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  1. kasumigenx

    Life and Legacy of Adelaide of Flanders, Countess of Flanders, Princess of Denmark, Titular Queen of Denmark, and Queen of England(1128-1204)
    Threadmarks: Birth of Adelaide of Flanders

    On 1128, Margaret of Clermont would give birth to a daughter named Adelaide of Flanders, her daughter with Charles I of Flanders, she is a granddaughter of Canute IV and a claimant to Denmark and Flanders, she is an attractive heiress and she would rival Eleanor of Aquitaine, the Queen of France...
  2. WI: Charles Martel, son of Andrew of Hungary and Joanna of Naples lives

    Apparently, Andrew, younger brother of Louis I of Hungary and Joanna of Naples had a son who died early. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Martel,_Duke_of_Calabria#Son_of_Joanna_I_of_Naples As I understand it, had he lived, he would have become the legal heir of not only Naples, but also of...
  3. kasumigenx

    The three sisters
    Threadmarks: Division of Crowns

    On 1382, the sisters, Catherine and Mary of Hungary would divide the inheritance of Hungary and Poland as stated by the will of Louis I of Poland and Hungary and her sister, Catherine will be crowned as the Queen of Hungary herself, Catherine of Hungary will marry Louis of Orleans and that he...
  4. kasumigenx

    Aragon under the Anjou-Lorraine

    Would it be dependent or allied with France in this case?
  5. Martinus Padueius

    White Ship, White Cliffs (William Adelin lives)
    Threadmarks: A Close Call, November 25, 1120

    So I did a thing. Was gonna post a discussion thread first but after googling I found like ten threads on this topic so I read up. I plan for this TL to be a mix of story-like prose updates like this one, and narrative history-type updates, with more of the latter than the former. Think John...
  6. WI: Joanna I of Naples has a son with James of Majorca

    Joanna I of Naples married James IV, claimant to the throne of Majorca, in September 1363, when she was in her late 30s. Lets assume, that this marriage (her third) happens to be more fruitful than IOTL and next year their son (Charles? Robert? James?) is born. What are consequences? Joanna...
  7. Ladislaus of Naples dies from poison in 1390

    In 1390 archbishop of Arles attempted to kill Ladislaus of Naples, but Ladislaus recovered from his poison, say he didn't. So with his death male line of first Capetian House of Anjou is over. At the time throne of Naples was contested between Ladislaus and Louis d'Anjou, uncle of Charles VI of...
  8. TheNerd_

    WI : The Kingdom of Arles was formed under the Angevins?

    So, after the fall of The Elder Welfs, the closest occasion where the Kingdom of Arles or the Kingdom of the Two-Burgundies was created was with Charles I of Anjou. He and Pope Nicholas III were planning to create the Arelat as a separate state from the Holy Roman Empire with Charles Martel, who...
  9. Elizabeth Piast, Queen of Hungary and her son Louis d'Anjou killed by Felician Záh

    On 17 April 1330 Hungarian magnate Felician Záh with his son and servants attempted to murder King Charles Robert of Hungary and his family in royal palace in Visegrád. Charles Robert was in dining room with his wife Elizabeth of Poland and their sons Louis and Andrew, when Felician entered the...
  10. An Anjou empire

    The Anjou are something of a fascination of mine, being a notable has been of history. There are two main families- the capetin n Anjou, which under Charles I inherited Provence thedestroyed the hohenstaufen and claimed naples. Charles was an ambitious and cruel man, desiring also yo claim...
  11. The Professor

    A son for Phillip II of Taranto

    The rivalries and families of the cadet Sicily-Anjous appear rife for POD potential what with marriages between the Calabrian branch (the daughters Joanna and Maria of King Robert of Jerusalem & Neapolitan Sicily), the Taranto branch (sons Louis, Robert, and Phillip, of Phillip I Prince of...
  12. Succession in Naples with no Anjou Hungary?

    Without Caroberto ascending to the Hungarian throne, who would become the King of Naples after Charles II's died? Would it be his eldest living son Robert as in OTL, or would it be Caroberto, the son of the eldest son of Charles II? What could be the further implications of this sceniario?
  13. WI: Marguerite of Anjou Marries Differently

    The question is simple: Marguerite d'Anjou was seen as a poor match for Henry VI, OTL. Not only was her dowry small, but the English had to pay Anjou a sum of money plus ensure that certain territories that England possessed in France, would pass to the Angevins. And the Anjous never left the...
  14. Petike

    WI: Charles I of Hungary dies in the Battle of Rozgony/Rozhanovce on June 15 AD 1312

    This is a Slovak/Hungarian medieval POD that's been kicking around in my head for several years now. For info on the Battle of Rozhanovce, click here, here and here. In OTL, at one point in the battle, king Charles I.'s troops were overwhelmed. It got so bad that even the king's standard...
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