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Joanna II

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Joanna II 1371-1435, queen of Naples (1414-35), sister and successor of Lancelot . The intrigues of her favorites kept her court in turmoil. Her second husband, James of Bourbon, tried to seize power but was imprisoned in 1416. Threatened (1420) by the Angevin claimant to Naples, Louis III , Joanna asked the aid of Alfonso V of Aragón in expelling Louis; she adopted (1421) Alfonso as her heir. After Alfonso attempted to take over Naples she transferred (1423) the adoption to Louis. Louis died (1434) after regaining most of Naples, and Joanna adopted his brother René... Read more
Joanna
(Joanna the Mad), 1479-1555, Spanish...55), daughter of Ferdinand II and Isabella I. She succeeded...regency until he was replaced by Joanna's ambitious husband, Philip...again assumed the rule, for Joanna had by this time become quite... Read more
Joanna of the Tower
Joanna of the Tower (1321–62), queen of David II of Scotland, was the youngest daughter of Edward II and born...captured by the English at Neville's Cross and taken to London. Joanna visited him and for a while resided at Hertford castle. Soon... Read more

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