luxembourg dynasty

For those of you unaware, in or around 1363, Emperor Charles IV allegedly brokered a mutual succession pact with Rudolf IV of Austria. The pact allowed for the Habsburgs to succeed the Luxembourgs (or vice-versa) in the other's Imperial domains in the event one of the houses became extinct in...

Premise is pretty self-explanatory. Hedwig of Anjou gives birth to a son in June 1499 instead of a daughter. The boy is healthy, christened Ladislaus Bonifacius, although mom still dies in July. How does this affect things? Hedwig had taken the title of "heir to Hungary" since her sister's...

So, the Hohenstaufens were first elected as emperors in 1138 (Conrad III), and the dynasty died out roughly 130 years later (in 1268) when Conradin (three greats-grandson of Conrad III's younger brother) was executed (although they'd lost the imperial title in 1254 already). In that time, they...

A brief history lesson In OTL, Mary of Hungary, the daughter of Louis I, became the first ruling Queen of Hungary, due to a lack of suitable male heirs. Her mother, Bosnian-born noblewoman, former queen consort of Louis and now widow, Elisabeth Kotromanić, had something of a regent-like position...