Assassination
Preoccupied by the coronation of Louis at the hands of Pope Urban VI, and by Louis' military power, Charles had Joanna killed on 27 July 1382 at the age of 56; she was smothered with pillows, in revenge for the method of assassination inflicted upon Duke Andrew. Her body was brought to Naples where for several days it was put on display to the public; afterwards it was tossed into a deep well on the grounds of Santa Chiara Church. The Neapolitan kingdom was left to decades of recurring wars of succession. Louis of Anjou was able to retain the mainland counties of Provence and Forcalquier. James of Baux, the nephew of Philip II of Taranto, claimed the Principality of Achaea after her deposition in 1381.
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