#juana the mad

[juanatrastamara]

– juana i de trastámara ; infanta of spain, duchess consort of burgundy, queen of castile, aragon, valencia, mallorca, navarre, naples, sicily, sardinia and countess of barcelona was born on this day, 6th of november of 1479

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Thread about Joanna of Castile: Part 8.2: “A Mother's Distress: Juana's Turbulent Departure from the Castle”

Guessing that her mother was trying every trick she could think of to keep her, Juana abandoned pleading and talking. Instead, she staged an astonishing display of histrionic, even hysterical, behaviour, indulging in tactics she would employ for the rest of her life whenever she was thwarted or powerless. She refused to eat, to talk, or to sleep, she attempted to force a ship’s captain to prepare to sail.

On a cold November night, Juana fled, half-clad, from the castle.

When she realised that Isabel had ordered that the gates be shut, she

“Remained in the outer precinct of the house all evening and all night and all the next day until the second hour in the humidity and night dew and without either hat or coat, during one of the coldest nights of the year so far, and not for a moment would she return to her room.”

She even threatened the bishop with death and torture for keeping her locked up.

Martire describes her prowling the outer precincts of the castle like “an African lion.”

The international fair was in full swing, with the saddle and leather workers engaging in trade close to the castle walls. Concerned that Juana’s departure would cost her authority and reputation, Isabel sent a series of high-ranking emissaries, including Cisneros, in vain attempts to persuade her to return inside.

In the end, Isabel had to come in person:

“With more effort and haste, and making longer days of it than I knew was good for my health.”

But Juana :

“Spoke to me so heatedly and with words so disrespectful and so far, beyond what a daughter should say to a mother, that had I not seen the state she was in I would not have tolerated it for a moment.”

We do not have Juana’s account. Did she, when arguing with her mother, venture into the darker territory of Isabel’s past? Might she even have referred to Isabel’s role in the descasamiento of Afonso V of Portugal and Juana (‘la Beltraneja’) of Castile when the war of the Castilian succession of 1475–1479 ended in their defeat? The heir to the throne of Castile, Enrique IV's daughter and heir, was still confined to monastic confinement in Portugal in 1503, but she would never give up her claim to the crown.

On 2 December 1503, Lope de Conchillos wrote to his uncle, Fernando's secretary, Miguel Pérez de Almazán, that Isabel was well but “very afflicted and tired” of the princess.

In March 1504, Juana was finally allowed to leave the country. In the end, her tantrums worked. The bishop of Catania, Diego Ramirez de Guzmán, was sent with her to strengthen the Spanish diplomatic presence in Brussels. Moreover, Diego Ramirez de Villaescusa, bishop of Málaga, did not accompany her.

Juana’s journey, from beginning to end, was a reversal of the first. There were no tears when she left Laredo, but Philip eagerly awaited her at Blankenburg/Blankenberge.

While Isabel wondered if she would stay as unhappy as she was while she was here, she was the talk of the Low Countries. Juana's decision to leave Castile would have big effects on her future and the kingdoms she ruled.

Sources: Fleming, G. B. (2018). Juana I: Legitimacy and Conflict in Sixteenth-Century Castile (1st ed. 2018 edition). Palgrave Macmillan.

Fox, J. (2012). Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile. Ballantine Books.

Gómez, M. A., Juan-Navarro, S., & Zatlin, P. (2008). Juana of Castile: History and Myth of the Mad Queen. Associated University Presse.

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[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

La Reina Doña Juana la Loca (The Queen Juana the Mad) - Gabriel Maureta Aracil (detail) // Jeanne la Folle (Juana the Mad) - Louis Gallait // Back to the Ground - The Crane Wives

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[missfisherandjack]

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012-2015) ↳ 2x08 The Blood Of Juana The Mad

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[perioddramapolls]

Period dramas dresses tournament: Yellow-Golden dresses Semifinals- Group B: Edith Cushing, Crimson peak (gifset) vs Joanna of Castile, Juana la loca (gifset)

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[palaceoftears]

Isabel and Juana of Castile + quote

Happy birthday @latristereina !

Isabel had good cause for being upset. Such was “the disposition of the Princess” as the physicians described it, “that not only should it pain those who see her often and love her greatly, but also anyone at all, even strangers, because she sleeps badly, eats little and at times nothing, and she is very sad and thin. Sometimes she does not wish to talk and appears as though in a trance; her infirmity progresses greatly.” It was customary, they explained, to treat Juana’s infirmity through love, entreaty, or fear; but the princess had proven unreceptive to entreaty, and even “a little force” affected her so adversely that it was a great pity to attempt it and no one wanted to try, so that, beyond the queen’s customary immense labors and concerns, this weight of caring for her daughter fell upon her. It has been conjectured that Isabel’s illness could have been cancer, endocarditis—infection of the heart valve—chronic dropsy, or several of them combined. By the following June she had a visible tumor, although it is not known where or of what sort. In August she took Juana to Segovia, which she had seemingly avoided for years, telling her it was a step toward the north coast and her departure for Flanders. There Isabel continued to try with little success to get her to turn her mind to affairs of state. Juana showed little interest in government and in her child, and a good deal of disregard for religious matters of any sort, and for public opinion as well. The princess appeared to disdain much of what Isabel valued, and even to represent the antithesis of the very qualities her mother valued most highly. Even so, Juana was her designated successor, and Isabel was determined to keep her in Spain and do her best to train her to be its queen. So the arguments against Juana’s departure were patiently repeated: the season, the sea, the French, that Philip should be safe in Ghent before she traveled, and did she not want to see her father before she left? The hope remained that Juana would stay and Charles join her, so that Isabel might have him educated in Spain’s customs and come to prefer its people. And with Juana and Charles there and Philip not, should Isabel die, Fernando, still king of Aragón, could surely manage to guide their daughter in governing Castile. It was November. A treaty with France—arranged by the queen of France, Anne of Brittany, and Margaret of Austria—had been signed, and an envoy arrived from Philip requesting that Juana return to Flanders. Isabel, playing for time, responded that the princess, although better, was not well, that relations with France were still such that it was not safe for her to travel by land or, now that it was winter, by sea, that she had better wait until spring, and that “following her frame of mind and la pasión she has” that Juana should not be where there was no one who could quiet and restrain her for it might be dangerous for her. The implication was that Juana was emotionally out of control. Exactly what was meant by “restrain” we do not know.

-Peggy K. Liss, Isabel the Queen

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[notwithaste]

she was self-soothing

#now hold it right there #this is so fucking soft #she was trying beatrice’s technique #because it all got too much #oh she was missing him #the LONGING #i’m losing my mind #phryne x jack #jack robinson #mfmm #miss fisher's murder mysteries #the blood of juana the mad #phrack

[cassderangedinsanity]

2x08 The Blood of Juana The Mad

(gifs are by @missfisherandjack as indicated by the tags under the gifs)

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[foxspirit1928]

Miss Fisher Snippets (113)

Professor Bradbury was an arrogant and ignorant misogynistic, racist murderer who should rot in hell, but he did get one thing right. Dr. Elizabeth MacMillan was indisputably brilliant. She also had an excellent sense of humor and was a sharp dresser, neither of which qualities his narrow mind and pea brain would ever understand or appreciate.

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p.s. Sending dear Tammy MacIntosh many hugs and kisses on her birthday today. Thank you for bringing Dr. Mac to life and making her the BFF everyone loves, and needs.

(Posted 16-Feb-2023)

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[juanaofcastilla]

Pilar López de Ayala as Juana de Castilla in Juana La Loca 2001

#juana de castilla #joanna of castile #pilar lopez de ayala #juana la loca 2001 #mad love

[castilestateofmind]

Queen Joanna "the Mad" of Castile watching over the casket of her dead husband Philip I of Castile.

Francisco Pradilla, 1877

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Thread about Joanna of Castile: Part 8.3: "Strained Loyalties: Juana's Personal and Political Turmoil"

Juana’s decision to abandon Castile would go on to have immense repercussions for her future and for that of her kingdoms.

Prawdin thought she had made an emotional, political, even religious rupture with “all Spain.”

For Aram too,

“It was clear that Juana was willing to use her health and compromise her status to obtain what she wanted, and that was not to reign over Castile.”

Others have seen her conduct as “a symptom of madness.”

Zurita thought the incident at La Mota

“Revealed the indisposition and dementia (demencia) of the Princess, which was not formerly public knowledge.” 

Ladero Quesada too has Juana “passing the threshold of dementia: while for Suárez Fernández:

“Since that stormy night of November 1503 … her parents … had not the slightest doubt that [Juana] suffered from a mental disturbance so great that it could prevent her from assuming her functions.

She regarded her marriage vows with utmost seriousness, and had also made oaths to her future kingdoms before the altars of Toledo and Zaragoza. Her subsequent insistence on safeguarding Castilian interests, as she perceived them, would ultimately jeopardize her relationship with her husband, whom she had longingly sought to reunite with.

Sources: Fleming, G. B. (2018). Juana I: Legitimacy and Conflict in Sixteenth-Century Castile (1st ed. 2018 edition). Palgrave Macmillan.

Fox, J. (2012). Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic Lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile. Ballantine Books.

Gómez, M. A., Juan-Navarro, S., & Zatlin, P. (2008). Juana of Castile: History and Myth of the Mad Queen. Associated University Presse.

#joanna of castile #juana i of castile #philip the handsome #juana la loca #isabel #juana the mad #juana of castile #spanish monarchy #spanish princess #infanta #european history #15th century

[lonelyqueenofhearts]

Don't mind me, I'm just thinking about how Joanna I of Castile named three daughters after her sisters and wanted to name her firstborn son after her brother.

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[missfisherandjack]

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012-2015) ↳ 2x08 The Blood Of Juana The Mad

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[perioddramapolls]

Period drama's dresses tournament: Golden-yellow dresses Round 2- Group B: Lucrezia Borgia, The Borgias (gifset) vs Joanna of Castile, Juana la loca (gifset)

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[mametupa]

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