Juana was born to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile on November 6, 1479, at the palace of Cifuentes in Toledo, Spain (Safra,560). She was the third of five children (Pierson,57). Princess Isabel was the eldest child, followed by Prince Juan, Princess Juana, Princess Maria, and the youngest Princess Catherine (Pierson,58). Juana at the age of sixteen was betrothed to marry Prince Felipe of Habsburg who at the time was eighteen years of age (http://bobcat.webappcabaret.et/royalists/execute/biog?person=257). He was the son of Maximilian I of the Holy Roman Empire and Mary of Burgundy (Pierson,59). Juana and Felipe were married on October 20, 1495 at Leir Belgium. Felipe was know as Felipe el hermoso, Philip the good-looki
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