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Word: philan (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1953-1953
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...first wife (it was to divorce her and to marry Anne Boleyn that Henry defied the Church of Rome). Isabella married off Juana to Philip the Handsome of Austria, when she was 17. After the birth of a son, Juana's mind began to go. and the philan-derings of Philip are said to have aggravated her illness. Isabella specified in her will that Ferdinand, her husband (who was not in the blood line of succession), should rule as regent of Castile if Juana was incapable of ruling. When Isabella died in 1504, Juana got the crown, but Ferdinand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Woman's Day? | 12/7/1953 | See Source »

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