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  Joanna la Loca biography - S9.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
1479 - Joanna born on the 6th of November in Toledo, called Joanna the Mad, Queen regnant of Castile and mother of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, was the second daughter of Ferdinand, king of Aragon, and Isabella, queen of Castile.
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.
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.
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  Juana of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joanna (Spanish: Juana) (November 6, 1479 April 12, 1555), called the Mad (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.
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.
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.
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 Isabella of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Isabella of Castile (Spanish: Isabel, Ysabel or Isabela — only Isabel is used in modern Spanish) (April 22, 1451 – November 26, 1504) was Queen of Castile and Leon, with her husband Ferdinand V as co-ruler.
She was great-granddaughter of John I of Castile and his wife Eleanor of Aragon, a sister of Kings John I of Aragon and Martin I of Aragon.
Her paternal grandparents were King Henry III of Castile and Catherine Plantagenet of the House of Lancaster, a half sister of King Henry IV of England.
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 List of Castilian monarchs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Alfonso VII of Castile, (1105-1157), the Emperor - 1126-1157
Isabella I of Spain, wife of Ferdinand of Aragon, king-consort Ferdinand V of Castile.
Joanna of Castile, the Mad - ruled 1504-1506, reigned titularly until her death 1555, wife of:
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 Philip I of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On October 20, 1496 Philip married Joanna the Mad, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, in Lier, Belgium.
In 1502 she and her husband received the homage of the cortes of Castile and of Aragon as heirs.
His life with Joanna was rendered extremely unhappy by his infidelity and by her jealousy, which, working on a neurotic temperament, precipitated her insanity.
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 JOANNA THE MAD - LoveToKnow Article on JOANNA THE MAD   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
JOANNA (1479-1555), called the Mad (la Loca), queen of Castile and mother of the emperor Charles V., was the second daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella, king and queen of Spain, and was jorn at Toledo on the 6th of November 1479.
In November 1504 her mother's death left Joanna queen of Castile, but as she was obviously incapable of ruling, the duties of government were undertaken by her father, and then for a short time by her husband.
Joanna was captured and was put to death at Aversa on the 22nd of May 1382.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /J/JO/JOANNA_THE_MAD.htm   (1597 words)

  
 Joanna, Spanish queen of Castile. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
(Joanna the Mad), 1479–1555, Spanish queen of Castile and León (1504–55), daughter of Ferdinand II and Isabella I. She succeeded to Castile and León at the death of her mother.
At Ferdinand’s death (1516) Joanna’s elder son, Charles (later Holy Roman Emperor Charles V), was proclaimed joint ruler of Castile with his mother.
Joanna spent the rest of her life in the castle of Tordesillas.
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 Joanna of Castile - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Joanna (Spanish: Juana) (November 6, 1479 – April 11, 1555), called the Mad (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.
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 the future emperor.
In November 1504 her mother's death left Joanna queen of Castile, but as she was obviously incapable of ruling, the duties of government were undertaken by her father, and then, for a short time, by her husband.
www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/Joanna_of_Castile   (455 words)

  
 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Charles (February 24, 1500 - September 21 1558) was Holy Roman Emperor (as Charles V) from 1519-1558; he was also King of Spain from 1516-1556, officially as Charles I of Spain, although often referred to as Charles V ("Carlos Quinto" or "Carlos V") in Spain and Latin America.
He was the son of Philip I and Joanna of Castile and grandson of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile and of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor.
After the death of his grandfather Ferdinand in 1516, Charles became joint-king of Castile with his mother (who was insane), and also inherited Aragon, Navarre, Granada, Naples, Sicily, Sardinia, and Spanish America.
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 Ferdinand II of Aragon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ferdinand II (Fernando de Aragón in Spanish and Ferran d'Aragó in Catalan), nicknamed the Catholic (March 10, 1452 – June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples, Valencia, Sardinia and Navarre and Count of Barcelona.
Ferdinand, the son of John II of Aragon by his second wife, the Aragonese noblewoman, was made King of Sicily by his father in 1468 in preparation for his marriage to Infanta Isabella, the half-sister and heiress of Henry IV of Castile.
After Philip's death in 1506, with Joanna mentally unstable, and her and Philip's son Charles of Ghent only six years old, Ferdinand resumed the regency, ruling through, the Chancellor of the Kingdom.
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 Joanna_of_Castile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Joanna (Spanish: Juana) (November 6, 1479 – April 11, 1555), called the Mad (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.
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 the future emperor.
The death of her only brother John, of her eldest sister Queen Isabella, 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.
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 Ferdinand II of Aragon
Ferdinand II of Aragon, surnamed the Catholic (March 10, 1452 - June 23, 1516) was king of Aragon, Castile, Sicily, Naples and Navarre.
Though rebuffed by the Castilian nobility and replaced with Joanna's husband Philip I of Castile, he resumed his regency after Philip's death.
Joanna's son, the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, succeeded her on the throne of Castile; and he also succeeded Ferdinand on the Aragonese throne when Ferdinand died in 1516.
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 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He was the son of Philip and Joanna of Castile.
His maternal grandparents were Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile.
Upon arriving in Castile and dismissing the regent Cardinal Cisneros, he had to fight the against the cities and petty nobles who disliked his appointment of Flemings for Castilian offices.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Castile and Aragon
Old Castile is in outline an irregular triangle, the western frontier bordering on the ancient Kingdom of Leon, the south-eastern boundary being the Sierras de Gredos, Guadarrama, and the Moncayo (Mons Caunus), and the north-eastern, the river Ebro.
Castile, with the title of king, was given to Ferdinand, who had married Sancha, the sister of Bermudo, who was to have married García Sánchez, the last independent count.
The linguistic unity of Castile and Aragon is a very notable fact because although Aragon and Catalonia, united since the twelfth century (1137), possess two very different languages, Castile and Aragon, although they had an entirely independent historical development until the sixteenth century, have the same language with the exception of some minor dialectical differences.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/03410b.htm   (3092 words)

  
 Isabella of Castile Details, Meaning Isabella of Castile Article and Explanation Guide
Isabella of Castile (Spanish: Ysabel, Isabel or Isabela) (22 April, 1451 - 26 November 1504) was queen of Castile.
She was great-great-granddaughter of both Henry II of Castile and his half-brother Peter I of Castile and their respective wives Joan of Villena and Maria de Padilla.
She was great-granddaughter of John I of Castile and his wife Eleanor of Aragón, a sister of Kings John I of Aragon and Martin I of Aragon.
www.e-paranoids.com /i/is/isabella_of_castile.html   (617 words)

  
 Articles - Joan, princess of Castile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Princess Joanna of Castile, known also as the Beltraneja, was born in 1462 and died in Lisbon in 1530.
In 1476 he invaded Castile, but was defeated in the battle of Toro by Ferdinand II of Aragon, Isabella of Castile's husband.
Following the death of Afonso V, Joanna of Castile refuse to marry Juan, the son of Isabella and Ferdinand and had to retire into a convent in Coimbra.
www.gaple.com /articles/Joan,_princess_of_Castile   (541 words)

  
 Spanish monarchy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Heir Apparent of the Spanish Monarchy receives the titles Prince of the Asturias, and, Asturias being on behalf of kingdom of Castile and Leon, Gerona on behalf of kingdom of Aragon, and Viana, a disputed title, on behalf of kingdom of Navarre.
Their daughter Joanna of Castile (who married Philip the Handsome) inherited the kingdom of Castile, although of course not Aragon, which Ferdinand, still alive, kept, and later left it directly to Joanna´s son Charles.
Son of Joanna, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, was the first person to be monarch of both Castile and Aragon, and he is commonly considered to be the first king of Spain.
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 Joanna, Spanish queen of Castile — Infoplease.com
Joanna (Joanna the Mad), 1479–1555, Spanish queen of Castile and León (1504–55), daughter of Ferdinand II and Isabella I. She succeeded to Castile and León at the death of her mother.
Ferdinand II briefly assumed the regency until he was replaced by Joanna's ambitious husband,
Joanna spent the rest of her life in the castle of Tordesillas.
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 Goodrich Castle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Joanna's hand had been the reward given by Edward to the Earl of Gloucester Gilbert de Clare, for services to himself; for it was Gloucester who rescued Prince Edward from captivity, and guarded the realm during his absence from England when he became king.
Joanna was in an agony of distress and perplexity when she heard that her father was arranging a marriage treaty for her; she could not marry; she was already a wedded wife, and yet she trembled at the thought of the mighty Plantagenet's wrath.
Joanna accompanied her husband on all his military expeditions, and they lived very happily together for ten years, when Joanna died at the early age of thirty-four.
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 FERDINAND II OF ARAGON FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Ferdinand, the son of John_II_of_Aragon by his second wife, the Aragonese noblewoman Juana_Enriquez, was made King_of_Sicily by his father in 1468 in preparation for his marriage to Infanta Isabella, the half-sister and heiress of Henry_IV_of_Castile.
He married Isabella on October_19, 1469 in Ocaña and became Ferdinand V of Castile when Isabella succeeded her brother as Queen of Castile in 1474.
After Philip's death in 1506, with Joanna mentally unstable, and her and Philip's son Charles of Ghent only six years old, Ferdinand resumed the regency, ruling through Francisco_Cardinal_Jimenez_de_Cisneros, the Chancellor of the Kingdom.
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 the haspberges
When Philip I, a Hapsburg, married Joanna of Castile, the daughter of the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand II and Isabella, the Hapsburgs gained control of the Spanish lands—Castile, Aragon, Naples, Sicily, Sardinia, and Milan.
Charles V was the son of Philip I and Joanna.
Joanna carried around her husband's dead body, and refused to let him go so he could be buried.
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