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The War of the Valois (1422-1431) was the third phase of the wars between France and England. The conflict is remembered primarily for the massive setback inflicted upon the ambitions of Burgundy, which was reduced to a scattered group of territories across north-west Europe, and the betrayal...

I appreciate the work, but I am going to assume that any attempt by William to take advantage of the Aragonese War failed or was bribed off. I'm also going to take the policy that, unless a rebellion by a local is a success, part of a greater rebellion across the kingdom or is a repeated problem...

I thought that Martin I dealt with this at the Battle of Sanluri. Wouldn't the already suppressed Sardinians come across like any other part of Aragon? If not, why not? Would a brief native rebellion in the 1430's satisfy requirements?

Thank you. Great idea!

Alfonso XII had barely arrived upon the throne of Castile when the long-running conflict between France and England erupted once more. King Richard II of England (1377-1420) had recently died and it had become clear that King Edmund, the former Earl of March, was preparing to try his hand, as...

Well, I would like it to be a name that hasn't been used before, so that he would be the first of that name. Any recommendations?

The Hundred Years War (which will be called something else in this timeline) is still underway in the 1490's and I have, at this time, no date for a final peace between France and England. There is currently peace between the two great powers, but it will not endure much past the death of King...

Yep, they will be in the final years of Alfonso's reign, when he will colonise three different island groups, known in OTL as the Canarias, the Azores and Madeira. He will also be the monarch who commissions the first expedition of Fadrique Cortes, but the second and third expeditions will take...

King Henry III died on 9 August, 1421. At the time of his departure from this world, the country of Castile was at peace. During his reign, he had not only won his brother a throne, but he had built for his nation a sizable population of Muslims through the annexation of territories in North...

One thing is for certain: If King Harold had beaten back Hardrada and William of Normandy, he would be regarded as one of the greatest English heros in history, rather than just being the guy on the Bayeux Tapestry who got an arrow in his eye. A study of Harold's life leads me to believe he...

There are two people whom you would need to eradicate from history in order for John of Gaunt to follow his father to the throne. They are Richard of Bordeaux (OTL King Richard II) and Philippa, the daughter of Lionel of Antwerp. If Lionel died in battle in either France or Ireland prior to...

Not sure, as I haven't focused on Portugal much. However, he was born before the POD so he would still be around, and he would have been too young to fight in the succession war. Without his father becoming King, as he did in OTL, he certainly would not have had such a prestigious marriage and I...

Thanks, but I disagree that I know a lot about this part of the history. I am doing a lot of reading, but the fact that I missed details about Genoa in this part of the timeline indicates that you're being very polite. Thanks for the information. I have decided to make Genoa another one of...

The Castilians began the campaign by marching east. Once again, as they had in the war with Portugal, the speed with which the Castilian knights took to the field provided them a key strategic advantage. Over the course of the first eighteen months of the war, there was a litany of victorious...

There are two people contesting this succession who were not born in our timeline. Alfonso, the younger brother of the King of Castile, is the result of Eleanor of Aragon living longer and is the claimant of the Tratsmara Dynasty. John, the Portuguese heir, was also never born in OTL. He...

A New King Born in Burgos on 4 October, 1379, Henry III was the son of King John I (1358-1398) and Eleanor of Aragon (1358-1417). One of five children, he spent his youth in the Castilian capital, Toledo, where he was educated by his father's confessor, Pedro Enrique Alcala. At the age of...

I get an ominous feeling that, having read about transfer of disease, de Houtman might now have many more new tomorrows.

A map which is very rough indeed.