The Usurpation of the Inheritance
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The Usurpation of the Inheritance
Philip II, the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Castile died suddenly at Burgos, apparently of typhoid fever, on 25 September 1506, although a poisoning (assassination) was widely spoken of at the time, and is what his wife believed to be the cause of Philip's death. His wife supposedly refused to allow his body to be buried or part from it for a while. Philip I is entombed at the Royal Chapel of Granada (Capilla Real de Granada), alongside his wife, and her parents Isabella I and Ferdinand II, he has been the Duke of Burgundy since his mother’s death on 1500.
After Philip died, his brother, Francis of Burgundy usurp the Burgundian Inheritance or the Habsburg held Netherlands with the help of his half brother, Louis XII, the children of Philip would be with their mother, Juana I of Castile and would focus on the inheritance of Castile, the usurper Francis of Burgundy would get elected as Emperor as Francis I as soon as his brother died.
However it would have been discovered that it is what is in the will of Philip the Handsome on his death for the Burgundian and Austrian possesions to go to Archduke Francis.
The fateful ride
In 1482, a falcon hunt in the woods near Wijnendale Castle was organised by Adolph of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein , who lived in the castle. Mary loved riding and was hunting with Maximilian and knights of the Court when her husband’s horse tripped, threw him in a ditch, and then landed on top of her, breaking his back. He died several weeks later, on 27 March leaving behind his three children, Philip, Margaret and Francis. He was buried in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges on April 3, 1482. She would marry the Dauphin, in an attempt to please Louis XI and persuade him not to invade her territories.
Due to this marriage she would be known as the mother of Germany and France.
In 1482, King Louis XI of France signed the Treaty of Arras , whereby her Mary of Burgundy married to Louis's son Charles . The marriage took place in 1483 and had Hainault, Artois and the County and Duchy of Burgundy as her dowry, she was swiftly crowned as Queen of France on 1483 due to Louis XI’s death.
The marriage did resolve the issue of conflicts between the Burgundian Estates and France and paved the way for the transfer of majority of Wallonia to France, she would have two children with King Charles VIII, namely Louis b. May 2, 1484 and Isabella of France b. November 2, 1485.
The remaining issue of her marriage would be resolved by a renunciation of Hainault by Frederick III and renunciation of Flanders by Charles VIII by 1492.
Knowing of the betrayal, Edward IV would pledge his daughter, Elizabeth of York to the future James III of Scotland who is six years younger than his own daughter which would end up in a marriage in 1486 when her father, Edward IV died, this marriage would nullify the Auld alliance as long as Elizabeth of York lives.
The Bride
On 1482, Barbara of Brandenburg would choose to travel to the man that is married to her by proxy, she would give her husband, Vladislaus, a daughter named Elizabeth in 1483 before dying on 1485 giving birth to another daughter named Anna b. 1485, she would be able to convince her husband, Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary to protect her rights in Glogow.
Elizabeth of Bohemia herself is betrothed and later married to Francis of Austria, he would remarry on 1490 to Beatrice of Naples, the widow of his rival Matthias, he would die on 1495, while Anna of Bohemia is married to her uncle, Sigismund with the Glogow inheritance of her mother, Barbara of Brandenburg with papal dispensation by Alexander VI.
Coronation of Philip II
On 1493, Emperor Frederick III would die and the young Philip would be the choice of the German states including Bohemia causing him to be crowned as King of the Romans on 1494, on this time Juana of Castile and Aragon is wed to Philip II while Margaret of Austria would marry John, Prince of Asturias, whose marriage would remain childless til his death on 1497, she would remarried Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony and gave birth to Frederick IV on 1499, the formal coronation is attended by his mother, Mary of Burgundy, the French Queen Dowager since 1496.
The Usurpation of the Inheritance
Philip II, the Holy Roman Emperor and King of Castile died suddenly at Burgos, apparently of typhoid fever, on 25 September 1506, although a poisoning (assassination) was widely spoken of at the time, and is what his wife believed to be the cause of Philip's death. His wife supposedly refused to allow his body to be buried or part from it for a while. Philip I is entombed at the Royal Chapel of Granada (Capilla Real de Granada), alongside his wife, and her parents Isabella I and Ferdinand II, he has been the Duke of Burgundy since his mother’s death on 1500.
After Philip died, his brother, Francis of Burgundy usurp the Burgundian Inheritance or the Habsburg held Netherlands with the help of his half brother, Louis XII, the children of Philip would be with their mother, Juana I of Castile and would focus on the inheritance of Castile, the usurper Francis of Burgundy would get elected as Emperor as Francis I as soon as his brother died.
However it would have been discovered that it is what is in the will of Philip the Handsome on his death for the Burgundian and Austrian possesions to go to Archduke Francis.
The fateful ride
In 1482, a falcon hunt in the woods near Wijnendale Castle was organised by Adolph of Cleves, Lord of Ravenstein , who lived in the castle. Mary loved riding and was hunting with Maximilian and knights of the Court when her husband’s horse tripped, threw him in a ditch, and then landed on top of her, breaking his back. He died several weeks later, on 27 March leaving behind his three children, Philip, Margaret and Francis. He was buried in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges on April 3, 1482. She would marry the Dauphin, in an attempt to please Louis XI and persuade him not to invade her territories.
Due to this marriage she would be known as the mother of Germany and France.
In 1482, King Louis XI of France signed the Treaty of Arras , whereby her Mary of Burgundy married to Louis's son Charles . The marriage took place in 1483 and had Hainault, Artois and the County and Duchy of Burgundy as her dowry, she was swiftly crowned as Queen of France on 1483 due to Louis XI’s death.
The marriage did resolve the issue of conflicts between the Burgundian Estates and France and paved the way for the transfer of majority of Wallonia to France, she would have two children with King Charles VIII, namely Louis b. May 2, 1484 and Isabella of France b. November 2, 1485.
The remaining issue of her marriage would be resolved by a renunciation of Hainault by Frederick III and renunciation of Flanders by Charles VIII by 1492.
Knowing of the betrayal, Edward IV would pledge his daughter, Elizabeth of York to the future James III of Scotland who is six years younger than his own daughter which would end up in a marriage in 1486 when her father, Edward IV died, this marriage would nullify the Auld alliance as long as Elizabeth of York lives.
The Bride
On 1482, Barbara of Brandenburg would choose to travel to the man that is married to her by proxy, she would give her husband, Vladislaus, a daughter named Elizabeth in 1483 before dying on 1485 giving birth to another daughter named Anna b. 1485, she would be able to convince her husband, Vladislaus II of Bohemia and Hungary to protect her rights in Glogow.
Elizabeth of Bohemia herself is betrothed and later married to Francis of Austria, he would remarry on 1490 to Beatrice of Naples, the widow of his rival Matthias, he would die on 1495, while Anna of Bohemia is married to her uncle, Sigismund with the Glogow inheritance of her mother, Barbara of Brandenburg with papal dispensation by Alexander VI.
Coronation of Philip II
On 1493, Emperor Frederick III would die and the young Philip would be the choice of the German states including Bohemia causing him to be crowned as King of the Romans on 1494, on this time Juana of Castile and Aragon is wed to Philip II while Margaret of Austria would marry John, Prince of Asturias, whose marriage would remain childless til his death on 1497, she would remarried Frederick III, the Elector of Saxony and gave birth to Frederick IV on 1499, the formal coronation is attended by his mother, Mary of Burgundy, the French Queen Dowager since 1496.
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