Juana Enríquez

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Juana Enríquez
Queen consort of Aragon
Tenure	7 June 1458 – 13 February 1468
Queen consort of Navarre
Tenure	1 April 1444 – 13 February 1468
Born	1425 Torrelobatón
Died	13 February 1468 (aged 42–43) Tarragona
Burial	Poblet Monastery
Spouse	John II of Aragon
Issue	Ferdinand II, King of Aragon Joanna, Queen of Naples
House	Enríquez
Father	Fadrique Enríquez
Mother	Mariana Fernández de Córdoba
Religion	Roman Catholic

Juana Enriquez, 5th Lady of Casarrubios del Monte (1425 – 13 February 1468) was a Castilian noblewoman and Queen of Aragon from 1458 until her death as the wife of King John II. After their marriage in 1444, she was de facto Queen of Navarre. Juana married John three years after the death of his first wife, Queen Blanche I of Navarre.

Biography[]

She was a daughter of Fadrique Enríquez and Mariana Fernández de Córdoba, 4th Lady of Casarrubios del Monte, and succeeded her mother in 1431. Born in Torrelobatón, she was a great-great granddaughter of Alfonso XI of Castile.

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Although John ceased to be de jure uxoris monarch of Navarre on his wife's death, he never ceded power to his son, Charles, Prince of Viana, and daughter, de jure Blanche II of Navarre, a decision which Juana supported. Such breaking of the law of succession led to a confrontation with the Crown of Aragon and a conflict between farmers and nobles, the outbreak of Navarrese Civil War. Accused of having ordered the poisoning of Charles, her stepson, who died in 1461, Juana fled to Girona, seeking the protection of the bishop.

Legacy[]

Queen Juana's greatest wish was to have her son, Ferdinand, married to Isabella, half-sister and heir presumptive of King Henry IV of Castile. Their marriage, which did occur, lasted for 35 years and produced a prince and four queens. However, Juana died on 13 February 1468 from breast cancer, a year before the marriage occurred. Her husband never remarried and reigned until his death in 1479. Her daughter Joanna married Ferdinand I of Naples and thus became Queen of Naples.

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