Joanna I inherits the Kingdom of Naples
1343
At seventeen, the Angevin princess became queen of Naples, beginning a turbulent reign marked by the murder of her first husband Andrew of Hungary, Hungarian invasion in retaliation, papal intrigue, and four marriages. Joanna's court nevertheless patronized Boccaccio and Petrarch, and her kingdom remained the linchpin of Mediterranean politics for four decades.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.