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Joanna with her parents, Isabella and Ferdinand; "Rimado de la conquista de Granada", by Pedro Marcuello, c. 1482Joanna was born on 6 November 1479 in the city of Toledo in the Kingdom of Castile.
After Isabella's death in 1504, Ferdinand was advised to marry Joanna in order to retain control of Castile, rather than have his son-in-law Philip succeed there. In response to the marriage plan, Manuel I moved Joanna to the royal court and placed her under guard, wanting to remain on friendly terms with Philip I. [48]
Isabella and Ferdinand. Joanna, born in 1462, was the only child born to King Henry IV of Castile and was called Princess of Asturias as heir presumptive to the throne. A rumour spread that she was not actually the daughter of King Henry but rather of Beltrán de la Cueva, the alleged lover of Henry's wife, Joan of Portugal.
Felipe VI of Spain and Henri of Luxembourg are both descended in the male line from Philip V of Spain, whose grandmother Maria Theresa of Spain was a male-line descendant of Ferdinand and Isabella's daughter Joanna the Mad. Many other paths are possible to find due to interbreeding. Philippe of Belgium is also a descent multiple time over.
Isabella and Ferdinand with their daughter, Joanna, c. 1482. Isabella and Ferdinand had seven children, five of whom survived to adulthood: [119] Isabella (1470–1498) [120] married, firstly, to Afonso, Prince of Portugal, no issue. [121] Married, secondly, to Manuel I of Portugal, had Miguel da Paz, who died before his second birthday.
The court of Ferdinand and Isabella was constantly on the move, in order to bolster local support for the crown from local feudal lords. The title of "Catholic King and Queen" was officially bestowed on Ferdinand and Isabella by Pope Alexander VI in 1494, [4] in recognition of their defence of the Catholic faith within their realms.
Isabella was the eldest child of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. [1] Born during the reign of her uncle, Henry IV of Castile, the early years of her life were defined by the tension between him and her mother, as her uncle would not forgive her mother for marrying Ferdinand without his permission.
The film focuses on the aftermath of Queen Isabella's death. Jordi Frades, director of the series, also directed the film, and Rodolfo Sancho (as King Ferdinand ), Irene Escolar (as Joanna the Mad ), Raúl Merida (as Philip the Handsome ) and Eusebio Poncela (as Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ) reprised their roles.