I think England's in much more position to stop the French from marching into Brittany and helping it than the Habsburgs.

True, and England would have a bone to pick with Castile, since most likely Duarte is trumpeting the style of 'his Majesty, the king of England, France & Castile, king of Naples*, Cyprus*, Jerusalem* and Sicily*, duke of Anjou*, duke of Lorraine (?), heir to the throne of Aragon*' So England might support la Beltraneja by default, unless you can think of a way that they can acknowledge Duarte as king of Castile without acknowledging the house of Lancastre (what's the Spanish equivalent?) as being the rightful monarchs of England.

*thrones inherited through his maternal Angevin ancestry, don't know if he would/could succeed or not.
 
Just curious, in the same way that Henry VII claimed the throne by right of conquest and any and all kings after him needed to descend from him in some way or another, can Edward IV claim the same (after all, he had deposed and fought a king for the crown on his own head, however steeped in blood it may have been), and rule that anyone who disputes this is guilty of treason?
 
Edward of Westminister/Eduardo I of Castille would have claimed the Aragonese crown, simple it is because he is a more credible claimant and he had more support, in a way, Marie of Burgundy would have given Ferdinand a consulation because his lineage is returned to its home - in burgundy.
 
Edward of Westminister/Eduardo I of Castille would have claimed the Aragonese crown, simple it is because he is a more credible claimant and he had more support, in a way, Marie of Burgundy would have given Ferdinand a consulation because his lineage is returned to its home - in burgundy.

I somehow doubt that simply because he's jure uxoris duke of Burgundy, Ferdinand will just sign over the entirety of the Aragonese realm willingly. Although, seeing him act north of the Pyrenees makes for interesting times, since I could see him carrying on his father-in-law's fight for the royal crown of Burgundy, if in a more practical way.

Found the timeline where Edward of Westminster recreated the Angevin Empire and challenged the Yorks for round 2.The War of Roses and Edward of Westminster's exploits are a subplot of this timeline,which at it's core centered on the Palaiologos and the ERE.

https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...st-the-tide-an-eastern-roman-timeline.240218/

Thanks, I'll be sure to have a look at it. I wonder though, would the Lancastrians in England or exile (Courtenay, Oxford etc, and maybe Buckingham), give up their English estates to go to Castile/Naples/wherever - like the die-hard Jacobites? Or just return to England and making their peace once it becomes clear that the house of York is here to stay?
 
I saw an interesting match proposed for La Beltraneja (I'm not sure if this is after/before her Portuguese marriage) but in the one TL cited on this page, it's suggested that she marry Gian Galeazzo Sforza. Thinking about it was curious, since Isabel would get her out of Castile AND marry her to a man who wouldn't be powerful enough to mount a claim of his own (at least without being used by another power as a puppet), thoughts?
 
I know we spoke earlier in the thread of Ferdinand V dying young or being otherwise unavailable (since he's married to Marie of Burgundy), but if he died young, wouldn't his father attempt to change the laws of Aragonese succession so that Juana (OTL Queen of Naples) can succeed him? I know his older daughter barely outlived him, but her grandson who succeeded her was under the regency of his French mother (which I can't see going over too well in Aragon - given the friction between Aragon and France), might Juan II name his younger daughter to succeed him as Queen Juana I instead (assuming he can change the laws)?
 
I know we spoke earlier in the thread of Ferdinand V dying young or being otherwise unavailable (since he's married to Marie of Burgundy), but if he died young, wouldn't his father attempt to change the laws of Aragonese succession so that Juana (OTL Queen of Naples) can succeed him? I know his older daughter barely outlived him, but her grandson who succeeded her was under the regency of his French mother (which I can't see going over too well in Aragon - given the friction between Aragon and France), might Juan II name his younger daughter to succeed him as Queen Juana I instead (assuming he can change the laws)?


The choices of heirs of John II is Francis Phoebus of Bearn and the Duke of Villena...
 
The choices of heirs of John II is Francis Phoebus of Bearn and the Duke of Villena...

Forgot about the duke of Villena. Would Juan maybe marry Juana to him (if he wasn't married yet) or his son? Or would he seek out another marriage for her? (I'm not asking about Francisco Febo since I seem to recall a clause in a marriage contract that he signed with Ferdinand and Isabella OTL that stipulated he could marry one of their daughters if he could hold onto his kingdom (although Ferdinand made the same caveat a condition of marrying a daughter to the duke of Calabria).
 
How might Louis XI and Charles VIII start feeling (let's assume that for some reason, Anne of Brittany's TTL marriage to Edward V turns out like her OTL marriage to Maximilian - she's married to Edward on paper but not in fact, when the French march in and marry her to Charles, or that Charles remains engaged to Elizabeth of York (which could be quite necessary here) with Aragon at one border, Burgundy at another, and a surviving Guienne (who's clearly demonstrated in his OTL lifespan that he wasn't gonna sit idly by - I'm thinking a Gaston rather than a Philippe d'Orléans), who might just scheme with Aragon-Burgundy, the Orléans, Castile-Lancaster for the French crown
Well Brittany and England are separated by the sea, so at the first sign of danger Anne will be likely sent in England if she was not already there something much more likely considering the situation and the fact who Edward and Anne were engaged years before her father's death
 
Well Brittany and England are separated by the sea, so at the first sign of danger Anne will be likely sent in England if she was not already there something much more likely considering the situation and the fact who Edward and Anne were engaged years before her father's death

I wonder, if, in all likelihood, the French court will support the Yorks over the Lancastrians, since Edward V would only owe fealty to France for Bretagne, whereas Edward of Westminster (if he plays his cards right) will be claiming the French inheritance of his father, the Angevin inheritance of his mother, and possibly the Castillian inheritance of his wife?
 
I wonder, if, in all likelihood, the French court will support the Yorks over the Lancastrians, since Edward V would only owe fealty to France for Bretagne, whereas Edward of Westminster (if he plays his cards right) will be claiming the French inheritance of his father, the Angevin inheritance of his mother, and possibly the Castillian inheritance of his wife?
Unlikely.The actual status of Brittany was actually quite blurred until after the War of the Public Weal.Quite often,it was completely independent of France.Therefore,Edward wouldn't owe France any fealty for Brittany.It is unlikely that Brittany would be forced into conceding vassalage to France in this timeline given it's relationship with England.The French didn't care about the claims of the Lancastrians on France itself.All that they cared was to get someone to destabilized England on their behalf.An unstable England is good for France.This is why they supported the Lancastrians,and after the Lancastrian/Tudor victory,the Yorkist/de La Poles.
 
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