of France was about to conquer Naples. Doing the last desperate thing he could, Alfonso II abdicated in favour of his son, who became Ferdinand II of Naples. However, before he left, he advised his son to take the advice of the queen dowager in consideration and never do anything to upset her. She was formally appointed to the post of regent with the title general lieuntenant. When Charles VIII was about to enter Sicily, Ferdinand II took Joanna and her daughter Joanna (who was also to be his wife) and left. After their return on 13 October 1495, Joanna arranged a marriage between her daughter Joanna and King Ferdinand II. They were married on 28 February 1496. However Ferdinand II died of malaria in October of the same year and Joanna was left a childless widow aged seventeen. By now, the young Joanna also signed every letter with the sad queen. Joanna tried to suggest her brother, King Ferdinand II of Aragon as the rightful King of Naples, but a younger step-son from Ferdinand I's first marriage, Prince Frederick, was chosen. Initially, the new king's relationship with Joanna was quite cold. In fact, when Frederick's reign began, Joanna resigned her position as lieutenant general and expressed her desire to move to Aversa. After a year of absence, she returned from Aversa and regained her position as lieutenant general. But, she once again found differences, this time with Isabella del Balzo, Frederick's wife. She did not attend Frederick's coronation. After they were once again banished from the kingdom, Joanna and her daughter Joanna returned to Naples, where Joanna died following a short illness on 9 January 1517. Her daughter Joanna died the following year from the same illness. Issue With her husband, Joanna had two children, one of whom survived childhood: Joanna of Naples (20 April 147927 August 1518), who married her half-nephew, King Ferdinand II of Naples but had no children. Charles of Naples (, ; 148026 October 1486), died aged six of typhus. Ancestry See also References Succession |- 1455 births 1517 deaths People from Barcelona House of Trastámara Crown of Aragon Royal consorts of Naples Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples 15th-century Spanish women 15th-century Spanish people 16th-century Spanish women 16th-century Spanish people 15th-century French women 15th-century French people 16th-century French women 16th-century French people 15th-century women rulers Daughters of kings