I'd love to but I'm supposed to be writing my next book - not to mention all the signing sessions and book fairs I have in the coming weeks and my job, that's quite time-consuming🤯
A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France
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Yup! But I don't make a living from it. One day, maybe🤞
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Sure, I send you an MP. But I have to tell you my books are in French, not English.
We will see, but not for the moment… Still Louise is not making Claude seriously unhappy, mostly annoy her (and usurp her place) but Claude is too nice and too tired for rebelling to that treatment… Louise is smart enough to not say bad words about Claude or anyone who she cared in her presence, as she know who Madeleine would have no scruples in dealing with her if Claude say only a word about that to her stepmother (and really Brittany is Claude’s own domain)....
Valois Family Tree (1546)
Francis I of France (1494-1533) m.1515 Marie of England (1496-1541)
1) Marguerite ‘Margot’, Queen of Portugal (b.1516) m. Joao III of Portugal (b.1502)
4) Louise, Queen of Scotland (b.152Is0) m. James V of Scotland (1512-1540) (a) Matthew Stewart, Earl of Lennox (b.1516) (b)
6) Jean, Viceroy of Brazil (b.1522) m. Isabella of Poland (b.1519) (a) Ana de Souza (b.1532) exm. 'Isabella Manuela'
8) Charles, Duke of Angouleme and Milan (b.1526) m. Catherine of Navarre (b.1529)
10) Elisabeth ‘Lisabelle’, Countess of St Pol (b.1528) m. Georges de Bourbon, Count of St Pol (b.1522)
1) Marguerite ‘Margot’, Queen of Portugal (b.1516) m. Joao III of Portugal (b.1502)
- Afonso, Prince of Portugal (b.1531) bet. Isabella of Austria (b.1529)
- Francisca (b.1533) bet. Edward, Duke of Cornwall (b.1534)
- Catarina (b.1535) bet. Anne, Count of Montfort (b.1531)
- Joao, Duke of Viseu (b.1537)
- Margarida (1539)
- Beatriz (1540-1546)
- Luisa (b.1542)
- Anne, Dauphin of France, Count of Montfort (b.1532) b. Catarina of Portugal (b.1535)
- Marie (b.1533) b. Erik, Crown Prince of Sweden (b.1533)
- Charles, Duke of Orleans (b.1536)
- Renee (b.1540)
- Louise-Marguerite (b.1543)
4) Louise, Queen of Scotland (b.152Is0) m. James V of Scotland (1512-1540) (a) Matthew Stewart, Earl of Lennox (b.1516) (b)
- Isobel, Princess of Scotland (b.1537) bet. Thomas Howard, 5th Duke of Norfolk [1]
- Frances Jacqueline of Scotland (b.1541) (a) bet. Esme Stewart, Signeur de Aubigny (b.1542)
- James Stewart of Lennox (b.1543)
- Matthew Stewart of Lennox (b.1545)
6) Jean, Viceroy of Brazil (b.1522) m. Isabella of Poland (b.1519) (a) Ana de Souza (b.1532) exm. 'Isabella Manuela'
- Joao of Brazil (b.1540)
- Isabella of Brazil (b.1542)
- Pedro of Brazil (b.1544)
8) Charles, Duke of Angouleme and Milan (b.1526) m. Catherine of Navarre (b.1529)
- Unborn child, due spring 1547
10) Elisabeth ‘Lisabelle’, Countess of St Pol (b.1528) m. Georges de Bourbon, Count of St Pol (b.1522)
- Anne de Bourbon (b,1546)
I have an inkling that it's explained in the story, but why is it that a French Catholic princess marries a Swedish Protestant prince?
France wants the Baltic connection, and they can't have Denmark because the Hapsburgs have got there first. So they throw their lot in with Sweden, albeit reluctantly. Marie is allowed to keep her own faith in private, but has to raise the children Protestant....
Tudors and Stewarts (1546)
Henry VIII (b.1491) m. 1509 Katherine of Aragon (b.1485) (a) m.1522 Lady Mary Talbot (1504-1529) (b) m. 1532 Catherine de Medici (b.1519) (c) exm. Bessie Blount (b.1499) (d) and Diane, Marchioness of Warwick (b.1500) (e)
1a) Mary, Duchess of Ross (1516-1536) m.1530 Alexander, Duke of Ross (b.1514)
James IV of Scotland (1473-1513) m. Margaret Tudor (b.1489)
1) James V of Scotland (1512-1540) m. Louise of France (b.1520)
1a) Mary, Duchess of Ross (1516-1536) m.1530 Alexander, Duke of Ross (b.1514)
- Lord Robert of Ross (b.1534)
- Lady Margaret of Ross (b.1534)
- Lady Mary Katherine of Ross (b.1536)
- Lady Elizabeth 'Beth' Fitzroy (b.1537)
- Henry 'Harry' Fitzroy (b.1541)
- Enrico of Savoy (b.1542)
- Carlotta of Savoy (b.1543)
- Catarina of Savoy (b.1544)
4e) Edmund, 'Ned' Fitzroy, Earl of Kendal (b.1524)
5b) George, Prince of Wales (1525-1527)
6e) Lady Margaret 'Peggy' Fitzroy (b.1526) m. 1542 Henry Brandon, Viscount Lisle (b.1522)
7b) Lady Cecily (b.1529) m.1545 Juan, Duke of Burgundy (b.1530)
8e) Thomas Fitzroy, Earl of Richmond (b.1530) bet. Lady Elizabeth Stanley (b.1533)
9e) Lady Diana Fitzroy (b.1533) bet. James Boleyn, Earl of Ormonde (b.1524)
10c) Edward, Duke of Cornwall (b.1534) bet. Infanta Francisca of Portugal (b.1534)
11c) 'Charlie', Charles, Duke of York and Boulogne (b.1536)
12 c) Lady Katherine 'Katy' (b.1539)
13c) Lady Madeleine (b.1541)
James IV of Scotland (1473-1513) m. Margaret Tudor (b.1489)
1) James V of Scotland (1512-1540) m. Louise of France (b.1520)
- Isobel of Scotland (b.1537) bet. Lord Thomas Howard, later 5th Duke of Norfolk (b.1536)
- Frances Jacqueline of Scotland (b.1541) bet. Esme Stuart, Signeur de Aubigny (b.1542)
- Robert ‘Bobby’, Duke of Rothesay (b.1534)
- Margaret of Scotland (b.1534)
- Mary Katherine of Scotland (b.1536) bet. Karl of Denmark (b.1539)
- James ‘Jemmy’, Duke of Ross (b.1540)
- Annabella of Scotland (b.1543)
- George, Earl of Perth (b.1545)
Why you have not given the Dukedoms of Ross and Albany (in either order) to the sons of Alexander and Nora?
Does the Duke of Albany still die without male heirs ttl? Because, if so, then James Jr would be Duke of Albany while George would be Duke of Ross
Jemmy HAS got Ross. And I wasn't sure a third son of Scotland got a Dukedom. The only time I've seen three Scottish Princes, the third was an Earl, so that's what I did here. But yes, George could have Albany.
Why are Louise’s daughters marrying so low? Especially since Alexander has only one more daughter with Nora, I would expect Frances at least to be used as a Scottish proxy
in-universe, probably so they don't have powerful husbands to take the throne from alexander's heirs.