Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples
Joanna of Aragon (also Juana of Aragon; 16 June 1454 – 9 January 1517) was an infanta of the Kingdom of Aragon and second Queen consort of Ferdinand I of Naples.
A high definition picture of her portrait by Raphael is available on the website of the French Center for Research and Restoration of the Museums of France.
Family
She was born in Barcelona on 16 June 1454, the only daughter of King John II of Aragon and his second spouse, a noble, 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.
Queen
On September 14, 1476, Joanna married her paternal first cousin Ferdinand I of Naples. The bride was twenty-two years old and the groom fifty-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: Joan of Naples (1478 – August 27, 1518), who was queen consort to her nephew Ferdinand II of Naples, and Charles 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. She died in Naples in 1517,
Ancestry
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16. Henry II of Castile |
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8. John I of Castile |
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17. Juana Manuel |
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4. Ferdinand I of Aragon |
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18. Peter IV of Aragon |
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9. Eleanor of Aragon |
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19. Eleanor of Sicily |
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2. John II of Aragon |
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20. Alfonso XI of Castile |
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10. Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque |
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21. Eleanor of Guzman |
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5. Eleanor of Alburquerque |
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22. Peter I of Portugal |
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11. Infanta Beatrice of Portugal |
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23. Inês de Castro |
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1. Joanna of Aragon |
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24. Fadrique Alfonso, 1st Lord of Haro |
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12. Alfonso Enriquez, 1st Lord of Medina de Rio Seco |
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25. Paloma |
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6. Fadrique Enríquez, 1st Count of Melba and Rueda |
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26. Pedro González de Mendoza, 9th Lord of Mendoza |
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13. Juana de Mendoza y Ayala |
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27. Aldonza de Ayala y Ceballos |
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3. Juana Enríquez, 5th Lady of Casarrubios del Monte |
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28. Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, 1st Lord of Aguilar |
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14. Diego Fernández de Córdova, 1st Lord of Baena |
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29. Maria Garcia Carrillo, 2nd Lady of Villaquirán de las Infantas |
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7. Mariana Fernández de Córdoba y Ayala, 4th Lady of Casarrubios |
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30. Pedro Suárez de Toledo, 2nd Lord of Casarrubios |
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15. Inés de Ayala y Toledo, 3rd Lady of Casarrubios del Monte |
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31. Juana Meléndez de Orozco, 2nd Lady of Pinto |
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1st Generation |
Sancha, Countess of Urgell · Urraca · Teresa, Countess of Provence
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2nd Generation |
none
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5th Generation |
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6th Generation |
Sancha
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9th Generation |
Maria, Lady of Cameros · Constance, Duchess of Peñafiel · Isabella, Duchess of Austria · Blanca · Violante, Lady of Segorbe · Constance, Queen of Cyprus** · Elisabeth, Duchess of Bavaria** · Catherine** · Margaret, Countess Palatine of the Rhine** · Beatrice, Lady of Marchena · Maria, Countess of Ampurias · Teresa of Jérica · Constanza of Ayerbe · Maria, Laby of Ayerbe
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10th Generation |
Constance, Queen of Majorca · Isabella · Eleanor, Queen of Cyprus · Juana, Lady of Villena · Blanca, Countess of Cardona · Eleanor, Queen of Aragon** · Beatrice, Countess Palatine of the Rhine** · Constance** · Euphemia** · Violante** · Blanca, Countess of Ampurias** · Eleonor, Countess of Caltabellotta** · Constance** · Isabella, Marchioness of Montferrat* · Esclaramunda* · Alice, Countess of Ibelin* · Beatrice, Lady of Cocentaina · Ventura, Viscountess of Illa and Canet · Elsa, Lady of Almonacid · Juana, Countess of Carrión
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*also a princess of Majorca
**also a princess of Sicily
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Persondata |
Name |
Aragon, Joanna Of |
Alternative names |
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Short description |
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Date of birth |
16 June 1454 |
Place of birth |
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Date of death |
9 January 1517 |
Place of death |
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