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Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal

1535 - 1573

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Joanna of Austria (in Castilian, Doña Juana de Austria; in Portuguese, Dona Joana de Áustria, 24 June 1535 – 7 September 1573) was Princess of Portugal by marriage to João Manuel, Prince of Portugal. She served as regent of Spain for her brother Philip II during his trips to England to marry Mary I from 1554 to 1556, and 1556 to 1559. She was the mother of King Sebastian of Portugal. Married at 16 to her even younger husband, Joanna was widowed after two years, giving birth in the same month to her only child. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal is the 169th most popular nobleman (down from 121st in 2019), the 188th most popular biography from Spain (down from 164th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Spanish Nobleman.

Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal is most famous for being the wife of Philip II of Spain and for being the mother of Charles II of Spain.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal ranks 169 out of 1,415. Before her are Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Carlota Joaquina of Spain, Sorghaghtani Beki, Odo of France, Henry II of Jerusalem, and Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil. After her are Leopold III, Duke of Austria, Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Maria Goretti, Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia, Isabella d'Este, and Jobst of Moravia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1535, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal ranks 4. Before her are Pope Leo XI, Pope Gregory XIV, and Sofonisba Anguissola. After her are William the Younger, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Federico Barocci, Alessandro Allori, Giambattista della Porta, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Luis de Molina, Martin Frobisher, and Sayri Túpac. Among people deceased in 1573, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal ranks 4. Before her are Takeda Shingen, Fatma Sultan, and Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola. After her are Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Rafael Bombelli, Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Azai Nagamasa, Matija Gubec, Hedwig Jagiellon, Electress of Brandenburg, Antun Vrančić, and Michel de l'Hôpital.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal ranks 188 out of 3,355. Before her are Frederick III of Sicily (1272), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Raúl (1977), Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (1029), Peter IV of Aragon (1319), and Hernando de Soto (1500). After her are Marisa Paredes (1946), Pedro de Valdivia (1497), Juan Pujol García (1912), Xavi (1980), Carlos Saura (1932), and Vicente Aleixandre (1898).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Spain

Among noblemen born in Spain, Joanna of Austria, Princess of Portugal ranks 7. Before her are Anne of Austria (1601), El Cid (1045), Felipe VI of Spain (1968), Queen Fabiola of Belgium (1928), Mariana Victoria of Spain (1718), and Carlota Joaquina of Spain (1775). After her are Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), Infante Francisco de Paula, Duke of Cádiz (1794), Petrus Gonsalvus (1537), Grand Duchess Maria Vladimirovna of Russia (1953), Elvira of Castile, Queen of Sicily (1103), and Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Germany (1305).

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