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I did not! Torbald you should listen to this guyYou know that 'Freilebenden' is generally used to refer to animals, which live in the wild (so aren't domesticated)?
I did not! Torbald you should listen to this guyYou know that 'Freilebenden' is generally used to refer to animals, which live in the wild (so aren't domesticated)?
So Suleiman dies...now who will succeed Selim? Orhan, Musa or Korkut?
To be honest I think the entire north african campain is a thing that will drain Iberia's resourses, let france take more land in Italy, get the ottomans pissed off and weaken the grip around the colonies. It would be better for Miguel to focus his revenues and attention to his empire and not carry out some ludicrus knight templar conquest that will only end up blowing up in his face sooner or later.
The north africans are gonna push back the iberians. Its a different ball game with the new world than the berbers tribe.
North Africa wouldn't be directly profitable for the Spanish kingdoms for a long time, (presuming they continued to hold it and consolidate their holdings) but one shouldn't understate the indirect value in controlling piracy, and the strategic value in eliminating potential Ottoman allies in the Western Mediterranean. Further, with Carthage, Sicily, Malta, etc all under Spanish control, the Ottomans can be effectively barred from any potential intervention in the Western Mediterranean at all; while the Spanish kingdoms are still able to project power in support of Venice in the Eastern Mediterranean.
As was mentioned up-thread, North Africa could also provide a place to offer mercantile concessions to Genoa in particular in order to improve relations, and hopefully expand trade. Spanish influence in Italy could be further expanded by leveraging trade, commercial concessions, and even potential Italian settlement within North Africa as well.
The Berbers will be an issue for anyone in power in Morocco. But the key to containing their energetic behavior has always been to set one tribe against another. What Miguel should be attempting to do this. Even better to attempt to convert a tribe (A considerable expense) setting a possible domino effect example with the other tribes, especially if the Spanish are obviously the winning side. If there is anyway the Spanish can get the Berbers on their side they could possibly be like desert Cossacks.
I wouldn't exclude the Habsburg Empire from having settler colonies too, provided they keep the Habsburg Netherlands intact (best case), though the OTL Spanish and later Austrian Netherlands with Zeelandic Flanders (Zeeuws Vlaanderen in Dutch), which is south of the Western Scheldt in order to keep Antwerp open.
If so, then I can't see, why they won't compete with England and France in such endeavours. These are likely to be separate from the more trade oriented companies. However all these migrants will create a market so to speak, so I can see own initiatives arise as well.
Depending on how the Empire emerges from such struggles, it (so under the flag of the Empire) and not just the Habsburgs could play a role. OTOH since it is likely, that colonial ventures will first develop in Low Countries (Habsburg), they like Portugal and Castille IOTL and ITTL will protect their areas of interest, influence and privileges from others in the union (in case of the Iberian Union, Aragon, which in turn will act in a similar manner in the Mediterranean).
Portuguese South Africa? Awww yisss, we Viriato-style now!
Hey a Habsburg apologist such as myself can dream
Wouldn't it just be Freileben which just translates out as "Live Freely" or better yet Frei Menschen "Free People" be a better way to go since Freilebenere kinda works out as "Free Lancers." Granted my German translation skills are way more literal so I hope I helped a tad ha .
I you're looking for the equivalent of Freemen, then it's 'Freien' (free plural; Frei is German for free ) or more literally free people could be 'Freie Leute' (Free People).
Without more information, I'd call them "Freilebenden," (Free + Gerund of "to live"), i.e. "Those who live freely." And sorry if is rude to the other posters, but the other German advice posted in this thread doesn't seem very good.
if I had a bit more information about the philosophy of these people I might be able to suggest some alternative names for them, you can send me a PM
PS: great TL!
Wow what an update! Not only do we have a more successful Hapsburgs, but we also have a much shorter Italian Wars ending in 1542 instead of 1559, a more successful Cesare Borgia gaining Tuscany, a surviving Arthur Tudor and no Suleiman the Magnificent. This is looking really interesting and will have a lot of major effects on Europe and the rest of the World.
Arthur and Miguel as kings? Sounds familiar.
No Suleiman the Magnificent is gonna cause Mothra-sized butterflies in both Europe and Asia, wow.
*throws confetti* Arthur lives! Arthur lives!
But I don't think Henry VII should have survived until 1512, he was ailing already in 1505, so you can kill him of then. Now how is my homegirl Catherine doing?
How's that Vladislaus had no son ITTL?
So Suleiman dies...now who will succeed Selim? Orhan, Musa or Korkut?
Probably will happen a succession War within all the possible heirs (which were still alive at the death of the Selim's heir) or with some kind or right to reclaim the throne.
As would be Prince Murad (Selim's brother that was supported by the Shah Ismail I) and Üveys (knew for the Pasha title given,IOTL, him for his half brother Suleiman) which in normal circumstance will not have right for not being Porphyrogennetos but TTL...
Unless Selim will be achieved beget a male heir before his death and in turn, and even less likely to be able to muster enough support for the eventual regency to triumph in more than likely succession war.
Forgot to say, the Portuguese can revive the Majapahit Empire as an ally/puppet with ports held by, but that means parts of luzon[1], java, borneo and all of bali and nusa tengarra will convert to catholicism
1. Acehnese and Bornean muslim missionaries will have a share of converts.
Taken from A History of Christendom: Crisis and Reform, 1453-1601 by Francis Peters and Pedro Ramiro Velazquez.This particular French child would grow up to be none other than Jean Cauvin, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Noyon and leading opponent of Protestantism.
Also, the Reformation update is up next, so to slake anyone's interest for the time being, here's a little spoiler from TTL's modern day:
Taken from A History of Christendom: Crisis and Reform, 1453-1601 by Francis Peters and Pedro Ramiro Velazquez.
There's a myriad of butterflies I could see potentially having an effect on whether or not Lajos is ever conceived. If the TL was focused exclusively on the Iberian personal union, I could see your point, but there's already been significant changes in both Italy, southern Germany and the Ottoman Empire, all regions bordering Vladislaus' kingdoms to some extent. Literally just receiving a messenger with news about this or that event could butterfly away Lajos being conceived.
That said, how about just having Lajos die after birth? He was born prematurely OTL, and barely survived.
First that call me attention it beside the author's names obviously the time period but then I realize the surname of TTL French Catholicism 'Champion' and lets me said that Holy S... Bishop Calvin?