Meanwhile, to enhance Aragon's interests in Italy and to strengthen Spain's position against France, Ferdinand and Isabella had opened negotiations with Maximilian I, the Austrian emperor, regarding marital alliances between the two families. The Moors' surrender of their last stronghold on Iberian soil must have seemed far more important to the princess than her mother's support of Columbus' voyage later that year. She was present for the siege of Granada, culminating in its formal capitulation to the Catholic kings on January 2, 1492. When Alphonso died from a riding accident shortly after the marriage and Isabella of Asturias returned home, Juana learned how fleeting marital happiness could be. In 1490, she bid farewell to her sister Isabella of Asturias, who departed to marry Prince Alphonso, heir to the Portuguese throne. Juana also displayed passion for music and was an accomplished musician, playing the clavichord, organ, and guitar.Īs a youth, Juana observed her parents' maneuvers to build their combined kingdoms into a great power. For the latter, she showed real talent, mastering both Latin andįrench. Thus, Juana learned about politics and studied foreign languages. They intended to marry her to one of Western Europe's royal families, creating a useful political alliance for Spain. She apparently bore a striking resemblance to Ferdinand's mother, so much so that Isabella I sometimes jokingly called the girl "mother-in-law." A slender brunette with an elongated face, Juana was "the beauty of the family," according to eminent historian Garrett Mattingly, who added that she also was "high-strung, ill-balanced, excessively responsive to affection or ill-treatment." Her parents trained Juana in more than the domestic arts and religious piety appropriate to a princess. Instead, she spent most of her adult life under forced seclusion, isolated for more than four decades within the dreary walls of Tordesillas castle. Yet with ironic twists, destiny brought Juana to the throne of Castile and Aragon, although misfortune denied her the chance to rule in her own right. Should he die, the monarchs' eldest child, Isabella of Asturias (1471–1498), would rule. Although Juana was a princess, destiny seemed to hold little of importance for the infant girl, whose brother John of Spain, born the preceding year, stood to inherit the Spanish kingdoms. Marriage of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon (1469) death of Juana's brother John of Spain (1497) death of Juana's elder sister Isabella of Asturias (1498) death of Miguel, Juana's nephew, making Juana heir to the throne (1500) Juana and Philip are acclaimed crown princess and prince (1501) Juana proclaimed queen of Castile upon the death of her mother (1504) Cortes of Toro recognized regency of Ferdinand (1505) Juana and Philip arrived in Spain from Flanders and were acclaimed monarchs of Castile (1506) Juana confined to palace in Tordesillas by Ferdinand, where she remained for rest of life (1509–1555) death of Ferdinand (1516) arrival of Charles in Spain to rule (1517) election of Charles as Holy Roman emperor (1519) Comunero Revolt temporarily frees Juana from seclusion (1520) abdication of Charles I (1555) death of Charles I (1558).Įarly on the morning of November 6, 1479, Queen Isabella I of Castile gave birth to her third child, a daughter named Juana in honor of King Ferdinand II of Aragon's mother, Joanna Enriquez. 1506), on Octochildren: Eleanor of Portugal (1498–1558) Carlos also known as Charles V (1500–1558), king of Spain (r. 1479–1516) sister of Catherine of Aragon (1485–1536) married Philip I the Fair also known as Philip the Handsome (1478–1506, son of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I), archduke of Austria, king of Castile and Leon (r. 1474–1504), and Ferdinand II, king of Aragon (r. Born on November 6, 1479, in Toledo, Spain died in Tordesillas on April 11 or 12, 1555 second daughter and third child of Isabella I (1451–1504), queen of Castile (r. Name variations: Juana or Joanna the Mad Juana of Castile Juana of Spain Joanna of Spain. Queen of Castile from 1504 to 1555, during which time Spain became a world power, who never actually ruled due to her own mental instability and the greed for power of her father, husband, and son.
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