Margaret has made the step back of her own will and Anne would not have accepted only being ordered around from her. You will surely see more of them and their relationship in the next chapters
Anne, Duchess and Queen - an Anne of Brittany TL
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Part 3
Anne, Duchess of Brittany and Queen of England was cradling her newborn daughter, a little girl much healthier than Claude or Charles had ever been. She was a little deluded by the birth of another daughter, who would be behind Claude in the Breton succession, but still little Anne was born ten months after her marriage to Henry and she had still time for birthing an heir for Brittany as her husband, delighted by the little girl who had named after her, had reminded her, trying to comfort her. Anne would never blame her daughter for her sex, and she knew who her daughter would have a glittering future as the Burgundian envoy had told Henry who if the child was a girl his masters wanted her instead of Princess Mary for his grandson and heir as a girl six years younger was better than one four years older. Anne knew who her husband agreed with the sentiment as he was strongly set against the marriage of his current heir with Catherine of Aragon, five years older than him, independently from the question of the unpaid dowry who had caused the failure of the match, and was instead keen to pair the younger Henry with Eleanor of Austria, seven years younger than him. Well, Anne hoped who Henry would be able to find another King for his spoiled daughter as she was sure who Mary would declare eternal hate to her new sister for the switch of betrothal, unless she was presented with another prestigious match soon.
Anne just hoped who, once the engagement between Henry and Eleanor was signed, the King of Aragon would accept the course of the events and send a ship to take back at home his youngest daughter as Catherine was starting to become a trouble between her security who she would marry the young Henry, her tentatives to poison Henry against her and her barely concealed tentatives to seduce him… Luckily Anne had been able to unmask Catherine’s lies, persuading Henry who the last thing she wanted was seeing something bad happen to him as her greatest wish and objective, since the death of her father when she was younger than him, was preserve the independence of her native Brittany.
Still Ferdinand of Aragon recently had demonstrated again his total absence of scruples in reaching his objectives, considering who he had pushed his grieving daughter to remarry to his ward, Ferdinand of Calabria, former heir of Naples, barely four months after the death of Philip of Burgundy, and had pushed the Cortes of both Castile and Aragon to settle the succession of both kingdoms on the future children of Joanna‘s second marriage, excluding the issue of her first marriage. Anne suspected who the arrogance of Philip and the fact who he had angered everyone there, starting with Queen Joanna, when he had taken his second son, Ferdinand, who he had never meet before as the boy was born in Castile and had been raised there until the arrival of his parents and shipped him in Burgundy for being properly raised with his other siblings. After that he had tried to exclude his father-in-law from the government and at the same time to have his wife declared mad for taking all the power for himself, something who Isabella’s will (who left any kind of regency for Joanna exclusively in the hands of Ferdinand) had firmly excluded, causing an huge break in his wedding as Joanna, while still madly in love with him, had been so scared to search her father‘s protection against him.
Anne just hoped who, once the engagement between Henry and Eleanor was signed, the King of Aragon would accept the course of the events and send a ship to take back at home his youngest daughter as Catherine was starting to become a trouble between her security who she would marry the young Henry, her tentatives to poison Henry against her and her barely concealed tentatives to seduce him… Luckily Anne had been able to unmask Catherine’s lies, persuading Henry who the last thing she wanted was seeing something bad happen to him as her greatest wish and objective, since the death of her father when she was younger than him, was preserve the independence of her native Brittany.
Still Ferdinand of Aragon recently had demonstrated again his total absence of scruples in reaching his objectives, considering who he had pushed his grieving daughter to remarry to his ward, Ferdinand of Calabria, former heir of Naples, barely four months after the death of Philip of Burgundy, and had pushed the Cortes of both Castile and Aragon to settle the succession of both kingdoms on the future children of Joanna‘s second marriage, excluding the issue of her first marriage. Anne suspected who the arrogance of Philip and the fact who he had angered everyone there, starting with Queen Joanna, when he had taken his second son, Ferdinand, who he had never meet before as the boy was born in Castile and had been raised there until the arrival of his parents and shipped him in Burgundy for being properly raised with his other siblings. After that he had tried to exclude his father-in-law from the government and at the same time to have his wife declared mad for taking all the power for himself, something who Isabella’s will (who left any kind of regency for Joanna exclusively in the hands of Ferdinand) had firmly excluded, causing an huge break in his wedding as Joanna, while still madly in love with him, had been so scared to search her father‘s protection against him.
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Yes, I hinted in the last chapter who Philip had done worse than OTL before dying… Ferdinand here had not remarried so he had been able to keep power in Castile and get control of Joanna and the fact who Philip had decided to send little Ferdinand in Burgundy (against Joanna’s will and without her consent) had played a lot in favour of Ferdinand‘s plans. He has lost his namesake grandson (and no Catherine of Austria here) but has full control of Castile and will have soon Trastamara granchildren as heirs so he is really happy
Happy to see Ferdinand of Calabria getting some luck here, after Ferdinand of Aragon dies, maybe he could also get the title of Naples Sui Juris, IF he survives his father in law of course.
Pretty likely to see that happening… Joanna would have no reason for denying the title of Naples to her husband, and is extremely likely who Giulia and Isabella would get good matches here
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Anne of Brittany, Queen of England was glad to have been able to return in her native land and hoped who her ladies would not feel too uncomfortable in being there for at least the next seven months, but leaving the English court had become a necessity for her own good and for the sake of the baby who she was carrying as her mother-in-law had told her. She was just sorry for having left behind her little daughter, but her Annie was only eight month old and would be safer in England as she knew who Henry had no intention to take any risk and would keep their daughter far away from her elder half-sister as Mary had taken worse than expected the news who her newborn sister would replace her as future Duchess of Burgundy. Anne was sure who the eleven years old Mary would soon recover from the delusion and who the menaces against the “usurper who had stolen her future” as she called Annie and the wish to see her die, were just empty words in the middle of her tantrums but she had already agreed to leave all the responsibilities for both Mary and Catherine in Margaret’s hands and thus she would not interfere with her mother-in-law’s dispositions. Still Anne had suggested to her husband to try to find another Crown for his second daughter and she hoped who Henry‘s envoys would have success in securing a match with the heir of Portugal or Denmark for her stepdaughter.
The situation with France continued to be tense but as Anne already knew, Regent Louise had bigger troubles elsewhere, considering who she had to renounce to any claim on Milan as she had signed the engagement of her daughter Marguerite with the elder son of Duke Ludovico: they would be married in few months and Marguerite would bring the claim on Milan of the heirs of Valentina Visconti as part of her dowry. Anne had no doubt about the fact who her late husband was cursing Louise from his grave for that, specially as their daughter Claude was Valentina’s senior heiress, and King Francis was neither the general nor the male heir as Gaston of Foix, Louis’ nephew, was more senior than him (and the young Viscount of Narbonne had been incensed by that deal and openly criticized the Regent, with the surprise of nobody as the relationship between them had been quite strained since Louise’s half-brother, the Duke of Savoy, had rejected a match with his sister, marrying instead King Ferdinand’s niece, Joanna, Dowager Queen of Naples, ten years older than Germaine).
Anne doubted who the recent engagement of Germaine to the new Elector Palatine had satisfied her brother, specially when Louis had always tried to secure a Crown for his beloved niece and Louise had never liked much either sibling.
If the situation in Milan was looking good (Ludovico had also reconciled with his niece Isabella and solved the question about the possession of Bari with an engagement between his younger son and Isabella’s daughter and only surviving child), Anne was worried for the tension between Austria-Burgundy and the Spanish realms as the recent birth of John, Prince of Asturias, the first child of Queen Joanna by her second husband, had forced Maximilian of Austria to accept who his grandsons would not inherit their mother’s kingdoms as should have been their right.
The situation with France continued to be tense but as Anne already knew, Regent Louise had bigger troubles elsewhere, considering who she had to renounce to any claim on Milan as she had signed the engagement of her daughter Marguerite with the elder son of Duke Ludovico: they would be married in few months and Marguerite would bring the claim on Milan of the heirs of Valentina Visconti as part of her dowry. Anne had no doubt about the fact who her late husband was cursing Louise from his grave for that, specially as their daughter Claude was Valentina’s senior heiress, and King Francis was neither the general nor the male heir as Gaston of Foix, Louis’ nephew, was more senior than him (and the young Viscount of Narbonne had been incensed by that deal and openly criticized the Regent, with the surprise of nobody as the relationship between them had been quite strained since Louise’s half-brother, the Duke of Savoy, had rejected a match with his sister, marrying instead King Ferdinand’s niece, Joanna, Dowager Queen of Naples, ten years older than Germaine).
Anne doubted who the recent engagement of Germaine to the new Elector Palatine had satisfied her brother, specially when Louis had always tried to secure a Crown for his beloved niece and Louise had never liked much either sibling.
If the situation in Milan was looking good (Ludovico had also reconciled with his niece Isabella and solved the question about the possession of Bari with an engagement between his younger son and Isabella’s daughter and only surviving child), Anne was worried for the tension between Austria-Burgundy and the Spanish realms as the recent birth of John, Prince of Asturias, the first child of Queen Joanna by her second husband, had forced Maximilian of Austria to accept who his grandsons would not inherit their mother’s kingdoms as should have been their right.
Six years is not impossible… And I never said who Mary would marry John of Portugal or who Manuel would be interested in a match between his son and Mary of England.
Hopefully Mary can be convinced to satisfy herself with whatever crown her dad ends up securing for her...for her sake and her baby sister's! Also it will be interesting to see how Maximilian's relationship with his former daughter in law's family plays out here, though I suspect Charles at least will be happier without having to involve himself in the Spanish realms (even if he doesn't know that yet cause he's just a kid)