House of Barcelona thrives

krieger

Banned
No Antequera kings, the conquest of Naples becomes butterflied and the civil war of 1462 too. And the marriage of a certain Isabel with some Aragonese prince... well...

Conquest of Naples might still happen. Aragonese forces will stay the same, so it'd be really up to Jaime's succesors if they could use them as effectively as Alphonse V IOTL. Isabel can marry an member of house of Barcelona, but once again it depends of personality of said member.
 
It depends if Jaume III and his succesors get as lucky as IOTL Alfons... and I'm not too confident about that. Later on, in 70 or so years, the fates of the Trastamara can be quite different.

BTW. With Fernando not going to Aragon, he's going to be quite a figure in Castille, messing around with the Regency. Troubles incomming...

Also, Navarre can be hit by this twist in fate. Suddenly, the sons of Fernando are not royal princes. Suddenly Blanche of Navarre needs a new husband...
 
It depends if Jaume III and his succesors get as lucky as IOTL Alfons... and I'm not too confident about that. Later on, in 70 or so years, the fates of the Trastamara can be quite different.

BTW. With Fernando not going to Aragon, he's going to be quite a figure in Castille, messing around with the Regency. Troubles incomming...

Also, Navarre can be hit by this twist in fate. Suddenly, the sons of Fernando are not royal princes. Suddenly Blanche of Navarre needs a new husband...
Blanche can marry Henry V instead.
 
Blanche can marry Henry V instead.

That's...actually not a bad idea. Carlos II el Malo had tried to get Henry IV's second wife, Juana, married to Richard II, Carlos III OTOH tried to be everyone's friend, and screwed Navarre in the process. Henry V made a try for Isabel of Portugal (OTL duchess of Burgundy) no reason he can't try for Juana. It'd make sense for the English holdings in Aquitaine - what there were - I guess.
 

krieger

Banned
That's...actually not a bad idea. Carlos II el Malo had tried to get Henry IV's second wife, Juana, married to Richard II, Carlos III OTOH tried to be everyone's friend, and screwed Navarre in the process. Henry V made a try for Isabel of Portugal (OTL duchess of Burgundy) no reason he can't try for Juana. It'd make sense for the English holdings in Aquitaine - what there were - I guess.

It will be quite intersting if Henry married Blanche and got a sane son instead of Henry VI.
 

krieger

Banned
Juana of Navarre is infertile/barren, it is Blanche who is not.

So I mentioned Blanche, but if Henry managed to have an adult heir by the time when he achieved his successes against French things would really get interesting. If son of Henry inherits Navarre and is sane than he can crush Valois and establish Anglo-French kingdom.
 
And the third husband of Giovanna I of Naples was the king of Majorca. Didn't help him get his kingdom back.
The count of Urgell who claimed the kingdom of Aragon in 1411 had a Palaiologi mother from Monferrato. Again, last I checked they didn't lift a finger to help him get the crown against the "heavyweights" (Castile or Anjou), despite his claim being better than theirs.
I think a son of Maria of Sicily and a Montferrat Palaiologos can claim Aragon against the Antequeras.
 
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