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Also Known As Joanna II
Born 1371 • Naples • Italy
Died February 2, 1435 (aged 64) • Naples • Italy
Ladislas
king of Naples
Ferdinand I
king of the Two Sicilies
Joan I
queen of Naples
Charles II
king of Naples
Ruggiero di Lauria
Italian admiral
Fabrizio Ruffo
Italian cardinal and politician
Francesco Caracciolo, duke di Brienza
Italian admiral
Guglielmo Pepe
Italian soldier
Fra Diavolo
Italian guerrilla leader
Niccolò Acciaiuoli
Italian statesman and soldier
Pietro Giannone
Italian historian and jurist
Louis
king of Naples
Muzio Attendolo Sforza
Italian condottiere
Charles I of Naples and Sicily
Charles I
king of Naples and Sicily
Ferdinand II
king of Naples
Bernardo, Marquess Tanucci
Italian statesman
Frederick II
Frederick II
Holy Roman emperor
Christina, engraving by Cornelis Visscher, 1650.
Christina
queen of Sweden
Alfonso V, bronze medal by Pisanello, 1448–49; in the Bargello, Florence
Alfonso V
king of Aragon and Naples
Muḥammad al-Idrīsī
Arab geographer