Everything about Joanna Of Aragon totally explained
Joanna of Aragon (also
Juana of Aragon) (
1454,
Barcelona-
9 January,
1517,
Naples) was an
infanta (princess) of the
Kingdom of Aragon and second
Queen consort of
Ferdinand I of Naples.
Family
She was the only daughter of King
John II of Aragon and his second wife, a noblewoman,
Juana Enríquez.
She was a younger paternal half-sister of
Charles of Viana,
Blanca of Navarre and
Eleanor of Navarre. She was also a younger sister of
Ferdinand II of Aragon.
Marriage
On
September 14,
1476, Joanna married her paternal first cousin
Ferdinand I of Naples. The bride was twenty-two years old and the groom forty-three.
Ferdinand I was an illegitimate son of
Alfonso V of Aragon and his mistress Giraldona Carlino.
Alfonso V and her own father John II of Aragon were brothers, both sons of
Ferdinand I of Aragon and
Eleanor of Alburquerque.
Joanna and Ferdinand had two children:
- Giovanna of Naples (1478 - August 27, 1518). Queen consort to her nephew Ferdinand II of Naples, who was actually her elder.
- Carlo of Naples (1480-1486).
Ferdinand I of Naples died on
25 January,
1494 and was succeeded by
Alfonso II of Naples, his son from a previous marriage to
Isabella of Taranto. Joanna survived him by twenty-three years and continued to live in the court of Naples as a
Queen Dowager.
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