Joan na Ingila, Sarauniyar Sicily

**Joan ta Ingila** (Oktoba 1165 - 4 Satumba 1199) ta kasance Sarauniyar Sicily da kuma Countess ta Toulouse ta hanyar aure. Ita ce 'ya ta bakwai ga Sarki Henry na biyu na Ingila da Duchess Eleanor na Aquitaine . Tun daga haihuwarta, an ƙaddara ta yi auren siyasa da na sarauta. Ta auri William na biyu na Sicily daga baya kuma Raymond na VI, Count of Toulouse, mutane biyu masu mahimmanci kuma masu ƙarfi a fagen siyasa na Turai na zamanin da.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Joan a watan Oktoba na shekarar 1165 a Château d'Angers da ke Anjou a matsayin ɗa na bakwai ga Henry II, Sarkin Ingila da matarsa, Eleanor na Aquitaine .  Ta yi ƙuruciyarta a kotunan mahaifiyarta a Winchester da Poitiers . A matsayinta na ƙaramar gimbiya Angevin, ilimin farko na Joan ya ƙunshi fannoni don shirya ta don auren daular. Wataƙila ta koyi yadda ake dinki da saƙa, waƙa, kunna kayan kida, da hawa doki - wani abin sha'awa da ta so domin ta ambaci dokinta a cikin wasiyyarta. 

## Sarauniyar Sicily
A shekara ta 1176, William II na Sicily ya aika da jakadu zuwa kotun Ingila don neman auren Joan.  An tabbatar da auren a ranar 20 ga Mayu, kuma mahaifin Joan ya tara kuɗi don biyan kuɗin tafiyar da bikin auren. Ya yi hakan ta hanyar sanya haraji ga mutanen Ingila.  A ranar 27 ga Agusta, Joan ta tashi zuwa Sicily daga Southampton, tare da rakiyar John na Oxford, bishop na Norwich da kawunta, Hamelin de Warenne, Earl na Surrey . A yankunan Angevin na arewacin Faransa, babban ɗan'uwanta Henry Young King ya tarbe ta, kuma ya raka ta zuwa Poitou wurin ɗan'uwanta Richard the Lionheart . Ya kai ta Saint Gilles, kuma wakilan Masarautar Sicily sun tarbe ta: Alfano, Archbishop na Capua, da Richard Palmer, Bishop na Syracuse .

Bayan tafiya mai haɗari, Joan ta isa Palermo lafiya, kuma a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu 1177, ta auri Sarki William kuma aka naɗa ta Sarauniyar Sicily a Cathedral na Palermo . 

Joan ba ta haifi magaji da ya rage ba. Duk da cewa akwai jita-jitar cewa ta haifi ɗa namiji mai suna Bohemond, a shekara ta 1181 ko 1182, ya mutu tun yana ƙarami idan yana raye.  A al'ada, mijin sarauta a irin wannan yanayi zai iya soke auren don samun damar auren mace da za ta ba shi ɗa. Sarki William bai soke auren ba, kuma bai nuna sha'awar yin hakan ba. Madadin haka, ya sanya wa goggonsa Constance, 'yar Roger II na Sicily suna a matsayin magajinsa.

Lokacin da William II ya mutu a watan Nuwamba na 1189, ɗan uwansa Tancred ya kwace Sicily, wanda ya karɓi filayen da William ya ba Joan da kyakkyawan dalili na cewa Monte Sant'Angelo yana kan hanyar da sojojin mamaya na Heinrich VI na Jamus mijin Constance suka bi.  Ya kuma sa Joan a tsare a gidan yari a Zisa, Palermo, a matsayin ramuwar gayya ga goyon bayan da ta ba Constance don ta gaji gadon sarauta.

## Yaƙin Yaƙin Duniya na Uku
A ƙarshe, ɗan'uwanta Sarki Richard na ɗaya na Ingila ya isa Italiya a shekara ta 1190, a kan hanyarsa ta zuwa Ƙasa Mai Tsarki. Ya buƙaci ta dawo, tare da duk wani kuɗin sadakinta. Lokacin da Tancred ya ƙi amincewa da waɗannan buƙatun, Richard ya kwace wani gidan sufi da gidan sarauta na La Bagnara. Ya yanke shawarar yin hunturu a Italiya kuma ya kai hari ya kuma mamaye birnin Messina, Sicily.  A ƙarshe, Tancred ya amince da sharuɗɗan kuma ya aika da sadakin Joan. A watan Maris na shekara ta 1191, Eleanor na Aquitaine ya isa Messina tare da amaryar Richard, Berengaria na Navarre .

Eleanor ya koma Ingila, ya bar Berengaria a hannun Joan. Richard ya yanke shawarar ɗage aurensa, ya sanya 'yar'uwarsa da amaryarsa a cikin jirgin ruwa, sannan ya tashi. Bayan kwana biyu, guguwa ta afka wa rundunar, ta lalata jiragen ruwa da dama ta kuma tarwatsa jirgin Joan da Berengaria daga kan hanya. Richard ya sauka lafiya a Crete, amma sun makale kusa da Cyprus . Shugaban Cyprus, Isaac Comnenus, ya yi niyyar kama su lokacin da rundunar Richard ta bayyana ba zato ba tsammani. An ceto 'ya'yan sarakunan, amma shugaban ya tafi da taska ta Richard. Richard ya bi Isaac ya kama shi, ya jefa shi cikin kurkuku, ya auri Berengaria a ranar 12 ga Mayu 1191 a Limasol, Cyprus sannan ya aika da Joan da Berengaria zuwa Acre .

Joan ita ce 'yar'uwar Richard da ya fi so, amma bai wuce ya yi amfani da ita a matsayin mai cin gajiyar shirin siyasarsa ba. Har ma ya ba da shawarar a aurar da ita ga ɗan'uwan Saladin, Al-Adil, sannan a mai da su sarakunan haɗin gwiwa na Urushalima. Duk da cewa Al-Adil da Saladin duk sun nuna amincewarsu da shirin, shirin ya gaza lokacin da manyan firistoci suka yi adawa da auren kuma suka yi barazanar korar Richard daga Cocin Katolika . Sarki Philip na II na Faransa shi ma ya nuna sha'awar aurenta, amma wannan shirin ma ya gaza (watakila saboda alaƙar soyayya, tunda mahaifin Philip Louis na Bakwai ya auri mahaifiyarta a da).

## Countess na Toulouse

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