List of monarchs III

[Sol717]

Kings of Greater Zimbabwe
What if Nyatsimba Mutota didn't abandon Great Zimbabwe after conquering Mutapa?

1430 - 1455: Nyatsimba (House of Mutota) [1]
1455 - 1494: Changamire (House of Mutota) [2]
1494 - 1539: Kakubi (House of Mutota) [3]
1539 - 1555: Mwenedehwe (House of Mutota) [4]
1555 - 1579: Nyatsusu (House of Mutota) [5]
1579 - 1635: Inyewangahaya (House of Mutota) [6]
1635 - 1660: Tendaji "John" (House of Mutota) [7]
1660 - 1702: Ali Baroma (House of Mutota) [8]
1702 - 1740: Muhammad Paul (House of Mutota) [9]
1740 - 1760: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]

King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe

1760 - 1777: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]
1777 - 1803: Zuri (House of Mutota) [11]
1803 - 1825: Isak Dlembeu (House of Rozwi) [12]
1825 - 1841: Dingane (House of kaSenzangakhona) [13]
1841 - 1849: Njabulo (House of kaSenzangakhona) [14]
1849 - 1878: Yakob Chivere (House of Mukombwe) [15]

[1] After conquering Mutapa, Nyatsimba combines Zimbabwe and the new land into Greater Zimbabwe, to be ruled from the city Great Zimbabwe. He dies of old age.
[2] Invades the neighbouring kingdom of Butwa, but fails and is forced to become a vassal of Butwa. However, he is freed by a coalition of minor kingdoms and Swahili merchants. Upon his death, he leaves the kingdom without losing or gaining anything.
[3] Kakubi constructed a second ring of walls as the city of Great Zimbabwe grew out beyond the first ring. With trade goods flowing in from as far away as Arabia and China the Zimbabwe Kingdom grew even wealthier, Kakubi was also the first ruler of Zimbabwe to meet Europeans, specifically a group of Portuguese merchants, who recorded with awe the massive constructions, the great wealth, and power of Great Zimbabwe, they also noted with scorn the strange 'pagan' religion that was practiced in the Kingdom.
[4] Mwenedehwe was known across the land before becoming King as a great warrior in his fathers army and outspoken about his distrustful of the Portuguese merchants, when in 1550, a Portuguese army landed on the coast.
Mwenedehwe was able to defend off the invaders, following this he bannished all Portuguese merchants and Catholic missionaries from his kingdom.
[5] It was during Nyatsusu's reign that many of the ideas and technologies introduced by the Portuguese truly took hold in Great Zimbabwe. Specifically the gunpowder weapons and military tactics that were used to great effect on Butwa, rendering that once proud kingdom as a vassal of Zimbabwe. However Nyatsusu suspected that the Portuguese would come back and in greater numbers, so he did what he could to develop his kingdom as much as he could to withstand such an event.
[6] Inyewangahaya was known for his succesful conquests of the Bemba and Tonga ethnolinguistic groups, living in the then northern frontier of the country. To further consolidate his rule over the newly-enlarged kingdom, he personally planned the creation of a new capital fortress-city in the northern banks of the Zambezi river, moving with him were the whole royal court, the nobles and prominent traders, all of them were Swahili-speaking. Despite his reputation as a great warrior-king and an able statesman, Inyewangahaya was more remembered for his harem; the tales of court scheming and internal politics scandalized the Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who occassionally visited the royal complex. Nevertheless, the tales provided a good source of topics in modern Swahili-language literature, as well as its numerous film and television drama adaptations.
[7] Tendaji converted to Chrisitanity, taking the name "John" upon his baptism. He did this because "newfound faith" but some suggest it was the threat of invasion and because the Christian religious hierarchy would allow him to extend royal power. He allowed Jesuit missonaries in to convert the population but to also modernize the country and develop Christian education institutions.Some syncretism occured with some of the old religious practices being combined with the new.
[8] Baroma, after being insulted by missionaries, decided to convert to Islam, influenced by Inwewangahaya's Swahili court. His reign saw most of the non-Christian populace of the kingdom convert to Islam, while letting Christian vassals continue controlling Christian regions of the kingdom. Upon his death, a three-way war broke out between Christian, Islamic, and traditionalist factions.
[9] After the Religious War Baroma's son Mohammed, who studied all three relions united the religions, and reigning under two names of Mohammed Paul. His reign was one of liberal tolerance.
[10] Berhanu "the Great" formalised the united religions into Njia ya Mungu, or the Divine Path in Swahili. The religion spread throughout the Kingdom and other parts of Africa. Berhanu would lead the famous "March to the Sea" that would conquer and integrate all of South Africa. European attempts to attack fail and were destroyed at "the Battle of the Cape" securing the Kindom for some time against incursion. Berhanu then declared himself King of Kings and spent the remianing time securing and modernising the nation.
[11] Zuri was the only living child of Berhanu and his daughter, making her the first female ruler of Great Zimbabwe in it's recorded history. She chose to reign as 'King of Kings' and continued her father's policies of modernization, ordering the construction of new roads, trade routes, and canals. She also constructed the first universities and libraries in southern Africa and created the kingdom's first navy and established contact with the Kingdom of Madagascar and it's monarch Radama I. As the Europeans began to industrialize, Zuri became interested in the new technologies and introduced them into the kingdom, unknowingly laying the foundation for Africa's Industrial Revolution.
[12] Debate over the succession lead to the (by now titular) king of Butwa returning to power and taking over the kingdom. Immediately after taking the throne, he started a despotic reign, abolishing the many noble titles and establishing himself as a military ruler. His religious policy was confused, leading scholars to believe that he was a fervent atheist hemmed in by religious pressure. However, he rolled back modernisation, claiming that it was a waste of money. His reign ended when Sotho tribes from the far south looted the kingdom due to his insults, leading to his deposition.
[13] In the chaos unleashed by the reign of Isak Dlembeu, the half-brother of the legendary warrior Shaka, Dingane seized the capital and proclaimed himself the King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe (along with his title 'King of the Zulus'). He spent the bulk his reign repairing the damage caused by his predecessor, barely averting a British invasion of southern Africa. Dingane died in 1841, having managed to stabilize the region and left the Kingdom to Njabulo.
[14] Njabulo's reign was greatly affected by a speech made in faraway London, where the Lutheran minister Carl der Win challenged his faithful to convert the world to Christianity. When English, Dutch, French, and German missionaries from various Protestant faiths were turned away from the Kingdom, they exaggerated their expulsion as martyrdom and persecution. England, France, the Netherlands, and Hanover each sent armies to accompany the missionaries and pillaged most of the Kingdom's lands in the Cape and Natal. Njabulo sent emissaries to Portugal, Castile, Aragon, Oman, and even the Ottomans to appeal for help against this incursion, but was poisoned (presumably by the missionaries) with arsenic before the emissaries reached Constantinople, Muscat, Lisbon, Toledo, and Barcelona.
[15] Yakob Chivere took over in the chaos after the assassination of Njabulo. He returned the kingdom to Shona rule, and reestablished the Njia ya Mungu religious hierarchy. However, his reign saw increasing problems with the Ismailids (rulers of Egypt), who vassalised the Swahili states and were preparing to move on to Zimbabwe next. However he did defeat both the Zulu and the Sotho and pushed them out of his land.

 

[Ikny]

Kings of Greater Zimbabwe
What if Nyatsimba Mutota didn't abandon Great Zimbabwe after conquering Mutapa?

1430 - 1455: Nyatsimba (House of Mutota) [1]
1455 - 1494: Changamire (House of Mutota) [2]
1494 - 1539: Kakubi (House of Mutota) [3]
1539 - 1555: Mwenedehwe (House of Mutota) [4]
1555 - 1579: Nyatsusu (House of Mutota) [5]
1579 - 1635: Inyewangahaya (House of Mutota) [6]
1635 - 1660: Tendaji "John" (House of Mutota) [7]
1660 - 1702: Ali Baroma (House of Mutota) [8]
1702 - 1740: Muhammad Paul (House of Mutota) [9]
1740 - 1760: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]

King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe

1760 - 1777: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]
1777 - 1803: Zuri (House of Mutota) [11]
1803 - 1825: Isak Dlembeu (House of Rozwi) [12]
1825 - 1841: Dingane (House of kaSenzangakhona) [13]
1841 - 1849: Njabulo (House of kaSenzangakhona) [14]
1849 - 1878: Yakob Chivere I (House of Mukombwe) [15]
1878 - 1906: Yakob Chivere II (House of Mukombwe) [16]

[1] After conquering Mutapa, Nyatsimba combines Zimbabwe and the new land into Greater Zimbabwe, to be ruled from the city Great Zimbabwe. He dies of old age.
[2] Invades the neighbouring kingdom of Butwa, but fails and is forced to become a vassal of Butwa. However, he is freed by a coalition of minor kingdoms and Swahili merchants. Upon his death, he leaves the kingdom without losing or gaining anything.
[3] Kakubi constructed a second ring of walls as the city of Great Zimbabwe grew out beyond the first ring. With trade goods flowing in from as far away as Arabia and China the Zimbabwe Kingdom grew even wealthier, Kakubi was also the first ruler of Zimbabwe to meet Europeans, specifically a group of Portuguese merchants, who recorded with awe the massive constructions, the great wealth, and power of Great Zimbabwe, they also noted with scorn the strange 'pagan' religion that was practiced in the Kingdom.
[4] Mwenedehwe was known across the land before becoming King as a great warrior in his fathers army and outspoken about his distrustful of the Portuguese merchants, when in 1550, a Portuguese army landed on the coast.
Mwenedehwe was able to defend off the invaders, following this he bannished all Portuguese merchants and Catholic missionaries from his kingdom.
[5] It was during Nyatsusu's reign that many of the ideas and technologies introduced by the Portuguese truly took hold in Great Zimbabwe. Specifically the gunpowder weapons and military tactics that were used to great effect on Butwa, rendering that once proud kingdom as a vassal of Zimbabwe. However Nyatsusu suspected that the Portuguese would come back and in greater numbers, so he did what he could to develop his kingdom as much as he could to withstand such an event.
[6] Inyewangahaya was known for his succesful conquests of the Bemba and Tonga ethnolinguistic groups, living in the then northern frontier of the country. To further consolidate his rule over the newly-enlarged kingdom, he personally planned the creation of a new capital fortress-city in the northern banks of the Zambezi river, moving with him were the whole royal court, the nobles and prominent traders, all of them were Swahili-speaking. Despite his reputation as a great warrior-king and an able statesman, Inyewangahaya was more remembered for his harem; the tales of court scheming and internal politics scandalized the Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who occassionally visited the royal complex. Nevertheless, the tales provided a good source of topics in modern Swahili-language literature, as well as its numerous film and television drama adaptations.
[7] Tendaji converted to Chrisitanity, taking the name "John" upon his baptism. He did this because "newfound faith" but some suggest it was the threat of invasion and because the Christian religious hierarchy would allow him to extend royal power. He allowed Jesuit missonaries in to convert the population but to also modernize the country and develop Christian education institutions.Some syncretism occured with some of the old religious practices being combined with the new.
[8] Baroma, after being insulted by missionaries, decided to convert to Islam, influenced by Inwewangahaya's Swahili court. His reign saw most of the non-Christian populace of the kingdom convert to Islam, while letting Christian vassals continue controlling Christian regions of the kingdom. Upon his death, a three-way war broke out between Christian, Islamic, and traditionalist factions.
[9] After the Religious War Baroma's son Mohammed, who studied all three relions united the religions, and reigning under two names of Mohammed Paul. His reign was one of liberal tolerance.
[10] Berhanu "the Great" formalised the united religions into Njia ya Mungu, or the Divine Path in Swahili. The religion spread throughout the Kingdom and other parts of Africa. Berhanu would lead the famous "March to the Sea" that would conquer and integrate all of South Africa. European attempts to attack fail and were destroyed at "the Battle of the Cape" securing the Kindom for some time against incursion. Berhanu then declared himself King of Kings and spent the remianing time securing and modernising the nation.
[11] Zuri was the only living child of Berhanu and his daughter, making her the first female ruler of Great Zimbabwe in it's recorded history. She chose to reign as 'King of Kings' and continued her father's policies of modernization, ordering the construction of new roads, trade routes, and canals. She also constructed the first universities and libraries in southern Africa and created the kingdom's first navy and established contact with the Kingdom of Madagascar and it's monarch Radama I. As the Europeans began to industrialize, Zuri became interested in the new technologies and introduced them into the kingdom, unknowingly laying the foundation for Africa's Industrial Revolution.
[12] Debate over the succession lead to the (by now titular) king of Butwa returning to power and taking over the kingdom. Immediately after taking the throne, he started a despotic reign, abolishing the many noble titles and establishing himself as a military ruler. His religious policy was confused, leading scholars to believe that he was a fervent atheist hemmed in by religious pressure. However, he rolled back modernisation, claiming that it was a waste of money. His reign ended when Sotho tribes from the far south looted the kingdom due to his insults, leading to his deposition.
[13] In the chaos unleashed by the reign of Isak Dlembeu, the half-brother of the legendary warrior Shaka, Dingane seized the capital and proclaimed himself the King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe (along with his title 'King of the Zulus'). He spent the bulk his reign repairing the damage caused by his predecessor, barely averting a British invasion of southern Africa. Dingane died in 1841, having managed to stabilize the region and left the Kingdom to Njabulo.
[14] Njabulo's reign was greatly affected by a speech made in faraway London, where the Lutheran minister Carl der Win challenged his faithful to convert the world to Christianity. When English, Dutch, French, and German missionaries from various Protestant faiths were turned away from the Kingdom, they exaggerated their expulsion as martyrdom and persecution. England, France, the Netherlands, and Hanover each sent armies to accompany the missionaries and pillaged most of the Kingdom's lands in the Cape and Natal. Njabulo sent emissaries to Portugal, Castile, Aragon, Oman, and even the Ottomans to appeal for help against this incursion, but was poisoned (presumably by the missionaries) with arsenic before the emissaries reached Constantinople, Muscat, Lisbon, Toledo, and Barcelona.
[15] Yakob Chivere took over in the chaos after the assassination of Njabulo. He returned the kingdom to Shona rule, and reestablished the Njia ya Mungu religious hierarchy. However, his reign saw increasing problems with the Ismailids (rulers of Egypt), who vassalised the Swahili states and were preparing to move on to Zimbabwe next. However he did defeat both the Zulu and the Sotho and pushed them out of his land.
[15] Yakob Chivere II would defend agains the Egyptian incursion by allying with the Ethiopian Empire. Eventually the Egyptians were pushed back and the Swahili states gained independence. Njia ya Mungu spread further and was solidied. The British attempted an invasion led by Cecil Rhodes, however it was crushed it a humiliating defeat, leading to European powers to start seeing the country as an equal. The rest of his reign would be spent playing the various European powers off each other, each of them unable to gain influence or feel safe enough to invade without intervention.

 

[Sol717]

Kings of Greater Zimbabwe
What if Nyatsimba Mutota didn't abandon Great Zimbabwe after conquering Mutapa?

1430 - 1455: Nyatsimba (House of Mutota) [1]
1455 - 1494: Changamire (House of Mutota) [2]
1494 - 1539: Kakubi (House of Mutota) [3]
1539 - 1555: Mwenedehwe (House of Mutota) [4]
1555 - 1579: Nyatsusu (House of Mutota) [5]
1579 - 1635: Inyewangahaya (House of Mutota) [6]
1635 - 1660: Tendaji "John" (House of Mutota) [7]
1660 - 1702: Ali Baroma (House of Mutota) [8]
1702 - 1740: Muhammad Paul (House of Mutota) [9]
1740 - 1760: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]

King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe

1760 - 1777: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]
1777 - 1803: Zuri (House of Mutota) [11]
1803 - 1825: Isak Dlembeu (House of Rozwi) [12]
1825 - 1841: Dingane (House of kaSenzangakhona) [13]
1841 - 1849: Njabulo (House of kaSenzangakhona) [14]
1849 - 1878: Yakob Chivere I (House of Mukombwe) [15]
1878 - 1906: Yakob Chivere II (House of Mukombwe) [16]
1906 - 1935: Siti (House of Mukombwe) [17]

[1] After conquering Mutapa, Nyatsimba combines Zimbabwe and the new land into Greater Zimbabwe, to be ruled from the city Great Zimbabwe. He dies of old age.
[2] Invades the neighbouring kingdom of Butwa, but fails and is forced to become a vassal of Butwa. However, he is freed by a coalition of minor kingdoms and Swahili merchants. Upon his death, he leaves the kingdom without losing or gaining anything.
[3] Kakubi constructed a second ring of walls as the city of Great Zimbabwe grew out beyond the first ring. With trade goods flowing in from as far away as Arabia and China the Zimbabwe Kingdom grew even wealthier, Kakubi was also the first ruler of Zimbabwe to meet Europeans, specifically a group of Portuguese merchants, who recorded with awe the massive constructions, the great wealth, and power of Great Zimbabwe, they also noted with scorn the strange 'pagan' religion that was practiced in the Kingdom.
[4] Mwenedehwe was known across the land before becoming King as a great warrior in his fathers army and outspoken about his distrustful of the Portuguese merchants, when in 1550, a Portuguese army landed on the coast.
Mwenedehwe was able to defend off the invaders, following this he bannished all Portuguese merchants and Catholic missionaries from his kingdom.
[5] It was during Nyatsusu's reign that many of the ideas and technologies introduced by the Portuguese truly took hold in Great Zimbabwe. Specifically the gunpowder weapons and military tactics that were used to great effect on Butwa, rendering that once proud kingdom as a vassal of Zimbabwe. However Nyatsusu suspected that the Portuguese would come back and in greater numbers, so he did what he could to develop his kingdom as much as he could to withstand such an event.
[6] Inyewangahaya was known for his succesful conquests of the Bemba and Tonga ethnolinguistic groups, living in the then northern frontier of the country. To further consolidate his rule over the newly-enlarged kingdom, he personally planned the creation of a new capital fortress-city in the northern banks of the Zambezi river, moving with him were the whole royal court, the nobles and prominent traders, all of them were Swahili-speaking. Despite his reputation as a great warrior-king and an able statesman, Inyewangahaya was more remembered for his harem; the tales of court scheming and internal politics scandalized the Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who occassionally visited the royal complex. Nevertheless, the tales provided a good source of topics in modern Swahili-language literature, as well as its numerous film and television drama adaptations.
[7] Tendaji converted to Chrisitanity, taking the name "John" upon his baptism. He did this because "newfound faith" but some suggest it was the threat of invasion and because the Christian religious hierarchy would allow him to extend royal power. He allowed Jesuit missonaries in to convert the population but to also modernize the country and develop Christian education institutions.Some syncretism occured with some of the old religious practices being combined with the new.
[8] Baroma, after being insulted by missionaries, decided to convert to Islam, influenced by Inwewangahaya's Swahili court. His reign saw most of the non-Christian populace of the kingdom convert to Islam, while letting Christian vassals continue controlling Christian regions of the kingdom. Upon his death, a three-way war broke out between Christian, Islamic, and traditionalist factions.
[9] After the Religious War Baroma's son Mohammed, who studied all three relions united the religions, and reigning under two names of Mohammed Paul. His reign was one of liberal tolerance.
[10] Berhanu "the Great" formalised the united religions into Njia ya Mungu, or the Divine Path in Swahili. The religion spread throughout the Kingdom and other parts of Africa. Berhanu would lead the famous "March to the Sea" that would conquer and integrate all of South Africa. European attempts to attack fail and were destroyed at "the Battle of the Cape" securing the Kindom for some time against incursion. Berhanu then declared himself King of Kings and spent the remianing time securing and modernising the nation.
[11] Zuri was the only living child of Berhanu and his daughter, making her the first female ruler of Great Zimbabwe in it's recorded history. She chose to reign as 'King of Kings' and continued her father's policies of modernization, ordering the construction of new roads, trade routes, and canals. She also constructed the first universities and libraries in southern Africa and created the kingdom's first navy and established contact with the Kingdom of Madagascar and it's monarch Radama I. As the Europeans began to industrialize, Zuri became interested in the new technologies and introduced them into the kingdom, unknowingly laying the foundation for Africa's Industrial Revolution.
[12] Debate over the succession lead to the (by now titular) king of Butwa returning to power and taking over the kingdom. Immediately after taking the throne, he started a despotic reign, abolishing the many noble titles and establishing himself as a military ruler. His religious policy was confused, leading scholars to believe that he was a fervent atheist hemmed in by religious pressure. However, he rolled back modernisation, claiming that it was a waste of money. His reign ended when Sotho tribes from the far south looted the kingdom due to his insults, leading to his deposition.
[13] In the chaos unleashed by the reign of Isak Dlembeu, the half-brother of the legendary warrior Shaka, Dingane seized the capital and proclaimed himself the King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe (along with his title 'King of the Zulus'). He spent the bulk his reign repairing the damage caused by his predecessor, barely averting a British invasion of southern Africa. Dingane died in 1841, having managed to stabilize the region and left the Kingdom to Njabulo.
[14] Njabulo's reign was greatly affected by a speech made in faraway London, where the Lutheran minister Carl der Win challenged his faithful to convert the world to Christianity. When English, Dutch, French, and German missionaries from various Protestant faiths were turned away from the Kingdom, they exaggerated their expulsion as martyrdom and persecution. England, France, the Netherlands, and Hanover each sent armies to accompany the missionaries and pillaged most of the Kingdom's lands in the Cape and Natal. Njabulo sent emissaries to Portugal, Castile, Aragon, Oman, and even the Ottomans to appeal for help against this incursion, but was poisoned (presumably by the missionaries) with arsenic before the emissaries reached Constantinople, Muscat, Lisbon, Toledo, and Barcelona.
[15] Yakob Chivere took over in the chaos after the assassination of Njabulo. He returned the kingdom to Shona rule, and reestablished the Njia ya Mungu religious hierarchy. However, his reign saw increasing problems with the Ismailids (rulers of Egypt), who vassalised the Swahili states and were preparing to move on to Zimbabwe next. However he did defeat both the Zulu and the Sotho and pushed them out of his land.
[15] Yakob Chivere II would defend agains the Egyptian incursion by allying with the Ethiopian Empire. Eventually the Egyptians were pushed back and the Swahili states gained independence. Njia ya Mungu spread further and was solidied. The British attempted an invasion led by Cecil Rhodes, however it was crushed it a humiliating defeat, leading to European powers to start seeing the country as an equal. The rest of his reign would be spent playing the various European powers off each other, each of them unable to gain influence or feel safe enough to invade without intervention.
[16] Siti was expected to not last long on the throne, but he lived until the age of 107 due to, in part, the modernisation of the kingdom into a parliamentary nation-state with a high quality of life. The kingdom even played a minor part in the first Global War: which featured Zimbabwe fighting for the side of the Bohemian Empire. Even though Bohemia lost the war and was partitioned, the kingdom survived unscathed. However, the monarchy lost power due to Siti's age; several traditionalists started "Roman" parties modelled on Greece's ruling party, which combined popularism with antisemitic rhetoric.

 

[Shiva]

Kings of Greater Zimbabwe
What if Nyatsimba Mutota didn't abandon Great Zimbabwe after conquering Mutapa?

1430 - 1455: Nyatsimba (House of Mutota) [1]
1455 - 1494: Changamire (House of Mutota) [2]
1494 - 1539: Kakubi (House of Mutota) [3]
1539 - 1555: Mwenedehwe (House of Mutota) [4]
1555 - 1579: Nyatsusu (House of Mutota) [5]
1579 - 1635: Inyewangahaya (House of Mutota) [6]
1635 - 1660: Tendaji "John" (House of Mutota) [7]
1660 - 1702: Ali Baroma (House of Mutota) [8]
1702 - 1740: Muhammad Paul (House of Mutota) [9]
1740 - 1760: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]

King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe

1760 - 1777: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]
1777 - 1803: Zuri I (House of Mutota) [11]
1803 - 1825: Isak Dlembeu (House of Rozwi) [12]
1825 - 1841: Dingane (House of kaSenzangakhona) [13]
1841 - 1849: Njabulo (House of kaSenzangakhona) [14]
1849 - 1878: Yakob Chivere I (House of Mukombwe) [15]
1878 - 1906: Yakob Chivere II (House of Mukombwe) [16]
1906 - 1935: Siti (House of Mukombwe) [17]
1935 - 1953: Zuri II (House of Mukombwe) [18]


[1] After conquering Mutapa, Nyatsimba combines Zimbabwe and the new land into Greater Zimbabwe, to be ruled from the city Great Zimbabwe. He dies of old age.
[2] Invades the neighbouring kingdom of Butwa, but fails and is forced to become a vassal of Butwa. However, he is freed by a coalition of minor kingdoms and Swahili merchants. Upon his death, he leaves the kingdom without losing or gaining anything.
[3] Kakubi constructed a second ring of walls as the city of Great Zimbabwe grew out beyond the first ring. With trade goods flowing in from as far away as Arabia and China the Zimbabwe Kingdom grew even wealthier, Kakubi was also the first ruler of Zimbabwe to meet Europeans, specifically a group of Portuguese merchants, who recorded with awe the massive constructions, the great wealth, and power of Great Zimbabwe, they also noted with scorn the strange 'pagan' religion that was practiced in the Kingdom.
[4] Mwenedehwe was known across the land before becoming King as a great warrior in his fathers army and outspoken about his distrustful of the Portuguese merchants, when in 1550, a Portuguese army landed on the coast.
Mwenedehwe was able to defend off the invaders, following this he bannished all Portuguese merchants and Catholic missionaries from his kingdom.
[5] It was during Nyatsusu's reign that many of the ideas and technologies introduced by the Portuguese truly took hold in Great Zimbabwe. Specifically the gunpowder weapons and military tactics that were used to great effect on Butwa, rendering that once proud kingdom as a vassal of Zimbabwe. However Nyatsusu suspected that the Portuguese would come back and in greater numbers, so he did what he could to develop his kingdom as much as he could to withstand such an event.
[6] Inyewangahaya was known for his succesful conquests of the Bemba and Tonga ethnolinguistic groups, living in the then northern frontier of the country. To further consolidate his rule over the newly-enlarged kingdom, he personally planned the creation of a new capital fortress-city in the northern banks of the Zambezi river, moving with him were the whole royal court, the nobles and prominent traders, all of them were Swahili-speaking. Despite his reputation as a great warrior-king and an able statesman, Inyewangahaya was more remembered for his harem; the tales of court scheming and internal politics scandalized the Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who occassionally visited the royal complex. Nevertheless, the tales provided a good source of topics in modern Swahili-language literature, as well as its numerous film and television drama adaptations.
[7] Tendaji converted to Chrisitanity, taking the name "John" upon his baptism. He did this because "newfound faith" but some suggest it was the threat of invasion and because the Christian religious hierarchy would allow him to extend royal power. He allowed Jesuit missonaries in to convert the population but to also modernize the country and develop Christian education institutions.Some syncretism occured with some of the old religious practices being combined with the new.
[8] Baroma, after being insulted by missionaries, decided to convert to Islam, influenced by Inwewangahaya's Swahili court. His reign saw most of the non-Christian populace of the kingdom convert to Islam, while letting Christian vassals continue controlling Christian regions of the kingdom. Upon his death, a three-way war broke out between Christian, Islamic, and traditionalist factions.
[9] After the Religious War Baroma's son Mohammed, who studied all three relions united the religions, and reigning under two names of Mohammed Paul. His reign was one of liberal tolerance.
[10] Berhanu "the Great" formalised the united religions into Njia ya Mungu, or the Divine Path in Swahili. The religion spread throughout the Kingdom and other parts of Africa. Berhanu would lead the famous "March to the Sea" that would conquer and integrate all of South Africa. European attempts to attack fail and were destroyed at "the Battle of the Cape" securing the Kindom for some time against incursion. Berhanu then declared himself King of Kings and spent the remianing time securing and modernising the nation.
[11] Zuri was the only living child of Berhanu and his daughter, making her the first female ruler of Great Zimbabwe in it's recorded history. She chose to reign as 'King of Kings' and continued her father's policies of modernization, ordering the construction of new roads, trade routes, and canals. She also constructed the first universities and libraries in southern Africa and created the kingdom's first navy and established contact with the Kingdom of Madagascar and it's monarch Radama I. As the Europeans began to industrialize, Zuri became interested in the new technologies and introduced them into the kingdom, unknowingly laying the foundation for Africa's Industrial Revolution.
[12] Debate over the succession lead to the (by now titular) king of Butwa returning to power and taking over the kingdom. Immediately after taking the throne, he started a despotic reign, abolishing the many noble titles and establishing himself as a military ruler. His religious policy was confused, leading scholars to believe that he was a fervent atheist hemmed in by religious pressure. However, he rolled back modernisation, claiming that it was a waste of money. His reign ended when Sotho tribes from the far south looted the kingdom due to his insults, leading to his deposition.
[13] In the chaos unleashed by the reign of Isak Dlembeu, the half-brother of the legendary warrior Shaka, Dingane seized the capital and proclaimed himself the King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe (along with his title 'King of the Zulus'). He spent the bulk his reign repairing the damage caused by his predecessor, barely averting a British invasion of southern Africa. Dingane died in 1841, having managed to stabilize the region and left the Kingdom to Njabulo.
[14] Njabulo's reign was greatly affected by a speech made in faraway London, where the Lutheran minister Carl der Win challenged his faithful to convert the world to Christianity. When English, Dutch, French, and German missionaries from various Protestant faiths were turned away from the Kingdom, they exaggerated their expulsion as martyrdom and persecution. England, France, the Netherlands, and Hanover each sent armies to accompany the missionaries and pillaged most of the Kingdom's lands in the Cape and Natal. Njabulo sent emissaries to Portugal, Castile, Aragon, Oman, and even the Ottomans to appeal for help against this incursion, but was poisoned (presumably by the missionaries) with arsenic before the emissaries reached Constantinople, Muscat, Lisbon, Toledo, and Barcelona.
[15] Yakob Chivere took over in the chaos after the assassination of Njabulo. He returned the kingdom to Shona rule, and reestablished the Njia ya Mungu religious hierarchy. However, his reign saw increasing problems with the Ismailids (rulers of Egypt), who vassalised the Swahili states and were preparing to move on to Zimbabwe next. However he did defeat both the Zulu and the Sotho and pushed them out of his land.
[15] Yakob Chivere II would defend agains the Egyptian incursion by allying with the Ethiopian Empire. Eventually the Egyptians were pushed back and the Swahili states gained independence. Njia ya Mungu spread further and was solidied. The British attempted an invasion led by Cecil Rhodes, however it was crushed it a humiliating defeat, leading to European powers to start seeing the country as an equal. The rest of his reign would be spent playing the various European powers off each other, each of them unable to gain influence or feel safe enough to invade without intervention.
[16] Siti was expected to not last long on the throne, but he lived until the age of 107 due to, in part, the modernisation of the kingdom into a parliamentary nation-state with a high quality of life. The kingdom even played a minor part in the first Global War: which featured Zimbabwe fighting for the side of the Bohemian Empire. Even though Bohemia lost the war and was partitioned, the kingdom survived unscathed. However, the monarchy lost power due to Siti's age; several traditionalists started "Roman" parties modelled on Greece's ruling party, which combined populism with antisemitic rhetoric.
[17] Siti's granddaughter took the name Zuri II upon becoming King of Kings. She was able to manipulate and play off the Romanist factions of Parliament against the Royalists and would-be Democratic reformers in order to retain power. While there was a large trend towards Anti-Abrahamic views (discrimination against Jews, Christians, and Muslims), Zuri did not make any official laws in support of this due to fear of attack by Europe or the growing power of the United States of the Americas, which covered North and Central America. Zuri kept Greater Zimbabwe neutral as the Second Global War erupted between the Greco-Latin Bloc (Roman/Fascists) of Italy, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Bavaria. The Allies (Capitalists) of France, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Hannover, Saxony, China, and later the Americas. And the Krakow Pact (Communists) of Poland-Lithuania, the Nordic Union, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Brandenburg-Prussia, Japan, Korea, and Yugoslavia. While Zimbabwe was neutral, Zuri ensured that her Kingdom made a fortune selling weapons and supplies to anyone with the right amount of money. At the end of the war the Romanists were defeated and the Krakow Pact and the Allies were both armed with nuclear weapons, forcing each side into a stalemate that came to be called the 'Frozen War'. Zuri did what she could to keep Zimbabwe out of the issue but with the growth of political factions within Parliament she felt outpaced by the changes and chose to abdicate, the first Zimbabwe monarch to voluntarily abandon the throne in favor of her cousin, _____.

 

[Sol717]

Kings of Greater Zimbabwe
What if Nyatsimba Mutota didn't abandon Great Zimbabwe after conquering Mutapa?

1430 - 1455: Nyatsimba (House of Mutota) [1]
1455 - 1494: Changamire (House of Mutota) [2]
1494 - 1539: Kakubi (House of Mutota) [3]
1539 - 1555: Mwenedehwe (House of Mutota) [4]
1555 - 1579: Nyatsusu (House of Mutota) [5]
1579 - 1635: Inyewangahaya (House of Mutota) [6]
1635 - 1660: Tendaji "John" (House of Mutota) [7]
1660 - 1702: Ali Baroma (House of Mutota) [8]
1702 - 1740: Muhammad Paul (House of Mutota) [9]
1740 - 1760: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]

King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe

1760 - 1777: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]
1777 - 1803: Zuri I (House of Mutota) [11]
1803 - 1825: Isak Dlembeu (House of Rozwi) [12]
1825 - 1841: Dingane (House of kaSenzangakhona) [13]
1841 - 1849: Njabulo (House of kaSenzangakhona) [14]
1849 - 1878: Yakob Chivere I (House of Mukombwe) [15]
1878 - 1906: Yakob Chivere II (House of Mukombwe) [16]
1906 - 1935: Siti I (House of Mukombwe) [17]
1935 - 1953: Zuri II (House of Mukombwe) [18]
1953 - 1992: Siti II (House of Mukombwe) [19]

[1] After conquering Mutapa, Nyatsimba combines Zimbabwe and the new land into Greater Zimbabwe, to be ruled from the city Great Zimbabwe. He dies of old age.
[2] Invades the neighbouring kingdom of Butwa, but fails and is forced to become a vassal of Butwa. However, he is freed by a coalition of minor kingdoms and Swahili merchants. Upon his death, he leaves the kingdom without losing or gaining anything.
[3] Kakubi constructed a second ring of walls as the city of Great Zimbabwe grew out beyond the first ring. With trade goods flowing in from as far away as Arabia and China the Zimbabwe Kingdom grew even wealthier, Kakubi was also the first ruler of Zimbabwe to meet Europeans, specifically a group of Portuguese merchants, who recorded with awe the massive constructions, the great wealth, and power of Great Zimbabwe, they also noted with scorn the strange 'pagan' religion that was practiced in the Kingdom.
[4] Mwenedehwe was known across the land before becoming King as a great warrior in his fathers army and outspoken about his distrustful of the Portuguese merchants, when in 1550, a Portuguese army landed on the coast.
Mwenedehwe was able to defend off the invaders, following this he bannished all Portuguese merchants and Catholic missionaries from his kingdom.
[5] It was during Nyatsusu's reign that many of the ideas and technologies introduced by the Portuguese truly took hold in Great Zimbabwe. Specifically the gunpowder weapons and military tactics that were used to great effect on Butwa, rendering that once proud kingdom as a vassal of Zimbabwe. However Nyatsusu suspected that the Portuguese would come back and in greater numbers, so he did what he could to develop his kingdom as much as he could to withstand such an event.
[6] Inyewangahaya was known for his succesful conquests of the Bemba and Tonga ethnolinguistic groups, living in the then northern frontier of the country. To further consolidate his rule over the newly-enlarged kingdom, he personally planned the creation of a new capital fortress-city in the northern banks of the Zambezi river, moving with him were the whole royal court, the nobles and prominent traders, all of them were Swahili-speaking. Despite his reputation as a great warrior-king and an able statesman, Inyewangahaya was more remembered for his harem; the tales of court scheming and internal politics scandalized the Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who occassionally visited the royal complex. Nevertheless, the tales provided a good source of topics in modern Swahili-language literature, as well as its numerous film and television drama adaptations.
[7] Tendaji converted to Chrisitanity, taking the name "John" upon his baptism. He did this because "newfound faith" but some suggest it was the threat of invasion and because the Christian religious hierarchy would allow him to extend royal power. He allowed Jesuit missonaries in to convert the population but to also modernize the country and develop Christian education institutions.Some syncretism occured with some of the old religious practices being combined with the new.
[8] Baroma, after being insulted by missionaries, decided to convert to Islam, influenced by Inwewangahaya's Swahili court. His reign saw most of the non-Christian populace of the kingdom convert to Islam, while letting Christian vassals continue controlling Christian regions of the kingdom. Upon his death, a three-way war broke out between Christian, Islamic, and traditionalist factions.
[9] After the Religious War Baroma's son Mohammed, who studied all three relions united the religions, and reigning under two names of Mohammed Paul. His reign was one of liberal tolerance.
[10] Berhanu "the Great" formalised the united religions into Njia ya Mungu, or the Divine Path in Swahili. The religion spread throughout the Kingdom and other parts of Africa. Berhanu would lead the famous "March to the Sea" that would conquer and integrate all of South Africa. European attempts to attack fail and were destroyed at "the Battle of the Cape" securing the Kindom for some time against incursion. Berhanu then declared himself King of Kings and spent the remianing time securing and modernising the nation.
[11] Zuri was the only living child of Berhanu and his daughter, making her the first female ruler of Great Zimbabwe in it's recorded history. She chose to reign as 'King of Kings' and continued her father's policies of modernization, ordering the construction of new roads, trade routes, and canals. She also constructed the first universities and libraries in southern Africa and created the kingdom's first navy and established contact with the Kingdom of Madagascar and it's monarch Radama I. As the Europeans began to industrialize, Zuri became interested in the new technologies and introduced them into the kingdom, unknowingly laying the foundation for Africa's Industrial Revolution.
[12] Debate over the succession lead to the (by now titular) king of Butwa returning to power and taking over the kingdom. Immediately after taking the throne, he started a despotic reign, abolishing the many noble titles and establishing himself as a military ruler. His religious policy was confused, leading scholars to believe that he was a fervent atheist hemmed in by religious pressure. However, he rolled back modernisation, claiming that it was a waste of money. His reign ended when Sotho tribes from the far south looted the kingdom due to his insults, leading to his deposition.
[13] In the chaos unleashed by the reign of Isak Dlembeu, the half-brother of the legendary warrior Shaka, Dingane seized the capital and proclaimed himself the King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe (along with his title 'King of the Zulus'). He spent the bulk his reign repairing the damage caused by his predecessor, barely averting a British invasion of southern Africa. Dingane died in 1841, having managed to stabilize the region and left the Kingdom to Njabulo.
[14] Njabulo's reign was greatly affected by a speech made in faraway London, where the Lutheran minister Carl der Win challenged his faithful to convert the world to Christianity. When English, Dutch, French, and German missionaries from various Protestant faiths were turned away from the Kingdom, they exaggerated their expulsion as martyrdom and persecution. England, France, the Netherlands, and Hanover each sent armies to accompany the missionaries and pillaged most of the Kingdom's lands in the Cape and Natal. Njabulo sent emissaries to Portugal, Castile, Aragon, Oman, and even the Ottomans to appeal for help against this incursion, but was poisoned (presumably by the missionaries) with arsenic before the emissaries reached Constantinople, Muscat, Lisbon, Toledo, and Barcelona.
[15] Yakob Chivere took over in the chaos after the assassination of Njabulo. He returned the kingdom to Shona rule, and reestablished the Njia ya Mungu religious hierarchy. However, his reign saw increasing problems with the Ismailids (rulers of Egypt), who vassalised the Swahili states and were preparing to move on to Zimbabwe next. However he did defeat both the Zulu and the Sotho and pushed them out of his land.
[16] Yakob Chivere II would defend agains the Egyptian incursion by allying with the Ethiopian Empire. Eventually the Egyptians were pushed back and the Swahili states gained independence. Njia ya Mungu spread further and was solidied. The British attempted an invasion led by Cecil Rhodes, however it was crushed it a humiliating defeat, leading to European powers to start seeing the country as an equal. The rest of his reign would be spent playing the various European powers off each other, each of them unable to gain influence or feel safe enough to invade without intervention.
[17] Siti was expected to not last long on the throne, but he lived until the age of 107 due to, in part, the modernisation of the kingdom into a parliamentary nation-state with a high quality of life. The kingdom even played a minor part in the first Global War: which featured Zimbabwe fighting for the side of the Bohemian Empire. Even though Bohemia lost the war and was partitioned, the kingdom survived unscathed. However, the monarchy lost power due to Siti's age; several traditionalists started "Roman" parties modelled on Greece's ruling party, which combined populism with antisemitic rhetoric.
[18] Siti's granddaughter took the name Zuri II upon becoming King of Kings. She was able to manipulate and play off the Romanist factions of Parliament against the Royalists and would-be Democratic reformers in order to retain power. While there was a large trend towards Anti-Abrahamic views (discrimination against Jews, Christians, and Muslims), Zuri did not make any official laws in support of this due to fear of attack by Europe or the growing power of the United States of the Americas, which covered North and Central America. Zuri kept Greater Zimbabwe neutral as the Second Global War erupted between the Greco-Latin Bloc (Roman/Fascists) of Italy, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Bavaria. The Allies (Capitalists) of France, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Hannover, Saxony, China, and later the Americas. And the Krakow Pact (Communists) of Poland-Lithuania, the Nordic Union, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Brandenburg-Prussia, Japan, Korea, and Yugoslavia. While Zimbabwe was neutral, Zuri ensured that her Kingdom made a fortune selling weapons and supplies to anyone with the right amount of money. At the end of the war the Romanists were defeated and the Krakow Pact and the Allies were both armed with nuclear weapons, forcing each side into a stalemate that came to be called the 'Frozen War'. Zuri did what she could to keep Zimbabwe out of the issue but with the growth of political factions within Parliament she felt outpaced by the changes and chose to abdicate, the first Zimbabwe monarch to voluntarily abandon the throne in favor of her cousin, Neshangwe.
[19] Neshangwe took the regnal name of Siti II upon taking the throne. He started a "Africa Movement", a thrd side involving the Swahili Union, Zululand, and other nearby nations. However, the other nations soon left, leaving Zimbabwe on its own. Zimbabwe's economy and industry took a downturn and other nations started to supplant it, but by the end of her reign divisions caused both of the world's major power blocs to disintegrate, leaving Zimbabwe in a better position. Dzungaria also became a key player on the world stage due to oil reserves and booming economy. Siti II passed away peacefully, but his death at only 56 has been the subject of Neo-Romanist conspiracy theories across the world.

 

[Shiva]

Kings of Greater Zimbabwe
What if Nyatsimba Mutota didn't abandon Great Zimbabwe after conquering Mutapa?

1430 - 1455: Nyatsimba (House of Mutota) [1]
1455 - 1494: Changamire (House of Mutota) [2]
1494 - 1539: Kakubi (House of Mutota) [3]
1539 - 1555: Mwenedehwe (House of Mutota) [4]
1555 - 1579: Nyatsusu (House of Mutota) [5]
1579 - 1635: Inyewangahaya (House of Mutota) [6]
1635 - 1660: Tendaji "John" (House of Mutota) [7]
1660 - 1702: Ali Baroma (House of Mutota) [8]
1702 - 1740: Muhammad Paul (House of Mutota) [9]
1740 - 1760: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]

King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe

1760 - 1777: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]
1777 - 1803: Zuri I (House of Mutota) [11]
1803 - 1825: Isak Dlembeu (House of Rozwi) [12]
1825 - 1841: Dingane (House of kaSenzangakhona) [13]
1841 - 1849: Njabulo (House of kaSenzangakhona) [14]
1849 - 1878: Yakob Chivere I (House of Mukombwe) [15]
1878 - 1906: Yakob Chivere II (House of Mukombwe) [16]
1906 - 1935: Siti I (House of Mukombwe) [17]
1935 - 1953: Zuri II (House of Mukombwe) [18]
1953 - 1992: Siti II (House of Mukombwe) [18]
1992 - Present: Zuri III (House of Mukombwe) [19]

[1] After conquering Mutapa, Nyatsimba combines Zimbabwe and the new land into Greater Zimbabwe, to be ruled from the city Great Zimbabwe. He dies of old age.
[2] Invades the neighbouring kingdom of Butwa, but fails and is forced to become a vassal of Butwa. However, he is freed by a coalition of minor kingdoms and Swahili merchants. Upon his death, he leaves the kingdom without losing or gaining anything.
[3] Kakubi constructed a second ring of walls as the city of Great Zimbabwe grew out beyond the first ring. With trade goods flowing in from as far away as Arabia and China the Zimbabwe Kingdom grew even wealthier, Kakubi was also the first ruler of Zimbabwe to meet Europeans, specifically a group of Portuguese merchants, who recorded with awe the massive constructions, the great wealth, and power of Great Zimbabwe, they also noted with scorn the strange 'pagan' religion that was practiced in the Kingdom.
[4] Mwenedehwe was known across the land before becoming King as a great warrior in his fathers army and outspoken about his distrustful of the Portuguese merchants, when in 1550, a Portuguese army landed on the coast.
Mwenedehwe was able to defend off the invaders, following this he bannished all Portuguese merchants and Catholic missionaries from his kingdom.
[5] It was during Nyatsusu's reign that many of the ideas and technologies introduced by the Portuguese truly took hold in Great Zimbabwe. Specifically the gunpowder weapons and military tactics that were used to great effect on Butwa, rendering that once proud kingdom as a vassal of Zimbabwe. However Nyatsusu suspected that the Portuguese would come back and in greater numbers, so he did what he could to develop his kingdom as much as he could to withstand such an event.
[6] Inyewangahaya was known for his succesful conquests of the Bemba and Tonga ethnolinguistic groups, living in the then northern frontier of the country. To further consolidate his rule over the newly-enlarged kingdom, he personally planned the creation of a new capital fortress-city in the northern banks of the Zambezi river, moving with him were the whole royal court, the nobles and prominent traders, all of them were Swahili-speaking. Despite his reputation as a great warrior-king and an able statesman, Inyewangahaya was more remembered for his harem; the tales of court scheming and internal politics scandalized the Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who occassionally visited the royal complex. Nevertheless, the tales provided a good source of topics in modern Swahili-language literature, as well as its numerous film and television drama adaptations.
[7] Tendaji converted to Chrisitanity, taking the name "John" upon his baptism. He did this because "newfound faith" but some suggest it was the threat of invasion and because the Christian religious hierarchy would allow him to extend royal power. He allowed Jesuit missonaries in to convert the population but to also modernize the country and develop Christian education institutions.Some syncretism occured with some of the old religious practices being combined with the new.
[8] Baroma, after being insulted by missionaries, decided to convert to Islam, influenced by Inwewangahaya's Swahili court. His reign saw most of the non-Christian populace of the kingdom convert to Islam, while letting Christian vassals continue controlling Christian regions of the kingdom. Upon his death, a three-way war broke out between Christian, Islamic, and traditionalist factions.
[9] After the Religious War Baroma's son Mohammed, who studied all three relions united the religions, and reigning under two names of Mohammed Paul. His reign was one of liberal tolerance.
[10] Berhanu "the Great" formalised the united religions into Njia ya Mungu, or the Divine Path in Swahili. The religion spread throughout the Kingdom and other parts of Africa. Berhanu would lead the famous "March to the Sea" that would conquer and integrate all of South Africa. European attempts to attack fail and were destroyed at "the Battle of the Cape" securing the Kindom for some time against incursion. Berhanu then declared himself King of Kings and spent the remianing time securing and modernising the nation.
[11] Zuri was the only living child of Berhanu and his daughter, making her the first female ruler of Great Zimbabwe in it's recorded history. She chose to reign as 'King of Kings' and continued her father's policies of modernization, ordering the construction of new roads, trade routes, and canals. She also constructed the first universities and libraries in southern Africa and created the kingdom's first navy and established contact with the Kingdom of Madagascar and it's monarch Radama I. As the Europeans began to industrialize, Zuri became interested in the new technologies and introduced them into the kingdom, unknowingly laying the foundation for Africa's Industrial Revolution.
[12] Debate over the succession lead to the (by now titular) king of Butwa returning to power and taking over the kingdom. Immediately after taking the throne, he started a despotic reign, abolishing the many noble titles and establishing himself as a military ruler. His religious policy was confused, leading scholars to believe that he was a fervent atheist hemmed in by religious pressure. However, he rolled back modernisation, claiming that it was a waste of money. His reign ended when Sotho tribes from the far south looted the kingdom due to his insults, leading to his deposition.
[13] In the chaos unleashed by the reign of Isak Dlembeu, the half-brother of the legendary warrior Shaka, Dingane seized the capital and proclaimed himself the King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe (along with his title 'King of the Zulus'). He spent the bulk his reign repairing the damage caused by his predecessor, barely averting a British invasion of southern Africa. Dingane died in 1841, having managed to stabilize the region and left the Kingdom to Njabulo.
[14] Njabulo's reign was greatly affected by a speech made in faraway London, where the Lutheran minister Carl der Win challenged his faithful to convert the world to Christianity. When English, Dutch, French, and German missionaries from various Protestant faiths were turned away from the Kingdom, they exaggerated their expulsion as martyrdom and persecution. England, France, the Netherlands, and Hanover each sent armies to accompany the missionaries and pillaged most of the Kingdom's lands in the Cape and Natal. Njabulo sent emissaries to Portugal, Castile, Aragon, Oman, and even the Ottomans to appeal for help against this incursion, but was poisoned (presumably by the missionaries) with arsenic before the emissaries reached Constantinople, Muscat, Lisbon, Toledo, and Barcelona.
[15] Yakob Chivere took over in the chaos after the assassination of Njabulo. He returned the kingdom to Shona rule, and reestablished the Njia ya Mungu religious hierarchy. However, his reign saw increasing problems with the Ismailids (rulers of Egypt), who vassalised the Swahili states and were preparing to move on to Zimbabwe next. However he did defeat both the Zulu and the Sotho and pushed them out of his land.
[15] Yakob Chivere II would defend agains the Egyptian incursion by allying with the Ethiopian Empire. Eventually the Egyptians were pushed back and the Swahili states gained independence. Njia ya Mungu spread further and was solidied. The British attempted an invasion led by Cecil Rhodes, however it was crushed it a humiliating defeat, leading to European powers to start seeing the country as an equal. The rest of his reign would be spent playing the various European powers off each other, each of them unable to gain influence or feel safe enough to invade without intervention.
[16] Siti was expected to not last long on the throne, but he lived until the age of 107 due to, in part, the modernisation of the kingdom into a parliamentary nation-state with a high quality of life. The kingdom even played a minor part in the first Global War: which featured Zimbabwe fighting for the side of the Bohemian Empire. Even though Bohemia lost the war and was partitioned, the kingdom survived unscathed. However, the monarchy lost power due to Siti's age; several traditionalists started "Roman" parties modelled on Greece's ruling party, which combined populism with antisemitic rhetoric.
[17] Siti's granddaughter took the name Zuri II upon becoming King of Kings. She was able to manipulate and play off the Romanist factions of Parliament against the Royalists and would-be Democratic reformers in order to retain power. While there was a large trend towards Anti-Abrahamic views (discrimination against Jews, Christians, and Muslims), Zuri did not make any official laws in support of this due to fear of attack by Europe or the growing power of the United States of the Americas, which covered North and Central America. Zuri kept Greater Zimbabwe neutral as the Second Global War erupted between the Greco-Latin Bloc (Roman/Fascists) of Italy, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Bavaria. The Allies (Capitalists) of France, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Hannover, Saxony, China, and later the Americas. And the Krakow Pact (Communists) of Poland-Lithuania, the Nordic Union, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Brandenburg-Prussia, Japan, Korea, and Yugoslavia. While Zimbabwe was neutral, Zuri ensured that her Kingdom made a fortune selling weapons and supplies to anyone with the right amount of money. At the end of the war the Romanists were defeated and the Krakow Pact and the Allies were both armed with nuclear weapons, forcing each side into a stalemate that came to be called the 'Frozen War'. Zuri did what she could to keep Zimbabwe out of the issue but with the growth of political factions within Parliament she felt outpaced by the changes and chose to abdicate, the first Zimbabwe monarch to voluntarily abandon the throne in favor of her cousin, Neshangwe.
[18] Neshangwe took the regnal name of Siti II upon taking the throne. He started a "Africa Movement", a thrd side involving the Swahili Union, Zululand, and other nearby nations. However, the other nations soon left, leaving Zimbabwe on its own. Zimbabwe's economy and industry took a downturn and other nations started to supplant it, but by the end of her reign divisions caused both of the world's major power blocs to disintegrate, leaving Zimbabwe in a better position. Dzungaria also became a key player on the world stage due to oil reserves and booming economy. Siti II passed away peacefully, but his death at only 56 has been the subject of Neo-Romanist conspiracy theories across the world.
[19] Siti's daughter, Zuri III's reign saw a rebound for the Zimbabwe economy once the morbid mineral monopolies managed by the Springbok Conglobate was broken up and managed by a series of smaller private and public companies. While the Frozen War never officially ended, tensions thawed once the leading nations were convinced by Dzungaria to form the 'League of States' an international organization designed to promote understanding and international negotiation and cooperation. Zuri also shifted many royal powers to the Parliament and the 'First Minister' and created the Council of Succession, which would decide the royal succession based on the worthiness of the candidates rather than allow the King of Kings to choose their successor at will. While Zimbabwe has gone through many social and cultural shifts, the future is considered to be bright for the Kingdom of Greater Zimbabwe.


Monarchs of England (1485 - ) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of _____.

 

[PoorBoy]

Kings of Greater Zimbabwe
What if Nyatsimba Mutota didn't abandon Great Zimbabwe after conquering Mutapa?

1430 - 1455: Nyatsimba (House of Mutota) [1]
1455 - 1494: Changamire (House of Mutota) [2]
1494 - 1539: Kakubi (House of Mutota) [3]
1539 - 1555: Mwenedehwe (House of Mutota) [4]
1555 - 1579: Nyatsusu (House of Mutota) [5]
1579 - 1635: Inyewangahaya (House of Mutota) [6]
1635 - 1660: Tendaji "John" (House of Mutota) [7]
1660 - 1702: Ali Baroma (House of Mutota) [8]
1702 - 1740: Muhammad Paul (House of Mutota) [9]
1740 - 1760: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]

King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe

1760 - 1777: Berhanu (House of Mutota) [10]
1777 - 1803: Zuri I (House of Mutota) [11]
1803 - 1825: Isak Dlembeu (House of Rozwi) [12]
1825 - 1841: Dingane (House of kaSenzangakhona) [13]
1841 - 1849: Njabulo (House of kaSenzangakhona) [14]
1849 - 1878: Yakob Chivere I (House of Mukombwe) [15]
1878 - 1906: Yakob Chivere II (House of Mukombwe) [16]
1906 - 1935: Siti I (House of Mukombwe) [17]
1935 - 1953: Zuri II (House of Mukombwe) [18]
1953 - 1992: Siti II (House of Mukombwe) [19]
1992 - present: Neshangwe (House of Mukombwe) [20]

[1] After conquering Mutapa, Nyatsimba combines Zimbabwe and the new land into Greater Zimbabwe, to be ruled from the city Great Zimbabwe. He dies of old age.
[2] Invades the neighbouring kingdom of Butwa, but fails and is forced to become a vassal of Butwa. However, he is freed by a coalition of minor kingdoms and Swahili merchants. Upon his death, he leaves the kingdom without losing or gaining anything.
[3] Kakubi constructed a second ring of walls as the city of Great Zimbabwe grew out beyond the first ring. With trade goods flowing in from as far away as Arabia and China the Zimbabwe Kingdom grew even wealthier, Kakubi was also the first ruler of Zimbabwe to meet Europeans, specifically a group of Portuguese merchants, who recorded with awe the massive constructions, the great wealth, and power of Great Zimbabwe, they also noted with scorn the strange 'pagan' religion that was practiced in the Kingdom.
[4] Mwenedehwe was known across the land before becoming King as a great warrior in his fathers army and outspoken about his distrustful of the Portuguese merchants, when in 1550, a Portuguese army landed on the coast.
Mwenedehwe was able to defend off the invaders, following this he bannished all Portuguese merchants and Catholic missionaries from his kingdom.
[5] It was during Nyatsusu's reign that many of the ideas and technologies introduced by the Portuguese truly took hold in Great Zimbabwe. Specifically the gunpowder weapons and military tactics that were used to great effect on Butwa, rendering that once proud kingdom as a vassal of Zimbabwe. However Nyatsusu suspected that the Portuguese would come back and in greater numbers, so he did what he could to develop his kingdom as much as he could to withstand such an event.
[6] Inyewangahaya was known for his succesful conquests of the Bemba and Tonga ethnolinguistic groups, living in the then northern frontier of the country. To further consolidate his rule over the newly-enlarged kingdom, he personally planned the creation of a new capital fortress-city in the northern banks of the Zambezi river, moving with him were the whole royal court, the nobles and prominent traders, all of them were Swahili-speaking. Despite his reputation as a great warrior-king and an able statesman, Inyewangahaya was more remembered for his harem; the tales of court scheming and internal politics scandalized the Portuguese Roman Catholic priests who occassionally visited the royal complex. Nevertheless, the tales provided a good source of topics in modern Swahili-language literature, as well as its numerous film and television drama adaptations.
[7] Tendaji converted to Chrisitanity, taking the name "John" upon his baptism. He did this because "newfound faith" but some suggest it was the threat of invasion and because the Christian religious hierarchy would allow him to extend royal power. He allowed Jesuit missonaries in to convert the population but to also modernize the country and develop Christian education institutions.Some syncretism occured with some of the old religious practices being combined with the new.
[8] Baroma, after being insulted by missionaries, decided to convert to Islam, influenced by Inwewangahaya's Swahili court. His reign saw most of the non-Christian populace of the kingdom convert to Islam, while letting Christian vassals continue controlling Christian regions of the kingdom. Upon his death, a three-way war broke out between Christian, Islamic, and traditionalist factions.
[9] After the Religious War Baroma's son Mohammed, who studied all three relions united the religions, and reigning under two names of Mohammed Paul. His reign was one of liberal tolerance.
[10] Berhanu "the Great" formalised the united religions into Njia ya Mungu, or the Divine Path in Swahili. The religion spread throughout the Kingdom and other parts of Africa. Berhanu would lead the famous "March to the Sea" that would conquer and integrate all of South Africa. European attempts to attack fail and were destroyed at "the Battle of the Cape" securing the Kindom for some time against incursion. Berhanu then declared himself King of Kings and spent the remianing time securing and modernising the nation.
[11] Zuri was the only living child of Berhanu and his daughter, making her the first female ruler of Great Zimbabwe in it's recorded history. She chose to reign as 'King of Kings' and continued her father's policies of modernization, ordering the construction of new roads, trade routes, and canals. She also constructed the first universities and libraries in southern Africa and created the kingdom's first navy and established contact with the Kingdom of Madagascar and it's monarch Radama I. As the Europeans began to industrialize, Zuri became interested in the new technologies and introduced them into the kingdom, unknowingly laying the foundation for Africa's Industrial Revolution.
[12] Debate over the succession lead to the (by now titular) king of Butwa returning to power and taking over the kingdom. Immediately after taking the throne, he started a despotic reign, abolishing the many noble titles and establishing himself as a military ruler. His religious policy was confused, leading scholars to believe that he was a fervent atheist hemmed in by religious pressure. However, he rolled back modernisation, claiming that it was a waste of money. His reign ended when Sotho tribes from the far south looted the kingdom due to his insults, leading to his deposition.
[13] In the chaos unleashed by the reign of Isak Dlembeu, the half-brother of the legendary warrior Shaka, Dingane seized the capital and proclaimed himself the King of Kings of Greater Zimbabwe (along with his title 'King of the Zulus'). He spent the bulk his reign repairing the damage caused by his predecessor, barely averting a British invasion of southern Africa. Dingane died in 1841, having managed to stabilize the region and left the Kingdom to Njabulo.
[14] Njabulo's reign was greatly affected by a speech made in faraway London, where the Lutheran minister Carl der Win challenged his faithful to convert the world to Christianity. When English, Dutch, French, and German missionaries from various Protestant faiths were turned away from the Kingdom, they exaggerated their expulsion as martyrdom and persecution. England, France, the Netherlands, and Hanover each sent armies to accompany the missionaries and pillaged most of the Kingdom's lands in the Cape and Natal. Njabulo sent emissaries to Portugal, Castile, Aragon, Oman, and even the Ottomans to appeal for help against this incursion, but was poisoned (presumably by the missionaries) with arsenic before the emissaries reached Constantinople, Muscat, Lisbon, Toledo, and Barcelona.
[15] Yakob Chivere took over in the chaos after the assassination of Njabulo. He returned the kingdom to Shona rule, and reestablished the Njia ya Mungu religious hierarchy. However, his reign saw increasing problems with the Ismailids (rulers of Egypt), who vassalised the Swahili states and were preparing to move on to Zimbabwe next. However he did defeat both the Zulu and the Sotho and pushed them out of his land.
[16] Yakob Chivere II would defend agains the Egyptian incursion by allying with the Ethiopian Empire. Eventually the Egyptians were pushed back and the Swahili states gained independence. Njia ya Mungu spread further and was solidied. The British attempted an invasion led by Cecil Rhodes, however it was crushed it a humiliating defeat, leading to European powers to start seeing the country as an equal. The rest of his reign would be spent playing the various European powers off each other, each of them unable to gain influence or feel safe enough to invade without intervention.
[17] Siti was expected to not last long on the throne, but he lived until the age of 107 due to, in part, the modernisation of the kingdom into a parliamentary nation-state with a high quality of life. The kingdom even played a minor part in the first Global War: which featured Zimbabwe fighting for the side of the Bohemian Empire. Even though Bohemia lost the war and was partitioned, the kingdom survived unscathed. However, the monarchy lost power due to Siti's age; several traditionalists started "Roman" parties modelled on Greece's ruling party, which combined populism with antisemitic rhetoric.
[18] Siti's granddaughter took the name Zuri II upon becoming King of Kings. She was able to manipulate and play off the Romanist factions of Parliament against the Royalists and would-be Democratic reformers in order to retain power. While there was a large trend towards Anti-Abrahamic views (discrimination against Jews, Christians, and Muslims), Zuri did not make any official laws in support of this due to fear of attack by Europe or the growing power of the United States of the Americas, which covered North and Central America. Zuri kept Greater Zimbabwe neutral as the Second Global War erupted between the Greco-Latin Bloc (Roman/Fascists) of Italy, Egypt, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and Bavaria. The Allies (Capitalists) of France, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Hannover, Saxony, China, and later the Americas. And the Krakow Pact (Communists) of Poland-Lithuania, the Nordic Union, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Brandenburg-Prussia, Japan, Korea, and Yugoslavia. While Zimbabwe was neutral, Zuri ensured that her Kingdom made a fortune selling weapons and supplies to anyone with the right amount of money. At the end of the war the Romanists were defeated and the Krakow Pact and the Allies were both armed with nuclear weapons, forcing each side into a stalemate that came to be called the 'Frozen War'. Zuri did what she could to keep Zimbabwe out of the issue but with the growth of political factions within Parliament she felt outpaced by the changes and chose to abdicate, the first Zimbabwe monarch to voluntarily abandon the throne in favor of her cousin, Neshangwe.
[19] Neshangwe took the regnal name of Siti II upon taking the throne. He started a "Africa Movement", a thrd side involving the Swahili Union, Zululand, and other nearby nations. However, the other nations soon left, leaving Zimbabwe on its own. Zimbabwe's economy and industry took a downturn and other nations started to supplant it, but by the end of her reign divisions caused both of the world's major power blocs to disintegrate, leaving Zimbabwe in a better position. Dzungaria also became a key player on the world stage due to oil reserves and booming economy. Siti II passed away peacefully, but his death at only 56 has been the subject of Neo-Romanist conspiracy theories across the world.
[20] Taking his father's pre-regnal name as his own regnal name, Neshangwe began to focus his country's goal away regional domination, to tourism and industry. One side-effect of his tourism strategy is the Zimbabwe-mania currently gripping the world, with Zimbabwean art, TV programmes, and novels currently the rage.

Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charlotte still dies in 1817, but her son survives infancy

1760 - 1820: George III (House of Hanover) [1]

[1] George III was still mad, and pretty much the same as per OTL. Only difference is that his granddaughter, Charlotte, died during childbirth with a surviving son in 1817. Most of his 19th century reign was spent under the Prince of Wales' Regency

 

[Jonathan]

Did not know which one to do, so I did both.

Monarchs of England (1485 - ) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.

Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charlotte still dies in 1817, but her son survives infancy

1760 - 1820: George III (House of Hanover) [1]
1820 - 1838: George IV (House of Hanover) [2]

[1] George III was still mad, and pretty much the same as per OTL. Only difference is that his granddaughter, Charlotte, died during childbirth with a surviving son in 1817. Most of his 19th century reign was spent under the Prince of Wales' Regency
[2] The birth of his grandson in 1817, made the Prince of Wales, want to be more active, instead of turning into an old fat man, now being the guardian for Prince _______, after Princess Charlotte's death. Having ruled the Empire as Regent, after his father's madness, George was more then ready to be crowned the "official" king in 1820.
He would be a great mentor to Prince _______, showing him how to rule with a firm but fair hand. (Due to him being healthier George IV is able to live 8 years longer.)

 

[Shiva]

OOC: Well since they are both 'English' we'll just go with it, but let's not make a habit of this.


Monarchs of England (1485 - ) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.


Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charlotte still dies in 1817, but her son survives infancy

1760 - 1820: George III (House of Hanover) [1]
1820 - 1838: George IV (House of Hanover) [2]
1838 - 1869: Leopold (House of Hanover) [3]

[1] George III was still mad, and pretty much the same as per OTL. Only difference is that his granddaughter, Charlotte, died during childbirth with a surviving son in 1817. Most of his 19th century reign was spent under the Prince of Wales' Regency
[2] The birth of his grandson in 1817, made the Prince of Wales, want to be more active, instead of turning into an old fat man, now being the guardian for Prince Leopold, after Princess Charlotte's death. Having ruled the Empire as Regent, after his father's madness, George was more then ready to be crowned the "official" king in 1820.
He would be a great mentor to Prince Leopold, showing him how to rule with a firm but fair hand.
[3] Leopold became the King at age 19 and would precede over the rise of Great Britain from a mere 'great power' to a global 'superpower'. It's colonial empire expanded overseas to cover all the continents on the planet, wealth poured into the British isles even as it's factories grew, producing new technologies and products that became part of the 'Industrial Revolution'. While the nation's power grew, Leopold's personal power seemingly shrank, in truth Leopold preferred to work from behind the scenes, leaving the 'sullying' effects of politics to the politicians to deal with. Leopold married a Russian Grand Duchess named Maria after the death of his first wife, the Princess Clementine of France. Unlike his first wife, Maria of Russia managed to give him two children. Leopold died at the age of 50 of a heart attack, leaving ____ to inherit the throne.

 

[KingofArkham]

Monarchs of England (1485 - ) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son ____


Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charlotte still dies in 1817, but her son survives infancy

1760 - 1820: George III (House of Hanover) [1]
1820 - 1838: George IV (House of Hanover) [2]
1838 - 1869: Leopold (House of Hanover) [3]
1869 - 1909: Henry IX (House of Hanover) [4]

[1] George III was still mad, and pretty much the same as per OTL. Only difference is that his granddaughter, Charlotte, died during childbirth with a surviving son in 1817. Most of his 19th century reign was spent under the Prince of Wales' Regency
[2] The birth of his grandson in 1817, made the Prince of Wales, want to be more active, instead of turning into an old fat man, now being the guardian for Prince Leopold, after Princess Charlotte's death. Having ruled the Empire as Regent, after his father's madness, George was more then ready to be crowned the "official" king in 1820.
He would be a great mentor to Prince Leopold, showing him how to rule with a firm but fair hand.
[3] Leopold became the King at age 19 and would precede over the rise of Great Britain from a mere 'great power' to a global 'superpower'. It's colonial empire expanded overseas to cover all the continents on the planet, wealth poured into the British isles even as it's factories grew, producing new technologies and products that became part of the 'Industrial Revolution'. While the nation's power grew, Leopold's personal power seemingly shrank, in truth Leopold preferred to work from behind the scenes, leaving the 'sullying' effects of politics to the politicians to deal with. Leopold married a Russian Grand Duchess named Maria after the death of his first wife, the Princess Clementine of France. Unlike his first wife, Maria of Russia managed to give him two children. Leopold died at the age of 50 of a heart attack, leaving Henry IX to inherit the throne.
[4] Unlike his father, Henry IX like to work from the forefront and so grabbed back as much personal power from the politicians as he could and personally oversaw trials of corrupt politicians on most of the nations in his empire. He also worked closely with the American Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt towards the end of his reign to ensure a profitable relationship between the British Empire and the United States of America

 

[Jonathan]

Monarchs of England (1485 - 1596) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (1596 - )
1596- 1625: Charles I (House of Pole) [5]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son Charles.
[5] Charles I finished his father's work in Scotland, proclaiming himself, king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign saw the rise of colonisation in the America and with the help of his allies, Spain, the two were able to keep France away from the new world.

Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charlotte still dies in 1817, but her son survives infancy

1760 - 1820: George III (House of Hanover) [1]
1820 - 1838: George IV (House of Hanover) [2]
1838 - 1869: Leopold (House of Hanover) [3]
1869 - 1909: Henry IX (House of Hanover) [4]
1909 - 1932: Nicholas I (House of Hanover) [5]

[1] George III was still mad, and pretty much the same as per OTL. Only difference is that his granddaughter, Charlotte, died during childbirth with a surviving son in 1817. Most of his 19th century reign was spent under the Prince of Wales' Regency
[2] The birth of his grandson in 1817, made the Prince of Wales, want to be more active, instead of turning into an old fat man, now being the guardian for Prince Leopold, after Princess Charlotte's death. Having ruled the Empire as Regent, after his father's madness, George was more then ready to be crowned the "official" king in 1820.
He would be a great mentor to Prince Leopold, showing him how to rule with a firm but fair hand.
[3] Leopold became the King at age 19 and would precede over the rise of Great Britain from a mere 'great power' to a global 'superpower'. It's colonial empire expanded overseas to cover all the continents on the planet, wealth poured into the British isles even as it's factories grew, producing new technologies and products that became part of the 'Industrial Revolution'. While the nation's power grew, Leopold's personal power seemingly shrank, in truth Leopold preferred to work from behind the scenes, leaving the 'sullying' effects of politics to the politicians to deal with. Leopold married a Russian Grand Duchess named Maria after the death of his first wife, the Princess Clementine of France. Unlike his first wife, Maria of Russia managed to give him two children. Leopold died at the age of 50 of a heart attack, leaving Henry IX to inherit the throne.
[4] Unlike his father, Henry IX like to work from the forefront and so grabbed back as much personal power from the politicians as he could and personally oversaw trials of corrupt politicians on most of the nations in his empire. He also worked closely with the American Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt towards the end of his reign to ensure a profitable relationship between the British Empire and the United States of America.
[5] Nicholas I reign saw the first world war begin, where he fought against German Kaiser Frederick IV, alongside his brother-in-law Tsar Nicholas II and offered him refuge when Russia burst into revolution. Nicholas like his father was a hands on monarch, abolishing the office political office of Secretary of State and placing himself as the Royal Diplomat of Britain.

 

[Ikny]

Monarchs of England (1485 - 1596) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (1596 - )
1596- 1625: Charles I (House of Pole) [5]
1625- 1638: John IV (House of Pole) [6]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son Charles.
[5] Charles I finished his father's work in Scotland, proclaiming himself, king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign saw the rise of colonisation in the America and with the help of his allies, Spain, the two were able to keep France away from the new world.
[6] The English colonies in the new world would soon fail as natives by Metacom waged a war against the colonies. England would lose interest as they found no wealth and lost money. The French, having better finances, funded rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Ireland was under complete control of the rebels and John was killed by Scottish rebels just as the rebels crossed the English boarder. He died without issue.

Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charlotte still dies in 1817, but her son survives infancy

1760 - 1820: George III (House of Hanover) [1]
1820 - 1838: George IV (House of Hanover) [2]
1838 - 1869: Leopold (House of Hanover) [3]
1869 - 1909: Henry IX (House of Hanover) [4]
1909 - 1932: Nicholas I (House of Hanover) [5]
1932 - 1970: George V (House of Hanover) [6]

[1] George III was still mad, and pretty much the same as per OTL. Only difference is that his granddaughter, Charlotte, died during childbirth with a surviving son in 1817. Most of his 19th century reign was spent under the Prince of Wales' Regency
[2] The birth of his grandson in 1817, made the Prince of Wales, want to be more active, instead of turning into an old fat man, now being the guardian for Prince Leopold, after Princess Charlotte's death. Having ruled the Empire as Regent, after his father's madness, George was more then ready to be crowned the "official" king in 1820.
He would be a great mentor to Prince Leopold, showing him how to rule with a firm but fair hand.
[3] Leopold became the King at age 19 and would precede over the rise of Great Britain from a mere 'great power' to a global 'superpower'. It's colonial empire expanded overseas to cover all the continents on the planet, wealth poured into the British isles even as it's factories grew, producing new technologies and products that became part of the 'Industrial Revolution'. While the nation's power grew, Leopold's personal power seemingly shrank, in truth Leopold preferred to work from behind the scenes, leaving the 'sullying' effects of politics to the politicians to deal with. Leopold married a Russian Grand Duchess named Maria after the death of his first wife, the Princess Clementine of France. Unlike his first wife, Maria of Russia managed to give him two children. Leopold died at the age of 50 of a heart attack, leaving Henry IX to inherit the throne.
[4] Unlike his father, Henry IX like to work from the forefront and so grabbed back as much personal power from the politicians as he could and personally oversaw trials of corrupt politicians on most of the nations in his empire. He also worked closely with the American Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt towards the end of his reign to ensure a profitable relationship between the British Empire and the United States of America.
[5] Nicholas I reign saw the first world war begin, where he fought against German Kaiser Frederick IV, alongside his brother-in-law Tsar Nicholas II and offered him refuge when Russia burst into revolution. Nicholas like his father was a hands on monarch, abolishing the office political office of Secretary of State and placing himself as the Royal Diplomat of Britain.
[6] George V failed at being a diplomate and returned the post to competant appointees. He would see the nation through two world wars. The third saw limited nuclear strikes and the south of Britain being irradiated. By the end of his reign rebuilding had began as the radiation had disapated.

 

[Shiva]

Monarchs of England (1485 - 1596) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (1596 - 1638)
1596 - 1625: Charles I (House of Pole) [5]
1625 - 1638: John IV (House of Pole) [6]

Monarchs of England (1638 - )
1638 - 1663: Antoinette (House of Guise) [7]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son Charles.
[5] Charles I finished his father's work in Scotland, proclaiming himself, king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign saw the rise of colonisation in the America and with the help of his allies, Spain, the two were able to keep France away from the new world.
[6] The English colonies in the new world would soon fail as natives by Metacom waged a war against the colonies. England would lose interest as they found no wealth and lost money. The French, having better finances, funded rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Ireland was under complete control of the rebels and John was killed by Scottish rebels just as the rebels crossed the English border. He died without issue.
[7] The French backed Scottish invaders successfully installed Antoinette of Guise, a descendant of John II and Elizabeth of York on the English throne. Her reign saw the 'Scottish Domination' over England and Wales, even as the 'Kingdom of Ireland' fell into a violent civil war, and Europe was wracked with the Wars of Religion that saw the breakup of the HRE and Spain, not to mention the ascension of the House of Guise to the French throne. Antoinette did what she could to stabilize England, but she was seen as a foreign puppet, this was reinforced by her marriage to a distant cousin, Jean-Paul of Guise. However toward the end of her reign the Scottish Domination collapsed due to the unexpected death of the heir of Robert IV of Scots and their King's death a month later, plunging Scotland into the Scottish Civil War. Antoinette died a few months later, leaving England in the hands of her son _____.



Kings of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Charlotte still dies in 1817, but her son survives infancy

1760 - 1820: George III (House of Hanover) [1]
1820 - 1838: George IV (House of Hanover) [2]
1838 - 1869: Leopold (House of Hanover) [3]
1869 - 1909: Henry IX (House of Hanover) [4]
1909 - 1932: Nicholas (House of Hanover) [5]
1932 - 1970: George V (House of Hanover) [6]
1970 - Present: Clementine (House of Hanover) [7]

[1] George III was still mad, and pretty much the same as per OTL. Only difference is that his granddaughter, Charlotte, died during childbirth with a surviving son in 1817. Most of his 19th century reign was spent under the Prince of Wales' Regency
[2] The birth of his grandson in 1817, made the Prince of Wales, want to be more active, instead of turning into an old fat man, now being the guardian for Prince Leopold, after Princess Charlotte's death. Having ruled the Empire as Regent, after his father's madness, George was more then ready to be crowned the "official" king in 1820.
He would be a great mentor to Prince Leopold, showing him how to rule with a firm but fair hand.
[3] Leopold became the King at age 19 and would precede over the rise of Great Britain from a mere 'great power' to a global 'superpower'. It's colonial empire expanded overseas to cover all the continents on the planet, wealth poured into the British isles even as it's factories grew, producing new technologies and products that became part of the 'Industrial Revolution'. While the nation's power grew, Leopold's personal power seemingly shrank, in truth Leopold preferred to work from behind the scenes, leaving the 'sullying' effects of politics to the politicians to deal with. Leopold married a Russian Grand Duchess named Maria after the death of his first wife, the Princess Clementine of France. Unlike his first wife, Maria of Russia managed to give him two children. Leopold died at the age of 50 of a heart attack, leaving Henry IX to inherit the throne.
[4] Unlike his father, Henry IX like to work from the forefront and so grabbed back as much personal power from the politicians as he could and personally oversaw trials of corrupt politicians on most of the nations in his empire. He also worked closely with the American Presidents William McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt towards the end of his reign to ensure a profitable relationship between the British Empire and the United States of America.
[5] Nicholas I reign saw the first world war begin, where he fought against German Kaiser Frederick IV, alongside his brother-in-law Tsar Nicholas II and offered him refuge when Russia burst into revolution. Nicholas like his father was a hands on monarch, abolishing the office political office of Secretary of State and placing himself as the Royal Diplomat of Britain.
[6] George V failed at being a diplomat and returned the post to competant appointees. He would see the nation through two world wars. The third saw limited nuclear strikes and the south of Britain being irradiated. By the end of his reign rebuilding had began as the radiation had dissipated.
[7] Clementine took the throne as the British Kingdom began to recover from the effects the World War. She was the first British monarch to marry a commoner, a man named Derrick Bole and has had three children. Paul, Prince of Wales, Mary the Princess Royale, and Princess Alice. During Clementine's reign Britain has made a near-full recovery and is once more a stable, first-world nation, though has embraced an isolationist policy to avoid any further foreign entanglements.

 

[Jonathan]

Monarchs of England (1485 - 1596) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (1596 - 1638)
1596 - 1625: Charles I (House of Pole) [5]
1625 - 1638: John IV (House of Pole) [6]

Monarchs of England (1638 - )
1638 - 1663: Antoinette (House of Guise) [7]
1663 - 1666: Louis (House of Guise) [8]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son Charles.
[5] Charles I finished his father's work in Scotland, proclaiming himself, king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign saw the rise of colonisation in the America and with the help of his allies, Spain, the two were able to keep France away from the new world.
[6] The English colonies in the new world would soon fail as natives by Metacom waged a war against the colonies. England would lose interest as they found no wealth and lost money. The French, having better finances, funded rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Ireland was under complete control of the rebels and John was killed by Scottish rebels just as the rebels crossed the English border. He died without issue.
[7] The French backed Scottish invaders successfully installed Antoinette of Guise, a descendant of John II and Elizabeth of York on the English throne. Her reign saw the 'Scottish Domination' over England and Wales, even as the 'Kingdom of Ireland' fell into a violent civil war, and Europe was wracked with the Wars of Religion that saw the breakup of the HRE and Spain, not to mention the ascension of the House of Guise to the French throne. Antoinette did what she could to stabilize England, but she was seen as a foreign puppet, this was reinforced by her marriage to a distant cousin, Jean-Paul of Guise. However toward the end of her reign the Scottish Domination collapsed due to the unexpected death of the heir of Robert IV of Scots and their King's death a month later, plunging Scotland into the Scottish Civil War. Antoinette died a few months later, leaving England in the hands of her son, Louis.
[7] King Louis was only on the throne for three years when the fire of London, took his soul, along with 1,000 other Londoners. In those three years he tried to put through reforms that would ease the civil wars in his neighbouring countries.

 

[Zorqal]

Monarchs of England (1485 - 1596) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (1596 - 1638)
1596 - 1625: Charles I (House of Pole) [5]
1625 - 1638: John IV (House of Pole) [6]

Monarchs of England (1638 - )
1638 - 1663: Antoinette (House of Guise) [7]
1663 - 1666: Louis (House of Guise) [8]
1666 - 1711: Louis II (House of Guise) [9]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son Charles.
[5] Charles I finished his father's work in Scotland, proclaiming himself, king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign saw the rise of colonisation in the America and with the help of his allies, Spain, the two were able to keep France away from the new world.
[6] The English colonies in the new world would soon fail as natives by Metacom waged a war against the colonies. England would lose interest as they found no wealth and lost money. The French, having better finances, funded rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Ireland was under complete control of the rebels and John was killed by Scottish rebels just as the rebels crossed the English border. He died without issue.
[7] The French backed Scottish invaders successfully installed Antoinette of Guise, a descendant of John II and Elizabeth of York on the English throne. Her reign saw the 'Scottish Domination' over England and Wales, even as the 'Kingdom of Ireland' fell into a violent civil war, and Europe was wracked with the Wars of Religion that saw the breakup of the HRE and Spain, not to mention the ascension of the House of Guise to the French throne. Antoinette did what she could to stabilize England, but she was seen as a foreign puppet, this was reinforced by her marriage to a distant cousin, Jean-Paul of Guise. However toward the end of her reign the Scottish Domination collapsed due to the unexpected death of the heir of Robert IV of Scots and their King's death a month later, plunging Scotland into the Scottish Civil War. Antoinette died a few months later, leaving England in the hands of her son, Louis.
[8] King Louis was only on the throne for three years when the fire of London, took his soul, along with 1,000 other Londoners. In those three years he tried to put through reforms that would ease the civil wars in his neighbouring countries.
[9] King Louis II was the only son of Louis I, and was only a toddler when his father died. He barely escaped the fire of London alive, being left with massive burns along his face and body. Known as Louis the Great, he founded several colonies in South Africa and Louisia in South America (La Plata), and sent explorers to the Pacific. He passed the throne to his grandson, as he outlived all five of his sons.

 

[G.Bone]

Monarchs of England (1485 - 1596) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (1596 - 1638)
1596 - 1625: Charles I (House of Pole) [5]
1625 - 1638: John IV (House of Pole) [6]

Monarchs of England (1638 - )
1638 - 1663: Antoinette (House of Guise) [7]
1663 - 1666: Louis (House of Guise) [8]
1666 - 1711: Louis II (House of Guise) [9]
1711 - 1751: Francis (House of Guise) [10]


[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son Charles.
[5] Charles I finished his father's work in Scotland, proclaiming himself, king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign saw the rise of colonisation in the America and with the help of his allies, Spain, the two were able to keep France away from the new world.
[6] The English colonies in the new world would soon fail as natives by Metacom waged a war against the colonies. England would lose interest as they found no wealth and lost money. The French, having better finances, funded rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Ireland was under complete control of the rebels and John was killed by Scottish rebels just as the rebels crossed the English border. He died without issue.
[7] The French backed Scottish invaders successfully installed Antoinette of Guise, a descendant of John II and Elizabeth of York on the English throne. Her reign saw the 'Scottish Domination' over England and Wales, even as the 'Kingdom of Ireland' fell into a violent civil war, and Europe was wracked with the Wars of Religion that saw the breakup of the HRE and Spain, not to mention the ascension of the House of Guise to the French throne. Antoinette did what she could to stabilize England, but she was seen as a foreign puppet, this was reinforced by her marriage to a distant cousin, Jean-Paul of Guise. However toward the end of her reign the Scottish Domination collapsed due to the unexpected death of the heir of Robert IV of Scots and their King's death a month later, plunging Scotland into the Scottish Civil War. Antoinette died a few months later, leaving England in the hands of her son, Louis.
[8] King Louis was only on the throne for three years when the fire of London, took his soul, along with 1,000 other Londoners. In those three years he tried to put through reforms that would ease the civil wars in his neighbouring countries.
[9] King Louis II was the only son of Louis I, and was only a toddler when his father died. He barely escaped the fire of London alive, being left with massive burns along his face and body. Known as Louis the Great, he founded several colonies in South Africa and Louisia in South America (La Plata), and sent explorers to the Pacific. He passed the throne to his grandson, as he outlived all five of his sons.
[10] Francis was the grandson of King Louis II. He oversaw the colonial explosion with a third colony established north of Louisia called Mariana (OTL Southern Brazil) and allies in the Indian subcontinent. Over time the latter became the Tributary States providing an economic boom for the Kingdom. It is with great regret that Francis started to use the colonies as a dumping ground for convicts and any dissenters to his autocratic rule. The first penal settlement of Carolina (OTL South Argentina) was established and three more soon followed. Francis saw himself as a divine king and began to interfere with power struggles in the Continent. He died in 1751 passing the rule to his son ______.

 

[Ikny]

Monarchs of England (1485 - 1596) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (1596 - 1638)
1596 - 1625: Charles I (House of Pole) [5]
1625 - 1638: John IV (House of Pole) [6]

Monarchs of England (1638 - 1761)
1638 - 1663: Antoinette (House of Guise) [7]
1663 - 1666: Louis (House of Guise) [8]
1666 - 1711: Louis II (House of Guise) [9]
1711 - 1751: Francis (House of Guise) [10]
1751 - 1761: Louis III (House of Guise) [11]

Monarchs of England and Scotland (1761 - )

1761 - 1779: Louis III (House of Guise) [11]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son Charles.
[5] Charles I finished his father's work in Scotland, proclaiming himself, king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign saw the rise of colonisation in the America and with the help of his allies, Spain, the two were able to keep France away from the new world.
[6] The English colonies in the new world would soon fail as natives by Metacom waged a war against the colonies. England would lose interest as they found no wealth and lost money. The French, having better finances, funded rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Ireland was under complete control of the rebels and John was killed by Scottish rebels just as the rebels crossed the English border. He died without issue.
[7] The French backed Scottish invaders successfully installed Antoinette of Guise, a descendant of John II and Elizabeth of York on the English throne. Her reign saw the 'Scottish Domination' over England and Wales, even as the 'Kingdom of Ireland' fell into a violent civil war, and Europe was wracked with the Wars of Religion that saw the breakup of the HRE and Spain, not to mention the ascension of the House of Guise to the French throne. Antoinette did what she could to stabilize England, but she was seen as a foreign puppet, this was reinforced by her marriage to a distant cousin, Jean-Paul of Guise. However toward the end of her reign the Scottish Domination collapsed due to the unexpected death of the heir of Robert IV of Scots and their King's death a month later, plunging Scotland into the Scottish Civil War. Antoinette died a few months later, leaving England in the hands of her son, Louis.
[8] King Louis was only on the throne for three years when the fire of London, took his soul, along with 1,000 other Londoners. In those three years he tried to put through reforms that would ease the civil wars in his neighbouring countries.
[9] King Louis II was the only son of Louis I, and was only a toddler when his father died. He barely escaped the fire of London alive, being left with massive burns along his face and body. Known as Louis the Great, he founded several colonies in South Africa and Louisia in South America (La Plata), and sent explorers to the Pacific. He passed the throne to his grandson, as he outlived all five of his sons.
[10] Francis was the grandson of King Louis II. He oversaw the colonial explosion with a third colony established north of Louisia called Mariana (OTL Southern Brazil) and allies in the Indian subcontinent. Over time the latter became the Tributary States providing an economic boom for the Kingdom. It is with great regret that Francis started to use the colonies as a dumping ground for convicts and any dissenters to his autocratic rule. The first penal settlement of Carolina (OTL South Argentina) was established and three more soon followed. Francis saw himself as a divine king and began to interfere with power struggles in the Continent. He died in 1751 passing the rule to his son Louis.
[11] Louis continued the ideas that the King was divine and the sole authority, solidifying absolutionism. The colonist in Carolina were continually being killed by the natives, but since they were "criminals", the King cared little. He invaded Scotland using the wealth from India and married the daughter of the last King after he was slain. He planned to invade Ireland as well but he died from a fevour.

 

[PoorBoy]

Monarchs of England (1485 - 1596) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (1596 - 1638)
1596 - 1625: Charles I (House of Pole) [5]
1625 - 1638: John IV (House of Pole) [6]

Monarchs of England (1638 - 1761)
1638 - 1663: Antoinette (House of Guise) [7]
1663 - 1666: Louis (House of Guise) [8]
1666 - 1711: Louis II (House of Guise) [9]
1711 - 1751: Francis (House of Guise) [10]
1751 - 1779: Louis III (House of Guise) [11]
1779 - 1783: War of English Succession [12]

[/B] [1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son Charles.
[5] Charles I finished his father's work in Scotland, proclaiming himself, king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign saw the rise of colonisation in the America and with the help of his allies, Spain, the two were able to keep France away from the new world.
[6] The English colonies in the new world would soon fail as natives by Metacom waged a war against the colonies. England would lose interest as they found no wealth and lost money. The French, having better finances, funded rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Ireland was under complete control of the rebels and John was killed by Scottish rebels just as the rebels crossed the English border. He died without issue.
[7] The French backed Scottish invaders successfully installed Antoinette of Guise, a descendant of John II and Elizabeth of York on the English throne. Her reign saw the 'Scottish Domination' over England and Wales, even as the 'Kingdom of Ireland' fell into a violent civil war, and Europe was wracked with the Wars of Religion that saw the breakup of the HRE and Spain, not to mention the ascension of the House of Guise to the French throne. Antoinette did what she could to stabilize England, but she was seen as a foreign puppet, this was reinforced by her marriage to a distant cousin, Jean-Paul of Guise. However toward the end of her reign the Scottish Domination collapsed due to the unexpected death of the heir of Robert IV of Scots and their King's death a month later, plunging Scotland into the Scottish Civil War. Antoinette died a few months later, leaving England in the hands of her son, Louis.
[8] King Louis was only on the throne for three years when the fire of London, took his soul, along with 1,000 other Londoners. In those three years he tried to put through reforms that would ease the civil wars in his neighbouring countries.
[9] King Louis II was the only son of Louis I, and was only a toddler when his father died. He barely escaped the fire of London alive, being left with massive burns along his face and body. Known as Louis the Great, he founded several colonies in South Africa and Louisia in South America (La Plata), and sent explorers to the Pacific. He passed the throne to his grandson, as he outlived all five of his sons.
[10] Francis was the grandson of King Louis II. He oversaw the colonial explosion with a third colony established north of Louisia called Mariana (OTL Southern Brazil) and allies in the Indian subcontinent. Over time the latter became the Tributary States providing an economic boom for the Kingdom. It is with great regret that Francis started to use the colonies as a dumping ground for convicts and any dissenters to his autocratic rule. The first penal settlement of Carolina (OTL South Argentina) was established and three more soon followed. Francis saw himself as a divine king and began to interfere with power struggles in the Continent. He died in 1751 passing the rule to his son Louis.
[11] Louis continued the ideas that the King was divine and the sole authority, solidifying absolutionism. The colonist in Carolina were continually being killed by the natives, but since they were "criminals", the King cared little. He invaded Scotland using the wealth from India and married the daughter of the last King after he was slain. He planned to invade Ireland as well but he died from a fevour.
[12] Jacqueline, the last child of the the last King of Scots (Duncan), was declared Queen of Scots by the Scottish people, while her 12-year old son, XXXXX, was initially declared King of England by the Privy Council. However, much of the nobles and populace resented Jacqueline taking XXXXX to Scotland to be 'trained', resulting in widespread support for the second-in-line and Louis' brother, NNNNN. By the end the fall of 1873, ______'s side had enough of an advantage to secure his place on the throne

 

[Sol717]

Monarchs of England (1485 - 1596) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (1596 - 1638)
1596 - 1625: Charles I (House of Pole) [5]
1625 - 1638: John IV (House of Pole) [6]

Monarchs of England (1638 - 1761)
1638 - 1663: Antoinette (House of Guise) [7]
1663 - 1666: Louis (House of Guise) [8]
1666 - 1711: Louis II (House of Guise) [9]
1711 - 1751: Francis (House of Guise) [10]
1751 - 1779: Louis III (House of Guise) [11]
1779 - 1783: War of English Succession [12]

1783 - 1802: William III(House of Guise) [12]

[1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son Charles.
[5] Charles I finished his father's work in Scotland, proclaiming himself, king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign saw the rise of colonisation in the America and with the help of his allies, Spain, the two were able to keep France away from the new world.
[6] The English colonies in the new world would soon fail as natives by Metacom waged a war against the colonies. England would lose interest as they found no wealth and lost money. The French, having better finances, funded rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Ireland was under complete control of the rebels and John was killed by Scottish rebels just as the rebels crossed the English border. He died without issue.
[7] The French backed Scottish invaders successfully installed Antoinette of Guise, a descendant of John II and Elizabeth of York on the English throne. Her reign saw the 'Scottish Domination' over England and Wales, even as the 'Kingdom of Ireland' fell into a violent civil war, and Europe was wracked with the Wars of Religion that saw the breakup of the HRE and Spain, not to mention the ascension of the House of Guise to the French throne. Antoinette did what she could to stabilize England, but she was seen as a foreign puppet, this was reinforced by her marriage to a distant cousin, Jean-Paul of Guise. However toward the end of her reign the Scottish Domination collapsed due to the unexpected death of the heir of Robert IV of Scots and their King's death a month later, plunging Scotland into the Scottish Civil War. Antoinette died a few months later, leaving England in the hands of her son, Louis.
[8] King Louis was only on the throne for three years when the fire of London, took his soul, along with 1,000 other Londoners. In those three years he tried to put through reforms that would ease the civil wars in his neighbouring countries.
[9] King Louis II was the only son of Louis I, and was only a toddler when his father died. He barely escaped the fire of London alive, being left with massive burns along his face and body. Known as Louis the Great, he founded several colonies in South Africa and Louisia in South America (La Plata), and sent explorers to the Pacific. He passed the throne to his grandson, as he outlived all five of his sons.
[10] Francis was the grandson of King Louis II. He oversaw the colonial explosion with a third colony established north of Louisia called Mariana (OTL Southern Brazil) and allies in the Indian subcontinent. Over time the latter became the Tributary States providing an economic boom for the Kingdom. It is with great regret that Francis started to use the colonies as a dumping ground for convicts and any dissenters to his autocratic rule. The first penal settlement of Carolina (OTL South Argentina) was established and three more soon followed. Francis saw himself as a divine king and began to interfere with power struggles in the Continent. He died in 1751 passing the rule to his son Louis.
[11] Louis continued the ideas that the King was divine and the sole authority, solidifying absolutionism. The colonist in Carolina were continually being killed by the natives, but since they were "criminals", the King cared little. He invaded Scotland using the wealth from India and married the daughter of the last King after he was slain. He planned to invade Ireland as well but he died from a fevour.
[12] Jacqueline, the last child of the the last King of Scots (Duncan), was declared Queen of Scots by the Scottish people, while her 12-year old son, Alexander, was initially declared King of England by the Privy Council. However, much of the nobles and populace resented Jacqueline taking Alexander to Scotland to be 'trained', resulting in widespread support for the second-in-line and Louis' brother, William. By the end the fall of 1873, William's side had enough of an advantage to secure his place on the throne
[12]William spent most of his reign trying to secure France, as he was distantly related to the French king, leaving the rest of the realm neglected. However, in 1802, the King Francois III of France found an excuse to invade Scotland. The invasion went better than expected and he solidified his control before preparing to invade England, but his nemesis died before he could begin.

 

[G.Bone]

Monarchs of England (1485 - 1596) (What if Henry Tudor and Richard III both died at the Battle of Bosworth Field?)

1485 - 1536: John II (House of Pole) [1]
1536 - 1553: Edward VI (House of Pole) [2]
1553 - 1555: John III (House of Pole) [3]
1555 - 1596: James I (House of Pole) [4]

Monarchs of England, Scotland and Ireland (1596 - 1638)
1596 - 1625: Charles I (House of Pole) [5]
1625 - 1638: John IV (House of Pole) [6]

Monarchs of England (1638 - 1779)
1638 - 1663: Antoinette (House of Guise) [7]
1663 - 1666: Louis (House of Guise) [8]
1666 - 1711: Louis II (House of Guise) [9]
1711 - 1751: Francis (House of Guise) [10]
1751 - 1779: Louis III (House of Guise) [11]
1779 - 1783: War of English Succession [12]
1783 - 1802: William III(House of Guise) [12]

French Rule (1802-1812)
1802- 1812: Francis II/Francois III [13]

[/B] [1] After the disastrous deaths of both Richard III and the rebel Henry Tudor, the Yorkish forces flocked around John de la Pole's leadership and were able to defeat the Lancaster's at the Battle of London a few months later, leaving him the undisputed ruler of England. John was crowned on the battlefield as John II. Hot-tempered, John was smart enough to arrange marriages for himself and the other members of his family to secure his throne, most critically he married his cousin Elizabeth of York due to his previous wife's death from sweating sickness in 1485 (though some say she was poisoned) and stated that it would be his children by Elizabeth that would inherit the throne, not his first son by his first wife. Most of his reign was spent securing his throne for the Pole dynasty. A dynasty that would continue in the person of his son Edward.
[2] Edward de la Pole's had fought along side his father at the Battle of London at the age of 18, like his father, he was married to Catherine of Aragon, who produced him three sons and three daughters. With the backing of his sister-in-law, Joanna, Queen of Aragon and Castile and her husband, Charles V, of the Holy Roman Empire, Edward declared himself rightful king of England, before his half brother.
[3] The eldest son of Edward VI, John III's reign would prove to be tragically short due to a jousting accident in the second year of his reign that broke his back, leaving him paralyzed. John III died less than a few weeks later due to complications from his injuries.
[4] The second son of Edward VI, James I ruled for 41 years as King of England and during his reign, he invaded and conquered Scotland, killing King James VI of Scotland in the process. He also favoured his cousin Philip II of Spain in Spain's war with France from 1569-1578, sending thousands of men to fight in the war. This resulted in a good relationship between the Kingdoms. After a successful reign, James I was succeded by his son Charles.
[5] Charles I finished his father's work in Scotland, proclaiming himself, king of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign saw the rise of colonisation in the America and with the help of his allies, Spain, the two were able to keep France away from the new world.
[6] The English colonies in the new world would soon fail as natives by Metacom waged a war against the colonies. England would lose interest as they found no wealth and lost money. The French, having better finances, funded rebels in Scotland and Ireland. Ireland was under complete control of the rebels and John was killed by Scottish rebels just as the rebels crossed the English border. He died without issue.
[7] The French backed Scottish invaders successfully installed Antoinette of Guise, a descendant of John II and Elizabeth of York on the English throne. Her reign saw the 'Scottish Domination' over England and Wales, even as the 'Kingdom of Ireland' fell into a violent civil war, and Europe was wracked with the Wars of Religion that saw the breakup of the HRE and Spain, not to mention the ascension of the House of Guise to the French throne. Antoinette did what she could to stabilize England, but she was seen as a foreign puppet, this was reinforced by her marriage to a distant cousin, Jean-Paul of Guise. However toward the end of her reign the Scottish Domination collapsed due to the unexpected death of the heir of Robert IV of Scots and their King's death a month later, plunging Scotland into the Scottish Civil War. Antoinette died a few months later, leaving England in the hands of her son, Louis.
[8] King Louis was only on the throne for three years when the fire of London, took his soul, along with 1,000 other Londoners. In those three years he tried to put through reforms that would ease the civil wars in his neighbouring countries.
[9] King Louis II was the only son of Louis I, and was only a toddler when his father died. He barely escaped the fire of London alive, being left with massive burns along his face and body. Known as Louis the Great, he founded several colonies in South Africa and Louisia in South America (La Plata), and sent explorers to the Pacific. He passed the throne to his grandson, as he outlived all five of his sons.
[10] Francis was the grandson of King Louis II. He oversaw the colonial explosion with a third colony established north of Louisia called Mariana (OTL Southern Brazil) and allies in the Indian subcontinent. Over time the latter became the Tributary States providing an economic boom for the Kingdom. It is with great regret that Francis started to use the colonies as a dumping ground for convicts and any dissenters to his autocratic rule. The first penal settlement of Carolina (OTL South Argentina) was established and three more soon followed. Francis saw himself as a divine king and began to interfere with power struggles in the Continent. He died in 1751 passing the rule to his son Louis.
[11] Louis continued the ideas that the King was divine and the sole authority, solidifying absolutionism. The colonist in Carolina were continually being killed by the natives, but since they were "criminals", the King cared little. He invaded Scotland using the wealth from India and married the daughter of the last King after he was slain. He planned to invade Ireland as well but he died from a fevour.
[12] Jacqueline, the last child of the the last King of Scots (Duncan), was declared Queen of Scots by the Scottish people, while her 12-year old son, Alexander, was initially declared King of England by the Privy Council. However, much of the nobles and populace resented Jacqueline taking Alexander to Scotland to be 'trained', resulting in widespread support for the second-in-line and Louis' brother, William. By the end the fall of 1873, William's side had enough of an advantage to secure his place on the throne
[12]William spent most of his reign trying to secure France, as he was distantly related to the French king, leaving the rest of the realm neglected. However, in 1802, the King Francois III of France found an excuse to invade Scotland. The invasion went better than expected and he solidified his control before preparing to invade England, but his nemesis died before he could begin.
[13] King Francois III took the name of Francis II when King William died. This period is referred to as the "French occupation" with most of the male heirs of the Guise family driven into exile or killed. The strongest claim to the throne was ____ founded a separate kingdom in Louisia and ____ in India. King Francois III found his English Kingdom to be extremely difficult because of his European Wars with the Kingdom of Prussia. From 1809 onwards the English Kingdom was ruled by two Viceroys. In 1812 _____ happened.