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The Usurpation of the Inheritance
Between the Deutsch and Français

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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Boudicca of the East
Boudicca of the East

On the latter 15th century, Dayang Kaylangitan and her father the ruler of Tondo would seek help with Brawijaya V of Majapahit, her liege against Bolkiah of Brunei,after the battle Dayang Kaylangitan of Tondo would marry a noble in Selurong and the defeat of the Bruneians would end the further expansion of Bruneians north.

Due to this victory of Kaylangitan or Banua is known as the Boudicca of the East, she would bring a better honor than the other female icons of her land, Empress Sasaban and Dibuka of Kaboloan and she reinvigorated the vigor of Selurong which allowed them to later fight the Bruneians, however both Sunda and Selurong would fall under Portuguese Influence in the 1520’s.

Banua was known for one of the women who fought of the expansion of Islam in the Malay Archipelago and was known in future romance and epic stories.
 
Isabella of Aragon
Isabella of Aragon

Isabella married to Prince Afonso, the only son and heir of king John II of Portugal from his marriage with Eleanor of Viseu. The wedding, by proxy, took place in the spring of 1490 in Seville. On 19 November of that year, Isabella arrived in Badajoz, where she was welcomed by Afonso's uncle Manuel. Afonso and Isabella were reunited in Elvas on 22 November and, on the following day, Isabella met her mother-in-law, Queen Eleanor, in the Convento do Espinheiro in Évora, where the court had gathered to ratify the marriage that had been celebrated earlier in Seville.

Though the marriage had been arranged by the Treaty of Alcáçovas, the marriage quickly became a love match. Isabella proved a popular figure with the Portuguese royal family due to her knowledge of their language and customs brought about by the years she spent in Portugal as a child. Isabella's happy life in Portugal came to an abrupt end in July 1491, however, when Afonso was killed in a riding accident. She was heartbroken and later became convinced that he had died because God was angry that Portugal had provided a refuge for the Jews that her parents had expelled from Spain, she is discovered to be pregnant and died giving birth to a stillborn boy on 1492, Juana is already betrothed off to the future Holy Roman Emperor and Maria is betrothed to the successor of John, Manuel, duke of Beja, the marriage would result in Maria’s death on 1502 as she would have a string of miscarriages and stillbirths starting from her marriage in 1497 resulting in one surviving child, namely Isabella b. 1501, he would later remarry to Isabella of France on 1502, Isabella of France would give birth to a raft of kids including John II of Portugal b. 1503.

Isabella I of Castile would outlive her majority of her children except Juana and Catherine of Aragon since she would die on 1516 while Ferdinand of Aragon would die on 1503, she would take care of daughter’s children with her.
 
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Children of Mary of Burgundy
Children of Mary of Burgundy
Philip II, Holy Roman Emperor b. 1478 d. 1506 m. Juana I of Castile
Margaret of Austria b. 1480 m. Juan, Prince of Asturias(a) Frederick III of Saxony(b)
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor m. Elizabeth of Bohemia
Louis XII of France b. 1484 m. Anne of Brittany
Isabella of France b. 1485 m. Manuel I of Portugal(c)
 
Portuguese East Indies
Portuguese East Indies

Europeans were making technological advances in the early 16th century; new found Portuguese expertise in navigation, shipbuilding and weaponry allowed them to make daring expeditions of exploration and expansion. Starting with the first exploratory expeditions sent from newly conquered Malacca in 1512, the Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in the East Indies, and sought to dominate the sources of valuable spices and to extend their Roman Catholic missionary efforts. Initial Portuguese attempts to establish a coalition in 1522 with the West Javan Sunda Kingdom which failed and the former Majapahit influenced Selurong which the Portuguese explored, Portugal would be prevented in Expansion in the area of Selurong’s south due to the Bruneian Empire, the Portuguese would gain control of Majapahit influenced Selurong as well as Batak of Sumatera and the Portuguese would have smoothly subjugated the Kingdom of Caboloan as well. Through both military conquest and alliance with local rulers, they established trading posts, forts, and missions in the Spice Islands, including Ternate, Ambon, and Solor. The height of Portuguese missionary activities, however, came at the latter half of the 16th century, after the pace of their military conquest in the archipelago had stopped and their east Asian interest was shifting to Japan, Macau and China; and sugar in Brazil and the Atlantic slave trade in turn further distracted their efforts in the East Indies. In addition, the first European people that arrived in Northern Sulawesi was the Portuguese. Francisco Xavier supported and visited the Portuguese mission at Tolo on Halmahera. This was the first Catholic mission in the Moluccas. The mission began in 1534 when some chiefs from Morotai came to Ternate asking to be baptised. Simão Vaz, the vicar of Ternate, went to Tolo to found the mission. The mission was the source of conflict between the Spanish, the Portuguese and Ternate. Simão Vaz was later murdered at Sao.

The Portuguese would have Malacca, Nusa Tengarra or Sonda Oriental, Batac lands and Celudao/Selurong as its colony in East Indies and Sunda as its vassal kingdom in the East.

The Spanish would be able to explore and establish the Philippines via Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition and Miguel Lopez de Legaspi would conquer the Visayan principalities and defeat the Bruneian Empire and get its eastern territories for Spain causing conflict between the Portuguese Empire and the Spanish Empire.
 
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Isabella of France, Queen of Portugal, second daughter of Mary of Burgundy.
 
Edward V’s failure
Edward V’s failure

Francis II then allied with Edward V, against France. Alain d'Albret, a rebel lord, believing he would marry Francis' daughter Anne, reinforced the Breton army with 5000 troops supplied by the king of Spain. Maximilian I of Austria also sent 1500 men, and Edward Woodville, Lord Scales, brought over a force of archers from Britain. However Brittany was defeated 28 July 1488 in the Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier. This battle also destroyed the power-base of the warring noble leaders as Edward Woodville was killed, and Louis of Orléans and Jean, Prince of Orange were captured. Alain d'Albret and the Maréchal de Rieux succeeded in escaping, and played an important part in continuing the conflict.

A few days later, on 10 August, Francis was forced to sign the Treaty of Verger. Under the terms of the treaty, the duke was compelled to submit himself and his duchy as a vassal of the king of France, and to expel foreign princes and troops from Brittany. It also restricted his ability to marry his children to suitors of his choosing and required that he cede territory in Saint-Malo, Fougères, Dinan, and Saint-Aubin to the king as a guarantee that in the absence of a male successor the king would determine the succession and Anne of Brittany would be sent as a prisoner of war and betrothed to Dauphin Louis which repurdiates Anne’s betrothal to Edward V. Francis died a few months later as a result of a fall from his horse during a leisurely ride. He left only a two daughters, Anne of Brittany and Isabeau of Brittany. Despite the French victory and the signing of the treaty, la Guerre Folle dragged on beyond Francis II's death for eight more years until December 1496, when Anne married Dauphin Louis.

Isabeau of Brittany married to John Albret after Anne of Brittany is betrothed to the dauphin, the marriage would produce one daughter, Isabella of Albret b. 1494 who would be the second wife of Richard of Shrewsburry after is wife, Catherine of Navarre died in 1512.

Francis II is interred in an elaborate tomb in the Nantes Cathedral. His tomb was commissioned by his daughter Anne, and is an important early example of Renaissance sculpture in France.

On 1489, Anne of Orleans was released from her vows and married off to Edward V for the English to recognize this treaty.

Ultimately the marriage of Anne of Brittany and Louis XII, Produced three surviving children Claude of Angouleme b. October 13, 1499, Charles IX b. 1503 and Renee of France October 25, 1510.
 
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Anne of Brittany’s marriage
Anne of Brittany’s marriage

“Anne of Brittany married Louis XII instead of Edward V on 1496, that is a result of the old treaty imposed by France.”

Philippa Gregory

“The marriage was the reason why we have Princess Claude, Duchess of Angouleme, King Charles IX and Princess Renee the three are the surviving children of Louis XII and Anne of Brittany.”

Joanna Rowling

“There are also other marriage suits that did succeed, the marriage of Richard of Shrewsberry and the Queen of Navarre, Catherine which reinvigorated the Plantagenets in the Continent and was even given back Gascony as the King of Navarre and the other was the marriage of Isabeau of Brittany with John Albret, the two marriages were prolific to the core, however the attempt to marry Anne of Brittany to Edward V failed.”

Philippa Gregory

“Anne of Orleans brought to her the ideas of renaissance and piety with her, she was the epitomy of the modern woman at that time, she is the mother of Margaret of England(1490), Queen of Denmark, Henry VII(1491) and Mary of England(1499), Queen of Navarre”

Joanna Rowling

“We should remember that before the marriage of Anne of Brittany, Charles VIII died on 1496, allegedly, poisoned by his wife, Mary of Burgundy, Anne could have sworn off that marriage and chosen to marry someone else.”

Philippa Gregory

-Excerpt from the Book the Forced Wedding by Joanna Rowling and Philippa Gregory AD 2000
 
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Anne of Orleans
Anne of Orleans

Anne became abbess of Fontevraud in 1477. This was an abbey in which both monks and nuns lived, but was always ruled by an abbess. She continued the work of her predessecor Marie de Bretagne in reforming the order, however on 1489, Anne of Orleans would be forced out of the Fontravraud Abbey and removed from her vows marrying Edward V of England.

Anne of Orleans would give birth to three children, Margaret of England(December 2, 1490), Henry VII(June 28, 1491) and Mary of England(March 18, 1499), she would die giving birth on 1502 and Edward V would remarry to Catherine of Aragon, who would give birth to two surviving daughters, Elizabeth (January 31, 1510) and Mary (February 18, 1516).

During the time that she was queen she would promote peace between France and England and the two countries were at peace and also promoted renaissance.
 
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Catherine of Navarre
Catherine of Navarre

In 1483 the death of Francis made Catherine queen under the regency of their mother. Her uncle John of Foix, appealing to the Salic Law alien to the Kingdom of Navarre, claimed the throne and ignited a civil war (1483–1492) that reignited the old conflict of the Beaumont-Agramont parties. In 1484, hard pressed by ambitions over the throne of Navarre, Magdalena of Valois decided to marry 15-year-old Catherine to John of Albret, hailing from a noble family in western Gascony. This marriage was favored by many of Catherine's Iberian subjects and would have given Catherine much needed support in her fight against her uncle's claim.

However, John Albret would change his mind as he would want to marry Isabeau of Brittany instead and Catherine of Navarre would be betrothed to Richard, duke of Shrewsberry on 1487, a marriage that would happen on 1488 which would be fruitful as Catherine of Navarre would have many pregnancy but only three would survive, Anne of Navarre b. 1492, Henry II of Navarre and Isabella of Navarre b. 1510, she would die on 1512 and her husband would remarry to Isabella d’Albret who would produce a son named John who would be the heir to the Albret inheritances and the founder of the Plantagenet-Albret family.
 
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