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Note by Isabel I of Castille on the health of her friend and adviser doña Juana de MendozaIsabel I of Castille.

Autobiographical note
Catalog Number
Toledo, Archivo Municipal, Caja 1, leg. 2, núm. 64.
Editions

Privilegios reales y viejos documentos, 1: Toledo I-XV, Madrid, Joyas Bibliográficas, 1963, nº 13.

Rivera Garretas, María-Milagros, Juana de Mendoza (h. 1425-1493), Madrid, Ediciones del Orto, 2004, doc. 6.

Register

Between the end of 1480 and the beginning of 1481, Juana of Mendoza was in Medina del Campo with Queen Isabel I. There she fell seriously ill, which led the Queen to give her husband Gómez Manrique a licence of fifteen days to leave Toledo, where her chief magistrate was from, to go to visit her. Isabel I adds, by hand, some lines which act as a witness to the relationship of affection and trust that joined her to her lady of court and adviser.

Version
Gómez Manrique, whatever happens come immediately, doña Juana has been very ill and was better and has become worse on being told that you were not coming. From my hand. I the Queen.
Original text
“Gómez Manrique en todo caso venyd luego, que donna Juana a estado muy mal y estava mejor y a tornado a recaer, de que la dixeron que no venyades. De mi mano. Yo la Reyna.”

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Contents
  1. I. Catalog Number
  2. II. Editions
  3. III. Register
  4. IV. Version
  5. V. Original text
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