Lechos de rosas y de espinas: Juana Pernestán (1556-1631) María Luisa de Aragón (1585–1623) y Don Quijote (II: 1615)

The purpose of this essay is to explain the rancor between Cervantes and the Dukes of Villahermosa María Luisa de Aragón and Carlos de Borja (El Quijote, vol. II, capítulos 30-50). Her mother was the Bohemian noblewoman Juana Pernestán who in 1581 journeyed to Spain with Maximillian the Second’s wid...

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Main Author: Jack Weiner
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Language:English
Published: Karolinum Press 2018-05-01
Series:Ibero-Americana Pragensia
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Online Access:http://www.karolinum.cz/doi/10.14712/24647063.2017.9
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spelling doaj-5751265034304fa18b02f2bad728018a2020-11-25T02:11:50ZengKarolinum PressIbero-Americana Pragensia0536-25202464-70632018-05-01452537310.14712/24647063.2017.95748Lechos de rosas y de espinas: Juana Pernestán (1556-1631) María Luisa de Aragón (1585–1623) y Don Quijote (II: 1615)Jack WeinerThe purpose of this essay is to explain the rancor between Cervantes and the Dukes of Villahermosa María Luisa de Aragón and Carlos de Borja (El Quijote, vol. II, capítulos 30-50). Her mother was the Bohemian noblewoman Juana Pernestán who in 1581 journeyed to Spain with Maximillian the Second’s widow the Empress María (1528-1603). When in Spain Lady Juana married don Francisco the sixth Duke of Villahermosa. Don Francisco later died at the hands of Philip II because of his involvement in the Antonio Pérez affair. Initially this incident caused don Francisco’s family to suffer considerable social humiliation and economic loss from which the family eventually recovered. There was one likely means by which the Dukes de Villahermosa could recover their lofty status and demonstrate their loyalty to the crown. That was by commissioning Lope de Vega to write two genealogical plays to glorify the family’s past. These plays have disappeared. In my study I suggest that Cervantes would have liked to have received this commission. But it was not to be. This rejection would have been one of the reasons to seek revenge against the Dukes de Villahermosa in Quijote. The Duke of Villahermosa and Cervantes were members of several academies. In such an environment controversy and disagreement often resulted in bitter hatred. There probably were other grievances as well.http://www.karolinum.cz/doi/10.14712/24647063.2017.9angerrevengeumbrageclashing literary opinionscontroversy
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Lechos de rosas y de espinas: Juana Pernestán (1556-1631) María Luisa de Aragón (1585–1623) y Don Quijote (II: 1615)
Ibero-Americana Pragensia
anger
revenge
umbrage
clashing literary opinions
controversy
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title Lechos de rosas y de espinas: Juana Pernestán (1556-1631) María Luisa de Aragón (1585–1623) y Don Quijote (II: 1615)
title_short Lechos de rosas y de espinas: Juana Pernestán (1556-1631) María Luisa de Aragón (1585–1623) y Don Quijote (II: 1615)
title_full Lechos de rosas y de espinas: Juana Pernestán (1556-1631) María Luisa de Aragón (1585–1623) y Don Quijote (II: 1615)
title_fullStr Lechos de rosas y de espinas: Juana Pernestán (1556-1631) María Luisa de Aragón (1585–1623) y Don Quijote (II: 1615)
title_full_unstemmed Lechos de rosas y de espinas: Juana Pernestán (1556-1631) María Luisa de Aragón (1585–1623) y Don Quijote (II: 1615)
title_sort lechos de rosas y de espinas: juana pernestán (1556-1631) maría luisa de aragón (1585–1623) y don quijote (ii: 1615)
publisher Karolinum Press
series Ibero-Americana Pragensia
issn 0536-2520
2464-7063
publishDate 2018-05-01
description The purpose of this essay is to explain the rancor between Cervantes and the Dukes of Villahermosa María Luisa de Aragón and Carlos de Borja (El Quijote, vol. II, capítulos 30-50). Her mother was the Bohemian noblewoman Juana Pernestán who in 1581 journeyed to Spain with Maximillian the Second’s widow the Empress María (1528-1603). When in Spain Lady Juana married don Francisco the sixth Duke of Villahermosa. Don Francisco later died at the hands of Philip II because of his involvement in the Antonio Pérez affair. Initially this incident caused don Francisco’s family to suffer considerable social humiliation and economic loss from which the family eventually recovered. There was one likely means by which the Dukes de Villahermosa could recover their lofty status and demonstrate their loyalty to the crown. That was by commissioning Lope de Vega to write two genealogical plays to glorify the family’s past. These plays have disappeared. In my study I suggest that Cervantes would have liked to have received this commission. But it was not to be. This rejection would have been one of the reasons to seek revenge against the Dukes de Villahermosa in Quijote. The Duke of Villahermosa and Cervantes were members of several academies. In such an environment controversy and disagreement often resulted in bitter hatred. There probably were other grievances as well.
topic anger
revenge
umbrage
clashing literary opinions
controversy
url http://www.karolinum.cz/doi/10.14712/24647063.2017.9
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