Joanna of Aragon

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Aragonese, Valencian and Sicilian Royalty
House of Trastámara

Ferdinand I Children include    Alfonso (future Alfonso V of Aragon, III of Valencia and I of Sicily and Naples)    John (future John II of Aragon, Valencia and Navarre and I of Sicily)    Eleanor, Queen of Portugal Alfonso V (III of Valencia and I of Sicily and Naples)    Ferdinand I of Naples (natural son) John II (I of Sicily and II of Navarre) Children include    Eleanor, Queen of Navarre    Ferdinand (future Ferdinand II of Aragon, Valencia and Sicily, III of Naples, IV of Castile and V of Leon)    Blanca    Joan, Queen of Naples    Charles IV of Navarre Ferdinand II (III of Naples, IV of Castile and V of Leon) Children include    Isabella, Queen of Portugal    Joan, Queen of Castile    Juan, Prince of Asturias    Mary, Queen of Portugal    Catherine, Queen of England Grandchildren include    Miguel da Paz, Crown Prince of Portugal and Spain    Charles (future Charles I of Spain and V of the Holy Roman Empire)

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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:

1. Giovanna of Naples (1478 - August 27, 1518). Queen consort to her nephew Ferdinand II of Naples, who was actually her elder.
2. 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.

Preceded by Isabella of Taranto

Queen consort of Naples 14 September 1476 - 25 January 1494

Succeeded by Giovanna of Naples