joanna the mad

Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555)

(Juana la Loca), was queen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516. From the union of these two crowns modern Spain evolved. Joanna married Philip thee Handsome on October 20, 1496. Philip was crowned King of Castile in 1506, initiating the rule of the Habsburg in Spain. After Philip's death that same year, Joanna was deemed mentally ill and was confined to a nunnery for the rest of her life. Though she remained the legal queen of Castile throughout this time, her father, Ferdinand II of aragon, was regent until his death, when she inherited his kingdom as well. From 1517, her son, Charles( first of spain and fifth of germany), ruled as king, while she nominally remained co-monarch.

 Upon the death of her mother(November 1504), Joanna became queen regnant of Castile and her husband jure uxoris its king. Joanna's father, Ferdinand II, lost his monarchical status in Castile although his wife's will permitted him to govern in Joanna's absence or, if Joanna was unwilling to rule herself, until Joanna's heir reached the age of 20. Ferdinand refused to accept this: he minted Castilian coins in the name of "Ferdinand and Joanna, King and Queen of Castile, León 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". The Cortes then appointed Ferdinand as Joanna's guardian and the kingdom's administrator and governor. However, her husband Philip the Handsome was unwilling to accept any threat to his chances of ruling Castile and also minted coins in the name of "Philip and Joanna, King and Queen of Castile, Léon and Archdukes of Austrias...

he was named the mad because when philip died she sleep with his dead body

   

by maria castillo 2B