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Joanna of Castile
Princess + Prince
Female
Born
Nov 6, 1479
Hometown
Spain
Died
Apr 12, 1555
Death Place
Tordesillas
Joanna, known as Joanna the Mad, was the first queen regnant to reign over both the Kingdoms of Castile (1504–55) and of Aragon (1516–55), a union which evolved into modern Spain. Besides the kingdoms of Spain, she also ruled the kingdoms of Sardinia… Read More
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CHILDHOOD
1479
Birth
Born on November 6, 1479.
TEENAGE
1496
16 Years Old
Joanna began her journey to Flanders in the Low Countries, which consisted of parts of the present day Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, and Germany, on 22 August 1496. The formal marriage took place on 20 October 1496 in Lier, north of present day Brussels.
1498
18 Years Old
Between 1498 and 1507, she gave birth to six children; two emperors and four queens.
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TWENTIES
In 1502, the Castilian Cortes of Toro recognized Joanna as heiress to the Castilian throne and Philip as her consort.
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1504
24 Years Old
Upon the death of her mother in November 1504, Joanna became Queen regnant of Castile and her husband jure uxoris its king.
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Ferdinand refused to accept this: he minted Castilian coins in the name of "Ferdinand and Joanna, King and Queen of Castile, Léon and Aragon," and, in early 1505, persuaded the Cortes that Joanna's "illness is such that the said Queen Doña Joanna our Lady cannot govern".
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Ferdinand met Philip at Villafáfila on 20 June 1506 and handed over the government of Castile to his "most beloved children", promising to retire to Aragon.
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In the face of this, Ferdinand II returned to Castile in July 1507.
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1509
29 Years Old
He had Joanna confined in the Santa Clara convent in Tordesillas, near Valladolid in Castile, in February 1509 after having dismissed all of her faithful servants and having appointed a small retinue accountable to him alone.
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THIRTIES
1516
36 Years Old
When Ferdinand II died in 1516, the Kingdoms of Castile and León, and Aragon and their associated crowns and territories/colonies would pass to Joanna I and Charles I. With Charles I still in Flanders, Aragon was being governed after Ferdinand II's death by his bastard son, Alonso de Aragón.
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1519
39 Years Old
In 1519 Charles I now ruled the Kingdom of Aragon and its territories and the Kingdom of Castile and León and its territories, in personal union.
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FORTIES
1520
40 Years Old
In 1520, the Revolt of the Comuneros broke out in response to the perceived foreign Habsburg influence over Castile through Charles V. The rebel leaders demanded that Castile be governed in accordance with the supposed practices of the Catholic Monarchs.
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LATE ADULTHOOD
1555
75 Years Old
Joanna died on Good Friday, 12 April 1555 at the age of 75 in the Convent of Santa Clara at Tordesillas.
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