Juana La Loca
...was ever written about Phillip and Juana’s daughter Eleanor, this is mainly because she was a woman. Phillip and Juana had a second child in 1500, Charles, the heir of the family. Between 1497-1500 Juana’s brother and sister both died and it left Juana as the heir of Spain, Mexico, Peru, and the Caribbean islands. After giving birth to another child in 1501, Juana was summoned to Spain to accept her inheritance. Juana and Phillip went to Spain where Phillip got the measles, and Juana was pregnant again. Phillip was not very fond of the Spanish court so he left as soon as he recovered from the measles, leaving his pregnant wife behind. When Juana found out that Phillip had left her in Spain, she went crazy, and wanted to run after him as soon as possible, but her mother, Queen Isabella, locked her in the castle La Mota. Many people thought that Juana’s crazy behavior was due to her pregnancy. In March of 1503, Juana gave birth to Ferdinand and her madness was in full force. All she wanted to do was return to her husband, but she could not because there was tension between France and Spain. “On a cold November night Juana fled, half-clad, from the castle. When the city gate closed before her, she threw herself against the iron bars, while screaming and hurling abuses until exhaustion overtook her.” (Ralph Lewis, B.: Passion, Polictics and Juana) Finally in April pf 1504, Juana returned to her husband, but she left her son Ferdinand behind with her parents. Juana found that Phillip had taken a mistress while she was gone, and Juana chopped off the woman’s hair in a fit or rage. Phillip attacked Juana and hit her in the face. After that Juana stayed in her room for days. In November of 1504 Juana’s mother Queen Isabella died and Juana...