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We had some cases of forced population transfers in the 1920s, like the turks with the greeks and the armenians after the greco-turkish war or the poles and germans in silesia. Assuming the british sees this as a definitive solution to prevent dissent like the troubles, and negociated for...

Name: Eleanor of House Dunkeld Title: Queen of Scotland DOB: September 24, 1273 (Stirling, Scotland) Father: Alexander III of Scots (b. 1241- d. 1286) Mother: Margaret of England (b. 1240- d. 1275) Spouse: Charles de Coucy (b. June 2, 1270) In 1282 King Alexander III arranged for his...

I'm far from an expert in the topic, but I've been trying to understand how the English Civil War worked. How could it be avoided? Maybe Charles I wins against the Scotts in 1639 and is therefore not forced to convene the Parliaments. Maybe his support of the Huguenots at the Siege of La...

In 1066, King Edward the Confessor died childless, and Harold Godwinson claimed that he was named king. When William the Bastard heard of the succession, he raised an army and fleet to sail on England. In Norway, Harald Hardrada also claimed the throne, his reason was that the Danish king had...

Throughout the lifetime of Queen Elizabeth the I, several attempts were made on her life. One of the most well known of those plots was the Babington plot. In 1585, John Ballard, a Jesuit priest, came to England to start a plot to assassinate the Queen. He secured support and aid within the...

What if Margaret, The Maid of Norway Survives and marries Edward II of England and have a heir, what are the possible butterflies?

On 1194, Mathilde of Brittany is married to Frederick of Austria with a generous dowry with 35,000 of silver to end the incarceration of Richard I and for that reason, Philippe Auguste would demand the hand of Eleanor of Brittany to his son Louis, the son of Philippe Auguste and Isabella of...

As we all know, in the morning of January 31st 1536, Queen Consort Anne Boleyn of England, wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I, was found in her bed with her neck broken, to this day her death remains one of history's greatest unsolved misteries. Henry VIII is said to have become...

So, assume Elizabeth I's reign were to end sometime around the 1560's or so, maybe through her dying of plague in 1563, maybe through her being assassinated by an angry catholic, whatever it is. Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots becomes queen of England afterwards. What might Mary's reign look like in...

Freepedia As Eleanor traveled to Poitiers, two lords —Theobald V, Count of Blois, and Geoffrey, Count of Nantes, brother of Henry II, Duke of Normandy and Brittany—tried to kidnap and marry her to claim her lands. As soon as she arrived in Poitiers, Eleanor sent envoys to the Count of...

The Chicken and the Cat an Anglo-French timeline On 1194, Mathilde of Brittany is married to Frederick of Austria with a generous dowry with 35,000 of silver to end the incarceration of Richard I and for that reason, Philippe Auguste would demand the hand of Eleanor of Brittany to his son...

The King’s plans – Henry II timeline The King’s plans When Margaret became pregnant, she held her confinement in Paris, where she gave birth to her son William with Henry the Young King on August 10, 1177, the birth would overjoy both the King of France and the King of England as the problem...

Now I Have two PODs in this timeline. The first and foremost is that Rome does not demilitarize the Celtic locals of Britain and instead use them in the legions thus leading to the preservation of the ancient Celtic warlike traditions are not lost during the Roman British Era. With most of the...

The lucky marriage – Kasumigenx cut A Boy’s death Freepedia Freepedia Freepedia Note: Arthur of Brittany is dead on this timeline as an infant, John thought that his crown was secure but he is mistaken

The Death of Ferdinand: What If The Catholic Monarchs Didn't Come To Power? Our story begins, like so many others, on the field of battle in the year of our Lord 1476. This is the battle of Toro, part of the War of The Castilian Succession. Two armies, both alike in dignity and prestige, fight...

No Mirabeau No Mirabeau John initially adopted a defensive posture like that of 1199: avoiding open battle and carefully defending his key castles. John's operations became more chaotic as the campaign progressed, and Philip began to make steady progress in the east. Arthur and the Lusignans...