Blessed be the Bold - A Burgundian Timeline

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This TL is an antetype to the La Beltraneja TL I made a while ago, so this maybe seen as a remake.


Blessed be the Bold

Margaret of York
Verse I

On July 1475, Margaret of York and Charles the Bold would spend a night with passion, because it might take a year and the two are childless since the start of the marriage, on the beginning of 1476 Margaret was determined to be pregnant and the news would pass to Charles the bold.

From Nancy he marched against the Swiss. He saw fit to hang or drown the garrison of Grandson in spite of its capitulation. Grandson was a possession of Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont, a close ally of Charles, that had been captured recently by the forces of the Swiss Confederacy. Some days later, on 2 March 1476, Charles was attacked outside the village of Concise by the confederate army in the Battle of Grandson and suffered a shameful defeat; he was compelled to flee with a handful of attendants and abandon his artillery along with an immense booty (including his silver bath).

Margaret of York would give birth to a son named Philip on April 4, 1476, an event that would make him return to Margaret of York again in order to meet his son and Margaret and Charles would start another night of of passion again.

Charles would escort his daughter Mary to the Austrian court to marry Maximilian who was to marry her in order to advance a peace treaty between the Austrians and the Burgundians regarding Alsace Mary would be married to Maximilian on May 15, 1476 and he would leave behind his daughter to raise an army against the Swiss, on this time Mary would concieve Archduchess Margaret b. February 20, 1477, the eldest daughter of the future Empress.

Charles succeeded in raising a fresh army of 30,000 men that he used to fight the Morat on June 22 1476. He was again defeated by the Swiss army, which was assisted by the cavalry of the Duke of Lorraine which is an ally of the Duke of Lorraine. On October 6, Charles lost in Nancy, which the Duke of Lorraine was able to recover.

Making a last effort, Charles formed a new army with Austrian allies and arrived in the dead of winter before the walls of Nancy. Having lost many of his troops through the severe cold, it was with only a few thousand men that he met the joint forces of the Lorrainers and the Swiss, who had come to the relief of the town and had the support of the people of Nancy, at the Battle of Nancy (5 January 1477). He himself suffered and perished in the fight, his naked and disfigured body was found after some days afterward frozen into the nearby river. Charles' head had been cleft in two by a halberd, lances were lodged in his stomach and loins, and his face had been so badly mutilated by wild animals which gnawed at his body that only his physician and his wife were able to identify him by his long fingernails and the old battle scars on his body.

 

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Charles the Bold
Verse 2

On January 25, 1477, Margaret of York will bear a posthumous daughter for Charles named Margaret, Margaret would try betrothing the young Margaret to his cousin Edward, Prince of Wales but nothing would happen in the betrothal, Margaret of York would betroth her daughter Margaret to the dauphin but none would happen, however a betrothal to the King of Scotland, James IV, nothing would happen to the proposal between Margaret and Charles, the future King of France due to the betrothal between the Dauphin and Elizabeth of York.

On 1477, the burgundians would revolt against Margaret of York's regency causing the French to occupy the Duchy of Burgundy and the County of Flanders.

Margaret of York would appeal this to the English and the Austrians which are the allies of the Burgundians, there were the rivals of the English.

On March 1477, Aragon, Castile and Austria would help the cause of the Burgundians in the ownership of the Duchy of Burgundy and the County of Flanders.

The Austrians led by Maximilian of Austria would attack the the French Armies in order to expel the French from Burgundy amassing a 30,000 troops from Burgundy and in this case the Castillans who want to ally with the Burgundian cause would rush into the Pyrenees.

In this time, the young Princess of Castile, Joanna and her uncle-husband is waiting for an alliance with the French and assistance against the aunt who usurped her rightful throne in this time she would have a chance to send her own aunt to her own place as an usurper and restore her to her rightful throne and to restore her back to her rightful place as the heir of her father.

Princess Joanna is concerned with her impending divorce by the pope with her Uncle-Husband, the line of Viseu and Beja a noble who is said to have a friction with the King and the Nobles, the King of Portugal would have an alternative husband for Princess Joanna in his death or divorce or death which is Diego, Prince of Beja.

 

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Joanna I of Castile
Verse 3

On 1478, the marriage between the Alfonso V and his niece Joanna was annulled, Joanna rushed to marry Diego, duke of Beja, a few weeks after the annulment of Joanna and her marriage with the duke of Beja, Isabella I of Castile would experience a miscarriage which seems be an omen to her for what would happen to her, her daughter Isabella would comfort Queen Isabella giving her loving support.

On early 1478, the Castillan-Burgundian-Austrian forces would storm Paris and attack the French, however the French King would defeat the combined troops with the help of the English troops.

On 1478, a treaty of marriage between the Dauphin and the infant Princess Margaret of Burgundy, dropping the betrothal between Princess Elizabeth of England and the Dauphin, however, this was replaced by a betrothal proposal between the Duke of Orleans and Princess Elizabeth, since Elizabeth is a prestige match, the match with the Duke of Orleans will go to Princess Mary which would mean the original wife of the Duke of Orleans, Jeanne of France will need to go to a convent, the marriage treaty would include that all the Burgundian territories would to go to Princess Margaret who is betrothed to the Dauphin if Prince Philip of Burgundy dies without heirs of his own, the Habsburgs would seem to be offended about it but the treaty was harsh to them and according the treaty Margaret and Philip of Burgundy would be sent to the French court.

Margaret of York, Margaret of Burgundy and the Young Philip of Burgundy were sent to the French court as guests until the young Philip of Burgundy is of age, Margaret of York seems irritated of the treaty terms as it seems that it means Burgundy giving up its independence.

In this time the wife of the Duke of Brittany gives birth to a daughter named Anne who is a prestigious match in France.

 

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Isabella of Castile
Verse 4

On the latter part of 1478, both the claimants from Portugal, Joanna of Castile and Isabella of Castile would be pregnant again, Isabella was pregnant earlier and experienced a miscarriage, on April 3, 1479, Joanna of Castile would give birth to a daughter she named as Infanta Leonor(Eleonore), while Isabella of Castile would give birth to a daughter named Joanna in May 2, 1479, Isabella of Castile would die in July 1479 due to the negative complications of Pregnancy and her earlier miscarriage, in the end of this, Isabella of Castile lost in the war because she was not able to survive.

Due to the death of Isabella, Ferdinand would have lost the claim to the Kingdom of Castile, he tried to save his daughter's Isabella's claims to the throne of Castile but he would not be able to save his own claim, Ferdinand would be sad at the death of his own wife and the supporters of Joanna of Castile of Portugal were able to seize the throne and Joanna and her husband Diego went to Castile in order claim it.

Ferdinand would receive an offer to betroth the young Joanna of Aragon to the young Philip, duke of Burgundy from Margaret of Burgundy.

Ferdinand would remarry to Anne of Orleans on the latter part of 1479, a former abbess of Fontravraud, the couple would be a great match due to their piety and sister of the duke of Orleans, Anne of Orleans is hesitant of the marriage and was against it in the beginning since she preferred the convent.

 

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Eruption of Mt Pinatubo after 500 years after the first known Eruption
Verse 5

With the death of Kertabhumi, Ranawijaya was now indisputed ruler of Majapahit. He styled himself Girindrawardhana and Brawijaya VI, the latter to show continuity with his predecessors back to Kritavijaya in 1447. In the Trailokyapuri Jiwu and Petak inscriptions, Girindrawardhana claims that he reunited Majapahit as one kingdom. In the Jiyu inscription, he is referred to as Sri Wilwatikta Jenggala Kediri, which means ruler of Majapahit.

Demak continued to fight Girindrawardhana. As they claimed descent from Kertabumi, Raden Patah and his successor fought Girindrawardhana in retribution for his death. This conflict undermined the thriving economy, Demak and Girindrawardhana/Brawijaya VI would make a temporary peace in 1480's which would cause the ruler of Demak, Raden Patah to peacefully succeed in Majapahit in 1500, after the death of Brawijaya VI causing the followers of Brawijaya VI to leave to Bali and Saludong.

The Pinatubo mountain in Saludong, a part of Majapahit Empire would erupt in the late 1400's in the 1480's-1490's near the end of the 15th century and a few earth quakes would shock the island of Saludong, the Pinatubo Mountain would erupt violently.

In a few years aftermath of the Eruption, Javanese and Malay immigrants would start again to migrate to the Island of Saludong notably in the Faru area also known as the Bannag Estuary and Macabebe area or the Pampanga estuary.

A years after the Pinatubo Eruption aftermath, Nakhoda Ragam would take parts of Saludong, a Majapahit territory, particularly the environs of Tondo, Meykawayan and Northern area of the Pulilan Kasumuran and take a noblewoman named Kalangitan who is later married to one of Nakhoda Ragam's relatives.

 

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These are the two butterflies, the Austrians do not inherit the Duchy of Burgundy, the Northern OTL Philippines will be more integrated with the Empire of Majapahit..

 

[High Plains Drifter]

So two children for Margaret of York and the now ex Charles the Bold. Certainly gives you more to work with.

The chapter in Asia seemed very odd to include.

And very surprised about the trio going to the French court. That doesn't seem right, regardless of the results of the battle near Paris.

 

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So two children for Margaret of York and the now ex Charles the Bold. Certainly gives you more to work with.

The chapter in Asia seemed very odd to include.

And very surprised about the trio going to the French court. That doesn't seem right, regardless of the results of the battle near Paris.

The Burgundians were defeated and the French wanted control of Burgundy so they would want them in the court.