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  1. DrakeRlugia

    Anno Obumbratio: A 16th Century Alternate History
    Threadmarks: Addendum: Dynastic Trees (Updated to 1559)

    Alright, I figured it was better to have a new post for family trees rather than updated the old ones. These are updated to 1559, at least in some areas but they are also subject to change. Some marriages have been plotted out, others have not. Some lives have been plotted out and some have not...
  2. DrakeRlugia

    Anno Obumbratio: A 16th Century Alternate History

    Mary Stuart is one that comes to mind sans Catherine of Aragon. IIRC, the Guises harbored some hopes of marrying her to Charles IX after François II died. Like Catherine though, Mary was a childless widow and certainly there have been discussions over if there marriage was ever actually...
  3. DrakeRlugia

    WI Napoléon II: Bourbon Hostage?

    Taking an aggressive strategy would be the absolute wrong move, IMO. The other four great powers initially sought to exclude France all together from the Congress. If France starts taking an aggressive tact, it will only verify that the allies were correct in their original assumptions that...
  4. DrakeRlugia

    Anno Obumbratio: A 16th Century Alternate History
    Threadmarks: Chapter 45. An English Rose (With Thorns)

    Well... my initial plan was for Chapter 45 to be the conclusion of the Fürstenkrieg / Italian War that began last chapter. This chapter started as a thread within that part 2, but I quickly realized that the situation I was setting up could not be covered in a few paragraphs and it was quickly...
  5. DrakeRlugia

    WI Napoléon II: Bourbon Hostage?

    The Bourbons are not trying to turn him into a minister or advisor, though—they are raising him as French prince who will be reared among the Bourbon princes of the new generation. They need not promise him anything but simply raise him among their own as their own. In 1814 the King of Rome is a...
  6. DrakeRlugia

    WI Napoléon II: Bourbon Hostage?

    Resolving the land / property ownership question earlier would perhaps help some. The ideal would be a reconciliation between the émigrés and the idea of emigration vs. those that stayed behind and the idea of the revolution. Obviously there's no real way to make the émigrés whole again: at...
  7. DrakeRlugia

    WI Napoléon II: Bourbon Hostage?

    Nice chapters Kellan! I love Artois and Madame Royale ganging up on Louis XVIII. Indeed, he was promised two million francs (which was something in the ball park of £80,000) iirc? France is also not in good financial shape. Louis XVIII inherited a deficit of 75 million francs from Napoleon...
  8. DrakeRlugia

    Louis XV makes more of an effort to marry his daughters off

    To be fair, it wasn’t necessarily Louis XV being picky—he had the misfortune of having a vast number of daughters at time with lots of other royal families also had a lot of daughters. There was sort of an explosion of the number of surviving princesses/princes within Europe’s royal families at...
  9. DrakeRlugia

    How could Nice and Savoy remained Italian (or technically Sardinian)?

    They already were. To be fair, the territories were Savoyard prior to the French Revolution, and then the French occupied both Savoy and Nice in the 1790s. IIRC, the initial Treaty of Paris in 1814 that ended the Napoleonic Wars was pretty lenient on France—France kept her 1792 borders...
  10. DrakeRlugia

    Anno Obumbratio: A 16th Century Alternate History

    Genoa's status was covered back in Chapter 37 as well. To sum it up, some functions of Genoa's civil government were restored: there is a lower council composed of 100 members, elected by lot, and the Senate of Genoa is composed of 80 noblemen, appointed. They have no legislative function, but...
  11. DrakeRlugia

    Anno Obumbratio: A 16th Century Alternate History

    He was married previously to Maria of Lorraine (the OTL Marie of Guise). An unhappy marriage, but she did succeed in giving him a son, named Claudio. Ercole does have issue with Beatriz—a daughter Isabella, but she was born when Beatriz is 46. They did not have any further issue. This is a real...
  12. DrakeRlugia

    Anno Obumbratio: A 16th Century Alternate History

    Considering Genoa was handed off to Milan, it's likely slipped entirely out of France's grasp now. I'd argue that Naples isn't exactly looking keen on getting involved in further French shenanigans either. No. Bohemia is aligned with the emperor. They have no reason to rebel when their demands...
  13. DrakeRlugia

    Anno Obumbratio: A 16th Century Alternate History

    That remains to be seen. It is a new reign, so the Protestants may see it as prudent to give Maximilian II a chance... especially when he's offering exactly what they've been asking for for nearly twenty years. Indeed, when debating this league I wasn't sure who the instigator would be. Anna...
  14. DrakeRlugia

    Anno Obumbratio: A 16th Century Alternate History
    Threadmarks: Chapter 44. The Fürstenkrieg — The Italian War of 1555-1562; Part 1.

    Things are progressing smoothly on this next chapter! I was going to write it all together, but I felt like this section met a natural end: so I've decided to publish it and maybe finish it off in the next part. Enjoy! Chapter 44. The Fürstenkrieg — The Italian War of 1555-1562; Part 1...
  15. DrakeRlugia

    How would a South German Confederation be realistically created?

    Well, there was the Polish-Saxon crisis at the Congress of Vienna. Prussia sought to annex the whole of Saxony, and iirc Russia had designs on most of Poland. This is what led to France's inclusion into the congress, to work with Austria and Britain to thwart these ideas. IIRC, the Prussians...
  16. DrakeRlugia

    What if Cesare Borgia successful?

    I definitely agree that the Papacy could've tried earlier to attempt to try and fix things: Clement VII was a huge wrench in that issue, as he was probably the man who was pope at the most critical moment alongside Leo X (excusing Adrian VI because his papacy was so short lived) and he sat on...
  17. DrakeRlugia

    Anno Obumbratio: A 16th Century Alternate History

    It's certainly possible. Right now such translations are illegal, but given that Protestantism continues to be somewhat popular amongst the commercial classes and with ideas of reforms coming out of Lucerne, it's certainly possible that Mary and the English Clerical Convocations might agree...
  18. DrakeRlugia

    Anno Obumbratio: A 16th Century Alternate History

    This is in line with OTL discussions at Trent, unfortunately. I know people tend to equate Catholicism = Latin Mass = Latin Bible, but they weren't opposed to vernacular translations. Look at the Douai-Reims translation, for example. Their issue is that they were opposed to bad translations...
  19. DrakeRlugia

    Anne, Duchess and Queen - an Anne of Brittany TL

    No power doesn't mean there isn't any interest. No one in France would willingly accept such a match. French troops in the Duchy will remain a major thorn and have to be dealt with, along with the towns they hold. That alone puts Anne in a slippery situation.
  20. DrakeRlugia

    Anne, Duchess and Queen - an Anne of Brittany TL

    How exactly is Anne going to navigate the Treaty of Sablé? At this point it still remains in force. Louis XII's sudden death means Anne can't be pushed into another French marriage, but they will absolutely desire to have a say in any future marriage she contracts—especially when her only...
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