Queen Juana (film stills)
She was the most miserable queen in European history, she was the daughter of Elizabeth I, the samurai queen of Spain, the sister of Catherine of Aragon, the queen of Castile, the mother of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor. Trapped by love all his life, imprisoned and dead.
There are two major tragedies in life: one is that all thoughts are gray, and the other is full of ambition. —George Bernard Shaw
Juana historical photos
First, the queen's life
Queen Isabella was the daughter of the second wife of her father Juan II, with an older brother above and a younger brother below, and the older brother was said to be infertile, so it was inferred that his daughter was someone else's child, and the nobles clamored to make the youngest brother king, but before they could make a name, the younger brother Alfonso was poisoned. The brother had no choice but to make her crown prince in order to balance, but he did not want to make her smooth in the marriage. Fortunately, Isabella had her own ideas, and anyway, she was 18 years old, so she kidnapped Fernando, the prince of the next country of Aragon, and the merger of the two empires was imminent. Her brother is not happy, who let you find such a big backer, and then found the daughter of the legendary other people's children, Juana, as the crown prince, this Juana and the second princess mentioned above are not alone,
When her brother died, Isabella had the strong support of her husband and ascended to the throne. But the two countries did not really merge, but were ruled by Isabella and her husband separately, and the two kings ruled together. Isabella's deeds can be seen from the title of "Warrior Queen", her unparalleled boldness, the concentration of imperial power, the establishment of the Spanish Inquisition that made the great Spanish painter Goya painfully record, excluding all infidels outside the Catholic Church, and also going south to conquer the Moors. She also funded Columbus' expeditions, ushering in the golden age of the Spanish Empire. Under the strong woman, the husband who is not so weak is also covered under the aura.
Princess Juana, the powerful Isabella conquest of the four sides did not delay the birth of the next generation, with Fernando raised 5 children, Juana has an older brother, a sister and two sisters, Juana married a prince, the european royal family famous beauty man Archduke Philippe of Austria.
Second, the queen is trapped by love
Juana is known as the most miserable queen in the world, and she was also the most honored princess of the Royal Family of Aragon. Juana is beautiful and erudite, she can dance elegantly, but also can be heroic equestrian. But Juana's versatility did not bring her good luck, but her talent became the advantage of political marriage, and when Juana was marriageable, the family married Philippe, the son of the Holy Roman Emperor Marco Simian.
Prince Philip
Philippe was a famous beautiful man in European royalty, and he was also the future heir of the Holy Roman Empire, with an incomparably noble status. This marriage brought the two countries closer together, which was a happy and harmonious thing, but the tragedy gradually surfaced.
At first, the newlywed couple had a very good relationship, especially Juana, who put her whole heart on her beloved husband, and this kind of day made Juana feel very happy, but the peace was always broken. After Juana gave birth to her first son, Charlie. Philip gradually exposed his spendthrift nature. Because of his handsome appearance, Phillips is very attractive to butterflies. As a result, many of the female attendants in the court had affairs with Phillips.
Juana wasn't unaware of Philip's cheating. It's just that every time she finds Philip fooling around with other women, Philip always uses some sweet words to confuse Juana. Juana is simple by nature, and under Philip's coaxing, she quickly forgets her husband's change of heart, and treats him more single-mindedly, indulging in the deception of Philip's love.
In ten years, Juana gave birth to six children for Philip, but Philip intensified his affair with more women, sometimes even in his bed with Juana. Juana couldn't stand her husband's change of heart, and she quarreled with Phillips every day. Juana even angrily scolded: "I want to go back to Spain and ask my mother and father to send troops to kill you!" ”
3. The Queen is imprisoned
Isabella died, and Philippe took Juana out of the asylum and went to Spain to take the throne. Juana's father, Fernando, was displeased, saying that Juana was completely under Philip's control and that Castile should not be ruled by Philip, but should be ruled by himself with his daughter Juana! Philippe was furious and resolutely disobedient, and the two men almost led to the civil war in Spain. Sadly, Juana, who loved her husband deeply, went completely mad, clinging to Philip's body and crying day and night.
Her father looked at it and felt that there was no need for co-governance, you hold your heart and liver love what to do, you first recognize my co-governance in name. After this, Juana began a journey that shocked the world, she did not let anyone touch Philip's body, put it in a coffin, and began to travel in the land of Castile, regardless of the fact that the body had begun to decay, kissing every day, expecting her husband, who had completely belonged to her, to wake up.
Charles V
She and Philip's son, through succession and war, became Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Charles V (Carlos I).
In the end, Juana is really crazy or fake crazy has been impossible to determine, many blows and trauma caused by the destruction of love will indeed make a person crazy, but from the perspective of the whole life, Juana is a tragedy, calculated by the father, calculated by the husband, and finally calculated by the son, although it is justifiably inherited the rule of Castile, but it does not have strong strength and means, and the mismatch with the throne can only be a tragedy, the men around the closest relatives are unwilling to share the ruling power with her, the country is the only king. Single rule without checks and balances is the privilege that a king should have. Maybe she wasn't crazy, she was just protecting herself by being crazy, protecting herself from the bloodthirsty existence of the throne.