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  1. Charles VIII captured at Fornovo in Italian War

    In 1476 the young Duke of Milan Galeazzo Maria Sforza was assassinated leaving behind his minor son Gian Galeazzo Sforza. He ascended to the throne and his uncle Ludovico Sforza became his regent. He was married to Isabella of Aragon. She requested her father Alfonso II of Naples to help her...
  2. Consequences of a lasting union between Hungary and Naples?

    After the death of Louis I of Hungary (and Poland), his eldest living daugher, Mary was crowned King of Hungary. Her reign however proved to be rather unpopular. It was Mother-Queen Elisabeth and a clique led by Palatine Nicholas Garai who actually governed the country, and their inept policies...
  3. Zestinobambino

    The Burgundy-Naples Alliance

    Mary the Rich (1457 - 1482) was probably the wealthiest heiress of her time. As the only child of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, Mary was the heir to the Duchy of Burgundy and all the lands that her father and grandfather had acquired, including most of the Netherlands. Naturally, that...
  4. Salma Amer

    Charles Martel, son of Charles, Duke of Calabria and Marie de Valois, lives

    What if Charles Martel lived (1327) to succeed his Grandfather? Who could he marry, who could his sisters marry, and what would be the consequences of his survival?
  5. Salma Amer

    Alfonso V, King of Aragon, dies in 1435, as well as John II, and Renato I wins Naples

    Alfonso V loses and ends up dying and his brother dies, leaving a teenage king of Aragon (Charles, Prince of Viana) Who will be the second wife of Renato I? He is a king who cannot marry Jean de la Valle? Who will marry Carlos I of Aragon and IV of Navarre?
  6. Salma Amer

    Joanna II, Queen of Naples, and Wilhelm, Duke of Austria, have children.

    Joanna II married Wilhelm, Duke of Austria in 1401, and the marriage lasted until his death on July 15, 1406. What are the consequences of having a son and a daughter from that marriage?
  7. PC: A "Muratian" Italy?

    Assuming Joachim Murat somehow endears himself to the Coalition enough for them to let him keep his throne in Naples, could his descendants unify Italy under their leadership when the First War of Independence breaks out? I expect them to give genuine support to the 1848 revolutionaries instead...
  8. 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...
  9. Sevarics

    WI: Leopold, Count of Syracuse, becomes King of the Two Sicilies

    IOTL, Leopoldo was the third son of Francis I of the Two Sicilies. His eldest brother Ferdinand became Ferdinand II and their middle brother, Charles, married morgantically and renounced his right to the throne. Leopold, as Count of Syracuse, enacted a number of reforms in Sicily that made him...
  10. Normans Fail

    1. England The Normans never invaded England, and Edgar was crowned king. England stayed isolationist and focused on assimilating Wales and Scotland. In the 1200s, they did make several successful invasions of Northern France, creating several pales in Normandy, Brittany and the Netherlands...
  11. Things go slightly better for the Angevins during the Sicilian Vespers

    OTL, the 1280s were an unmitigated disaster for the Sicilian Angevins: first, war with Aragon in the form of the Sicilian Vespers breaks out in the spring of 1282, losing Charles of Anjou the island of Sicily (at the time, no one knows this loss will be permanent); then his son and heir, Charles...
  12. Disaster at Ponza, half-baked TL

    Sorry everyone-as I'm not good as writer, especially in foreign language, this TL would remain quite dry and not very detailed. It is not the first time I'm touching that PoD, as it has big potential to change course of history, but is rarely used. This TL starts to diverge from our in August...
  13. kasumigenx

    Aragon under the Anjou-Lorraine

    Would it be dependent or allied with France in this case?
  14. WI: Greater Luxemburgian Empire?

    Louis I of Hungary died in 1382 and was succeeded in his realms by his eldest daughter, Mary. Since Mary was still underage, the real power at the time rested in the hand of her mother, Elisabeth of Bosnia and the noble faction led by the then Palatine of Hungary, Miklós Garai. In the few years...
  15. kasumigenx

    Maria of Calabria, Queen of France
    Threadmarks: Chapter 1

    On 1348, Maria of Calabria a widow from Naples would flee from Avignon, her sister would propose instead an alliance between France and Naples while Maria is staying in Avignon, marrying Maria of Calabria and Dauphin Charles, the bride and groom are 9 years apart, the marriage would turn out to...
  16. Sevarics

    WI: Ferdinand II of Naples survives and has issue with his half-aunt Joanna?

    IOTL, Ferdinand married his half-aunt Joanna, but then died shortly their after without issue. Joanna was the daughter of his grandfather Alfonso, king of Naples and illegitimate son of Alfonso V of Aragon, and his second wife Joanna, daughter of John, king of Aragon and younger brother to...
  17. 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...
  18. Sevarics

    WI: De Hauteville / Altavilla Castille?

    IOTL, Alfonso VI was succeeded in Castille-Leon by his eldest daughter Urraca who had a son, Alfonso VII, and daughter with Raymond d’Ivrea, starting the Ivrea and later Trastamara dynasties in Iberia. But, Alfonso VI had several other daughters. The next eldest was Elvira, who would go on to...
  19. 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...
  20. What are the consequences of a French Naples ?

    Charles VIII Valois was King of France and also the King of Naples for a short while. What if he was never lost Naples and held onto it for much longer. Assuming that holding onto Naples, butterflies many other aspects of his life, he actually lives much longer and produces a healthy heir with...
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