Queen Urraca of León-Castile was one of the most powerful and controversial figures in medieval Spain. The daughter of King ...

Was Spain's Joan of Castile a madwoman or simply a female pawn in the political machinations of a male-dominated society? Vicente Aranda's "Mad Love," originally titled "Juana La Loca" or "Joan ...

History buffs and fans of love stories gone wrong will enjoy Mad Love (Juana la Loca), a film interpretation of the reign of Joan of Castile, daughter of Queen Isabella, who became queen of ...

By Joan-Lluís Palos. March 28, 2019 • 20 min read. Isabella of Castile should never have been queen. Born on April 22, 1451, she was the second child of King John II of Castile.

The Queen’s Vow: A Novel of Isabella of Castile C.W. Gortner. Ballantine, ... With older brothers Enrique and Alfonso set to inherit the throne of Castile, Isabella was an unlikely queen.

Groomed for Greatness . Sometimes Anglicized as Joan or Joanna, Juana was born on November 6, 1479, the third child and second daughter of Queen Isabella I of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragon.

Eleanor of Castile by Jean Powrie, 1990. Eleanor of Castile, Essays to commemorate the 700th anniversary of her death, edited by David Parsons, 1991 (including the Crosses and tomb) Royal tombs of ...

Vicente Aranda's "Mad Love," originally titled "Juana La Loca" or "Joan the Mad," is a high intensity, if not terribly fast-paced, historical drama that paints the Castilian queen as widly in love ...

Juana of Castile has long intrigued historians. Her life was like a dark fairy tale without a happy ending. Born to Isabelle and Ferdinand, the King and Queen of Spain, she was herself the mother ...

Joan was a daughter of Edward I and his queen Eleanor of Castile and was born at Acre in the spring of 1272. Marriage. On the 30th April 1290 Joan was married to Gilbert de Clare, 3rd Earl of ...