A Narrow Yorkist TL

Mary of Burgundy
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A Narrow Yorkist TL



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Coat of Arms of Mary of Burgundy/Empress Maria


Mary of Burgundy


On December 1481, Archduke Franz would recover from his illness forcing Mary of Burgundy to focus on his well being, Mary of Burgundy would focus on her succession with Philip of Burgundy, she herself will remain in the house taking care of the sickly Francis until he gets well in 1483, on January 2, 1484, she gives birth to another daughter named Isabella and another son named Karl on May 2, 1485, she united the Germanic Low Countries with Germany and the Burgundian Territories which would completely pass to her son, Philip in 1520 on her death, on her son’s majority on 1490, her son Philip became the co-ruler of the Netherlands and Burgundy and she was crowned as Queen of the Romans on 1486.

Elizabeth Woodville would escape to Burgundy on 1482 with her children including Edward V and her second son, Richard, she would feel the threat of her brother in law who would later usurp on the escape with her children, Mary and her stepmother Margaret would help Edward V and Elizabeth Woodville reclaim the English throne, Mary of Burgundy and Elizabeth Woodville would negotiate with a marriage for Francis Phoebus of Navarre with Elizabeth of York, that was said to be a machination of Isabella of Castile in cooperation with Mary of Burgundy in order to prevent a marriage of Francis Phoebus and her rival Juana La Beltraneja.
 
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New Duchess of Brittany
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New Duchess of Brittany


Margaret of Foix died at the Château de Nantes in Nantes and was buried in the Cathedral of St. Peter and St. Paul , a tomb constructed in the early French Renaissance style, after the death, her husband quickly remarried to Catherine of Navarre, the sister of the King of Navarre, Francis Phoebus of Navarre, Catherine of Navarre would give birth to a son named Arthur on December 2, 1489.


Brittany and Navarre would have reinforced their ties by the marriage of Catherine of Navarre and Francis II, duke of Brittany, she would have been a proven to be not a good regent to the Duchy of Brittany, she would have arranged the future marriages of her stepdaughters, Anne and Isabeau.
 
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The arrival of Cecily in Scotland
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The arrival of Cecily in Scotland

On 1485, preparing for the plan to regain the throne of England, Cecily of York is sent to Scotland in order to be betrothed to Prince James of Scotland, the bride is three years older than the groom, Cecily would arrive in 1486 and she would feel strange at her own arrival in Scotland, the Scots would welcome the English Princess who would be the new Queen of Scotland, Cecily and James would have a good relationship, however, the marriage would be delayed until 1488, on the majority of Prince James of Scotland.


Due to the betrothal of James of Scotland to Cecily, the Scots would ally with the people who are planning the restoration of Edward V who is currently on the low countries waiting for his own campaign against his usurper uncle Richard, since he is currently on his majority, he would seek a good bride for him to marry and Juana of Castile, the second daughter of the Catholic monarchs would seem to fit to marry to him as Juana herself is of lancastrian blood and would swamp the claims of the remaining Lancastrians.
 
The Queen Regent
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Joanna of Portugal, Queen of France holding a baby

The Queen Regent


On 1482 or 1483, Joanna of Portugal would have many choices of who to marry and she was proposed for many who wanted her and one of that was Louis XI who wanted an ally with Portugal against a strong united Spain.


John II would force Joanna to marry the Dauphin the son of Louis XI, Charles who is nearing his age of majority, Joanna herself is outraged by this possibility but she will honor her own brother’s choice in her marriage and the marriage must happen soon.


Joanna of Portugal would have a proxy wedding with the Dauphin on 1483 and when she arrived in France she would be surprised to find that the Dauphin is well enough very young enough to be her own son but that did not stop her from doing her duties as a queen although she is against the marriage at the beginning and it did not stop her from having two children, Charles Orlando(December 10, 1484) and Catherine of France(December 10, 1490).


Joanna would be crowned as queen and became the queen regent of France for her husband after the death of her father in law, Louis XI, on her husband’s majority on 1491, she would die of Puerperal fever due to giving birth to a second child, she would be buried on the Saint Denis Cathedral on her death, her husband would be buried beside her and his second wife beside them as well.
 
Kunigunde
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Kunigunde


In 1480, during the visit of Duke George of Bavaria, called "the Rich", to Frederick's court in Vienna. George was solemnly enfeoffed with the Imperial estate of Bavaria-Landshut and after the celebrations Kunigunde was sent to Burggraf Ulrich III von Graben to Graz for her safety; however, after a plot against the emperor was discovered, he moved to Linz and sent Kunigunde to the Tyrolean court in Innsbruck with Archduke Sigismund of Austria, Frederick's first cousin and former guardian.


The Emperor learning that Albert IV of Bavaria wants to marry his daughter would ask Elizabeth Woodville for the hand of her daughter Mary to marry the duke of Bavaria, the Emperor will not want to waste Kunigunde to marry someone else as she is the one to marry the eventual future heir of Poland, John Albert and have Mary of York marry Albert IV of Bavaria in 1483 as soon as she was a mature woman and able to marry him.

On 1484 a proxy marriage between the Polish heir, John and Kunigunde of Austria would have been made, this marriage would have caused a split between Vladislaus and John, the dowry of Kunigunde would have included the recognition of the sole Polish suzerainty of Glogow, Opole and Cieszyn whose duchies has a Polish Population in exchange of his retracting claims to the Kingdoms of Bohemia and Hungary and a recognition of Maximilian’s claims to Bohemia and Hungary after the death of Vladislaus II of Bohemia.


Kunigunde would have given birth to three surviving children to John Albert namely Anna (December 10, 1486), Sigismund (June 2, 1491) and Catherine(May 10, 1500) with two stillbirths in 1493 and 1502, her fertility would be ruined by an accident in 1502 due to a fall from a horse.
 
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No marriage for Margaret of York? And I love the idea of Juana marrying Edward. I'm sure she would have had a much happier life as Queen of England...
 
Edward IV

Elizabeth of York m. Francis Phoebus of Navarre

Mary of York m. Albert IV of Bavaria

Cecily of York m. James IV of Scotland

Edward V b. Joanna of Castile

Margaret of York d. 1472

Richard, duke of York m. Lucrezia Borgia

Anne of York m. John, Prince of Asturias

George d. 1479

Catherine of York m. Philip II, Holy Roman Emperor

Bridget of York m. Cesare Borgia, duke of Romagna
Anne to Juan and Catherine to Philip? In OTL Anne was engaged to Philip and Catherine was offered to Juan
 
La Beltraneja in Navarre
La Beltraneja in Navarre

In 1479, Afonso renounced his pretension to the Castilian Crown and signed a treaty with Isabella and Ferdinand. Joanna was given a choice: enter a convent, or marry Isabella's one-year-old son John when he came of age (and if he then consented). Joanna chose to enter the Convent of Santa Clara in Coimbra, and the ceremony was witnessed by Isabella, who praised her decision. She was not incarcerated in the convent, and was eventually allowed to reside in the Castle of São Jorge in Lisbon. In 1482, King Francis Phoebus of Navarre, nephew of Louis XI of France, proposed to her, with the implication of again raising her claim to Castile, she would arrive in Pamplona and accompanied her future husband on 1483, Francis Phoebus and La Beltraneja would be said to be very much in love with each other, after four years of trying to have children, La Beltraneja would finally be pregnant.

On December 2, 1487, Joanna would be in labor and it was difficult for her and she finally gave birth to a daughter who would named as Madeleine of Navarre, however issues in the placenta would cause Joanna La Beltraneja to die in Childbirth causing the Castillans to be less hostile with the Navarrese in the north of Castile and Aragon and after that marriage he would remarry to Elizabeth of York.
 
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