A surprising discovery – A Philippines Timeline

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A surprising discovery – A Philippines Timeline

Foreword
The real POD of this timeline is on the late 13th century but the timeline really starts and the focus starts on the 16th century, I don’t really normally do Early Modern or Renassiance POD’s I do most of the time are Medieval POD’s this has a Medieval POD but this timeline looks like a Renassiance TL with two Isoted countries due to my Limiting of Butterflies.

A Surprising Discovery
Heading northwest, the crew reached the equator on 13 February 1521. On 6 March they reached the Marianas and Guam. Magellan called Guam the "Island of Sails" because they saw a lot of sailboats. They renamed it to "Ladrones Island" (Island of Thieves) because many of Trinidad's small boats were stolen there. On 17 March Magellan reached the island of Homonhon in the Philippines, with 150 crew left. Members of his expedition became the first Spaniards to reach the Philippine archipelago, but they were not the first Europeans.
Magellan was able to communicate with the native tribes because his Malay interpreter, Enrique, could understand their languages. Enrique was indentured by Magellan in 1511 right after the colonization of Malacca and was at his side during the battles in Africa, during Magellan's disgrace at the King's court in Portugal and during Magellan's successful raising of a fleet. They traded gifts with Rajah Siaiu of Mazaua who guided them to Cebu on 7 April.
Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly towards Magellan and the Spaniards; both he and his queen Hara Amihan were baptized as Christians. Afterward, Rajah Humabon and his ally Datu Zula convinced Magellan to kill their enemy, Datu Lapu-Lapu, on Mactan. Magellan had wished to convert Lapu-Lapu to Christianity, as he had Humabon, a proposal of which Lapu-Lapu was dismissive. On the morning of 27 April 1521, Magellan sailed to Mactan with a small attack force. During the resulting battle against Lapu-Lapu's troops, Magellan was hit by a bamboo spear and later surrounded and finished off with other weapons.
Magellan's voyage led to Limasawa, Cebu, Mactan, Palawan, Brunei, Celebes and finally to the Spice Islands.
Magellan provided in his will that Enrique, his interpreter, was to be freed upon his death. However, after the Battle of Mactan, the remaining ships' masters refused to free Enrique. Enrique escaped his indenture on 1 May with the aid of Rajah Humabon, amid the deaths of almost 30 crewmen. Pigafetta had been jotting down words in both Butuanon and Cebuano languages – which he started at Mazaua on Friday, 29 March and grew to a total of 145 words – and was apparently able to continue communications during the rest of the voyage. "Nothing of Magellan's body survived, that afternoon the grieving rajah-king, hoping to recover his remains, offered Mactan's victorious chief a handsome ransom of copper and iron for them but Datu Lapulapu refused. He intended to keep the body as a war trophy.
The Sultan of Sulu, the Sultan of Brunei and the King of Selurong heard the story of Lapu Lapu and his people defeating the strange people trying to convert them to a strange religion and off course they were shocked hearing such strange people are coming near their islands, the King of Selurong and the Sultan of Sulu sent some emissaries to Lapu Lapu in the Island of Mactan in order to describe the bodies of the defeated strange people. They were described as fair skinned and some even have colored hair, those people looked weird and different as they said and they don’t know what these strange people might bring in their lands, they remember that the same strange people are also holding Melaka in the Malayan Peninsula, while in the mean time the Sultan of Brunei is doing nothing because the Sultan of Brunei finds that their empire is very invincible and no one can touch them not even the foreigners that are coming to their part of the world, they did not know that the new foreigners had already conquered a larger land, larger than their own empire. The Bruneians were very arrogant and annoying as well to the nearby polities and Brunei is occupying Southern Selurong and Palawan aside from basically ruliing Borneo. The survivors of the Magellan Expedition sailed back to Spain and told what happened to Magellan to Emperor Charles V, King of Spain.

 

[Mackon]

You couldn't do something with the formatting font and font size could you? I'm having real difficulties reading it.

 

[kasumigenx]

You couldn't do something with the formatting font and font size could you? I'm having real difficulties reading it.

done, thanks for the request.

 

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The History of Selurong
In the late 13th century, the population of Irraya started to increase and due to that the town of Irraya started to expand and flourish that it absorb it's nearby towns, Irraya started to look more as a progressive town.
The population increase also happened in Meykawayan and Irraya although it is less than that of Irraya.
Due to the population of Irraya and it being a trading hub in Selurong it became a big city in the Island of Selurong and very prosperous compared to other towns, and second to it is Meykawayan and third is Lingayen in Kaboloan.
After a long storm,the Bannag river and Pampanga river both overflowed and left the flood plains of Bannag and Pampanga river fertile where in the Cities of Irraya, Meykawayan and Apalit are found which made the farms and the harvest more fruitful in the river.
The people of Selurong experienced prosperity due to international trade, there are two important polities in Selurong competing for the supremacy in the Island Selurong and these are Kaboloan, Kumintang and Tondo but currently Tondo had the economic supremacy as for the moment, in Early 14th century an earthquake occurs in the Tondo which also affected Balintawak causing the area of Tondo to be sparsely populated due to the people fleeing it and the royal family of Tondo moved to the area west of Lihan causing Tondo and the city of Maynilad to be a depopulated and lose their significance completely, Tondo was almost completely destroyed by the earthquake but the Tondo Royal family rebuilt their original capital Tondo but it will never be able to regain its glory as a capital and the defacto capital is moved north to Macabebe where the Tondo royalty are currently residing, in the mean while the Confederacy of Madya-as and the Rajahnate of Cebu are booming due to them being near the Sulu trading port, the Sulu polity is an ally of the Tondo polity.
In the early 14th century Due to the increase in Population in the plains of Selurong which are the Pampanga river area ,the Bannag river area and the Kaboloan region which is the Agno river area, the dialects in the Bannag river area began to be more uniform and the Pampanga river area began to look uniform as well and the process of converging of the dialects in the Bannag river area and the Pampanga river area dialects began in the early 14th century begin to look more similar to each other and they begin to converge to be more similar linguistically.
The people from Goryeo and Nippon traded with the people of Selurong which cultural bring influences to Selurong.

On 1360, Timanukum II declared the Kingdom of Selurong, declaring his county to the Outside world and he marries Dibuka, a noble woman from Selurong as well, the Polity of Kumintang has anomimity with the other factions in the Kingdom of Selurong.


The Kings of Champa and Majapahit sent their own representatives seeking the hand of the Selurongese Princess, they were successful and they were able to get one Princess each of them escorting them to their new groom, the two Princesses sent to Majapahit and Champa to marry Cham and Majapahitan Princeses are Kaya and Burak who were very reculant of the marriages and initially rejected the marriage offers, Kaya was married to a Majapahit prince while Burak was married to a Cham prince.
In the end the two Princesses were persuaded by the envoys to marry out to their respective countries so they were escorted by the representatives sent by Majapahit and Champa, Kaya married a Majapahit Prince when she goes to Majapahit and Burak marries a Cham Prince when she went to Champa.
After Timanukum II died Domogan became the ruler of Selurong, Domogan married a daughter of Huizheng, the Chinese Emperor, Princess Yong-An as one of his wives in 1401 at the start of the reign of Domogan.
The Queen mother of Selurong, Dibuka told Parameswara that his conversion to islam and marrying the Princess of Pasai was a mistake that it would destroy his country, but that was too late because Parameswara had already converted to islam, Dibuka harrased Queen Parmeswara of Malacca and telling that she ruined the only surviving remnant of Sri-Vijayan Empire by having it's ruler converted to Islam, Parameswara, loved his wife that is what he said to Dibuka and he also said that he converted to islam voluntarily and he was not forced to convert to islam, this made the Queen mother of Selurong more furious against the muslims
Sayid Abubakar eventually inherited the rule of Rajah Baguinda, established the Sultanate and became the first Sultan of Sulu. To consolidate his rule, Sayid Abubakar united the local political units under the umbrella of the Sultanate. He brought Sulu, Zamboanga Peninsula, Palawan and Basilan under its aegis.
Zheng He visited Selurong in 1420, Yong-An told Domogan to give tribute to China, Domogan initially refused to give tribute to China due to the isolationist policies of the Tondo Dynasty but Yong-An told Domogan that it would defend his state in order to avoid the Islamic influence, so Domogan agrees that Selurong will give tribute of gold from the Northern mountains to China, Yong le was happy about the decision of Domogan to give tribute to the Chinese and later introduced reforms and also he invited the Chams from Champa to settle in Selurong with the permission of King Ko Cheng of Champa because he felt that the Chams needed home because their lands are being attacked by Dai-Viet, and because of this the population of Selurong became bigger and the the relations between Champa and Selurong became more friendly.
In 1421, Domogan also moved the court of Selurong to Irraya due to it's inland location and also because it would not be besieged by any enemies of Selurong. it was believed that the movement of the court of Selurong was a wise move due to the vulnerability of Tondo as a capital, Domogan does not want to gamble in maintaining a capital near the sea of he preferred a capital that is secure rather than a capital that is near the sea that is easily destroyed by the enemies, the people of Irraya were at first uneasy but Domogan told the people of Irraya that it is good for the people of Selurong and it will be good for their town, he promoted more adherance to Buddhism of the people of Selurong although local cults of Tala, Apolaki and Nanolay flourished.
Dibuka died in 1425, she was interred beside her own husband, Timanukum II, the people of Selurong were sad about the death of Queen Dibuka, they were sad that they lost a good queen.
Domogan secured and fortified Vatan and he later becomes more interested in expanding north, so he ordered an expedition to lands north of Vatan and later he conquered Southern Taiwan and Orchid Island in 1430 in order to secure trade with China and Japan and established the trading port of Tayoan in the southern peninsula of Taiwan but conquering Taiwan is difficult because the Taiwanese tribes are very hostile and many of his troops died in the battle but he was able to gain the Southern tip of Taiwan and he shown that the customs of Selurong are better than the customs of the Taiwanese Aborigines, he forbid the marriage customs of the Taiwanese Aborigines in his area such as the mandatory abortions and because of this the population in the area of Taiwan he ruled increased.
In the meantime Zheng He made his own journeys to the other parts of Asia and Africa and collected tribute and traded with the countries in the Indian Ocean area.
Domogan was happy with his wife Yong-An and talked with his father in law, Huizheng and told him that he was happy that his mother picked Yong-An as his own wife, Huizheng and Domongan really got along very well and Domongan loved Huizheng very deeply and because of that Domongan pursued closer ties with China.
Domogan improved the relations with Sulu which is an emerging trading hub, the relationship between Sulu and Selurong had been strained due to the expulsions of the muslims, Domogan was remembered as a monarch of Selurong and also Selurong was put in the map and before Selurong was just a mere backwater country that never tried to contact with China and did not really want to make friends with the Chinese, it was King Domogan's policy that changed Selurong for the better but his son's policy was different because he preferred the policies of Dibuka.
In 1450, the Sulu Sultanate was found by Sultan Sharif Al Hashim.
Alon became the ruler of Selurong in 1460, after Domogan died in his reign the Tayoan territory in Tapanga deteriorated due to his negligence, Alon was known for reversing the work that his own father done, he rather focused on reforming Selurong and restoring the isolationist policies of the Tondo Dynasty and compared to Domogan, Alon was xenophobic and was very anti-muslim and promoted a personality cult which had the king worshiped as the son of Heaven, Alon continued the expulsions and persecution of Muslims which happened during the reign of Timanukum II which would later lead to the Selurong-Bruneian War, Alon was known as a King that prefered war with Muslims instead of Peace, he said that Muslims are not welcome in Selurong.
Due to the policies of Alon, Alon was hated by the Muslim population, Alon was hated by the muslim population due to his own policies but he always said that it is for the good of Selurong that the Muslims not to be welcome in Selurong.
On 1490, the Mount Pinatubo erupted which caused destruction in Selurong to be in a depression for a time, it caused some of the people near Pinatubo to migrate to the Bannag river area which made it flourish more.
In 1500, the Selurong-Bruneian war started due to the non-tolerance of the Muslims in Selurong, Bolkiah and his armies attacked Selurong, Lower Selurong(Kumintang and Bikol) was lost to Brunei and the capital was moved completely Northwards to Irraya, the already defacto capital of Selurong and Tundun lost its importance and almost became a no-man's land, baybayin, the script was forgotten due to the war between Selurong and Brunei and the area that used it is the mid part of Selurong which was devastated by wars, Alon promised that he will regain the lost lands of Selurong, so they made a war against Brunei again but they lost again so Lower Selurong was not redeemed it remained under Bruneian domination, Alon made peace by having his granddaughter Banua marry Lontok, the son of Bolkiah which guaranteed peace between the new power, Brunei and Selurong, Timanukum IV replaced the intolerant Alon later on.

 

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Quick Guide
Selurong
A country in the northern part of the Island of Selurong or OTL Luzon, the country becames known as the Kingdom of Upper Celudonia or Upper Selurong when the Spanish are in the archipelago, they remain mostly pagan even in the Present.
Sulu
The Center of Trade of South East Asia at the time Magellan came.
Ming Dynasty
Emerged from a rebellion against the Yuan Dynasty, it had good relations with the surrounding countries including, Zhongguo is experiencing a revival because of the Ming Dynasty although they have problems in Wakou and Mongolian raids.
Champa
Deteriorating due to Dai Viet attacks, although the Champa royalty is related to the Selurong Royalty.
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The next part is the similar to the first part although seen in a different viewpoint.

 

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Those Explorers
Heading northwest, the crew reached the equator on 13 February 1521. On 6 March they reached the Marianas and Guam. Magellan called Guam the "Island of Sails" because they saw a lot of sailboats. They renamed it to "Ladrones Island" (Island of Thieves) because many of Trinidad's small boats were stolen there. On 17 March Magellan reached the island of Homonhon in the Philippines, with 150 crew left. Members of his expedition became the first Spaniards to reach the Philippine archipelago, but they were not the first Europeans.
Magellan was able to communicate with the native tribes because his Malay interpreter, Enrique, could understand their languages. Enrique was indentured by Magellan in 1511 right after the colonization of Malacca and was at his side during the battles in Africa, during Magellan's disgrace at the King's court in Portugal and during Magellan's successful raising of a fleet. They traded gifts with Rajah Siaiu of Mazaua who guided them to Cebu on 7 April.
Rajah Humabon of Cebu was friendly towards Magellan and the Spaniards; both he and his queen Hara Amihan were baptized as Christians. Afterward, Rajah Humabon and his ally Datu Zula convinced Magellan to kill their enemy, Datu Lapu-Lapu, on Mactan. Magellan had wished to convert Lapu-Lapu to Christianity, as he had Humabon, a proposal of which Lapu-Lapu was dismissive. On the morning of 27 April 1521, Magellan sailed to Mactan with a small attack force. During the resulting battle against Lapu-Lapu's troops, Magellan was hit by a bamboo spear and later surrounded and finished off with other weapons.
Magellan's voyage led to Limasawa, Cebu, Mactan, Palawan, Brunei, Celebes and finally to the Spice Islands.
Magellan provided in his will that Enrique, his interpreter, was to be freed upon his death. However, after the Battle of Mactan, the remaining ships' masters refused to free Enrique. Enrique escaped his indenture on 1 May with the aid of Rajah Humabon, amid the deaths of almost 30 crewmen. Pigafetta had been jotting down words in both Butuanon and Cebuano languages – which he started at Mazaua on Friday, 29 March and grew to a total of 145 words – and was apparently able to continue communications during the rest of the voyage. "Nothing of Magellan's body survived, that afternoon the grieving rajah-king, hoping to recover his remains, offered Mactan's victorious chief a handsome ransom of copper and iron for them but Datu Lapulapu refused. He intended to keep the body as a war trophy.
The Sultan of Sulu, Alaud Din or Alaud Din the Pious, the Sultan of Brunei and the King of Selurong, Timanukum IV heard the story of Lapu Lapu and him defeating the strange people trying to convert them to a strange religion and off course they were shocked hearing such strange people are coming near their islands, the King of Selurong and the Sultan of Sulu sent some emissaries to Lapu Lapu in the Island of Mactan in order to describe the bodies of the defeated strange people. They were described as fair skinned and some even have colored hair, those people looked weird and different as they said and they don’t know what these strange people might bring in their lands, they remember that the same strange people are also holding Melaka in the Malayan Peninsula, while in the mean time the Sultan of Brunei is doing nothing because the Sultan of Brunei finds that their empire is very invincible and no one can touch them not even the foreigners that are coming to their part of the world, they did not know that the new foreigners had already conquered a larger land, larger than their own empire, the Bruneians were very arrogant and annoying as well to the nearby polities and Brunei is occupying Southern Selurong and Palawan aside from basically ruling Borneo, they don’t know that these strange people will come back and with reinforcements. Timanukum IV was surprised on hearing how strange those people from another country were and how did they looked, his son Magat was very curious as well of the strange people that arrived near their country and Magat was worried what those foreigners can bring into their own country.

 

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Turbulent Europe part I

Sigismund the Old did not support the idea of regaining Silesia and Bona Sforza swapping her lands for it, even if that is the case Bona Sforza was very persistent and the Habsburgs would agree with the proposal of Bona if her daughter Anna marries Philip, the Prince of Asturias, the marriage finally happened in 1545, Bona Sforza finally gained Silesia for the Polish crown, the Polish people of Silesia were very happy and they remembered Bona Sforza as their own heroine, Anna the Jagellonian became the Queen of Spain as well and had two children. Carlos(June 5,1546) and Lamberto(May 2,1547), Philip later married Elisabeth of Valois, the daughter of Henry II and Catherine de Medicis on 1560, but the marriage only produced a daughter named Isabella Clara Eugenia on 1565.
However on England on 1536, Princess Mary escaped after the death of her mother and was able to board a ship to Netherlands, her father would never forgive her, but Mary knew that her mother Catherine wished that she would be happy and have a family and also her family situation was messed up because her father married his mistress so Princess Mary escaped and boarded a ship after a difficult journey, she said that she would one day return to England and become its own Queen, when she boarded to Netherlands she met Margaret of Austria, Dowager Duchess of Savoy and her cousin Charles, Charles had plans on her. Charles had her married to the young Crown Prince of Portugal, Alfonso of Portugal on 1540 which would can she cannot claim the English throne anymore because the nation of her husband is far away from England and he is also 10 years younger than herself and marrying him would make her less attractive to be chosen as a ruler on England, meanwhile on England on 1536 Henry VIII declared Mary Illegitimate and completely broke his ties with her. However on June 5, 1536, Anne Boleyn gave birth to a son named Edward, after 5 years they learned that Mary was already married to the Crown Prince of Portugal, Alfonso, on the mean time Mary gave birth to a son she named Henriques on February 2, 1542, however, Mary died a short time after the birth of Henriques, Alfonso would remarry to Joanna of Austria on 1547, who would give birth to a daughter named Isabella on June 3, 1548, who would marry Henry of Bourbon.
Henry VIII was wary on whether to raise Edward as an Anglican or as a Catholic and to reconcile with the Pope, however that was cut short because he died on 1545, Edward decided to be a protestant just like his mother Anne Boleyn wanted him to be and she was very happy, on 1550, Edward requested to her mother to withdraw the regency since he can now reign as the King and one of the first things he wants is to betroth his sister, Elisabeth, he then finds out that the Ruler of Muscovy wanted a bride and Edward VI wanted alliance so he betrothed his sister Elisabeth to Ivan IV the Tsar of All Russias, on 1552, Elisabeth finally arrived on Muscovy and was surprised about her groom, they were immediately married after her arrival and later Elisabeth was pregnant and gave birth to a son named Peter on March 4, 1553, the marriage between them made an alliance between England and Muscovy.

 

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Legaspi and the Destruction of the Bruneian Empire
Lopez de Legaspi decided to explore the northern region in 1560, however at this time King Magat of Selurong was interested to recover the disputed Southern part of Selurong from the Bruneians.
King Magat of Selurong decided to recover the Southern part of Selurong from the Bruneians but unfortunately for him, the Bruneian troops were very strong and the Bruneian occupation and the descendants of Lontok remained ruling south of Selurong as viceroys of the Bruneian Sultan, and the current ruler of Southern Selurong or Lower Selurong was King Lakandula, King Lakandula was able to fend off his Kingdom from King Magat but Lakandula was deceitful and treacherous, both Magat and Lakandula were able to send emissaries to Miguel Lopez de Legaspi and learnt of his own mission and the colonization of Visayans by the Strange foreigners or people from another land.
Legaspi explored Borneo and later was entertained by the Sultan of Brunei, Saiful Rijal and there he learnt that the Bolkiah royal family were at odds with each other, he knew that clan of Lakandula coveted the crown of Brunei, he guaranteed alliance with Lakandula against the Kingdom of Selurong and the Sultan of Brunei while on his back the he will be trying to sieze his own domains in which there clan were never liked and gained the sympathy of the people as well in order to sieze Lower Selurong from the Bruneians by orchestrating a revolt after a war against the Lakandula after the war with Brunei.
The war of Lakandula to gain the Bruneian throne happened, however he was almost on the winning side but some of his soldiers betrayed him so Saiful Rijal retained the Bruneian Crown later with the support of the Spanish, Lakandula was able to defeat the Bruneians on Lower Selurong preventing the confiscation of Lower Selurong from Lakandula, however, the people of Lower Selurong were already weary of Lakandula and decided to revolt against him, the people stormed his palace with the support of Legaspi and his troops and burned it causing he and his family to flee the palace and because of this he and his family were exiled in the island of Little Selurong(Mindoro in OTL) near Visayas and there where they continued their rule and their defiance against the Spanish but they will be never able to regain other parts of Lower Selurong again. Lakandula was very sad and shameful of his defeat and killed himself in Little Selurong a year after he was exiled with his family, his own son, Lontok II ruled Little Selurong after her own father died, King Magat was shocked at what happened to Lower Selurong and raiders and pirates from the Kingdom of Selurong and Sulu started to raid Lower Selurong and Visayas for loot and for slaves, in the meanwhile Saiful Rijal had a successful war against Madya-as and turned one of its heiress into a concubine causing Madya-as to be a part of the Bruneian Empire, however, the power of the Bruneian Empire is already waning due to what Legaspi did and because of what Legaspi did the Christianization in Visayas continued and the Christianization in Lower Selurong started to happen which alarmed the Kingdom of Selurong and the Sultanate of Sulu, incidentally, the conquests of Legaspi damaged the behemoth that was the Bruneian Empire beyond repair and it will never regain its own glory and this is the start of their own decline.

Lesser Selurong/Selurong Minor, where Lontok II and his successors ruled after Lakandula's exile and death.

 

[MarshalBraginsky]

Where is that island?

 

[kasumigenx]

Where is that island?

It is called as Mindoro in OTL.

 

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Turbulent Europe part II
Charles of Bourbon, an expelled Duke from France due to treason, after attempting to sack Rome, he survived the gunshot on Rome narrowly and was able to retreat and later marry Eleanor of Austria on 1530, Eleanor of Austria, gave birth to a son named Henry on June 4, 1531, who would take the throne of France after the extinction of the Valois Royal house.
A few years after the start of his own reign, unfortunately, Edward IV died of a sweating sickness and he appointed Lady Jane Grey as the Queen, unfortunately, the Queen of Dowager of France, Mary Queen of Scots claimed the English throne and became Queen Mary I of England and Scotland 1561, after her husband, Francis II of France and she had both Jane Grey and Anne Boleyn beheaded, she married Henry Stewart, Lord Darnley on 1565, her second husband after her husband Francis, King of France died, she also had the support of Spain and France because of her own catholic faith. Mary I of England was known to be at the start to be very bad to the Protestants and wanted to restore the union of the Church of England to Rome, however instead of doing what she planned at first she made her own concessions to the Kingdom of England and respect the rights of the Protestants instead and also promote Catholicism in England by uniting the High Anglicans to Catholicism however, that was too late for England to be a wholly Catholic Nation so she decided to respect the Calvinists and the Lutherans by creating the Edict of London on 1566, she was known to be the great queen of both England and Scotland, she gave birth to a son named James on July 10, 1567, James will become James I and he would marry Isabella of Portugal, the daughter of Alfonso VI of Portugal the claimant to the English throne which solidified the claims of James to the Kingdom of England.
Mary I had an adviser, David Rizzio, a priest that had ever since followed her, he was her favorite and the source of problems between Mary I and her Prince consort, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, however she was able to have them reconcile with each other and she said to Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley that he is an asset to both England and Scotland and he did so many accomplishments to their realm and she said that she is loyal to him and she would never replace him with a priest.
After the death of Henry III of France on 1589 due to the friar, Jacques Clement assassinating him, Henry IV, the son of Charles III of Bourbon came from Spain and rose to the throne of France with Isabella of Portugal as his Queen(m. January 4, 1568) and his son Louis(June 4, 1571) as the dauphin while earlier Margaret of France was married to Henriques of Portugal on June 4, 1572, a claimant to the English throne and son of Afonso VI of Portugal, she gave birth to a son named Henriques on July 4, 1573 and a daughter named Isabella on 1574, after Henry IV of France rose to the throne of France, Catherine of Medici went to the Portuguese Court to her daughter on 1589, King Henry IV granted the title Duke of Anjou and Gascony to Henry of Navarre on his own ascension as the King of France and had him convert to Catholicism and stop his claims as the King of Navarre but he would retain being the titular King of Navarre and Lower Navarre would be a French fief, now Henry of Navarre would now be known as Henry, Duc de Anjou, Duc de Gascogne and titular King of Navarre and he would marry Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain, this marriage was celebrated on June 4, 1590 on Bordeaux, Henry IV the King of France also swapped Feudal rights for Flanders in exchange for Roussillon to the King of Spain in this event and Isabella Clara Eugenia’s dowry land is the Free County of Burgundy which will be a part of the lands of Henry, Duke of Anjou as a French fief, after the marriage of Isabella Clara Eugenia to Henry, Duc d’Anjou and due to this Henry Duc de Anjou is Henry, Duke of Anjou, Duke of Gascony, Count of Burgundy and the Titular King of Navarre, now that the marriage has already happened.

 

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QUICK Guide II
Kingdom of Selurong
The Kingdom of Selurong will be very busy on focusing on its internal affair after the Half of the Kingdom has been given up to Brunei and later the Spanish got what they gave up to the Bruneians and and an enemy to the newly formed Spanish colony.
Selurong has its own lingua franca which is the common language of the Lowlands.
Lesser Selurong
Ruled by a Bolkiah Cadet lineage that ruled Lower Selurong, the Island and the Sultanate of Sulu would have nicer relations compared to the relations of Lower Selurong to the Sultanate of Sulu.
Sulu
The Center of Trade between East Asia and South East Asia and an enemy to the newly formed Spanish colony.
Philippines or Filipinas
The New Spanish colony found by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi, the center of hostility of both Sulu, Lesser Selurong and the Kingdom of Selurong and the bandits, pirates and raiders from the Kingdom of Selurong and Sulu, it would conquer all Mindanao with the exception of the Mountain Tribes or Lumad and the lands of the Sultanate of Sulu which included Jambangan or Zamboanga and the Subanun areas.

 

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This is the Map of What has Happened to the OTL Philippines on this Timeline, later on, the Maguindanao Sultanate will disappear because the Spanish will conquer it, I think the Spanish can conquer this fledgling kingdom if not for their difficulties in controlling the Northern Philippines because it is not yet a solid kingdom at this point.

 

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The reign of Ivan the Simple
On 1545, after the gaining of Silesia, Bona Sforza arranged for the mariage of Sophia of Legnica, the daughter of Frederick II of Legnica to Sigismund, her son, on December of 1546, they were married and the marriage produced a son named Frederick on June 4, 1547, Sophia of Legnica and Sigismund were very much fond of each other, the marriage, since Silesia was reacquired by Poland, the area Wroclaw that has passed directly to Poland would be under the new Wroclaw Voivodeship while Opole was under the new Opole Voivodeship, the two voivodeships are under the Duchy of Silesia created due to the transfer of Silesia by Bona Sforza and it is ruled by her son, Sigismund and it would be reintegrated once Sigismund the Younger becomes the King of Poland, due to Sigismund’s marriage to Sophia, the Jagellonians would be one of the senior descendants of the Piast Dynasty, on 1548, Sigismund I the Old died and Silesia was formally incorporated Poland due to Sigismund II becoming the King of Poland.
The Children of Sophia and Sigismund are as follows
Frederick of Poland - June 4, 1547
Sophia of Poland - December 4, 1550
Elisabeth of England finally arrived on Muscovy and was surprised about her groom, Ivan the Tsar of All Russia and the Grand Duke of Muscovy, they were immediately married after her arrival although she had some resentments at the marriage because she was married off to a monarch far away although she learned to adapt to her difficult situation and learn to love her new husband and adjust to her new land and later Elisabeth was pregnant and gave birth to a son named Peter on March 4, 1553, Ivan was very eager to expand his lands at the expense of Poland and Lithuania due to birth of new heirs.
The Children of Ivan and Elisabeth are as follows
Peter - March 4, 1553
Anna - June 4, 1559
however, due to Poland and Lithuania gaining Silesia, it gained more strength in power, on 1554, Eric XIV and Ivan IV Tsar of all Russia warred against Poland, which is more engorged and very ready in a war against both Russia and Sweden, the Polish troops were shown to ready against both Sweden and were able to defeat both Sweden and Russia at the first battle completely and the Soldiers even retreated so instead he decided to try to subjugate the Crimean Khanate ruled by Mehmed II Giray into a vassal with the help of Sweden, he attacked the Crimean Khanate on 1556 to force it into submission, on the first two battles in Crimea it seemed that they were able to defeat them and it seems that there are many casualties in the battle on the side of Crimea but the Ottomans under Suleiman the Magnificent came into the rescue and were able to improve the armies of the Crimea, so on the later battles on Crimea and the war was carried on to Muscovy itself which ended in a shameful defeat and a treaty, the Russians and the Swedes were defeated and Crimea’s raiding of Russian and Ukrainian slaves continued, because of this his lack of better accomplishments, he is called as Ivan the Simple.
The marriage between Elisabeth and Ivan would make Russia gain a claim to the English throne and also the prestige of the marriage alliance between England and Russia/Muscovy and Elisabeth was able to make reforms on Russia due to her help and she also adviced her husband, Ivan to be kind to the peasants but unfortunately due to the circumstances such as the rise of the Stuarts to the Kingdom of England on 1561, the alliance between England and Russia/Muscovy dissolved prematurely, Elisabeth would now feel alone and also she was depressed as well due to the execution of her mother, Anne Boleyn and also the death of her brother Edward earlier, later on 1562, she would recover from the pain that the deaths of her parent and her brother, she learnt about Gytha of Wessex who married into the ruler of Kievan Rus and she learned that she was better off and she would be protected by her husband, Ivan IV of all Russia and he would never leave her alone and she would reign as a wise Queen consort of Ivan IV of all Russia and she betrothed her daughter, Anna of Russia to Frederick of Poland.

 

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The New Colony named the Philippines
Legaspi declared the new Colony of the Philippines or Filipinas on 1570 named after the King of Spain that would encompass the land of Lower Selurong and Visayas, this would be the new center of Hostility of the three Kingdoms of Selurong, Kingdom of Lesser Selurong, Brunei and Sulu.
The Catholicization of Lower Selurong has started after the former rulers of Lower Selurong have been expelled, the people of the Kingdom of Selurong are against this religion and there is already a Christian religion in Selurong and it is Nestorianism which existed even before the Kingdom of Selurong even became a Kingdom and the Nestorians in Selurong are also hostile of Catholicism.
Legaspi decided to conquer the rich lands to the South or the Land of Mindanao the land where Magellan first took sight of the new lands that he is conquering for Spain, the Kingdoms in Mindanao are ripe for conquest because Islam is just new in the Kingdom and the people are not totally accepting to Islam at that time so he believe that conquering the Kingdoms in the land of Mindanao would be very easy as he thought he met the Sultan of Maguindanao, Sultan Maka-alang Saripada and his son Bangkaya and tried to talk to him in order to trade with the Spanish.
Secretly Legaspi would have some of the Pagan tribes under the Sultanate of Maguindanao and it's subordinate states be converted to Catholicism without the Sultan of Maguindanao knowing about it this meant that the control of these people will be lost and due to this the Sultanate of Maguindanao would start to crumble without the Sultan knowing that some of his people had already converted to Catholicism and it is just a matter of time before they would rebel against their Sultan and aside from that Legaspi encouraged the Pagan tribes to have animosity with the Muslims in the Kingdom, not knowing this sly scheme would cost their Kingdom of Maguindanao.
In the meanwhile Mahmoud I of Sulu and Magat I of Selurong are both watching the moves of Legaspi although they can’t stop him from planning to conquer the Island of Mindanao, they are at this time cannot do anything to help because they are focused on internal affairs of the respective kingdom that they are ruling.
Later the Pagan and the Christian tribes staged a rebellion against the fledgling Sultanate of Maguindanao and burnt the residence of the Sultan, both the Sultan of Maguindanao and his son left and escaped from the land and took refuge in the Sultanate of Sulu, they did not know that it was Legaspi that staged the rebellion of the Pagan and Christian tribes, so after the rebellion the Lands of the Sultan of Maguindanao were annexed to the new colony called the Philippines, at this time the former Sultan of Maguindanao was shocked at what has happened in his own land and that it is annexed by the Spanish and starting to be Christian as well which shocked the former Sultan as well.
After Maguindanao was annexed Legaspi moved the center of the new colony from Cebu to Balayan in Lower Selurong that is called in the Spanish as Baja Celudonia, in the same time King Magat would make the people on border between the Kingdom of Selurong and Baja Celudonia to evacuate and make that area a no mans land.
Limahong attacked Baja Celudonia and the no mans land border between the Kingdom of Selurong and the Spanish Colony called the Philippines, he was defeated after the war and he came back to China where he was arrested.

The northern bank of this river is a no man's land ITTL on the time of the Spanish.

The Language of Selurong or Selurongese known as Ikkayan natively
I(I, Mine) – Nak
Mine –(insert item)-k ex Honggok(Your books)
We(Ours)(Inclusive)-Ikkatam
Our(Inclusive)– (insert item)-tam ex. Honggotam(Our Books)
We/Ours(Exclusive)-Ikkami
Our(Exclusive) – (insert item)-mi ex. Honggomi(Our Books)
You(r)(Singular) – Ikkamu
Your(Singular) –(insert item)-mu ex Honggomu(Your books)
You(r)(Plural) – Ikkayu
Yours(Plural) –(insert item)-nu ex Honggonu(Your books)
Eat – Makan
To Eat – Makkan(Mag+Kan(eat))
Love – Irru

 

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Dibuka, Queen of Selurong.

Queen of Selurong in late 14th Century

 

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A Traditional garment of the Kingdom Selurong, some Selurongese men still wear a Loincloth as their outfit, the other traditional outfit of the Selurongese men is similar to that of India and Siam and similar to the Qipao worn by Manchu.

 

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The Last Crusade aka the First Ottoman-Spanish War
King Rama I of Champa is also furious of the Spanish and wanted to help some polities on the east who wanted help while King Magat of Selurong and his son Domoy are busy in administering their realm but the real power in Selurong are the ministers or the generals, the rulers of Aceh also see that the Spanish and the Portuguese have no good intentions in their lands, the Ottomans also came to hear what is happening to the East Indies.
Meanwhile, Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent is planning a different plan which would make the Ottomans expand and help the islamic polities on South East Asia, especially Brunei.
Meanwhile on Poland on May 4,1575, the marriage between Frederick of Poland and Anna of Russia already had happened and Roxelana, the consort of Suleiman the Magnificent greeted the newlywed by a letter and Queen Mother Bona was able to reply to her in a positive way and the children of Frederick and Sophia are as follows;

Prince Wladyslaw, Prince of Silesia b. June 4.1576(The title is just an appanage), the future Wladyslaw IV of Poland

Princess Anna of Poland b.September 25,1580

In the meantime, back to the Ottoman Empire, on 1578 Selim II had a great plan to try to conquer Naples and Granada which he believes he could do which he believes that will paralize the Spanish Empire and help his ally, the Bruneian Sultan in order for them to reconquer Lower Selurong from the Spaniards, they try to have skirmishes in Naples and Sicily which will make a go signal for a start of the Last Crusade, on 1589, the new King of France King Henry IV of France is busy making ammends and having France now allied with Spain and converting Henry, King of Navarre and Duke of Anjou back to catholicism, Henry of Navarre became more known as Henry the Duke of Anjou, Princess Anna of Poland is betrothed to Dauphin Louis, the son of Henry IV.

meanwhile on 1590, bandits from the Kingdom of Selurong and Sulu are attacking the New colony of the Philippines or Filipinas making the Spanish fortify Lower Selurong and Mindanao, the old Miguel Lopez de Legaspi had already catholicize the new Spanish colony, Ottoman Ships finally were able to land in Naples forcing Pope Pius V to declare a crusade against the Ottomans which Spain and Ottomans would be at war which dragged Austria, Bohemia and Hungary ruled by Rudolf II, the Holy Roman Emperor to the new war against the Ottomans, while Poland did not participate in the war due to them being Pro-Ottoman, while the Holy Roman Empire is also struggling with the Protestants they are also warring with the Ottomans, the Ottomans also give Soldiers to the Sultan of Brunei in order for him to take advantage of the war, however, the Sultan of Brunei was not able to retake Lower Selurong from the Spanish, however, Lontok II the ruler of Lesser Selurong swore fealty with the Sultan of Brunei, meantime, a descendant of Montezuma married a member of the Bolkiah Dynasty who migrated to Mexico starting the Montezuma-Bolkiah clan.

On 1591, The Ottoman Soldiers march to Vienna and occupied it due to their good strategy after they were able to sieze Croatia, the Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor fled to Northern Hungary and Bohemia, while the same would be said about Naples, because the Ottoman Soldiers were able to achieve victory in Naples and Malta as well, the Pope was afraid and fled to France ruled by Henry IV so the Lazio Valley was annexed by the Ottomans. the war ended with the Treaty of Vienna on 1593 which ceded Naples, Croatia and Malta to the Ottomans completely while Rudolf would regain Vienna, Philip II of Spain was devastated by the treaty, Pope Pius V was able to return to the Papal States but only in Ravenna but not in Rome which is under the Ottomans.
Due to this war the Ottomans were able to reach their peak and the Christian Polities will not dare to touch it for a long time and Ottomans were able to continue the Volga-Don Canal due to their victory.

 

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Turanian Bliss
Meanwhile in Selurong King Magat died and Domoy replaced him in 1595, in the meantime the devastated pope in Ravenna moved his council in Avignon and Henry IV was happy about him although the Pope was very sad that he would never be in Rome again, his lands north of Lazio were given to the Duke of Modena with the title of Turkish March, which is the buffer area between the Muslim and the Christian worlds and Sultan Selim II of the Ottoman Empire would continue the Volga-Don canal which would have later united the Turkish realm or Turania and perhaps they are also planning to rule the world as well due to their Sultan being a Caliph as well.
On 1595, Peter I of Russia marries a noble woman from Russia named Elizabeth.
In the meantime the bandits from the Kingdom Selurong and Sulu are attacking the new colony of Filipinas, King Charles II of Spain, the son of Anna the Jagellonian and Philip II ordered that the new colony would be strengthened, in the same time the Kingdom of Selurong would be dragged with the new Imjin Conflict between Joseon and Nippon, but they would be focused on its own welfare because the Kingdom Selurong’s people and ministers are against itself being involved in the new war and due to this they really did not involved themselves in the war and also the Ming Dynasty is about to crumble and alot of their refugees migate to the Kingdom of Selurong.
In the meantime, Henry of Anjou decided to crusade against the Turks to regain Lazio, Sicily and Naples from the Mohamedan heathens but Isabella Clara Eugenia decided that her husband should not continue his crusade because the Turks are very strong right now.
The Children of Henry of Anjou and Isabella Clara Eugenia are as follows;
Geoffrey(b. June 4, 1592)
Henrietta(b. June 5, 1594)
Finally the Volga-Don canal is already done in 1600 and finally it is already passable for the Ottoman Ships and now they can already project their power to the Central Asian Khanates that are the successor of the Golden Horde and Genghis Khan’s Empire.
Now that Britain is now catholic again due to the Mary, Queen of Scots, it will be the only one that will be able to challenge the Ottomans because they are holding many lands North of New Spain and also they are loyal to the Pope now in Avignon, after the finishing of the Volga-Don Canal, British forces employed in Mediterranean defeated the forces of Ottoman Ships trying to raid Ibiza.

 

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It took them so long to validate my account...

Anyway, just posted here to make sure that I don't forget this alternate history story