The Lady Queen: The Notorious Reign of Joanna I, Queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily
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ISBN: 0802777708 / Publisher: Walker Books, October 2010
Documents the life and reign of the 14th-century monarch, describing her acquittal after being tried by the papal court for the murder of her husband, the edicts for which she was admired and reviled, and the events that led to her assassination.
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In 1348, at the age of twenty-two, Joanna I, the queen of Naples, stood trial before the pope, accused of murdering her cousin and husband, Hungarian prince Andrew. Arguing her own case in Latin, she won her acquittal, and went on to become the only female monarch in her time to rule in her own name; she presided over one of Europe's most prestigious and influential courts for more than thirty years—until she herself was murdered. For the first time, Nancy Goldstone tells the full story of one of the most courageous and accomplished women in history, painting a captivating portrait of medieval royalty in all its splendid complexity.
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