Balthasar Carlos survives

The survival of the Prince
Balthasar Carlos survives


The survival of the Prince


His father soon began diplomatic efforts to seek a bride: Archduchess Mariana of Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III and his paternal aunt, Maria Anna, and therefore his cousin, being chosen. Another cousin, the daughter of his mother's sister, Henrietta Maria and her husband, King Charles I of England, Mary, Princess Royal, was also proposed as a potential bride - but was turned down on grounds of religion.


After the Catalan revolt of 1640, Philip IV tried to win over Aragon to raise money and men for the new war front. One of the steps taken towards this end was to bring the Prince Balthasar Charles to be sworn as crown prince of the Kingdom of Aragón. The oath was held on 20 August 1645, when the prince was sixteen years old, in the Cathedral of the Savior, Zaragoza. This titled him as Prince of Gerona, Governor General of Aragon, Duke of Montblanc, Count of Cervera and Lord of the City of Balaguer. Meanwhile, on 13 November of that year, Balthasar Charles was also sworn as heir to the Kingdom of Valencia, on 1662, Philip IV would die and Balthasar Carlos would reign as Charles II.


On February 2, 1645, Archduchess Mariana of Austria would marry Balthasar Charles of Austria.


The marriage of Mariana of Austria and Balthasar Charles would produce the following children: Margaret Therese b. 1647, Philip Propsero b. 1658 d. 1661 and Charles b. 1661.
 
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Colonial Reforms
Colonial Reforms
In order to please the Portuguese Cortes in order to maintain its control in Portugal Philip IV would do reforms in the late 1650’s.
-The Castilians would transfer control of parts of the Philippines which is disputed between Portugal and Spain the Castilians would cede control of Northern half of Luzon/Selurong( which is roughly the regions of Cagayan, Ilocos, Pangasinan, Zambales and Pampanga) which the Portuguese would collectively call as Nova Segovia or natively Celudão/Selurong(also rendered as Saludong or Saludong) the cession would not include Bulacan and the Corregimiento of Mariveles and the Spanish rights to Sulu Archipelago and the Spanish would cede Manado to the Portuguese.
-The Castilians would cede their mandate to Japan to the Portuguese.
-The Castilians would cede rights to Brazil to Portugal completely.
-Mollucas, Ternate and Papua would go to the Castilians.
-Macau and the Rights to Formosa and China would be ceded to the Castilians.
 
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Expansion of Portuguese East Indies
Expansion of Portuguese Indies

The Maniago Revolt would have helped the transition of Celudão or Portuguese Luzon to Portuguese rule as the Portuguese are better than the Spanish as it helped the transfer of control of Celudão to the Portuguese and many Spanish officials left in the early years of the Portuguese control in Celudão.

On 1680, the inland areas of Celudão would gain more population which would cause the start of formation of Selurongese from Gaddang and Irraya, The Portuguese would not force conversion of the Hindus in Celudão and other Portuguese controlled areas in East Indies although the Catholics would increase in number, The Portuguese would be considered the champion of the Hindus.

The Portuguese would renounce their ownership and rights to Malacca to the Dutch.

The Portuguese Luzon(Celudão/Nova Segovia) and Spanish Luzon(Nueva Castilla) would have different views on Chinese, the Portuguese Celudão would have nonexistent Chinese population while Spanish Luzon would have a large Chinese population, the Indians from Goa would be the primary immigrants to Celudão.
 
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Dos Teresas
Dos Teresas
Margaret Theresa of Spain (Spanish: Margarita Teresa, German: Margarete Theresia; 12 July 1647 – 12 March 1700) was, by marriage, Holy Roman Empress, German Queen, Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia. She was the daughter of Charles II of Spain and the elder full-sister of Charles, Prince of Asturias.

Margaret Theresa would give birth to four children and only two survived infancy.

Maria Antonia Josepha Benedicta Rosalia Petronella (18 January 1664), Archduchess of Austria, married Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria and was the mother of Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria.
Maria Anna Josepha Antonia Apollonia Scholastica (9 February 1665), Archduchess of Austria, married Sigismund IV of Poland(John Sigismund).
Ferdinand Wenceslaus Joseph Michael Eleazar (28 September 1667 d.1668)
John Leopold (born and died 20 February 1670), Archduke of Austria.

During her last pregnancy Margaret fell ill with bronchitis; this, along with her already weakened health due to four living childbirths and at least two miscarriages during her marriage, caused her early death on 12 March 1670, at the age of 22. She was buried in the Imperial Crypt, in Vienna. Only four months later, the widower Emperor –despite his grief for the death of his "only Margareta" (as he remembered her),– entered into a second marriage with Archduchess Claudia Felicitas of Austria, member of the Tyrol branch of the House of Habsburg and after the death of Claudia Felicitas to Eleanor Magdalene of Neuburg.


Leopold I would cede his claims and overlordship to the Duchy of Oppeln and their control and overlordship of Teschen to the Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth as the dowry of Maria Anna in order to guarantee a Polish-Austrian alliance and on the urging of the church due to the Polish population and the Primate of Gniezno.

Maria Theresa of Spain (Spanish: María Teresa de Austria; French: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683), was by birth Infanta of Spain and Portugal (until 1640) and Archduchess of Austria as member of the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg and by marriage Queen of France.

Her marriage in 1660 with King Louis XIV, her cousin, was made with the purpose of ending the long-standing war between France and Spain. Famed for her virtue and piety, she would have four miscarriages and two live births namely, Louis, Grand Dauphin b. 1661 and Marie Therese, Madam Royale b. 1667 and is frequently viewed as an object of pity in historical accounts of her husband's reign, since she had no choice but to tolerate his many love affairs.

Without any political influence in the French court or government (except briefly in 1672, when she was named Regent during her husband's absence during the Franco-Dutch War), she died at the early age of 44 from complications from an abscess on her arm.
 
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Infanta Isabella
Infanta Isabella

In order to end the Portuguese revolt, Philip IV would marry Catherine of Braganza on 1650, Catherine of Braganza would provide a single daughter named Isabella who would marry Charles II of England on 1663 in order to give the English a good alliance with the Spanish. She would be crowned as Queen of England.

Isabella of Spain would provide Three surviving Children for Charles II namely, Elizabeth of England b. May 2, 1670, James III b. November 10, 1683, Louise b. June 10, 1688 and Philip b. June 20, 1689, she would die due to a complication of miscarriage in 1690.

The Dowry of Infanta Isabella would include the Spanish and Portuguese claims to the English colonies in the Americas and the Cession of Florida, Jamaica and the Isle of Puerto Rico as well as the Spanish rights over the English America.
 
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Reign of Charles II
Reign of Charles II

On Charles' accession, Aix-La-Chapelle was in many ways a diplomatic triumph, since France was forced to return most of its territorial gains. However, John exploited discontent within the ruling class to instigate a revolt in Aragon and Catalonia.


The outbreak of the Franco-Dutch War in 1672 dragged Spain into another war with France over the Spanish Netherlands, the cost of which placed almost intolerable strain on the economy.


The Spanish King would arrange his son’s marriage Charles, Prince of Asturias' marriage in 1679 to Marie Louise of Orléans, eldest daughter of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. The French ambassador wrote that '...the Prince is so handsome' while the marriage was strongly desired by the prospective bride.


Queen Mariana would do her utmost to isolate Marie Louise who was French, rather than Austrian and the choice of her bitter rival. Marie Louise would produce three children namely Mariana b. May 2, 1688, Philip b. June 4, 1690 and Catherine b. June 10, 1692.


However, her husband, Charles, Prince of Asturias would die in 1696 forcing Marie Louise out of the Spanish court.
 
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The Cession of Netherlands
The cession of Netherlands
On 1700, Infanta Mariana would be betrothed to Charles of Austria, the eldest surviving son of Eleanor of Neuburg and Emperor Leopold.

The dowry of Infanta Mariana would be the Spanish held Netherlands and because of that the Former Spanish Netherlands would be part of Germany that would be united by the Austrian Habsburgs.
 
Hermosa
Hermosa
On 1670, the enraged Spanish would decide to conquer the Kingdom of Tungning due to them supporting the Chinese revolts in Nueva Castilla in the North of the Philippines, the Spanish would get help from the Qing who were promised metals from Peru and Mexico.
The ruler of Tungning, Zheng Jing would get ousted by the Spanish from Formosa or Hermosa which would improve the Spanish-Qing relationship.

The Spanish would establish Fort Sto. Domingo and Zeelandia as ports and intermediary between Spain and China, the Spanish Galleon trade would pass from Manila, Portuguese Luzon and Spanish Hermosa.
 
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Death of Charles II
Death of Charles II

On the death of Charles II on 1715, he would be known for improving the colonies of both Portugal and Spain and for that he would be a beloved monarch.


The fact that Portugal would have the one in charge with the trade with Korea and Japan would change the dynamics of Spain and so is the Castilian crown being the one in charge with the Chinese trade would have been proven to be a good decision to the Spanish.


The Portuguese would start to approach Ryukyu on 1710 and establish trade with Ryukyu and create a trading treaty with Ryukyu which would not be noticed by Japan until it is too late, Philip V, the grandson of Charles II would improve the governship of their colonies..
 
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Ryukyu and Portuguese East Indies
Ryukyu and Portuguese East Indies

The Portuguese would start to approach Ryukyu on 1710 and establish trade with Ryukyu and create a trading treaty with Ryukyu under the rule of King Sho Eki, the Portuguese would establish factories in Ryukyu in order to trade with Japan via a backdoor.


In Portuguese Luzon and Celebes, the Castillans would continue to be an influence, both Portuguese Luzon and Celebes are Portuguese and Majapahit colonies that would be in good correspondence and Portuguese Luzon and both Celebes and Portuguese Luzon(Selurong) would have some cultural unity with the Spanish Philippines and despite that the Muslims in Celebes would be tolerated while the Portuguese Luzon would form as a nation of its own.
 
Summary of the two recent updates

-Sulawesi and Northern Luzon still have some Castillan influence but observe Portuguese laws due to their proximity to the Spanish Philippines despite them being Portuguese colonies although this might change later on because the Portuguese would use their part of Luzon as a stepping ground to Japan.
-Portugal slowly expands to Japan.
 
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