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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;talerman, post: 4568011, member: 89314&quot;]QUEEN IN NAME ONLY:&nbsp; The Sad Fate of Joanna the Mad of Spain</p><p><br /></p><p>On the death of her mother Isabel in 1504, Juana la Loca (Joanna the Mad) became Queen of Castile, with her husband Philip the Handsome of Flanders who however died in 1506.&nbsp; Juana was forced by her father Ferdinand to give up her royal power over Castile in Aug. 1507. Ferdinand was named administrator of the kingdom by the Cortes of Castile in 1510,&nbsp; He had had Joanna confined in the Royal Palace in Tordesillas, near Valladolid in Castile, in February 1509. Nevertheless, he left all his kingdoms, including Aragon, to Juana &amp; her son Carlos jointly when he died in 1516. However, Carlos I kept her imprisoned in Tordesillas.&nbsp; She would die there in 1555. Carlos I was also elected Holy Roman Emperor as Charles V in 1519.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a coin issued jointly in the name of Juana and Carlos, with a crowned I (oana) and crowned K (arolus)</p><p><br /></p><p>Spain ARAGON Juana &amp; Carlos&nbsp;&nbsp; 1/2 Real n.d.&nbsp; &nbsp; Zaragoza mint</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1131105[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1131106[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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