Political Intrigues
Her reign was marked by violent political struggles among the members of the Angevin house. The assassination of Andrew brought about the enmity of King Louis I of Hungary and his invasion of Naples. Robert of Taranto and Charles of Durazzo deserted them, when the size of the Hungarian army became known. Joanna was forced for a period to flee to Avignon and to pay for her return to her kingdom by selling her rights over that city to Pope Clement; after several reverses of fortune, both Joanna and Louis agreed to the papal request for a truce. The matter was to be solved by a new trial over Andrew's assassination, to be held in Avignon. Joanna was acquitted of all charges, and she could return.
Her second husband, Louis of Taranto, was crowned as co-king in 1353, the only one of her husbands to whom she willingly accorded that status. In 1373, her cousin and former brother-in-law Philip II of Taranto resigned to her his rights to the Principality of Achaea, as did her third husband, James, before his death in 1375.
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