This is my take on how things might go down if the house of Valois-Bourgogne and Valois-Anjou were to survive. Granted all the characters, unless otherwise mentioned are OTL, and the course of events is pretty conservative - it's almost exactly OTL with a few tweaks to get the TL where it should go, but basically this, that when Henri II's sons die without issue, the house of Valois-Bourgogne inherits the throne of France, in addition to their already vast holdings - Burgundy, Spain, Naples, Sicily. But basically, Valois outstrips the Habsburgs.
NOTE: THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A SERIOUS TIMELINE, just how things might have been different, but I'm too lazy to research it for a proper TL right now, so we go with OTL with a couple of extra players on the scene and how that might affect things.
Enjoy
NOTE: THIS IS NOT MEANT TO BE A SERIOUS TIMELINE, just how things might have been different, but I'm too lazy to research it for a proper TL right now, so we go with OTL with a couple of extra players on the scene and how that might affect things.
Enjoy
This Is A Valois Wank!
1468 – Nicolas d’Anjou, heir to Jean II, Duke of Lorraine, marries Anna of Savoy
- Charles, Duke of Burgundy marries Margaret of York, sister of King Edward IV of England
1470 - Jean II of Lorraine dies, his son succeeds as Duke of Lorraine and Calabria, as well as to his claim to the Aragonese throne
- Anna of Savoy bears Nicolas, now Duke of Lorraine and Calabria, a daughter, named Marguerite
- Margaret of York bears a son, named Philippe.
1471 - Anna of Savoy gives birth to a short-lived son named Louis.
1473 - Nicolas, Duke of Lorraine and Calabria, dies at Nancy
- Anna of Savoy becomes regent for her posthumous son, René II, Duke of Lorraine and Calabria.
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1477 - Charles of Burgundy is killed at the Battle of Nancy. His wife, Margaret of York, becomes regent for Philippe.
- Marie, daughter of the Duke of Burgundy and his second wife, marries Maximilian of Austria, heir to Holy Roman Emperor, Friedrich III.
- A daughter, Anna, is born to François II, Duke of Brittany
1478 - Marie and Maximilian welcome a son, Franz, Archduke of Austria
1480 - René, King of Naples and Sicily (titular), King of Jerusalem (titular), Duc d’Anjou, Comte de Provence dies. His great-grandson succeeds to his titles
- Marie and Maximilian have a daughter, named Margarethe, after her stepmother
1483 - Louis XI, King of France, dies. He’s succeeded by his underage son, Charles VIII, with his daughter, Anne de Beaujeu as Regent
- Edward IV, King of England dies. He’s succeeded first by his son, Edward V, who is later usurped by Edward’s surviving brother, Richard of Gloucester, who becomes Richard III
- Marie of Burgundy dies in childbed with her third child, a shortlived son named Philipp.
1485 - Henry Tudor defeats Richard III at the Battle of Bosworth Field, he is crowned Henry VII and marries Edward IV’s eldest surviving daughter, Elizabeth
1486 - Anne de Beaujeu betrothes Charles VIII to Marguerite d’Anjou, heiress presumptive to the domains of her brother
1488 - François II of Brittany dies after being thrown from his horse. He leaves only two daughters, Anna and Isabeau
1490 - Anna, duchess of Brittany is married by force to Charles VIII. The repudiated Marguerite d’Anjou lingers around at the French court for a bit
- Isabel of Aragon marries Philippe IV, Duke of Burgundy.
1492 - Charles VIII and his wife have a son, Charles Orland
1493 - Philippe and Isabel have a son, Charles. Styled Comte de Charolais
1496 - Philippe and Isabel have a daughter, Isabelle
1497 - Juan of Aragon, Prince of the Asturias, heir to the thrones of Aragon and Castile dies. His wife, Margarethe of Austria, gives birth to a stillborn daughter. His eldest sister, Isabel, duchess of Burgundy is now Princess of the Asturias and heiress presumptive to the Aragonese crown
1498 - Charles VIII dies, his son succeeds as King Charles IX, with his great-aunt as regent. Louis, duc d’Orléans, petitions the pope to allow him to divorce his wife, the sickly Jeanne de Valois (sister of the regent), in order that he can marry the widow Anna of Brittany and beget heirs. The pope grants the dispensation and the Duchess of Brittany is now also duchesse d’Orléans
- Isabel of Aragon dies after being thrown from her horse. Her husband starts looking around for a new wife.
1499 - Louis and Anna welcome their first daughter, Claude d’Orléans. Louis stages a palace coup to replace Anne de Beaujeu as regent. The coup is successful, and Anne and her husband are exiled to the provinces. Her daughter, Susanne, is kept at the French court as “hostage”.
1500 - Henry VII marries his eldest son, Arthur, Prince of Wales, to Catherine of Aragon, the youngest sister of the duchess of Burgundy. Her other sisters are married to the King of Portugal and to Franz, Archduke of Austria.
- René II marries the widowed Margarethe of Austria
1501 - Arthur, Prince of Wales dies, leaving his wife, Catherine a widow in England
- The duke and duchess of Lorraine welcome their first child, René d’Anjou
1502 - René d’Anjou dies.
1503 - Elizabeth of York dies in childbirth. The child dies too
- The Duke and Duchess of Lorraine have a second son, François.
1504 - Isabel I, Queen of Castile, dies. In order to prevent his beloved Aragon from falling into the hands of a foreigner, Fernando V, Isabel’s widower, starts looking around for a new wife. Fernando remains regent for his infant grandson, who is to be brought to Spain on his 12th birthday.
- Margarethe of Austria gives birth to her first daughter, named Catherine
1505 - Marguerite d’Anjou is chosen as Fernando V’s new wife.
- The duke of Burgundy remarries to the eldest daughter of the king of Naples, (and great-niece of the king of Aragon), Giovanna (b.1492)
- The duke and duchess of Lorraine welcome a second daughter, Anne
1506 - Charles, Comte de Charolais is sworn in as King of Castile as Carlos I
1509 - Renée d’Orléans is born after a lengthy spell of stillbirths and miscarriages for the duc and duchesse d’Orléans
- Henry VII, King of England dies. He is succeeded by his son, Henry VIII, who then proceeds to marry his late brother’s widow, Catherine of Aragon
- Marguerite d’Anjou gives birth to her and Fernando’s first child, a short-lived daughter
1510 - Elizabeth Tudor, second daughter of Henry VII is married to Charles IX of France
1511 - Carlos I is betrothed to Catherine of Lorraine-Anjou while his sister, Isabelle, is betrothed to the son and heir of either Franz, King of the Romans, Archduke of Austria or Manuel I, King of Portugal
- Elizabeth gives birth to a son, named Charles, for his father. Unfortunately the boy dies a few months later
1512 - Anna, Duchess of Brittany dies. Charles IX succeeds as duke of Brittany. While the duc d’Orléans is on the look-out for a new wife.
Giovanna of Naples bears a son, named Philippe, to the duke of Burgundy. However, the boy later dies
- Henry VIII becomes a father when Catherine of Aragon bears him a son, Henry
1513 - Elizabeth gives birth to a second son, named François, after the saint
- The duc d’Orléans marries to Germaine de Foix, niece of the Queen of Navarre. His eldest daughter, Claude, marries the duc d’Alençon. His nephew, François, Comte d’Angoulême, who had originally wanted to marry Claude, is married off to Susanne, duchesse de Bourbon, daughter of Anne de Beaujeu.
- Catherine of Aragon bears a daughter, Elizabeth, who dies later that same month
1514 - Giovanna gives birth to a second son, Jean
- Rather than waiting for Catherine of Lorraine to grow up, Carlos I marries Mary Tudor, youngest sister of Henry VIII, the Queen of France and the Queen of Scots
1515 - Catherine of Aragon gives birth to a second daughter, Mary
1516 - Elizabeth gives birth to her first daughter, Marie
- The Queen of Castile gives birth to her first son, Felipe. King Fernando V of Aragon dies. He has been unable to sire a son by his second wife, so Aragon thus falls to Carlos I.
- Catherine of Aragon suffers a miscarriage
- The duchess of Burgundy has a daughter, Anne
1517 - Carlos I has a daughter, Isabel
- Henry VIII has another son, Edward. However the boy doesn’t live long
1518 - Elizabeth gives birth to her second daughter, Anne
- The comtesse d’Angoulême gives birth to her first son, François, duc de Montpensier
- Catherine of Lorraine is married to Ferrante, duke of Calabria, the son of the late King of Naples, as a way of uniting the claims to the throne of Naples. Her brother, François, is married to the duke’s sister, Isabella (sister to the duchess of Burgundy).
1519 - The comtesse d’Angoulême gives birth to her second son, Henri, duc de Chatellerault
- The Queen of Castile and Aragon gives birth to a second daughter, Maria
- Catherine of Aragon gives birth to what will be her last child, another daughter, named Katherine
- Maximilian, Holy Roman Emperor dies. He is succeeded as Emperor by his son, Philipp II.
- The duchess of Burgundy has a son, Henri
1521 - Anne of Lorraine marries Henri II, king of Navarre (b.1502)
- The duchesse de Bourbon, comtesse d’Angoulême dies
1522 - The Queen of Castile and Aragon gives birth to her second son, Fernando
- François of Lorraine dies without issue in a hunting accident. His sister, Catherine now becomes heiress to Lorraine and the Angevin Empire (with the exception of the duchy of Anjou which will revert to the French crown unless the duke of Lorraine has another son).
- Henry, Prince of Wales and the Lady Katherine die of unknown illness. Henry VIII is now left with only a daughter, Mary. And he starts agitating for an annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon
1523 - The duchess of Burgundy gives birth to another daughter, Jeanne
1524 - The Queen of Castile and Aragon suffers a miscarriage and, while she doesn’t know it, will be unable to have more children.
- Catherine of Lorraine bears her husband a daughter, Margherita
1525 - François, Comte d’Angoulême dies at the Battle of Pavia.
- Catherine of Lorraine bears her husband a second daughter, Giovanna
1526 - Catherine of Lorraine dies
- Henry VIII of England starts moving forward on the dissolution of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. The Holy Roman Emperor, married to Catherine’s older sister, Juana, agrees to support this. The king of Castile does not. With his cousin, the duke of Calabria, he marches from Naples on Rome. And takes the Pope prisoner to prevent this.
- The duke of Burgundy dies, he is succeeded by the King of Spain as Charles II, although his brother, Henri, is regent in Burgundy.
1527 - François, duc de Montpensier et d’Angoulême dies. His brother, Henri, takes his place as premier prince du sang.
1530 - The duchess of Lorraine, Margarethe of Austria, dies
1531 - The Holy Roman Emperor, Philipp II, dies. He is succeeded by his son, Friedrich IV. He immediately reverses his father’s policy towards Henry VIII and sides with his cousin in Spain and Burgundy.
- Charles IX of France dies. He is succeeded by his son, François I. As a way of achieving French support for his cause, Henry VIII marries Princess Mary off to François I. He regards himself as legally divorced, despite Rome and the Holy Roman Empire and Spain-Burgundy and…you get the picture – saying otherwise.
- As per the terms of the Treaty of Rouen, James V of Scots marries his promised French princess, Marie de Valois. The wedding is overshadowed by the mourning for her late father.
- England officially breaks with Rome. The pope excommunicates Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn and any and all clerics they’ve appointed etc etc.
1532 - Henri of Burgundy dies
1533 - The Queen of Castile dies. Her son, Felipe, marries Margherita of Naples.
- The new Queen of England, Anne Boleyn, gives birth to a daughter, Elizabeth
1534 - Anne Boleyn miscarries her first son
1536 - The duke of Lorraine dies. Margherita of Naples, Princess of the Asturias, Comtesse de Charolais, has a son – Carlos, who is now heir to Burgundy, Spain, Naples, Sicily and Provence.
- Catherine of Aragon dies. Anne Boleyn miscarries a son on the day of her funeral.
- Henry VIII, tiring of Anne, divorces her, bastardizes their daughter (the only one of Anne’s pregnancies to carry to term) and has her executed on grounds of adultery. Ten days later he marries Jane Seymour.
1537 - Jane Seymour bears Henry the son he needs, Edward, Prince of Wales, but dies in doing so.
- François I of France dies (supposedly of poisoning, by his cousin, Henri, duc de Chatellerault’s wife, Caterina de Medici). Mary Tudor has borne no children, so she is returned to England. Henri becomes King Henri II.
1538 - Felipe, Prince of the Asturias has a second son, Juan.