The Frog and the Princess(Henry III of France has children)

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The Frog and the Princess

Juan de Salcedo

On June of 1571, Tarik Sulayman the Chieftain of Macabebe or Bambolito decides to cancel their attack on Bangkusay would wait for another time to plan for a war against the Spanish and Rajah Sulayman would go to Kasikis and Malang Balagtas to ready for another war.

Louise of Lorraine
On the evening of December 1 1576, Louise of Lorraine goes to labor and gives birth finally to the son and heir of her husband, she has been chosen as a replacement for Marie of Cleves by Henry III of France, she gives birth to a son named Francis who was born on December 2, 1576, he would be said to be the son of Cinderella, she is loved by her husband, Henry III deeply.

A simple noblewoman from France had finally got her happiness with her prince charming, Henry III of France who she loves deeply.

Louise of Lorraine is known as the Cinderella of France due to her own destiny as the wife of the King and as a queen mother which no one expected to happen due to her being impoverished at childhood.

 

[JonasResende]

Wasn't Cendrillon only written in the next century though?

 

[kasumigenx]

Wasn't Cendrillon only written in the next century though?

Yes, but in this time it is different..the tale might also be different as well..Perault based his tale on Louise.

 

[kasumigenx]

On 1579, an invasion of the Spanish armada, repulsed by both England and France would solidify the alliance and a betrothal between Arabella Stuart and Francis, the Dauphin is made.

Louise of France would give birth to another child, a daughter named Catherine May 10, 1580, named after her grandmother, in this time, Louise of Lorraine would support the match between her son Francis Arabella Stuart by Elizabeth I of England, a marriage for alliance between England and France, the marriage would have meant that the England would need to give up its claims to Calais and France and she herself would be the carrier of England’s claims to France, Arabella is sent to the turbulent french court on 1581, due to her future marriage to the future King of france her rights to the throne of England is forfeited and given to James VI of Scotland who is Elizabeth’s successor, Arabella and Louise would have good relations with each other and fond of each other, Louise treated Arabella as her own daughter.

The marriage was done to prevent a Spanish armada invasion in England and to protect England from the papists and the Spanish who wanted to install Isabella Clara Eugenia on the English throne.

Elizabeth I of England would promote James VI of Scotland as her heir and now the island of Great Britain will be united on the reign of James VI.

 

[JonasResende]

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Louise of France would give birth to another child, a daughter named Catherine May 10, 1580, named after her grandmother, in this time, Louise of Lorraine would support the match between her son Francis Arabella Stuart by Elizabeth I of England, a marriage for alliance between England and France, the marriage would have meant that the England would need to give up its claims to Calais and France and she herself would be the carrier of England’s claims to France, Arabella is sent to the turbulent french court on 1581, due to her future marriage to the future King of france her rights to the throne of England is forfeited and given to James VI of Scotland who is Elizabeth’s successor, Arabella and Louise would have good relations with each other and fond of each other, Louise treated Arabella as her own daughter.

Elizabeth I of England would promote James VI of Scotland as her heir and now the island of Great Britain will be united on the reign of James VI.

I wasn't aware England was still claiming Calais after Mary lost it...

 

[kasumigenx]

I wasn't aware England was still claiming Calais after Mary lost it...

No, Elizabeth just completely gives up her claims to the continental possesions and claims to Arabella, including Calais which Mary Tudor lost.

 

[JonasResende]

No, Elizabeth just completely gives up her claims to the continental possesions and claims to Arabella, including Calais which Mary Tudor lost.

Why?

 

[kasumigenx]

Why?

In order to make an alliance against the Spanish.

 

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In late 1573, Limahong gathered an army of 3,000 Chinese warriors, renegades and vagabonds and fled to the island of Luzon. There, he and his band of outlaws sought refuge, established their own kingdom and waged war with the Spanish Empire.

By this time, a force of 40,000 soldiers and 135 ships was sent by the Wanli Emperor to kill and capture the pirates. Limahong and his troops first arrived in Samtoy in Saludong. The pirates then chanced upon merchant ships from Manila doing trade with the Chinese, and learned from two captured ships that Manila was a new and relatively unprotected Spanish settlement. From this information and the knowledge that China had a no-war policy with its neighbors during that time, he decided to capture Manila and establish himself as ruler of his would-be kingdom and stronghold.

It was November 29, 1574. The inhabitants of the town of Parañaque, a royal encomienda, was under heavy attack from the forces of this Chinese corsair, who were on their way to Intramuros, the seat of Spanish rule in the Philippines. Folk accounts have it that the inhabitants were at first disorganized, until a man from a barrio, by the name of Galo, came forward and took command. Under his able leadership, and with the arrival of Spanish forces led by Captain Juan de Salcedo, Limahong was repulsed and the occupation of the town was prevented.

The stiff resistance of the barrio residents shocked the Chinese pirate, who thought that capturing Manila would be easy. What Limahong did not expect was that the defenders of the community, that would later be known as Don Galo, despite being ill-equipped, would fight to the end, so much so that the sea in front of the barrio turned red with their blood.

The Parañaqueños not only saved their town, but they contributed decisively to Limahong's abandoning his plans to conquer the area. In appreciation for Galo's leadership and heroic deeds, the Spanish authorities granted him the title of "Don". The barrio later on was named after him. Thus, Don Galo or Dongalo.

Foiled at Manila to establish a kingdom of his own, Limahong set sail for Saludong, the nobles of Saludong and Sulayman’s faction in Manila and Tondo would make an alliance with Limahong so that the Saludong nobles can reclaim Meycauayan and Sulayman can reclaim Tondo from Lakandula who took those lands and to marry Kandarapa to the Saludong nobility.

 

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Balintang channel, the northern border of Saludong

The unified Saludong nobles, Sulayman faction and Limahong attacked Manila which would result in Defeat under the unified Spanish-Lakandula alliance which would result in the defeat of the Saludong nobles, Sulayman faction and Limahong, which results in peace and cease fire with Saludong and the defeat of Limahong and Sulayman III who ended up as prisoner of war under the Spanish and Limahong sent to the Chinese in 1576 and Tarik Sulayman ended up being ransomed by the Saludong nobles in exchange of a permanent peace.

Kandarapa would end up marrying Juan de Salcedo in 1576, which would result in the Spanish securing Manila.

On 1580, the Spanish would make a treaty with the nobility of Saludong which would make Spanish trading bases in the the towns of Faru and Macabebe under the Spanish and the Spanish would acquire the City of Bigan and Laoag in Saludong which would convert to Catholicism, the Sultanate of Saludong is established in 1590 under a Mahmoud I who is either Kasikis, Malang Balagtas or Tarik, however Mahmoud I would honor the treaty with the Spanish and has a wife from Mataram.

The Spanish are said to be uninterested in Saludong but are interested in how it is in the route between the Ryukyu and Java, the nobility of Saludong would focus on playing with the foreign powers interested in the region and Saludong is not desirable to the Spanish which made it a country ignored by the Spanish in the long term, the Spanish control of the seas south of it would isolate Saludong and for that an alliance with the Dutch was made as well.

 

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Widowed Louise of Lorraine, Queen Dowager of France

Verse 5

By the early 1589, the 12-year-old, Francis, the Dauphin of France marries the 13 year old Arabella Stewart, she would become the Dauphine of France, Arabella would take time to take interest more with her new husband, however it will take time for them to be actually have children.

The Queen of France, Louise would be happy about the marriage, however the happiness of Louise would be destroyed by the assassination of her husband, Henry III of France in 1589, which would shock Princess Arabella as she had already treated Henry III as her own father and would give letters to Elizabeth I about the death of her beloved father in law, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth would be sad at the death of Henry III due to a loss of an ally, however, this means that Arabella is now not only a Dauphine but the Queen of France herself, a situation which she is not ready yet, she would contemplate about her past and a loss of an old paternal figure that she had, Elizabeth would point out that her uncle in law is an annoying frog and she is now married to a frog as well.

Due to this Louise would head the regency, helping her son, Francis III of France out in ruling France, until he can rule it on his own and Arabella and Francis III of France were crowned after the burial of Henry III.

Louise, the regent of France would betroth Catherine of France to Rudolf II, the Holy Roman Emperor who for a long time is betrothed to Isabella Clara Eugenia, this meant that Maximilian III would be the one marrying Isabella Clara Eugenia in 1591, a marriage that would happen two years after he is now betrothed to Princess Catherine of France and ceding the Burgundian Inheritance to Isabella Clara Eugenia.

 

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Francis III of France

This is in OTL a picture of Louis de Vendoume duc de Mercouer

 

[kaiidth]

I really like the idea of surviving Children for this couple.

 

[Cornelis]

I am all for the Valois, particulary the under-rated Henry III. Nonetheless, the heir of France being the nephew of one of the most important Lorraine princes should alter Henri III's relations with the all clan. The opposition to the King stemmed for the recognition of Henri IV as heir. Given the heir would be catholic and half-Lorraine, the Guise are very less likely to go head-first against Henri III.

 

[kasumigenx]

Old Elizabeth I

On January 10 of 1594, the birth of the long-waited heir to the French throne of Francis II and his own queen Arabella named Louis, as Francis III had consummated the marriage the year before, he is fond of his wife that he had married, who obviously has a claim to the English throne but she had it renounced to marry him and she also has the former claims to Calais with her.

She would make a letter to Elizabeth about the birth of her own son, telling that she is already alright and Elizabeth would send letters to Arabella that she is happy that she has given birth to the long waited heir since the security of England against the Armada is dependent on the marriage, but Elizabeth would tell Arabella that this is just the beginning of a new life of her in her letters.

The news regarding the death of Henry III has been confirmed, it was revealed that it was Henry of Navarre that ordered his death in order to control the young Francis III.

Arabella would have six children all in all with her husband, Francis III

Louis XIII of France b. January 10, 1594

Elizabeth b. May 10 1596

Christine b. July 4, 1600

Charles b. April 25, 1602

Henry b. May 18, 1603 d. 1603

Frances b. November 20, 1609

 

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Marie de Medicis

Catherine of France and Rudolf II would enjoy a 6 year marriage from 1594 to 1600, wherein the she was crowned Holy Roman Empress and gave birth to two children, namely Ferdinand b. May 2, 1595 and Eleanor b. October 10, 1598, the marriage would not last as Rudolf II would die in 1600 where in she would return to France.

Isabella Clara Eugenia would give birth to a daughter in the marriage named Mary of Burgundy in February 10, 1594, she would never be followed by another child and Mary is betrothed to Ferdinand, the son Emperor Rudolf II and Empress Catherine which would unite Burgundy with the imperial domains, Mary would be known as Mary II of Burgundy.

On 1600, the King of Navarre would have finalized his divorce with Margaret of France and wanted to marry the Empress dowager Catherine and her mother would block it due to him being the person behind the death of her husband and he married Marie de Medicis.
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1. Similar to OTL.

 

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Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales

Verse 8

Elizabeth I was the last of Henry VIII's descendants, and James was seen as her most likely heir through his great-grandmother Margaret Tudor, who was Henry VIII's oldest sister. From 1601, in the last years of Elizabeth's life, certain English politicians—notably her chief minister Sir Robert Cecil—maintained a secret correspondence with James to prepare in advance for a smooth succession. With the Queen clearly dying, Cecil sent James a draft proclamation of his accession to the English throne in March 1603. Elizabeth died in the early hours of 24 March, and James was proclaimed king in London later the same day.

On April 1603, the French would demand that James VI and I would give more dowry to Queen Arabella in order for them to completely give up their French claims, however a marriage instead between Frederick Henry, Prince of Wales and the Elizabeth of France was made in the following year to settle the dowry of the Princess, she is 7 and he is 9 years old, the marriage was consummated in 1609, when the Prince came of age, she will be his first wife and she will provide him with two children named James b. May 10, 1610 and Catherine May 2, 1612, she would die in 1615 and interred in Westminster abbey.

 

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Sebastian I

The Christian king, Sebastian I of Portugal, had planned a crusade after Abu Abdallah asked him to help recover his throne. Abu Abdallah's uncle, Abd Al-Malik, had taken it from him with Ottoman support. The defeat of Portugal and attendant death of the childless Sebastian in 1578.

Cardinal Henry, the former regent would succeed as the King of Portugal and pleaded the pope to release him from his vows, however Pope Gregory XIII would not support Henry of Portugal to be released from his vows and in 1580, on his death Philip II of Spain would succeed in the throne of Spain.

Due to the union of Portugal and Spain, the Dutch would start to attack the Spanish Colonies, however the break of the Burgundian Inheritance of Spain would guarantee an ally of the Spanish against the Dutch republic.

Philip II of Spain would both have the Philippines and Portuguese East Indies as his colonies to the east and the Dutch would court both the Sultanate of Saludong and the Sultanate of Ternate who are playing off the powers in the east such as Portugal and Spain which now have merged.

After Philip II made agreements with Saludong and Ternate, he would focus on expanding his lands by annexing the lands of the old Kingdoms of Sunda in Java and Batta of Sumatera which would lead Mataram to ally with the Dutch against the Spanish.