A Glorious Union A Franco-Spanish-Dutch Union

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From the Lower countries down to Granada, From Lorraine to Galicia a united realm.

From the Alps, Rhine and Ardennes to the Atlantic sea, one ruler would rule them all.

A glorious realm that would span wide from Gaul to Hispania.

It was due to the marriage between Isabella, Princess of Asturias and Philip IV of Burgundy

The Kingdoms of France and Spain, Lower and the Duchy of Burgundy are now united now that Louis XIII is dead and has no male heir, from his wife Anne of Brittany and the dukes of Angouleme has only two daughters, the same was for the Duke of Alencon who only have daughters for a surviving child, the daughter of Anne of Brittany, who passed away earlier, Claude would marry the son of the new King, Philip VI, Charles, the son of Philip VI and Isabella, Princess of Asturias.

~~Anonymous from 1510 after the death of Louis XIII

 

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A Painting of Mary of Burgundy, Queen of Poland

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On 1471, the long awaited son for Margaret, Duchess of Burgundy was born, the labor was long and strenuous for her as she had already have a miscarriage earlier, she gave birth to a son finally after a miscarriage, she would give birth to a daughter on 1475 named after herself, Margaret later on.

After giving birth she felt that a tree would rise from her womb, it has been interpreted that the birth would create a great future for their dynasty, the dream was shared by the mother of William the Conqueror when she gave birth to William the Conqueror.

The child was baptized in the Dijon Cathedral with Louis the Spider and Edward IV as godfathers and the child was baptised with the name Philip in this case the value of Mary of Burgundy was now lesser, she would be betrothed to the Prince of Poland, John Albert, this would mean a better future for the Kingdom of Poland.

Mary of Burgundy would produce three children Wladyslaw b. 1479, Malgorzata of Poland b. 1482 and Anna of Poland b. 1486, Mary of Burgundy would be known as a pious queen after her husband succeeded as King of Poland, she is known as the second Richeza of Lotharingia.

The marriage negotiations between Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian would flounder and it is a proposal between John Albert which would be accepted, later on Maximilian will take the young Margaret as his second wife after his marriage with Anne of Beajeu which only produced daughters.

Isabella, the daughter of the King of Aragon would be betrothed to the young son of Charles the Bold of Burgundy and Margaret, duchess of Burgundy, the marriage negotiation and betrothal would prosper more after the victory of Isabella, the wife of the King of Aragon in the war of succession, the marriage was a part of a double marriage between the two realms of Burgundy and Spain as Margaret the younger was betrothed to John, Prince of Asturias, but the death of John, Prince of Asturias would end the betrothal between the two would end as John, Prince of Asturias would die in 1492, she would be taken as second wife of Maximilian of Austria in 1493 after his divorce.

The end of the succession war was settled in 1480 as the second daughter of Isabella, Joanna b. 1479 would marry John b. 1478, the son of La Beltraneja and John II of Portugal in exchange of Joanna la Beltraneja giving up her own claims to the Kingdom of Castile as well as the claims of Portugal to the Crown of Aragon, the marriage ties from this marriage would cause a later union absorbtion of Portugal to the future Franco-Spanish Empire.

 

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Could you explain who is this Philip IV of Burgundy ?

If you mean Philip the handsome of Habsburg, then he can't inherit France because of Salic Law.

If both Louis XII and Francis of Angouleme had died sonless in the early 16th century, then by Salic Law the heir of the throne if France would have been Charles of Alençon until 1525, then the Bourbons.

If you want the line of Burgundy to inherit the kingdom of France, then you need Charles the bold of Burgundy to have a son who would be the father of this Philip IV of Burgundy.

And then there is a high probability for this kingdom to include most of Italy too.

the POD is that Charles the Bold has a son in this POD..and married to Isabella, Princess of Asturias..

I overlooked the Duke of Alencon....

 

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Isabella II, Queen of Aragon and Castile and Queen consort of France and Burgundy
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Isabella was the eldest child of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Born during the reign of her uncle, Henry IV of Castile, the early years of her life were defined by the tension between him and her mother, as her uncle would not forgive her mother for marrying Ferdinand without his permission. Upon the death of Henry IV in 1474, Isabella's mother claimed the throne of Castile, and the young Isabella was swiftly sworn as the heir presumptive to the throne.

The early years of the reign of Isabella I were spent embroiled in a war of succession, as Henry IV had not specifically named a successor. A struggle ensued between Isabella I and her niece Joanna, who was known as "la Beltraneja" due to the rumors that she was the illegitimate child of Henry IV's queen Joan of Portugal and his favourite, Beltrán de La Cueva. Afonso V of Portugal, who was Henry IV's brother-in-law and young Joanna's uncle, intervened on Joanna's behalf and Ferdinand and Isabella were forced into a war with Portugal.

The war ended in 1480 with the Treaty of Alcáçovas. Among the terms were the provision that Princess Joanna the younger sister of John II would marry the grandson of Afonso V, John, who was one year older than the princess. The treaty also provided that Ferdinand and Isabella would pay a large dowry for their daughter, and that the princess would reside in Portugal as a guarantee that her parents would abide by the treaty terms. In 1480, Prince Alfonso went to live in the town of Moura with his maternal grandmother Joanna of Portugal, and was joined in the early months of the following year by his future wife, Joanna of Aragon. She spent three years in Portugal before returning home.

Isabella also spent a considerable part of her youth on campaign with her parents as they conquered the remaining Muslim states in southern Spain. For example, she accompanied her mother in accepting the surrender of the city of Baza.

Isabella would venture east in order marry the Duke of Burgundy, before that she would be greeted by the King of France and his wife, Anne of Brittany on 1490, Isabella would reach Dijon and marry Charles the Duke of Burgundy on 1490, marriage of Charles and Anne would produce no surviving children and after Charles died the duke of Orleans repurdiated his first wife to marry Anne of Brittany on 1499, which is the opposite of Isabella in her marriage to the Duke of Burgundy.

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a messy succession war, hell yes..

 

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Trowulan Palace
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On the other side of the world in 1490's, the Pinatubo mountain in Saludong, a part of Majapahit Empire would collapse and a few earth quakes would shock the island of Saludong, the Pinatubo Mountain would spew ash although the ash would also fade in few days.

The cone of Pinatubo would collapse and form a lake in its Caldera, the Kingdoms of Sapa(Kingdom of Tondo) and Kabolan would recover from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo and the merchants that trade in city states in Saludong such as Faru, Kalumpit and Tundun would remain and the rivers would recover fast in a few months restoring the flow of trade to Majapahit from the North in a manner of a decade, Bruneian, Sumatran and Javanese merchants, immigrants from as well as muslim missionaries from there would later immigrate to the mouth of Bannag and Pampanga rivers as the result of the fertility caused by the ash of Pinatubo eruption.

In Java, the central province of Majapahit would experience a civil war which would result an usurper named Brawijaya VII would take the throne as King, which is opposed by the other Kingdoms in Java including Demak and Sunda which would mean that Majapahit would experience a long time of dispute, this would be won by the Sultan of Demak in 1520 but he lost the other vassal of Majapahit specially the Hindu ones.

 

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Young Charles IX of France, I of Aragon and Castille, woodcut portrait[1]
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After the ascension of the Duchess of Burgundy as the heiress to all of the Spanish Kingdom, Ferdinand and Isabella would try to avoid their ascension by confirming Joanna and her husband, the future Portuguese King as the heiress instead after the succession of Isabella's husband, Philip VI of France, but the King of France and Isabella, Princess of Asturias would convince them to change their mind on 1510, since before her husband ascended the throne they were the heirs to Aragon and Castile, she already has a son named Charles who is already an adult as he was born in 1493.

Isabella would be the heiress to Sicily, Aragon and Naples, her rivals would be the future Queen of Portugal, Joanna, Mary, her younger sister would be sidestepped as she married Wladyslaw, the heir of John Albert I of Poland, a marriage suggested by Isabella to Mary of Burgundy on 1496, Mary would chose to support Isabella on her claims to Spain, the youngest daughter, Catherine of Aragon, the wife of Arthur I of England would also stake her claims as well.

The other heiresses would want to stake their claims because of the Iberian colonies in the indies which were discovered by Columbus and the so called gold that is generated from them and also that the cortes of Aragon and Castile has some opposition to the ascension of a French King to the thrones of Castile and Portugal and preferred an alternative heiress.

Children of Isabella and Ferdinand

Isabella, Princess of Asturias b. 1470 m. Philip VI of France

John, Prince of Asturias b. 1475 d. 1492 b. Margaret of Burgundy

Joanna, Queen of Portugal b. 1479 m. John III of Portugal

Mary of Aragon b. 1482 m. Wladyslaw IV of Poland

Catherine of Aragon b. 1485 m. Arthur I of England

[1]Quite Anachronistic, he does not have habsburg jaw in this TL.

 

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Cesare Borgia, one of the advisors of the King of France and Spain

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On 1510, Charles, the dauphin of France, when it was obvious that he would be the heir of Once Isabella II Castile assumes the throne of Castile once Isabella I of Castile had already died, he would repurdiate his betrothal to the 11 year old Claude, Duchess of Brittany, who he gave to his brother Ferdinand of France b. 1195 and would marry the 18 year old Anne of Navarre who is a year older.

The ascension of an enemy of France to the throne after the death of Louis XIII on 1510 was an unwelcome to the Lorraine faction in the east who are against the Trastamara and the Valois-Burgundy, the Lorraine and the Valois of France and Spain, because the new king sided with the Spanish on the Neapolitan wars against the French.

For Charles, marrying Anne of Navarre would mean that he would gain ties to Navarre and to prevent the betrothal between Anne of Navarre and Henry, duke of York, so Henry duke of York will choose Margaret of Angouleme as his wife instead, the he disliked Claude because Claude looked deformed and used this chance to get rid of a bride that he hated, however Ferdinand would use her claims to later claim the throne of Milan, something that would cause a war between the Habsburgs and the Valois.

While Eleanor of France b. 1191, the eldest daughter and child of Isabella II of Castille would be married to Charles of Bourbon, while Germaine de Foix would marry Ferdinand, duke of Calabria on 1510, Germaine is a mistress of Charles the Dauphin, much to the dismay of the Duke of Calabria, while Anne of Boubon would be married to the duke of Savoy Philibert II bringing in the lands of Bourbons to the Savoys.

Philip VI would choose Cesare, the duke of Valentinois and son of Pope Alexander VI as his advisor as King of the two Kingdoms and also Philip VI would help Cesare in holding Romagna.

Charles, the dauphin was also designated as co-monarch of Isabella II of Castille who would inherit the thrones of Aragon and Castile from his grandfather in 1515 where in he is the co-monarch as well, however during the period after 1510 and 1515, Joanna, consort of Portugal would dispute the throne of Castile and due to the strength of the French forces, her attempts were pushed out by her sister, the same would happen to Catherine, the Borgias would ask a favor in order for them to help them in order to prevent any victory from the rivals of Isabella which is the guarantee and protection of Romagna held by Cesare Borgia, Cesare Borgia would later stop the planned comuneros revolt which favored Joanna instead, on the death of Ferdinand on 1515, Charles I of Castile and Aragon and dauphin and Philip VI of France and I of Castile and Aragon will marry a younger sister of the dauphin, Margaret of France b. 1499 to Afonso, the son of John III of Portugal.

Due to the help of the Borgias the Dauphin is not just the Dauphin but Charles I of Spain(Aragon and Castile) and Dauphin and later King Charles IX of France, I of Spain and Charles IV of Naples.

 

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Charles IX of France, V of Holy Roman Empire and I of Spain
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The marriage between Anne of Navarre and Charles I of Spain would be that of a love match at first because they said the two loved each other once, the marriage would produce 6 children, Charles' mother Isabella II of Spain would stop having children after the birth of Margaret, his youngest sister.

Anne of Navarre would give birth to three surviving Children, named Philip b. 1512, Mary b. 1516 and Charles b. 1520, after 1520, Charles I would get tired of Anne of Navarre and took Mary Boleyn, an english as his own mistress, he would lose his interest even if Anne of Navarre became heiress after the death of her own brother without heirs making her the ruler of the Kingdom of Navarre.

His mother, Isabella II of Spain, in 1518 would cede the government and her rights in government to Charles I who was also the dauphin, her son, Charles inherited the Spanish Kingdoms but as a co-monarch. He was also very much powerful due to his Borgia connections making him the natural candidate of the to become the as Holy Roman Emperor. He defeated the candidacy of Frederick of Austria, his cousin via Margaret of Burgundy, the dowager Empress of the Holy Roman Emperor. The electors gave Charles the crown on 28 June 1519, making him known as Charles V.

Charles would establish Barcelona as the center of the Union of France and Spain.

Charles would abuse his power and use that to uproot the Sforzas and give Milan to his own brother, Ferdinand, Duke of Brittany on 1520, who is married to the heiress to Milan and Brittany, Claude.

Despite holding the imperial throne, Charles's real authority was limited by the German princes. They gained a strong foothold in the Empire's territories, and Charles was determined not to let this happen in the Netherlands.

On 1520, Charles would inherit France as Charles IX of France on the death of his own father Charles IX uniting the two realms separated by the Pyrenees, an event that would make Charles look invincible against his enemies

In 1525, the rival of Charles, Frederick of Austria was proclaimed by Pope Clement VII as Frederick III, legitimizing the German revolt against Charles which would expel Charles in 1528 from the German lands, the fact that Frederick of Austria married the heiress of Bohemia, Anne of Bohemia Hungary, the daughter of the would help against the French, the expulsion of Charles V from the German lands reducing it to what he has which is Burgundy and the Low countries.

 

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Hernando Cortez
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Hernando Cortez went to the New World in 1506. In 1511, he took part in the Spanish conquest of Hispaniola and Cuba, where the Arawak people lived. In 1513, the Spanish built the town Bayamo. The next year, they built Trinidad, Santo Espiritu, Puerto Principe, and Santiago de Cuba.

In 1519, Cortes set out from Cuba with a fleet of ships, 600 men, and about 20 horses. They went to Yucatán to look for gold and to get Mexico ready for colonization. They landed in Yucatán Peninsula and met Jeronimo de Aguilar, a priest who lived through a shipwreck. He knew a lot about the Maya, who owned this section of land.

Cortes took over Yucatán by winning a battle against the people of Tabasco.

He met a woman, La Malinche, who knew the Maya and Nahuatl languages. She acted as his translator when he talked with Maya and Aztec people.

horsemen, and 15 cannons with him. On his way, he met Native Amercian tribes like the Nahuus of Tlaxcala and the Totonaes of Cempoaly.

In October 1519, Cortes gathered his soldiers and around three thousand Tlaxcalteca (who did not like the Aztecs). His goal was to scare the Aztecs in Tenochtitlan. He then went on a killing spree and burned down the city. When he came to Tenochtitlan, he had a vast army of Aztec enemies.

Cortés was surprised that Tenochtitlan was as great as Constantinople. In November, the emperor of the Aztecs, Moctezuma II, welcomed Cortes and his army. Montezuma II let them into Aztec territory, where they learned the Aztecs' weaknesses and then destroyed them. The emperor gave them gold, and Cortes later told King Charles V that the Aztecs might have thought he was one of their gods: Quetzalcoatl, a feathered serpent with fair skin and a beard. Cortes quickly realized that some Spaniards had been attacked on the coast and planned to kidnap Moctezuma and his house and make him swear loyalty to King Charles V.

On the night of June 30 – July 1, 1520 the Aztecs attacked, but the majority of the Spanish escaped and allied themselves with enemies of the Aztec empire. Later, in 1521, with his army of a few Spaniards and many natives, Cortés destroyed Tenochtitlan and took over the Aztec Empire.

Charles IX of France and I of Spain would use the gold earned from New Spain to maintain the union of the Two Kingdoms of France and Spain, making the union unbreakable.

 

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John I Albert of Poland, husband of Mary of Burgundy
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Mary of Burgundy would produce three children Wladyslaw b. 1479, Malgorzata of Poland b. 1482 and Anna of Poland b. 1486, Mary of Burgundy would be known as a pious queen after her husband. John IAlbert succeeded as King of Poland, she is known as the second Richeza of Lotharingia.

Wladyslaw III would marry Maria of Aragon, Malgorzata or Margarethe would marry Frederick the wise of Saxony and Anna would marry Vasili III.

The marriage between Wladyslaw III and Maria would be very prolific only 4 of their children would survive including Casimir V of Poland b. 1501, who was their first child the other surviving children are Maria of Poland, Wladyslaw and Malgorzata. while Margarethe would give birth to many children but only two survive including their son, Albrecht of Austria b. 1501 and Maria of Saxony b. 1505.

In the case of Anna, she would marry Vasili III which would guarantee temporary peace, she would give birth to a daughter named Sophia b. 1503 and a son named Ivan b. 1504, she would die giving birth to her last child named Vladimir in 1510, the three children would survive adulthood.

the brother of John I Albert, Sigismund the old would establish a new line of Independent Dukes of Silesia, Autonomous to the Bohemian and Polish suzerainties, he married Margaret of Toszek, daughter of Premislaus, duke of Toszek.

 

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Territories of Charles IX/Charles V on 1520 which includes territories of his vassals and agnathic relatives are indicated in Blue.

 

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Interesting, going by the title it looks like Italy won't be a permanent addition to this state

 

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Interesting, going by the title it looks like Italy won't be a permanent addition to this state

There is a possibility of the French domains splitting due to conflict with the Habsburgs..

I will suspend this TL but I could chose to end it ubruptly if i no longer have time.