A destiny fulfilled - An Eleanor of Austria TL

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Awkwardvulture said:
Ooh I love the fact that Ferdinand is happy to see his favored grandson ready to succeed him...
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Oh yes, Ferdinand is so happy for it who has stopped to make hellish the live of everyone around him (excluding his favorite grandson, naturally)

HortenseMancini said:
Interesting...this is the very same Ferdinand who Germaine later married IOTL, yes?
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Yes, it is him
HortenseMancini said:
Um, what exactly has Eleanor done to Fernando?
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She was the bride chosen by Henry VII for his heir as replacement of his beloved Catalina and now she is become Henry’s second wife and worse was able to birth an healty Prince of Wales at her first try at only 16 years old…
HortenseMancini said:
Have the two even met?
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No, it is the same story of Charles (and in a lesser way is true also for Isabella): Fernando hates them because they are Philip’s children, raised in Burgundy, and in his mind they have taken too much from their father and wronged him (in a more or less imaginary way).
 
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1515 (October) - Vive le Roi
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    Madeleine, Dowager Queen of France was unable to keep under control her joy when, after all the pains of the wedding bed, the pregnancy and now the terrible ordeal of childbirth, she had heard her child’s strong wails and her sister Anne had told her who she had birthed a King for France. The Duke of Brittany and Valois, the Duchess of Brittany and the Dowager Countess of Angoulême, together with princess Renée and the Duke and Duchess of Alençon were the first people admitted in her room after she had been made presentable again and had taken her newborn son in her arms. She was exhausted after the 25 hours of labor who she had needed for giving birth to her son but had no intention to let see any kind of weakness to Louise of Savoy, not in the hour of her triumph. She was smiling and gracious, telling to her stepdaughters to come and meet their new brother and adding who she was sorry who Louis was not there for meet their son. She was surprised when the Duke of Valois expressed similar thoughts, saying who he would have wished who Louis was still among them for meeting his son, as them and France had suffered a lot for that situation, and almost shocked when the Duke continued, asking the name to the King to which he had to swear fealty before kneeling and swear to serve loyally and obey to John III, King of France, and to his mother the Queen Regent Madeleine.

    Alençon was quick to follow the example of his brother-in-law and then Madeleine was able to recover from the surprise, preventing Claude and Marguerite from following their husbands’ example.

    Louise of Savoy was horrified, but Madeleine choose to not care for that, as she had understood who François and Charles had chosen to swear loyalty in the birthing room for detaching themselves from any suspicions caused by Louise’s actions since the late King had married Madeleine.
     
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    Yay Madeline birthed a son, take that Louise! Good that Francis is smart enough to congratulate her, though he'll be quite important in the kingdom even without the crown. Great update!
     

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    Awkwardvulture said:
    Yay Madeline birthed a son, take that Louise! Good that Francis is smart enough to congratulate her, though he'll be quite important in the kingdom even without the crown. Great update!
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    Yes, Madeleine had an healthy son so Louise of Savoy was devastated by seeing her worst nightmare becoming true…
    Francis (and his brother-in-law Charles) were quite smart in taking quickly distance from Louise’s words and actions freeing themselves from any suspicion of disloyalty.
    Francis has just another month of protectorate over France before leaving the regency to Madeleine as soon she will be churched and want a smooth passage of power and keeping influence, power (and maybe a place in the council, if Madeleine is inclined in that way) as First Prince of Blood but he is also a foreign ruler as Duke jure uxoris of Brittany
     
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    1515 (October) - On the edge of a golden world…
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    Charles and Marie’s coronation as King and Queen of Lorraine was a magnificent event, as no expense was spared for making that celebration memorable.
    Marie, resplendent in a rich gown of gold cloth and a mantle trimmed with hermine, plus jewels of pearls and gold, was happy to be at the center of the attention, together with her husband, in a day who was a big victory for the Habsburgs, as now they had an hereditary Kingdom of their own, reason for which Emperor Maximilian also decided to attend the coronation and the subsequent feasts, together with his very young Empress and also his daughter Margaret was present as Charles had requested the presence of his foster mother to one of the most important days of his life.
    Marie was also admiring her young husband and his perfect composure who made him look older than his age as always, because Charles, while in private with her demonstrated often his young age being awkward and insecure (but Marie found him absolutely adorable and that moments often made her fall for him more than before since their first meeting), in public and in solemn circumstances he was always impeccable, demonstrating the excellent education who he had received and to be fully conscious of his high rank and what it required.
    Dancing together at one of the feasts during the week of celebrations for their coronation, the new King and Queen of Lorraine felt who their world was golden and perfect and nobody would be able to ruin their happiness…
     
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    Dancing together at one of the feasts during the week of celebrations for their coronation, the new King and Queen of Lorraine felt who their world was golden and perfect and nobody would be able to ruin their happiness…
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    Well that sounds ominous....
     

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    HortenseMancini said:
    I have a feeling young Philip is going to bite it.
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    FalconHonour said:
    Well that sounds ominous....
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    HortenseMancini said:
    Exactly what I was thinking
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    Awkwardvulture said:
    Awww soo sweet, I'm hoping that nothing goes too wrong for them in the future
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    At the moment everything is going right for Charles and Marie and little Philip is perfectly safe for now…
    And I do not know if I have already said it but Charles will never regret to have chosen Mary as his bride, so their future together is safe…
     
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    UnaiB

    I'm catching up with this TL and I have realized that Charles has been father with only 14 years... 😳
     

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    UnaiB said:
    I'm catching up with this TL and I have realized that Charles has been father with only 14 years... 😳
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    He is 15 (as he is born in February 1500), but if you mean who he was 14 when Marie’s pregnancy started, well, he had the legal age for consummation, while Marie was older than him and they were married so everyone wanted an heir from them…
     
    1515 (November) - First meetings
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    Eleanor, Queen of England was cradling her infant son while talking with Henry’s elder sister Margaret, arrived in London just few days earlier with her husband, who was likewise cradling her namesake daughter, who at five months old daughter was just as active as three months Henry was…
    She was glad to have finally the opportunity to meet Henry’s other sister and she was surprised to see how similar but different she was from Marie…
    But, thinking well, Marie had been always coddled, while Margaret had been prepared to become Queen of Scotland since she was very young, and Eleanor knew who Margaret had either miscarried or lost early four of the six children she had by James, with only the young King of Scotland and the Duke of Ross, born after his father’s death, surviving. And while she had seen Margaret happy and in love with Suffolk, she knew who the loss of her first husband had been very hard for her sister-in-law.

    Margaret on her side was examining her new sister-in-law, noting with pleasure who Eleanor had little in common with her aunt Catherine and was much better paired with Henry, who was so taken by his new son to look to have completely forget his first wife as he was always ready to compliment and lauding his young Queen for everything…
    Eleanor, often looked embarrassed for that, making clear who she had nothing of Catherine’s haughtiness, but Eleanor was Burgundian, not Spanish, so had no reason for believing who Spain was superior to every other place as her aunt had been…

    Meanwhile little Meg was looking at her cousin Harry with interest, more than she ever had towards James, Alexander, Anne or Mary but considering who Harry was two months younger than her while the others were much older (at least for little Meg) that was quite understandable…
    Eleanor also had noted who the children were looking at each other so she put little Harry on a blanket and made a gesture to Margaret to do the same with Meg and then both laughed seeing the cousins looking each other with curiosity as they were really too young for playing together…
     
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    • 1515 (December) - Adjusting to a new life
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    Anna, Holy Roman Empress had discovered, few weeks after her wedding, with her great surprise, who adapting at her new role was easier than she had believed
    Maximilian was always courteous with her, asking about her studies, complimenting her skills in handiworks, encouraging her to take her role of mistress of the Court and offering some small gifts to her… she knew who competing with the phantom of Mary, Duchess of Burgundy, who had been Maximilian’s first wife and great love, was both impossible and useless but she was also determined and hopeful to have a better wedding than the one of her predecessor, the unlucky Empress Bianca Maria and for now she looked to be on the right road. The fact who they had left Vienna soon after their wedding for a journey to Aachen, where Charles of Burgundy was to be crowned as King of Lorraine, had helped them to establish a sort of understanding as Anna had no fear to traveling and Maximilian, who was used to travel often and kept a quite itinerant court, appreciated that a lot.
    She had also appreciated the letters from Maximilian’s elder granddaughters as both the Queen of England and the Duchess of Milan had sent her letters with a warm welcome in the family and expressing the wish of starting a regular correspondence and she was doing her best for keeping that flow of letters.
    She often found herself in company of little Mary, who was both her step granddaughter and her sister-in-law, as the girl was much interested in learning as much as she was able about Hungary and Bohemia, in addition to Austria (as Archduchess Mary had lived in Burgundy until the previous year)
     
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