Joanna II of Naples

Joanna II Of Naples

Joanna II (25 June 1373 – 2 February 1435) was Queen of Naples from 1414 to her death, upon which the senior Angevin line of Naples became extinct. As a mere formality, she used the title of Queen of Jerusalem, Sicily, and Hungary.

Joanna was born at Zadar, Dalmatia on 25 June 1373, as the daughter of Charles III of Naples and Margherita of Durazzo. In 1414, she succeeded her brother Ladislaus to the throne of Naples; at that date she was 41 years old and was already the widow of her cousin Hedwig's rejected fiancé, William, Duke of Austria. Her reign was marked by her quarrel with Pope Martin V and the power in the court of her numerous favourites and lovers, the first being Pandolfello Alopo. Although Joanna married twice, she did not have any children.

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