A Peace never achieved - A European timeline

A Peace never achieved
A Peace never achieved



A Peace never achieved


On 1478, the French would not agree with peace with the Catholic Monarchs, the Catholic Monarchs and Austro-Burgundians would remain allied and the French and Portuguese would continue supporting the Juana I of Castile and on 1479, a betrothal between Joanna of Portugal and the Dauphin was made, she is two decades away from Charles VIII and old enough to be his mother but it is possible for them to have children.


On 1481, Alfonso V would die and Joanna of Castile would marry Manuel, duke of Beja, from the house of Avis, Joanna I or Juana I of Castile would prove herself to be a good military leader with the assistance of her cousin John of Portugal, at this time Diogo of Portugal would be the ruler of the Duke of Beja and Manuel, duke of Beja would be far from power.


Many historians would consider the idea of marrying Charles VIII to Joanna of Portugal a crazy possibility as the war would extend to even after 1483 when Louis XI died, on 1482, Joanna of Portugal marries Charles VIII where he is 12 and his bride is 30 years old and the war was decided on 1484, when Joanna I of Castile has expelled the Isabelistas from Castile, Joanna of Portugal would die on 1490 and the two would have two surviving children, Louis b. May 2, 1484 and Catherine b. November 2, 1486 and Joanna of Portugal would die on 1490.
 
Mother of the Emperor
Mother of the Emperor

Mary of Burgundy would give birth to six children on succession sired by Emperor Maximilian



Philip of Austria b. July 22, 1478

Margaret of Austria b. January 10, 1480

Francis of Austria b. September 2, 1481

Eleanor of Austria b. June 4, 1484

Isabella of Austria b. January 2, 1485

Charles of Austria b. May 10, 1487



Mary of Burgundy is a known and loved heiress, her first son, Philip would be the heir to the Burgundian possessions and the future Holy Roman Emperor and a desired Bachelor and her two daughters, Margaret and Eleanor are desired by German Princes and Kings in Europe and are high ranked brides as their father is the emperor and their mother is a head of state of the low countries and the old middle Francia.
 
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The defeat of the Catholic Monarchs
The defeat of the Catholic Monarchs

On 1484, Joanna I of Castile have expelled the catholic monarchs from Castile with the help of the French and the Portuguese, Isabella of Castile’s defeat was both due to the french not wanting to withdraw in 1478 and also another thing that would ruin their morale and it is due to Isabella of Castile’s son, Juan dying on 1479 as an infant, they would try again to have a son however only three daughters would follow Isabella and it is Juana b. 1479, Mary b. 1482, Beatrice b. 1482 and Catherine, in Juana’s side her marriage with Manuel, duke of Beja have helped her case.



In this time, Catholic Monarchs would continue to fight till 1485 and pope Sixtus IV would change its stance on the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs due to their fraud dispensation and have the two separated forcing Isabella to a convent giving birth to a daughter named Catherine, Ferdinand of Aragon would be forced to give up his marriage and sign a treaty with Portugal giving his two daughters, Isabella and Juana to Portuguese custody and to marry the portuguese heirs namely John of Portugal (1475) and John of Castile, the son of la Beltraneja(1484), while he would briefly remarry to Elizabeth of York until he died in 1490, she would have married Ferdinand of Naples afterwards.



In the case of Juana I of Castile, she would have a daughter named Eleanor with Alfonso V in May 10, 1480 and she would have further four children with Manuel, duke of Beja namely, John b. May 2, 1484, Joanna b. November 2, 1486, Mary b. December 2, 1490 and Catherine b. November 2, 1492.
 
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An Imperial Marriage
An imperial marriage

Joanna of Portugal would die which would cause the Franco-Castillan alliance to disintegrate, a betrothal between Eleanor of Castile, her eldest daughter and Philip, Duke of Charolais, the two are almost the same age was arranged by Joanna I of Castile, on the death of Joanna I of Castile on 1500, her husband, Manuel would remarry to Eleanor of Austria-Burgundy, the second daughter of Mary of Burgundy.

Eleanor of Castile was once offered to Charles VIII but she was rebuffed due to her being closely related to the first wife of Charles VIII and Joanna in order to spite her former ally betrothed her daughter, Eleanor to Philip, the son of Mary of Burgundy and Emperor Maximilian and instead Charles VIII chose to marry Bianca Maria Sforza.

On 1491, Mary of Burgundy would have made it clear with her husband who would be the spouses of her two children, Philip would marry Eleanor of Castile, the daughter of La Beltraneja and and Margaret of Austria herself would marry the future King of Poland, John Albert, the King of Poland and Duke of Glogow in Silesia.

Leonor or Eleanor of Castile would go to Philip of Charolais on 1496 and marry Philip of Charolais, the future Holy Roman Emperor, while Juan, the son of Joanna I of Castile would marry Juana of Aragon.
 
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Francis Febus
Francis Febus

On 1483, Francis Phoebus or Francis I of Navarre would marry Anne of Orleans, a former Abbess in Fontravraud, while Louis II of Orleans would repudiate his Wife Joan of France to a monastery to marry Catherine of Navarre, a possible heiress of Navarre, Anne of Orleans would give birth to three children, Anne of Navarre b. 1484 and Gaston of Navarre b. 1488 d. 1488 and Eleanor of Navarre b. 1492 while Catherine would give birth to two children, Claude b. 1487 and Renee b. 1499.



The Kingdom of Navarre would be a Kingdom that would be between Spain and France and besides from that they have some affinity to Normandy which would interest England in the long term as a betrothal between Richard, duke of Shrewsberry and Anne of Navarre, this betrothal would happen the same time as the betrothal of Anne of Brittany to Edward, Prince of Wales.
 
Anne of Brittany’s failed betrothal
Anne of Brittany’s failed betrothal

Anne was raised in Nantes during a series of conflicts in which the king of France sought to assert his suzerainty over Brittany. Her father, Francis II, Duke of Brittany, was the last male of the House of Montfort. Upon his death in 1488, Anne became duchess regnant of Brittany, countess of Nantes, Montfort, and Richmond, and viscountess of Limoges. She was only 11 at that time, but she was already a coveted heiress because of Brittany's strategic position. The next year, she made arrangements to marry Edward V of England who took over his father on 1488, but Charles VIII of France saw this as a threat since his realm was located between Brittany and Austria. He started a military campaign which eventually forced the duchess to renounce her betrothal with Edward V of England, which would result in him getting another bride in the person of Maria of Aragon.



Anne of Brittany eventually got betrothed to the dauphin on 1491 and her sister, Isabella is married to Jean of Chalon-Arlay, a relative of the Dukes of Brittany, on this time, Charles VIII is widowed and would remarry to Bianca Maria Sforza, who would remain childless in the end of her marriage with Charles VIII on 1496, when her husband died of consumption.



Even if the betrothal of Anne of Brittany never succeeded, Richard of Shrewsberry would marry Infanta Anne of Navarre, inheriting the Kingdom of Navarre on 1517, after her own father died which would reestblish the house of Plantagenets in the continent.
 
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marriages
Mary of Burgundy and Maximilian I of Holy Roman Empire
Philip b. 1478 m. Eleanor of Castile
Margaret b. 1480 m. John I Albert of Poland
Francis of Austria b. 1481 m. ?
Eleanor of Austria b. 1484 m. Manuel, duke of Beja and King of Castile(b)
Isabella of Austria b. 1485 m. ?
Charles of Austria b. May 10, 1487 m. ?


Charles VIII and Joanna of Portugal
Louis b. 1484 m. Anne of Brittany b. 1477
Catherine b. 1486
 
Isabella of Aragon
Isabella of Aragon

Her marriage was to Prince Afonso, the only son and heir of king John II of Portugal from his marriage with Eleanor of Viseu. The wedding, by proxy, took place in the spring of 1490 in Lisbon.

Though the marriage had been arranged by the peace treaty in 1485, the marriage quickly became a love match. Isabella proved a popular figure with the Portuguese royal family due to her knowledge of their language and customs brought about by the years she spent in Portugal as a child. Isabella's happy life in Portugal came to an abrupt end in July 1491, however, when Afonso was killed in a riding accident, however her pregnancy in 1491 would be apparent and gave birth to a son named John, which would cause complications in childbirth, which would cause her death and later, her son baptized as John I would die with her as well a year after her death.

On the death of King John I of Portugal on 1502, the Kingdom of Castile and France would be on war due to the succession of Portugal.
 
Afterword regarding Juana I of Castile by Joanna Rowling and Philippa Gregory on AD 2000
Discussion regarding Juana I of Castile by Joanna Rowling and Philippa Gregory on AD 2000

JR

It seems that Joanna of Castile was a very smart woman...

PG

Smart, she was not able to convince Charles VIII to remarry to her daughter Eleanor.

JR
Remember, Eleanor is a relative of Charles VIII’s first wife, they are related by affinity, although not by blood.

PG
The breakup of the alliance would cause a war between France and Castile for the succession of the Kingdom of Portugal after the death of John I of Portugal, that was a mess, that is a war between two allies, however the marriage between Philip of Austria and Eleanor of Castile would have made wonders for Castile.

JR
The Portuguese nobles chose to ally with John III of Castile rather than Louis XII, which would cause complete defeat of the French in their claim to Portugal, the Austrians did help them in that.
 
Boudicca of the East
Boudicca of the East

On the latter 15th century, Dayang Kaylangitan and her father the ruler of Tondo would seek help with Brawijaya V of Majapahit, her liege against Bolkiah of Brunei,after the battle Dayang Kaylangitan of Tondo would marry a noble in Selurong and the defeat of the Bruneians would end the further expansion of Bruneians north.

Due to this victory of Kaylangitan or Banua is known as the Boudicca of the East, she would bring a better honor than the other female icons of her land, Empress Sasaban and Dibuka of Kaboloan and she reinvigorated the vigor of Selurong which allowed them to later fight future colonizers.
 
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