La Belgique – Two duchesses of Burgundy are better than one

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La Belgique – Two duchesses of Burgundy are better than one

Charles the Bold

Verse 1
On the latter part of 1462, the Duchess of Burgundy, Isabelle is pregnant and gives birth to a daughter she would name as Catherine on the mid part of 1461, which is later followed by another daughter named Philippa on 1465 named after her ancestor Philippa of Lancaster, Catherine would be presented as the bride to the future King of Aragon, Ferdinand.
On 1462, Joanna of Castile is born, however due to the scandals of her mother, her mother Joanna is forced to be shut in a convent 1464, her father Henry IV remarried to Margaret of York on 1465, a marriage which would give him two more further daughters named Isabella b. 1466 and Eleonore b. 1470 on 1465, Isabella of Castille was dealt with by marrying her to the Constable of Portugal and after he died shortly after the marriage on 1465 she would marry the future Duke of Anjou, Nicholas on 1467.
On 1464, Charlotte of Savoy gives birth to a healthy son named Charles, in this time the King of France wanted Marie the rich or the pearl to marry his own son, Charles, the Duke of Burgundy would initially have Marie betrothed to Maximilian, an Austrian Archduke, however Isabella would give birth to another daughter on 1468 named Eleonore which would weaken this betrothal and instead Eleonore would be betrothed, the King of France's wife Charlotte of Savoy would give birth to a daughter named Joanna on 1470 who would be her last child.
By 1472, both Catherine and Philippa have been married off in the case of Catherine she is married to Ferdinand, duke of Girona, a man 11 year older than her while Philippa is married off to Frederick, the future Elector of Saxony, while either Marie or Eleonore is betrothed to the son of the Holy Roman Emperor but the duke decided to end the betrothal between any of his daughters to the son of the Holy Roman Emperor and instead betrothed Eleonore to Prince Edward of England to boost the relations of Burgundy and England.
On 1476-1477, war between Burgundy and Lorraine happened which would have left Mary of Burgundy as the Duchess regnant on 1477 on the death of her father both the Emperor and the King of France pressed for a marriage between their unmarried sons to Mary of Burgundy in this time her younger sister, Philippa would also press claims to Burgundy and became the alternative since Catherine and Eleonore cannot press their claims.
In this time, Eleonore is sent to England to see her groom Edward by her elder sister Philippa of Burgundy.
Months after her father Charles died Mary of Burgundy became a prisoner in Ghent with her mother, Isabella of Bourbon and she is pinning who should she marry the son of the Emperor or the Dauphin, the son of Louis XI the Spider and also, she would need to deal with the claims of her other sister Philippa of Burgundy and her husband Frederick the Wise on 1477.[1].

1. My plan is an earlier "Netherlands or Belgium" under the Wettins..

 

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Mary of Burgundy

Verse 2


Mary was compelled to sign a charter of rights known as the Great Privilege in Ghent on 10 February 1477 on the occasion of her formal recognition as her father's heir (the "Joyous Entry"). Under this agreement, the provinces and towns of Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut, and Holland recovered all the local and communal rights that had been abolished by the decrees of the dukes of Burgundy in their efforts to create a centralized state on the French model out of their disparate holdings in the Low Countries. In particular, the Parliament of Mechelen (established formally by Charles the Bold in 1470) was abolished and replaced with the pre-existing authority of the Parliament of Paris, which was considered an amenable counterweight to the encroaching centralization undertaken by both Charles the Bold and Philip the Good. The duchess also had to undertake not to declare war, make peace, or raise taxes without the consent of these provinces and towns and only to employ native residents in official posts.[1]

On 1478, after thinking and many deliberations, Marie the Duchess of Burgundy married to Charles the Dauphin of France who is just Fourteen and she herself is already past 20 in this time and turned off the marriage prospect with Maximilian earlier on 1477, Maximilian would support Philippa of Burgundy and her husband Frederick and against their sister Marie, the Imperial Burgundian possessions on the Lower countries would support Philippa instead of Marie.

On the same time, marriage negotiations between Joanna of Castile, the Queen Regnant of Castile and daughter of the late Henry IV of Castile who died in 1475 and John II of Portugal in order to unite the thrones of Castile and Aragon, in this point, Catherine of Burgundy would give birth to her daughter Juana on 1478.
1. From wikipedia, same as OTL.

 

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The Faction of Philippa is in Orange and the faction of Mary is in Violet..

The man Philippa married is the OTL supporter of Reformation...

 

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Juana of Aragon, daughter of Catherine of Burgundy and Ferdinand II of Aragon

Verse 3

On 1478, the King of England would abandon the betrothal between Edward and Eleonore in favor of Anne of Brittany sending Eleonore back to Burgundy which gave Maximilian a chance to marry Eleonore of Burgundy on 1479, the bride is 11 at this point and very young and it would wait a few years to consummate the marriage but Eleonore said to her new husband that she already sold her claims to Burgundy and Philippa is the only one accepted aside from her sister Mary as the heir.

In this case there is no choice but to support Philippa of Burgundy's claims against her sister Mary or Marie in order to prevent the lower countries lands to fall to France and unite the people against the French under Philippa's banner in this point Philippa is supported by her father in law and her brother in law Maximilian against her own older sister Marie.

The English would support the cause of Philippa of Burgundy against the French from getting low countries, the Dutch apparently prefer Philippa.

On 1480 Mary of Burgundy was found to be pregnant, Mary of Burgundy gives birth to her son, Philippe at this point with the dauphin which delighted the spider King of France as the King of France now has a claim to the Burgundian inheritance however they would have an opposition on the person of Philippa of Burgundy.

 

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Interesting idea! One nitpick - it should be La Belgique (it's a feminine name).

 

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Frederick III, de jure uxoris count of Duke of Brabant, Duke of Luxemburg, Count of Hainault and Duke of Guelders and suo Jure Duke of Saxony

 

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Interesting idea! One nitpick - it should be La Belgique (it's a feminine name).

done...

 

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Burgundian Netherlands c. 1477

Verse 4

The rival sister of Mary of Burgundy, Philippa of Burgundy gives birth to her first son, Frederick of Saxony on 1481, Philippa is said to have been said to have been having strong support in the north than her sister Mary.

Philippa of Burgundy would have strong support in the north while Mary has strong support in the south.

Philippa of Saxony would gain support from her brother in law Maximilian against her sister Mary, Catherine, Queen of Aragon would have already given birth to two children already Juana b. 1478, Juan b. 1481, Juan is named after the father of Ferdinand II of Aragon and the only son of Ferdinand II and Catherine of Burgundy.

In this point Queen Juana of Castile and Portugal would give birth to her first son named Alfonso on 1481 named Alfonso, named after his own grandfather, Alfonso of Portugal.

The birth of two further daughters to Margaret of York and her husband, Henry IV would have disabled and prevented the inheritance of Isabella of Castille, the sister of Henry IV of Castile, at this point Isabella of Castille has already given birth to two children; namely Isabella of Anjou b. 1471 and Jean of Anjou b. 1478.

A treaty was made between the partisans of Philippa and Mary, Philippa would get Hainaut, Luxembourg, Guelders, Namur, Brabant and Holland while Mary would get Flanders, Artois, County of Burgundy and the Duchy of Burgundy.

 

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Verse 5

The birth of two further daughters to Margaret of York and her husband, Henry IV would have disabled and prevented the inheritance of Isabella of Castille, the sister of Henry IV of Castile, at this point Isabella of Castille has already given birth to two children; namely Isabella of Anjou b. 1471 and Jean of Anjou b. 1478.

Isabella of Castile would later give birth to further daughters named Jeanne b. 1480, Marie b. 1482 and Catherine b. 1485, Isabella of Castile felt bad about the loss opportunity of the inheritance and her husband, Nicholas has not claimed the throne of Aragon and Castile as he initially promised but she had no choice as her brother already have legitimate daughters.

Isabella of Castile would be broken hearted at seeing her rival, Juana rise in the throne of Castile and later uniting the thrones of Castile and Portugal.