person
Johanna I of Naples
Johanna
also: Johanna, Joanna, Queen Johanna
Joanna I of Naples (c. 1326–1382), Queen regnant of Naples, granddaughter of Robert the Wise; in the drama she is a complex antagonist — not purely evil but seduced by Taranto and court pleasures into complicity in Endre's murder.
Reading notes
- Andrew of Naples §1 the betrothal of Johanna
Queen Joanna I of Naples (c. 1326–1382); in history she was betrothed to Andrew of Hungary (Endre) in childhood, the marriage being engineered by Robert the Wise. The historical Andrew was eventually murdered in 1345, the event this drama fictionalizes.