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 Joanna the mad

 Joanna (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), known a Joanna the !ad

("panih# J$ana la %o&a), wa '$een o atile rom 15*4 and o Ara+on rom

1516 -rom the $nion o thee two &rown modern "pain evolved.1/ Joannamarried 0hilip the andome on &tober 2*, 1496 0hilip wa &rowned 3in+

o atile in 15*6, initiatin+ the r$le o the abb$r+ in "pain Ater 0hilip

death that ame ear, Joanna wa deemed mentall ill and wa &onned to

a n$nner or the ret o her lie ho$+h he remained the le+al '$een o

atile thro$+ho$t thi time, her ather, -erdinand 88 o Ara+on, wa re+ent

$ntil hi death, when he inherited hi kin+dom a well -rom 1517, her on,

harle, r$led a kin+, while he nominall remained &omonar&h

:arl lie

 Joanna wa born in the &it o oledo, the &apital o the 3in+dom o atile

"he wa the third &hild and e&ond da$+hter o 8abella 8 o atile and

-erdinand 88 o Ara+on o the roal o$e o rat;mara Joanna had been a

&lever and dili+ent &hild and an e/ "he

read an impreive lit o a$thor o &lai&al literat$re that in&l$ded the

hritian poet J$ven&$ and 0r$denti$, h$r&h ather "aint Ambroe,"aint A$+$tine, "aint ?re+or, and "aint Jerome, and the @oman tateman

"ene&a.>/ 8n the atilian &o$rt her main t$tor were the omini&an priet

AndrB de !iranda, the repe&ted ed$&ator CeatriD ?alindo who wa a

member o the '$een &o$rt, and her mother the '$een Joanna developed

eminine a&&omplihment in &o$rt eti'$ette, dan&in+, drawin+, e'$etrian

kill, +ood manner, m$i&, and the needle art o embroider, needlepoint,

and ewin+.>/ "he e

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at Falen&ia on 2> J$ne 15*5 attempted to +ive a detailed de&ription o her

appearan&e a&&ordin+ to teen &riteria, tho$+h her &lothin+ hampered their

etimation