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Joanna of Castile

1479 - 1555

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Joanna of Castile (6 November 1479 – 12 April 1555), historically known as Joanna the Mad (Spanish: Juana la loca), was the nominal queen of Castile from 1504 and queen of Aragon from 1516 to her death in 1555. She was the daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon. Joanna was married by arrangement to the Austrian archduke Philip the Handsome on 20 October 1496. Following the deaths of her elder brother John, elder sister Isabella, and nephew Miguel between 1497 and 1500, Joanna became the heir presumptive to the crowns of Castile and Aragon. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joanna of Castile is the 221st most popular politician (down from 206th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Spain (down from 20th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Spanish Politician.

Joanna of Castile was the first wife of King Philip II of Spain. She is most famous for being the mother of King Charles I of Spain and King Philip III of Spain.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Joanna of Castile ranks 221 out of 19,576. Before her are Haakon VII of Norway, Sun Yat-sen, Lech Wałęsa, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Mehmed III. After her are Benjamin Netanyahu, Richard Nixon, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy, Deng Xiaoping, Charles X of France, and Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1479, Joanna of Castile ranks 1. After her are Hafsa Sultan, Lisa del Giocondo, Vasili III of Russia, Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours, Diego Columbus, Peter Henlein, Ippolito d'Este, Vallabha, Francisco de Montejo, Guru Amar Das, and Catherine of York. Among people deceased in 1555, Joanna of Castile ranks 1. After her are Pope Julius III, Pope Marcellus II, Georgius Agricola, Henry II of Navarre, Kara Ahmed Pasha, Jacob Clemens non Papa, Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, Pedro Mascarenhas, Gemma Frisius, Oronce Finé, and Luís of Portugal, Duke of Beja.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Joanna of Castile ranks 21 out of 3,355. Before her are Ignatius of Loyola (1491), Theodosius I (340), Isabella I of Castile (1451), Saint Lawrence (225), Joan Miró (1893), and Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503). After her are Francisco Pizarro (1478), Catherine of Aragon (1485), Pope Callixtus III (1379), Francis Xavier (1506), Maimonides (1138), and Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Joanna of Castile ranks 8. Before her are Francisco Franco (1892), Philip II of Spain (1527), Hadrian (76), Theodosius I (340), Isabella I of Castile (1451), and Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503). After her are Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452), Philip IV of Spain (1605), Philip III of Spain (1578), Alfonso XIII of Spain (1886), Charles II of Spain (1661), and Arcadius (377).

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