Editing Joanna of Castile (section)

====Succession====
Upon the death of her mother in November 1504, Joanna became queen regnant of Castile and her husband ''[[jure uxoris]]'' its king in 1506. Joanna's father, Ferdinand II, lost his monarchical status in Castile although his wife's will permitted him to govern in Joanna's absence or, if Joanna was unwilling to rule herself, until Joanna's heir reached the age of 20.<ref name="Prawdin">Prawdin, Michael, ''The Mad Queen of Spain'', p. 83.</ref>

Ferdinand refused to accept this; he minted Castilian coins in the name of "Ferdinand and Joanna, King and Queen of Castile, León and Aragon", and, in early 1505, persuaded the ''Cortes'' that Joanna's "illness is such that the said Queen Doña Joanna our Lady cannot govern". The ''Cortes'' then appointed Ferdinand as Joanna's guardian and the kingdom's administrator and governor.

Joanna's husband, Philip, was unwilling to accept any threat to his chances of ruling Castile and also minted coins in the name of "Philip and Joanna, King and Queen of Castile, Léon and Archdukes of Austria, etc."<ref name="moneda Juana"/>{{rp|315}} In response, Ferdinand embarked upon a pro-French policy, marrying [[Germaine de Foix]], niece of [[Louis XII]] of France (and his own great-niece), in the hope that she would produce a son to inherit Aragon and perhaps Castile.<ref name="Elliott">Elliott, J. H., ''Imperial Spain''</ref>{{rp|138}}<ref name="Aram"/>

In the Low Countries, Joanna was kept in confinement, but when her father-in-law Maximilian (in semi-secrecy) visited them on 24 August 1505 she was released to welcome him. Maximilian tried to comfort Joanna with festivities and she spent weeks accompanying him in public events, during which she acted like a wise, prudent queen, as noted by the Venetian ambassador.{{efn| [...] the most serene king of the Romans was keeping company with the queen his daughter-in-law, dressed in black velvet and with a fairly good complexion given the illness she has had. And it seemed to me, although it was night, that she was very beautiful, and she had the air of a wise and prudent lady. I made my reverence to her majesty in the name of your sublimity and spoke a few good words well adapted and appropriate to the time and place where we were and these were amiably reciprocated by her majesty."{{sfn|Fleming|2018|p=90}}}} To entertain Joanna, Philip and Maximilian (who was dressed incognito) [[jousting|jousted]] against each other at night, under torchlight. Maximilian told Philip that he could only succeed as a monarch if husband and wife were "una cosa medesima" (one and the same). After this, the couple reconciled somewhat. When Philip tried to gain support from Castilian nobles and prelates against Ferdinand though, Joanna firmly refused to act against her father.<ref>{{cite book |last=Parker |first=Geoffrey|author-link=Geoffrey Parker (historian) |title=Emperor: A New Life of Charles V |date=25 June 2019 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=978-0-300-19652-8 |page=53 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0eaaDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA53 |access-date=24 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Fleming |first=Gillian B. |title=Juana I: Legitimacy and Conflict in Sixteenth-Century Castile |date=3 April 2018 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-319-74347-9 |page=90 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4E9UDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA90 |access-date=24 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Carroll |first=Leslie |title=Notorious Royal Marriages: A Juicy Journey Through Nine Centuries of Dynasty, Destiny, and Desire |date=5 January 2010 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-101-15977-4 |page=61 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TcXWrhvBc8YC&pg=PT61 |access-date=24 November 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

Ferdinand's remarriage merely strengthened support for Philip and Joanna in Castile, and in late 1505 the pair decided to travel to Castile. Before they boarded the ship, Joanna forbade a ship with female attendants to join the trip, fearing that Philip would have illicit relationships with them. This action played right into Philip's and Ferdinand's propaganda against her. Leaving Flanders on 10 January 1506, their ships were wrecked on the English coast and the couple were guests of [[Henry VIII|Henry, Prince of Wales]] (later Henry VIII), and Joanna's sister Catherine of Aragon at [[Windsor Castle]]. They weren't able to leave until 21 April, by which time civil war was looming in Castile.

Philip apparently considered landing in [[Andalusia]] and summoning the nobles to take up arms against Ferdinand in Aragon. Instead, he and Joanna landed at [[A Coruña]] on 26 April, whereupon the Castilian nobility abandoned Ferdinand en masse. Ferdinand met Philip at [[Villafáfila]] on 27 June 1506 for a private interview in the village church. To the general surprise, Ferdinand had unexpectedly handed over the government of Castile to his "most beloved children", promising to retire to Aragon. Philip and Ferdinand then signed the [[Treaty of Villafáfila]] secretly, agreeing that Joanna's "infirmities and sufferings" made her incapable of ruling and promising to exclude her from government and deprive the Queen of crown and freedom.

Ferdinand promptly repudiated the second agreement the same afternoon, declaring that Joanna should never be deprived of her rights as Queen Proprietress of Castile. A fortnight later, having come to no fresh agreement with Philip, and thus effectively retaining his right to interfere if he considered his daughter's rights to have been infringed upon, he abandoned Castile for Aragon, leaving Philip to govern in Joanna's stead.<ref name="Elliott"/>{{rp|139}}
[[File:Juana_la_Loca_de_Pradilla.jpg|thumb|Joanna the Mad Holding Vigil over the Coffin of Her Late Husband, Philip the Handsome. Juana la Loca de Pradilla by [[Francisco Pradilla Ortiz]], 1877.]]