [2
    Children 
     1. Ferdinand I Holy Roman EMPEROR,   b. 10 Mar 1503, Madrid Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Jul 1564 (Age 61 years)  [Natural]
     2. Maria Of AUSTRIA,   b. 18 Sep 1505   d. 18 Oct 1558 (Age 53 years)  [Natural]
     3. Leonor Of CASTILE,   b. 24 Nov 1498, Brussels Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Feb 1558, Talavera Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)  [Natural]
     4. Catharina Of SPAIN,   b. 14 Jan 1507   d. 12 Feb 1578 (Age 71 years)  [Natural]
     5. Isabella Of BURGUNDY,   b. 18 Jul 1501   d. 19 Jan 1526 (Age 24 years)  [Natural]
     6. Charles V Holy Roman EMPEROR,   b. 24 Feb 1500   d. 21 Sep 1558 (Age 58 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F07046  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S01910] Blood Royal, Issue of the Kings and Queens of Medieval England 1066-1399 by. T. Anna Leese.

    2. [S03581] Wikipedia Encyclopedia.