A Spanish in the Byzantine throne

Chenghua
Chenghua ascended the throne at the age of 16. During the early part of his administration, Chenghua carried out new government policies to reduce tax and strengthen the dynasty. However these did not last and by the closing years of his reign, governmental affairs once again fell into the hands of eunuchs, notably Wang Zhi. Peasant uprisings occurred throughout the country; however, they were violently suppressed. Chenghua's reign was also more autocratic than his predecessors' and freedom was sharply curtailed when Chenghua established institutes such as the Xi Chang (to complement the existing Dong Chang), monitoring all civilians' actions and words. This institute, not unlike a spy agency, would administer punishment to those whom they suspected of treason. The Xi Chang would eventually be shut down but it was the start of a dangerous trend and Chenghua's descendants would again revive the Xi Chang during the 16th century.
Chenghua distanced himself from aiding any faction in the chaotic states surrounding China.
 
And this timeline continues its slide from improbable to unbelievable to inconceivable.

Focusing on European events with that comment (since that's the area I have some knowledge on), specifically ERE/Byzantine ones.

Though, the events involving England are...kind of...holely.

This would be a great EU AAR. Its not a good alt-history.
 
Establishment of the Lihan state
In the Island of Manila 1450 the ruling family of Lihan start being rivals of their over lords, the the House of Tondo because they are getting more wealthy and influential.
In 1470 the Lihan faction declared independence to the Tondo polity because of the conflict and rivalry between the Lihan faction and the Lihan faction claimed the Lakan title they are known for their being religious and being religious zealots , the ruler of Jayadewa of Lihan with his wife Amoyan in 1490 already had power and complete authority in the Eastern part of the Island of Manila, the heir of Jayadewa, Ari would also have the same policy and Ilocos and Zambales would remain contested territories.
Brunei never attacked Selurong knowing that the Tondo polity is not harmful and would not start a war because they are in a war with the Lihan faction, Bruneians established a trading port in Balayan, Batangas and trading ports in Mindoro, but his son Abdul Kahar not Lontok was engaged to Dayang Kaylangitan the daughter of Lakan Gambang, Gambang is broke because the Lihan faction had the richest lands and after the death of Gambang and the extinction of the Tondo clan the areas held by the House of Tondo like Pampanga, Kumintang, Bikol and Mindoro were transferred to Brunei and the Buddhist elite not destroyed at least now.
In the year 1500 Lihan had already made the Eastern part of the Island of Manila and the Cordillera region as their domain their domain includes Tondo and because of that the Tondo Family were forced to relocate to Macabebe the center of their realm was moved to Lagawe from Malolos their ancestral land, the Lihan faction is more connected with Tibet and leaned more to Vajrayna Buddhism than to Mahayana and they conquered the Southern tip of Taiwan and traded with the Kingdom of Middag of Taiwan, Lihan become attractive to Chinese immigrants. Lihan controlled areas in the Island of Manila become more populated because of a baby boom and the migration of chinese making the dialects in their territories more coherent to each other and because of that Ibanag dialect/language started to merge with the dialects surrounding it and dialects in Palanan, Kasiguran and the dialects of the Eastern part OTL Nueva Ecija also merged with Ibanag the which also became known as Lihan language after it became the majority language in the Lihan territory which means that the Northern Cordilleran language group become united and the Ifugao starts to merge with the dialects surrounding it which means Central Cordilleran became more united and the Lihan faction started to adapt a deriviative of the Tibetan writing system with some added letters called Panulatan which would later compete with Baybayin.
The reign of Bodi in the Lihan realm would make the Lihan realm more progressive and more ties with the Tibetans.
 
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Inca
It was traditional for the Inca's son to lead the army; Pachacuti's son Túpac Inca began conquests to the north in 1463, continuing them as Inca after Pachucuti's death in 1471. His most important conquest was the Kingdom of Chimor, the Inca's only serious rival for the coast of Peru. Túpac Inca's empire stretched north into modern day Ecuador and Colombia, and his son Huayna Cápac added significant territory to the south. At its height, Tahuantinsuyo included Peru and Bolivia, most of what is now Ecuador, a large portion of modern-day Chile, and extended into corners of Argentina and Colombia.
Inca would have a more tougher and better future by having the Chimu nobility marrying into the Inca nobility.
 
Christian Brunei
Since Abdul Kahar inherited the Tondoan inheritance from his wife he became a powerful monarch but the Buddhists of the Island of Manila were very strong and Islam cannot proselyte more in the areas in the edge of the Empire of Brunei to secure the Bruneian conquest Madya-as was conquered by Brunei.
Abdul Kahar would meet Magellan in 1524 in his journeys and become a Christian convert and became known as Don Duarte Bolkiah and said to Magellan to send more missionaries to the empire which did happen and the Sultanate of Brunei become the Empire of Brunei who adopted the religion of Spain as their own religion.
Duarte II, the son of Dayang Kaylangitan and Abdul Kahar would rule the Bruneian Empire with the missionaries from Europe being received by Brunei.
 
And this timeline continues its slide from improbable to unbelievable to inconceivable.

Focusing on European events with that comment (since that's the area I have some knowledge on), specifically ERE/Byzantine ones.

Though, the events involving England are...kind of...holely.

This would be a great EU AAR. Its not a good alt-history.

I just made a couple of people stupid to change history hehehehe....the italian unification timeline I made before was a failure but I hope this timeline would not be a failure.
 
I just made a couple of people stupid to change history hehehehe....the italian unification timeline I made before was a failure but I hope this timeline wont.

This has gone beyond "a couple people are each given the Idiot Ball and told to hold on to them for dear life" into events totally unlike what would happen with any attention to the most likely events at all.

The extraterrestrial bats necessary for this to work like that are usually assigned to things like making Sealion work or CSA-wanks.

Again, great EU AAR ideas, well beyond improbable as AH.

The Byzantines don't want a Catholic ruler, particularly not a foreign one. And why would a daughter of Constantine XI marry an illegitimate son of the King of Aragon?

If you want a Spanish-royalty descendent on the throne of Constantinople, there are ways that might be made workable, this is not one of them.
 
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This has gone beyond "a couple people are each given the Idiot Ball and told to hold on to them for dear life" into events totally unlike what would happen if for some reason a daughter of Constantine XI marries the illegitimate son of the King of Aragon.

The extraterrestrial bats necessary for this to work like that are usually assigned to things like making Sealion work or CSA-wanks.

Thanks for the constructive criticism.
 
This has gone beyond "a couple people are each given the Idiot Ball and told to hold on to them for dear life" into events totally unlike what would happen with any attention to the most likely events at all.

The extraterrestrial bats necessary for this to work like that are usually assigned to things like making Sealion work or CSA-wanks.

Again, great EU AAR ideas, well beyond improbable as AH.

The Byzantines don't want a Catholic ruler, particularly not a foreign one. And why would a daughter of Constantine XI marry an illegitimate son of the King of Aragon?

If you want a Spanish-royalty descendent on the throne of Constantinople, there are ways that might be made workable, this is not one of them.

I just wanted to unite Naples first with Constantinople first then unite it with Iberia.
 
Thanks for the constructive criticism.

When the entire premise of this idea is implausible, the most constructive suggestion I can make is to start over from the idea of "a Trastamara-Palaelogus dynasty would be cool." and based on the historical circumstances of Palelogus era Byzantium lay the foundations for what kind of events might actually lead to that.

You cannot get that situation this easily with a POD in 1452 that is even tenuously plausible. And I'd argue even with a POD in 1261 you can't do it this easily, but at least there you have a couple centuries to build up to it.

I just wanted to unite Naples first with Constantinople first then unite it with Iberia.

And I just want to read a timeline that addresses the historical circumstances rather than frantically handwaving until the right combination of butterflies and ASBs occurs.
 
When the entire premise of this idea is implausible, the most constructive suggestion I can make is to start over from the idea of "a Trastamara-Palaelogus dynasty would be cool." and based on the historical circumstances of Palelogus era Byzantium lay the foundations for what kind of events might actually lead to that.

You cannot get that situation this easily with a POD in 1452 that is even tenuously plausible. And I'd argue even with a POD in 1261 you can't do it this easily, but at least there you have a couple centuries to build up to it.

Yes, It is not easy but I will complete this TL here later on when it is finished I will post more plausible timelines here for the mean time like the Korean timeline I was planning.
 
Yes, It is not easy but I will complete this TL here later on when it is finished I will post more plausible timelines here for the mean time like the Korean timeline I was planning.

It is not easy = it is borderline impossible to the point this should be in the Writer's Forum, or ASB.

Why not try to create a plausible timeline involving the Trastamara-Palaelogus or Lancasterian success or whatever to begin with?
 
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