Joanna of Castile
Queen of Castile from 1504 and of Aragon from 1516
- Fame60.0
- Momentum0.0
- Spain rank#246
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- Fame60.0
- Momentum0.0
- Spain rank#246
- Historical Figures rank#149
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Lived 1479–1555, aged 76Spain
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Updated 2026-06-21
Queen of Castile for half a century, she held the crown but never the power — declared insane and locked away while her father, then her son, ruled in her name.
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Joanna was the daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, married by arrangement to Philip the Handsome in 1496. A series of deaths between 1497 and 1500 — her brother, her sister, her nephew — made her heir to both kingdoms. When her mother died in 1504, Joanna became queen of Castile, though her father immediately proclaimed himself governor. In 1506 her husband briefly claimed the throne as Philip I, initiating Habsburg rule, then died within months. Despite being the ruling queen, Joanna was declared insane and confined to the Royal Palace in Tordesillas under her father…
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