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On 1492, Queen Isabella of Castile was persuaded by her husband, Ferdinand of Aragon decided to focus on the battle moors and the reunification of Iberia, North Africa and Jerusalem rather than to finance the impossible expeditions of Columbus.(POD)


She decided that she would continue to the conquest of Northern Africa on her own reign and Spain’s succession would be secure and separate from any other entity.


It was theorized that if Isabella commissioned the expedition of Columbus, the Mexica and Tawantinsuya would be decimated, since the two Kingdoms benefited from the Cabralian conquest which resulted in some immunity from small pox of the people of Tawantinsuya and Mexica.


The Queen with religious fervor agreed with her husband and changed her mind, Columbus went to France where he is received by Charles VIII of France and Anne of Brittany, Charles VIII funded Columbus and his brother Bartholomew instead, in this time Anne of Brittany has a son named Charles Orlando, on the French court is also Catherine of Navarre, another relative of the Catholic Monarchs, in this time, the King of France guaranteed their support to the Navarrese Kingdom if Catherine of Navarre would marry their daughter, Anna of Navarre to the future King of France, Charles Orlando.


The journeys of Colombus led to the discovery of a new land they dubbed as New Brittany(OTL Quebec).


Isabella in this time sent a message to her namesake daughter and told her to stay in Portugal and marry the heir of the current king, Manuel of Beja, as it would retain the alliance with the Kingdom of Portugal with the other Kingdoms and in order not to possibly undo the efforts of the King of Spain, so she was obliged to marry Manuel of Beja, on 1492, the marriage did happen between the two.


Isabella gave birth on an another year to a son named John on the latter part of 1493, On John’s later reign Iberia would be united with the Cabralian and the Indian Colonies, while a daughter named Isabella would be born on 1496.




In this point Germaine de Foix is betrothed to John, Prince of Portugal on 1498 in order to advance the cause of the Beaumontese party against the Agramontese party which supports the cause of the King of France and Catherine of Navarre, her brother had just died due to small pox.


to be continued..
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