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King Francis I of France, after being captured by Spanish/Imperial forces at battle of Pavia, had to send his two older sons to Spain to regain his freedom according to Treaty of Madrid. What would happen if sons of French King died not long after arriving to Spain, say they fell ill, so Charles...

Apologies if the title is a bit vague. But say that in 1490, it is Philipp of Austria, Duke of Burgundy, who weds Anne, Duchess of Brittany. While in 1492 (the date of his OTL annulment from Anne) or 1494 (the date of his OTL wedding to Bianca, Max marries Juana of Castile? Obviously, in this...

Say Philip the Good and Isabella of Portugal had one more surviving child, a son (John) born in 1435. How would his existence affect history? Assume, that he had good relations with older brother (so there is no usual for House of Valois family strife there). House of Valois-Burgundy ruled over...

Louis, Duke of Orleans, later King of France as Louis XII, was forced by Louis XI to marry his handicaped and likely sterile daughter Joan. Say Joan ITTL is even less healthly and dies just one year after her father, leaving Louis d'Orléans free to remarry (perhaps to her...

Anne of Brittany, Queen of France, dies from illness during autumn of 1499, before birth of Claude, leaving no surviving children. So Brittany is likely just absorbed by France, I doubt Anne's distant cousins would be allowed to claim it. Louis would obviously remarry, and with different wife...

Alright, so let's assume that Charles, duke of Burgundy and third wife, Margaret of York, manage to have one child, a son in 1470/1471 (Charles? Philippe?); half-sister, Marie still marries Maximilian of Austria (although possibly earlier) simply just to keep butterflies to a minimum. Charles...

OTL, François married Eleonore of Austria-Burgundy-Spain as his second wife, but they had no children. I've never been able to figure out if this was because he considered 3 boys security enough for the succession (joke was on him, in that regard, since only one of them survived François) and...

France was the only country in Europe that practiced strict Salic law where the throne could not pass to a daughter nor through the female line. So how would France look if this hsdn't been the case and how would this have affected the other countries around that time? Would there even be a France?

As title says-youngest son of King Spider has not died in 1473 aged just over year. Assuming minimal butterflies (deaths of Francis of Brittany and Charles VIII were results of accidents, but it doesn't mean it is still not possible for them to die in 1488 and 1498 for whatever reason) what...

OTL, when Elizabeth died at the beginning of the 17th century, the Stuarts went south to London and for all intents and purposes, the British Isles were under a single king. My question relates to how long could they be kept as two separate kingdoms under two separate dynasties? Are they doomed...

Terms of the Treaty of Crépy (1544): -Both King Francis I of France and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor abandon their various conflicting claims and restore the status quo of 1538: the Emperor would relinquish his claim to the Duchy of Burgundy and the King of France would do the same in regards...

Charles V of France was king of his country between the years of 1364 and 1380. During his reign, France saw a reversal of its bad fortunes in the Hundred Years' War (called the Caroline Phase of the war), almost managing to beat the English out of France altogether. However, Charles died...

The first of the cadet branches of the title to go was the Burgundian branch of the Valois with the death of Charles the Bold (he left no son, so the line died with his daughter). The next to go was Valois-Anjou, in the person of the Comte du Maine. The hopes of the Angevins had reposed...

With a POD later than 843 and earlier than 1793, how large could the Kingdom of France become by 1850, 1900, or 1950 AD? An ATL Empire of France founded as a Capetian/Valois/Orleans/Bourbon entity also counts. France was one of the most densely populated kingdoms in Europe in the Middle Ages...

By the all of the title, I mean the ones that actually lived past the age of 5. They can still die before Charles though, which, considering that Charles died in 1422 and was succeeded by his second youngest son, I don't think is all that far-fetched (all things considered). So, thus, we have...

There were some attempts to unite Burgundy and Lorraine in the persons of the respective title characters' grandkids (Nicolas and Marie), but it came to nothing. My question is why did a marriage between Philippe III (b.1396) and Isabelle, Duchess of Lorraine, never take place? OTL, Isabelle...

The Blooming red rose Anne of Burgundy, Duchess of Bedford Verse 1 On November 15, 1430, Anne of Burgundy, the wife of the Duke of Bedford and the daughter of the duke of Burgundy bears a son who is strong enough to survive and Anne of Burgundy would be able to survive giving birth to her son...

Is it possible for the main early modern french kings (Charles VIII, Louis XII, or Francis I) to effectively hold their gains in Italy, especially Naples and Milan, without succumbing to their enemies? If so, then which PoD is best for this? Charles VIII not dying early by hitting his head...

Louis XI’s first son was born in 1458, but died in infancy. His next son, Joachim, born a year later, went the same route. And he remained without male issue until 1466 (called Louis in some sources, François in others), but this son also didn’t live long. Finally, in 1470, Queen Charlotte gave...

Louis, dauphin de Viennois (future Louis XI) married Princess Margaret of Scots in 1436, when she was twelve and he a year older. She died, nine years later, without having borne him any children. He remarried to Charlotte of Savoy and had three surviving children by her – Anne de Beaujeu, St...