Wettin Burgundy TL Concept

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Wettin Burgundy

Verse 1

On the latter part of 1460, the Duchess of Burgundy, Isabelle is pregnant and gives birth to a daughter she would name as Catherine on the mid part of 1461, which is later followed by another daughter named Philippa on 1465 named after her ancestor Philippa of Lancaster, Catherine would be presented as the bride to the future King of Naples, Ferderick.

Meanwhile on the other part of the world Catherine of Portugal marries Charles IV of Navarre in 1462 whose territory remains under the control of his father, the marriage would produce a son on 1463 named Juan, they would quickly arrange a betrothal with his cousin Juana uniting the three thrones of Navarre and a daughter named Charlotte of Aragon in 1468.

On 1464, a Dauphin would be born from Charlotte of Savoy which was quickly named as Charles, a fact that made the King of France Louis XI the spider, happy and another daughter, Jeanne in 1470 would follow.

due to the scandals of Juana of Portugal, Juana is forced to be shut in a convent 1464, her father Henry IV remarried to Margaret of York on 1465, a marriage which would give him two more further daughters named Isabella b. 1466 and Eleonore b. 1470 on 1465, Isabella of Castille was dealt with by marrying her to the Constable of Portugal and after he died shortly after the marriage on 1465 she would marry the future Duke of Anjou, Nicholas on 1467 and aside from that a marriage between the heirs of aragon and castile have been made and nothing would happen to them.

On 1471 a marriage between Catherine of Burgundy and the brother of the King of Naples, Frederick have been made and it would strengthen the alliance between Burgundy and Naples against the French and the proposal to marry Mary of Burgundy to the Prince of Naples was rejected.

Catherine would leave the Burgundian court in a young age which would leave her with Philippa as the other sibling that would grow up with her.

 

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Portrait of Mary of Burgundy around 1500

Portrait of Frederick III, Elector of Saxony around 1500's

Chapter 2

On 1476-1477, a war between Burgundy and Lorraine happened which would have left Mary of Burgundy as the Duchess regnant on 1477 on the death of her father both the Emperor and the King of France pressed for a marriage between their unmarried sons to Mary of Burgundy.

Months after her father Charles died Mary of Burgundy became a prisoner in Ghent with her mother, Isabella of Bourbon and she is pinning who should she marry the son of the Emperor or the Dauphin, the son of Louis XI the Spider, she decided not to entertain any of the marriages that were proposed to her and like what happened to her other sister she sent her sister, Philippa of Burgundy to marry the Dauphin with Artois and the Duchy of Burgundy as her own dowry.

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

On March 1477, she sought to marry one of the minor princes in Germany and many proposals came to her, she would choose one of the major princes in Germany and Prince Frederick of Saxony came to her eye, he is much like a monk but she is the one that she believes that can protect her lands against the French, in this point Frederick of Saxony was just 14 years old and Mary herself is 20 and the marriage did not seem to be a problem and he is also the heir to Saxony, she herself would remain loyal to the welfare of her own lands and a marriage between her and the second most powerful family in Germany would be the best, the two would marry in October 1477 in Saxony.

 

[Kellan Sullivan]

Couple of questions:

1) Why does Edward IV (if he's still king, here, a POD in 1460 could change that) marry Margaret off to Enrique IV? I get that Charles of Burgundy isn't available, but Castile was a pretty slender reed on which to stake an alliance. Especially considering Enrique's impotency.
1.2) Are his two further daughters exempt from paternity scandals?

2) Isabel of Castile to the duke of Coimbra? If Enrique already plans a match between his daughter and the Prince of Viana/Girona, wouldn't Isabel being married to two rival claimants to the Aragonese throne (Coimbra then Anjou) cause problems down the line? Not saying it would, just thinking it might.

3) Why does Marie of Burgundy go with Saxony? It's pretty far away to defend her lands? And Albrecht of Saxony's governorship of the Netherlands was only in Maximilian/Philippe IV's reign (from 1488). From what I can recall, Saxony wasn't a candidate OTL (George, duke of Clarence; Charles, duc of Guyenne; Frañsez II of Brittany; Nicolas d'Anjou; Filiberto I of Savoy; Philipp of the Palatinate; were all closer to Burgundy than Saxony)? Although if said Saxon were a son of tr Landgrave of Thuringia (who was married to Anna of Austria, duchess of Luxemburg) it could maybe still work. Although AFAIK they only had two daughters OTL

 

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Couple of questions:

1) Why does Edward IV (if he's still king, here, a POD in 1460 could change that) marry Margaret off to Enrique IV? I get that Charles of Burgundy isn't available, but Castile was a pretty slender reed on which to stake an alliance. Especially considering Enrique's impotency.
1.2) Are his two further daughters exempt from paternity scandals?

2) Isabel of Castile to the duke of Coimbra? If Enrique already plans a match between his daughter and the Prince of Viana/Girona, wouldn't Isabel being married to two rival claimants to the Aragonese throne (Coimbra then Anjou) cause problems down the line? Not saying it would, just thinking it might.

3) Why does Marie of Burgundy go with Saxony? It's pretty far away to defend her lands? And Albrecht of Saxony's governorship of the Netherlands was only in Maximilian/Philippe IV's reign (from 1488). From what I can recall, Saxony wasn't a candidate OTL (George, duke of Clarence; Charles, duc of Guyenne; Frañsez II of Brittany; Nicolas d'Anjou; Filiberto I of Savoy; Philipp of the Palatinate; were all closer to Burgundy than Saxony)? Although if said Saxon were a son of tr Landgrave of Thuringia (who was married to Anna of Austria, duchess of Luxemburg) it could maybe still work. Although AFAIK they only had two daughters OTL

This is a random TL experiment due to Wettins are ruling Netherland now.