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  1. Avrorrange

    How would Philip IV of France have handled the French succession crisis if he lived 20 extra years and outlived all his sons?

    Anglo-French-Navarrese.
  2. Avrorrange

    How would Philip IV of France have handled the French succession crisis if he lived 20 extra years and outlived all his sons?

    At this point in time, I think the King of England could perfectly serve as the King of France as well given the English elite was still relatively French.Without the actual Hundred Years’ War breaking out, there probably wouldn‘t be as big of a move to distant themselves from French identity.
  3. Avrorrange

    How would Philip IV of France have handled the French succession crisis if he lived 20 extra years and outlived all his sons?

    Would that likely have been the case if he seriously believed that Joan wasn’t his real grandchild due to her mother’s infidelities?Another question is whether Edward III would have been a viable husband in place of OTL John II since he’s 100% sure that Edward III is his own grandchild?I would...
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    How would Philip IV of France have handled the French succession crisis if he lived 20 extra years and outlived all his sons?

    Philip IV of France died in his 40s. It would not be inconceivable if he lived an extra 20 years. Suppose that is the case, and he outlived all of his sons, how would he respond to the looming succession crisis assuming all his sons still failed to produce living sons whose legitimacy could not...
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    Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland: A Plantagenet Britain Timeline

    Was this actually a popular practise at the time? I feel like this was asking for treachery. I remember that my mind melted when I first read about the actual event in real life.That said, the scale of Philip’s treachery was shocking.
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    Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland: A Plantagenet Britain Timeline

    It made little sense to just hand the entire duchy to him instead of just giving him the income.Plus not entirely sure what was the point IOTL when you are meant to be getting a dowry from Philip.
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    Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland: A Plantagenet Britain Timeline

    OTL was far messier.Instead of Edward I marrying Constance of Aragon, and betrothing his daughter to Louis, he ‘married’ Blanche of France instead, with the same condition of letting Philippe take control of Aquitaine for 40 days( I have no idea why this is actually a term).Instead of actually...
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    The eagle's left head

    Ioannes IV was a nobody. Practically a minor regional lord. Anyone(in terms of regional powers) could just fuck him over.Clearly, Ioannes was the arrogant one as he was behaving like he was a big shot when he was just a minor power.The very throne he sits on was also stolen.He literally had to...
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    The eagle's left head

    How was the man undiplomatic and hotheaded? The war with Venice was taking advantage of a rare opportunity when Venice was dogged by all sides. Diplomacy alone isn’t going to let you recover Crete. Please give us Crete without any fighting…..
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    The eagle's left head

    The communes provide the armies as well as shown in the earlier battles. As of now, they are probably the ones that provides most of the navy.Similarly, it’s also shown that many of the Norman knights who pre-date the Alexandrian takeover actually transferred their services to Alexandros and his...
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    The eagle's left head

    That is assuming the regents just agree to a peace right now.The main issue with the war until now had more to do with the empire’s population not willing to pay for the war internally and the threat of implosion. Handwaving away the empire’s internal politics, the empire outguns Venice and its’...
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    The eagle's left head

    Primogeniture is a well established rule in the SICILIAN tradition of politics.That the Lascarids are ruling Sicily to begin with is entirely due to blood relations to Frederick II. It is unthinkable for a totally unrelated noble to attempt a powergrab.They aren’t exactly governing with...
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    The eagle's left head

    Adrienne is.Considering the fact that Alexandros know that he’s dying, I hope that he had sense to create a will where the formal order of succession Is articulated, with the sisters and their heirs being the heir after Theodoros II’s by order of primogeniture should Theodoros II’s line fail. I...
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    The eagle's left head

    @Lascaris What was young Adrienne’s dowry? Cash? Lands? Enough to make the Gryphons really powerful?If you want the dynatoi not to be formed, the Lascarids better watch out what they give their in laws. At the same time, they probably might not have a lot of choice due to prestige reasons. A...
  15. Avrorrange

    WI Toyotomi Hideyoshi was adopted by the last Ashikaga Shogun?

    My exact thoughts.Just don’t know why some people think that the shogun title is more legitimate. All those titles are at the end just government titles that could be revoked legally.
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    WI Toyotomi Hideyoshi was adopted by the last Ashikaga Shogun?

    Toyotomi Hideyoshi tried to get several important people to adopt him in order to adopt certain government titles IOTL. He succeeded with the Fujiwara, which ended with him taking the Kampaku and later Taiko title. Before he got adopted by the Fujiwaras however, he also tried to get the last...
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    The eagle's left head

    Which ancestor? The Iron King?
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    The eagle's left head

    This is a potentially dangerous situation if Adrienne and the Gryphons get ideas about the throne. With their internal network, they are certainly going to be the new Basileus if something bad were to befall young Theodore II. At the same time however, if they do remain loyal, it would provide a...
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    Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland: A Plantagenet Britain Timeline

    I am well aware of that. I said it as an example of how the queen could just dump titles on her kids. Couldn’t be bothered to do research on what potential unused titles her kids could have. Depends.Appelations are always quite informal. Charles of Anjou, Charles of Valois etc were all born...
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    Maid of Norway, Queen of Scotland: A Plantagenet Britain Timeline

    Of XYZ is not a last name.Charles III when he was born was Prince Charles of Edinburgh. When his mother got the throne, he’s Prince Charles of the UK before he got bumped up to Wales and eventually king. Queen Vic’s children were a similar story instead of being of Saxony etc except her second...
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