1492 - A journey never returned(Columbus never returns to spain TL)

Seeing as there was an update on the Mayans and Tarascans, will you by any chance look at the Inca? Compared to the Mesoamerican civilizations, they were far larger, more advanced and stable, so it'd be interesting to see what happens to them in a world absent of European contact.
 
Seeing as there was an update on the Mayans and Tarascans, will you by any chance look at the Inca? Compared to the Mesoamerican civilizations, they were far larger, more advanced and stable, so it'd be interesting to see what happens to them in a world absent of European contact.
They are more susceptible to Portuguese colonization since Brazil is near the Incas.
 
The Infidelity of the King of France
The Infidelity of the King of France

On the return of Catherine of Aragon to the French court to tell the King of France about the events of the visit to the husband of her late sister, then at that time she discovered that her husband is bedding Anne Boleyn a young English lass who accompanied Mary Tudor the third wife of the late regent Louis of Orleans.

The young English lass would be so young that he would also abandon Anne of Navarre, duchess of Angouleme, the wife of Francis of Angouleme as well who was his own mistress at that time, Anne Boleyn has reformist tendencies in her, however her liason with the King of France will change her immensely in ways she cannot imagine initially.

Anne Boleyn and Charles IX loved each other and treated her like a queen which Catherine of Aragon would protest and Louis of Orleans would side with Catherine of Aragon over Anne Boleyn.

Catherine of Aragon would not be able to change the mind of her husband who preferred the Young English lass over her, in this time she is worn on giving birth to Ferdinand of France, she is 34 at this point and her birthing days are about to end, however, she would not understand why she would replace her with an English woman who is only half of her age and can be her own daughter, Charles IX would move fast and gave the regency of the Duchy of Brittany to his own wife, Catherine of Aragon from the elderly duke of Orleans who is his stepfather, Catherine of Aragon would take care of the estates of Brittany and made it an excuse for Charles IX to make Anne Boleyn as his own unofficial queen.

Anne Boleyn would give birth to Anne of Valois, a Bastard Princess on 1519, Anne de Valois or Anne de Batard.

A show named the Valois would discuss the marriage and problems of Anne Boleyn, Anne of Navarre and Catherine of Aragon over Charles IX.

Catherine of Aragon would devote herself to the education of her children and a book written by one of her friends, Education of a Christian Woman is written for Elizabeth of France who is engaged to Archduke Philip of Austria.
 
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They are more susceptible to Portuguese colonization since Brazil is near the Incas.
I thought it's a long long way between Brazil, or even Argentina to the Inka though?
I mean, there's the Amazonian rainforest (which is FULL of people!!) and Andes between them. The Spanish IOTL used the Northern sea route from Bolivia I think, which the Portoguese won't use for the first couple generations (too much opportunities in Africa and Asia first)

Having a few Malays getting chased out by the Portoguese and landing in Cuzco could be very fun too.
 
I thought it's a long long way between Brazil, or even Argentina to the Inka though?
I mean, there's the Amazonian rainforest (which is FULL of people!!) and Andes between them. The Spanish IOTL used the Northern sea route from Bolivia I think, which the Portoguese won't use for the first couple generations (too much opportunities in Africa and Asia first)

Having a few Malays getting chased out by the Portoguese and landing in Cuzco could be very fun too.
The Javanese got chased to Luzon this TL.. that is not farfetched, although after the great dying of the tribes they will encounter the Incas.
 
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Cabralian Consequences
Cabralian Consequences

Since the arrival of Cabral in Brazil, Cabral and his men would cause a great dying on the Amazon river and the further expeditions would penetrate inward on 1520’s starting a contact with the Empire of the Four Corners of Tawantinsuyu.

The Kingdom of the Tawantinsuyu would start to suffer from the diseases that are caused by the Portuguese arrivals, which would cause the Kingdom of Tawantinsuyu to be susceptible to a possible vassalization by the Portuguese.

The Portuguese would acquire the Tubers of Potato and Cassava due to the Portuguese colonizing Brazil and contacting the Quechua and Aymara speakers.
 
Catherine of Aragon, the regent
Catherine of Aragon, the regent

On 1519, Catherine of Aragon would write letters to her former brother in law, Emperor Philip II, telling her problematic situation in France, she would regret the premature death of her sister and as well as her miscarriage and death of her first husband, Arthur of Wales.

She would hate her being in the French court with Anne of Brittany, her consolation would be her children.

Her husband, Charles IX would die on 1522 on his late 20’s, something that she would be relieved because she will be the regent as the Queen Mother for her son Louis XII who is just 11 years old at this point in time, Catherine of Aragon would negotiate a better term for the marriage of Barbara of Austria and Elizabeth of France to Louis XII and Philip, Archduke of Austria respectively.

She would be compared with Blanche of Castile as the Queen of France due to her strong will as the queen, she would remain her guardianship till 1525 when her son reached his majority and had her son take over on all the duties as the King of France, Catherine of Aragon would continue as the regent of Brittany.

Catherine of Aragon and Francis of Angouleme would have a conflict in the regency, Anne of Navarre had given birth to two children, Henry b. 1513 and Francis 1517, which would have dubious paternity due to Anne of Navarre being one of the mistresses of Charles IX.

Meanwhile Claude of Orleans gives birth to two sons named Vladislaus b. 1517 and Casimir b. 1519 sired by her husband, Casimir Jagiellonian, Claude of Orleans would die a a few months after the birth of her second son, she was only 20.
 
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Claude of Orleans, Casimir V's first wife on her arrival to Poland.
 
While I am very interested in the rest of this timeline(And indeed think that it's quite well written) I do have to question the idea of the Portuguese travelling through the entirety of the Amazon rainforest two decades before such a feat was attempted in OTL. Not only would they be plagued by disease and native attack(Consider how difficult such a thing would be today and then consider not having fully explored the region, whilst the native population is still larger), they don't even have a very good motive. In OTL, the main reason people tried penetrating the Amazon was in the hopes of encountering another empire as rich and powerful as the Incas that they could conquer. Without having encountered the Incas or other similarly rich and powerful native nations, they don't seem to have that much of a motive other than to find lumber, which doesn't seem to provide nearly as much of a motive as that which fuelled the OTL explorers: gold.

The concept of vassalization is also still a long way out. No matter how you look at it, Brazil is a very long way from the Incas,, a very long way populated by dangerous wildlife, deadly diseases and a wide variety of unknowns. Even if someone did manage to mount an expedition across the entirety of Brazil to reach an empire who they're not entirely sure of the existence of, by the time they got there, much of the people on the expedition would be dead, while the survivors would be ragged, impoverished and suffering from all manner of hardships. In short, they would be much smaller and less ready than the group Pizarro led, and the main reason he was so successful was as a result of allying with the more powerful native factions and taking advantage of the fact that the Inca were in the midst of a civil war. While such a civil war could occur in this reality due to the aforementioned plagues(Which are actually plausible, I will say that), by the time any of the Portuguese managed to get to the Incas, such a civil war would likely be long over, thus removing one of the main factors that granted Pizarro success. And even in OTL, it still took until the early 1570s to fully subjugate the Inca.

In the end, I must point out that this is in no way meant to belittle your work in any way(You've done a much better job of this timeline than I would've done in your place). This is just something to keep in mind in the future when considering Brazil and the Incas.
 
While I am very interested in the rest of this timeline(And indeed think that it's quite well written) I do have to question the idea of the Portuguese travelling through the entirety of the Amazon rainforest two decades before such a feat was attempted in OTL. Not only would they be plagued by disease and native attack(Consider how difficult such a thing would be today and then consider not having fully explored the region, whilst the native population is still larger), they don't even have a very good motive. In OTL, the main reason people tried penetrating the Amazon was in the hopes of encountering another empire as rich and powerful as the Incas that they could conquer. Without having encountered the Incas or other similarly rich and powerful native nations, they don't seem to have that much of a motive other than to find lumber, which doesn't seem to provide nearly as much of a motive as that which fuelled the OTL explorers: gold.

The concept of vassalization is also still a long way out. No matter how you look at it, Brazil is a very long way from the Incas,, a very long way populated by dangerous wildlife, deadly diseases and a wide variety of unknowns. Even if someone did manage to mount an expedition across the entirety of Brazil to reach an empire who they're not entirely sure of the existence of, by the time they got there, much of the people on the expedition would be dead, while the survivors would be ragged, impoverished and suffering from all manner of hardships. In short, they would be much smaller and less ready than the group Pizarro led, and the main reason he was so successful was as a result of allying with the more powerful native factions and taking advantage of the fact that the Inca were in the midst of a civil war. While such a civil war could occur in this reality due to the aforementioned plagues(Which are actually plausible, I will say that), by the time any of the Portuguese managed to get to the Incas, such a civil war would likely be long over, thus removing one of the main factors that granted Pizarro success. And even in OTL, it still took until the early 1570s to fully subjugate the Inca.

In the end, I must point out that this is in no way meant to belittle your work in any way(You've done a much better job of this timeline than I would've done in your place). This is just something to keep in mind in the future when considering Brazil and the Incas.
I wrote this in a vague mannner but they willnot subjugate the incas soon but they are trading.
 
A war for Naples
A war for Naples

On 1519, Louis, Duke of Orleans would usurp the powers regency from Catherine of Aragon which would shock her and would declare her regency as null and void due to her pandering to the Spanish and the Germans, Catherine of Aragon would be sidelined.

The first thing that Louis, duke of Orleans would do is to declare war with Aragon and Castile ruled by Philip II of Germany’s daughter Eleanor I and her husband John, Prince of Portugal.

Louis, duke of Orleans have been turned out to be manipulated by Cesare Borgia, duke of Valentinois, a military ally of the Duke of Orleans and Cesare Borgia would urge that France to occupy Naples and Rhineland on 1520 much to the shock of Catherine of Aragon and force that Artois, Naples, Flanders, Sundgau and the County of Burgundy to transfer to France and have Catherine of Austria married to Louis XII.

Ferdinand, the Duke of Calabria who is Catherine of Austria’s fiancé is insulted by this proposition, however the Germans and the Spanish would be defeated completely forcing their terms on the Dowry and the Bride and it is now Barbara of Austria who is now marrying Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria and Catherine of Austria marrying the King of France and the transfer of Elizabeth, the fiancé of Philip of Austria, the son of Elizabeth Jagiellonian with Emperor Philip II and the transfer of the counties of Burgundy, Sundgau, Artois, Hainaut and the Kingdom of Naples to French rule.

Cesare Borgia would “swim in gold” due to the victory and would reacquire Forli, Imola, Rimini, Faenza, Urbino and Romagna, Cesare would die in a heart attack afterwards and pass his tiles of Forli, Imola, Rimini, Faenza, Urbino and Romagna to Louise Borgia and Philippe de Bourbon Busset and Louis, duke of Orleans would cede power back to Catherine of Aragon and her son Louis XII on 1524.
 
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