![]() ![]() But she was also widely admired: Dedicated to the welfare of her subjects and realm, she reduced crime, built hospitals and churches, and encouraged the licensing of women physicians. ![]() She was notorious: The taint of her husband’s death never quite left her. Returning to Naples, she ruled over one of Europe's most prestigious courts for more than thirty years-until she was herself murdered.Īs courageous as Eleanor of Aquitaine, as astute and determined as Elizabeth I of England, Joanna was the only female monarch in her time to rule in her own name. Determined to defend herself, Joanna won her acquittal against enormous odds. Her cousin and husband, Prince Andrew of Hungary, had recently been murdered, and Joanna was the chief suspect. On March 15, 1348, Joanna I, Queen of Naples, stood trial for her life before the pope and his court in Avignon. Nancy Goldstone portrays the riveting history of a beautiful queen, a shocking murder, a papal trial, and a reign as triumphant as any in the Middle Ages. ![]()
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