La Beltraneja Triumphant



On 1468, a young successor to the Duchy of Burgundy and the Low Countries is born, however a lot of changes would happen in Europe due to the birth of this baby.

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This is a La Beltraneja and Yorkist Timeline as you have read before, I did not like the original arrangement of events and also I did not like the original format and pacing so I decided to restart the timeline from scratch.
 
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So, like, you just crank out TLs, and none go beyond a few years to decades.

Makes it really difficult to follow you.
 
So, like, you just crank out TLs, and none go beyond a few years to decades.

Makes it really difficult to follow you.
This time this will push through, I am sorry...I had already said that on the original thread that I am planning to rearrange it, I have TL's which are ongoing as well....the other Portuguese TL will also push through although I currently have some writers block.

5 chapters of this TL have been already finished..FYI.
 
Chapter 1


Chapter 1

The question of Isabella's marriage was not a new one. Indeed, she had made her debut in the matrimonial market at the tender age of six, with a betrothal to Ferdinand, the younger son of John II of Aragon (whose family was a cadet branch of the House of Trastámara). At that time, the two kings, Henry and John, were eager to show their mutual love and confidence and they believed that this double alliance would make their eternal friendship obvious to the world. This arrangement, however, did not last long.

Ferdinand's uncle Alfonso V of Aragon died in 1458. All of Alfonso's Spanish territories, as well as the islands of Sicily and Sardinia, were left to his brother John II. John now had a stronger position than ever before and no longer needed the security of Henry's friendship. Henry was now in need of a new alliance. He saw the chance for this much needed new friendship in Charles of Viana, John's elder son. Charles was constantly at odds with his father, and because of this, he secretly entered into an alliance with Henry IV of Castile. A major part of the alliance was that a marriage was to be arranged between Charles and Isabella. When John II learned of this arranged marriage he was outraged. Isabella had been intended for his favourite younger son, Ferdinand, and in his eyes this alliance was still valid. John II had his son Charles thrown in prison on charges of plotting against his father's life; Charles died in 1461.

In 1465, an attempt was made to marry Isabella to Alfonso V of Portugal, Henry's brother-in-law. Through the medium of the Queen and Count of Ledesma, a Portuguese alliance was made. Isabella, however, was wary of the marriage and refused to consent.

A civil war broke out in Castile over King Henry's inability to act as sovereign. Henry now needed a quick way to please the rebels of the kingdom. As part of an agreement to restore peace, Isabella was to be betrothed to Pedro Girón Acuña Pacheco, Master of the Order of Calatrava and brother to the King's favourite, Juan Pacheco. In return, Don Pedro would pay into the impoverished royal treasury an enormous sum of money. Seeing no alternative, Henry agreed to the marriage. Isabella was aghast and prayed to God that the marriage would not come to pass. Her prayers were answered when Don Pedro suddenly fell ill and died while on his way to meet his fiancée.

When Henry recognised Isabella as his heir-presumptive on 19 September 1468, he also promised that his sister should not be compelled to marry against her will, while she in return agreed to obtain his consent. It seemed that finally the years of failed attempts at political marriages were over. There was talk of a marriage to or to one of his brothers, probably , but this alliance was never seriously considered. Once again in 1468, a marriage proposal arrived from Alfonso V of Portugal. Going against his promises made in September, Henry tried to make the marriage a reality. If Isabella married Alfonso, Henry's daughter Joanna would marry Alfonso's son and thus, after the death of the old king, John and Joanna could inherit Portugal and Castile. Isabella refused and made a secret promise to marry her cousin and very first betrothed, Ferdinand of Aragon.

After this failed attempt, Henry once again went against his promises and tried to marry Isabella to Louis XI's brother Charles, Duke of Berry. In Henry's eyes, this alliance would cement the friendship of Castile and France as well as remove Isabella from Castilian affairs. Isabella once again refused the proposal. Meanwhile, John II of Aragon negotiated in secret with Isabella a wedding to his son Ferdinand.

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Mary of Burgundy, Queen of Aragon


On 18 October 1469, Isabella would found out that Ferdinand of Aragon is already married to Mary of Burgundy, this marriage was quickly arranged due to the birth of Philip of Burgundy on December 2, 1468, Isabella would lament this fate until an offer of marriage by John II duke of Lorraine who is the rival of the King of Aragon and claimant to the Kingdom of Aragon would appear on March 1470 for one of his sons, Isabella would quickly accept the marriage proposal and went to Catalonia to marry his son and heir, on the same time, Anne of Beaujeu, the eldest daughter of the Spider King is betrothed to Maximilian of Austria due to the broken betrothal between Nicholas and Anne.

The marriage between Mary of Burgundy and Ferdinand of Aragon is a ploy of the Spider king who celebrated the birth of his dauphin Charles on December 4, 1469, and for this reason Isabella would hate the Spider King as long as she lives.

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Isabella, Duchess of Anjou and Lorraine

On January 10, 1471, the 18 year old Isabella of Castile and Nicholas of Lorraine were married just after Nicholas' father John died on December 1470.

Henry IV of Castile would approve of the marriage between Isabella and would arrange the betrothal of his daughter Joanna and Prince John of Portugal.


Isabella, duchess of Anjou would give birth to a son on November 4, 1471 named Louis.


Children of Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine and Anjou and Nicholas I of Lorraine and Anjou


Louis, Prince of Calabria b. November 4. 1471

Isabelle b. October 10, 1475

Jeanne b. November 10, 1479

Jean b. June 30, 1481

Catherine b. December 4, 1485

Children of Mary of Burgundy and Ferdinand II of Aragon

Infante Juan b. July 22, 1476

Infanta Margarita b. January 4, 1479

Infante Francisco b. June 5, 1480 d. 1481

Infanta Maria b. November 4, 1485

Infanta Beatriz b. June 4, 1488
 
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Chapter 2

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Chapter 2

Philip the Good of Burgundy had died, and Charles the Bold had become Duke of Burgundy. Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, had turned against Edward IV, and was plotting against him with French support. Edward in such circumstances needed the support of Charles, and provided no further obstacles to the marriage negotiations, formally agreeing to it in October 1467.

Louis the Spider initially would object on the marriage, however he had a dream that such marriage would give France more prestige on the future and many things better would happen once the two were married.

The marriage contract was completed in October 1467, and signed by Edward IV in March. The Papal dispensation arrived in late May, and preparations to send Margaret of York to Burgundy began. There was little enthusiasm for it outside Burgundy - the French naturally detested this union between their two enemies, whilst the English merchants, who still suffered from restrictions on the sale of their cloth in England, showed their disapproval by attacking Dutch and Flemish merchants amongst them.

Margaret left Margate for Sluys on November 23, 1467. Lord Scales and Richard Boyville were among those who escorted her to meet her future bridegroom. The following day, she met with her bridegroom's mother, Isabella, and daughter, Mary; the meeting was a success, and the three of them would remain close friends for the rest of their lives. On November 27 , she met Charles for the first time, and the pair were privately married between 5am and 6am on 3 July, in the house of a wealthy merchant of Damme. Charles then left for Bruges, allowing the new Duchess the honour of entering separately a few hours later.

Philip of Burgundy, the most awaited heir would be born on December 2, 1468 , Louis XI of France and Charles of Burgundy would push the match between Ferdinand of Aragon and Mary of Burgundy who were married by proxy on September 4, 1469, preventing a marriage between Isabella and Ferdinand and on January 10, 1470, the two are married in person.

Margaret of York would give birth to two further children Elizabeth b. December 2, 1472 and Jean b. August 4, 1474.

In the year 1474, Charles began to involve himself in the series of political struggles that would ultimately bring about his downfall. He first came into conflict with the Archduke Sigismund of Austria, to whom he refused to restore his possessions in Alsace for the stipulated sum. Then, he quarreled with the Swiss, who supported the free towns in the Upper Rhine in their revolt against the tyranny of the ducal governor Peter von Hagenbach (who was condemned by a special international tribunal and executed on 9 May 1474). Finally, he antagonized René II, Duke of Lorraine, with whom he disputed the succession in the Duchy of Lorraine, which bordered many of his territories. All of these enemies readily joined forces against their common adversary Charles.

Charles suffered a first rebuff in endeavouring to protect his kinsman Ruprecht of the Palatinate, Archbishop of Cologne, against his rebel subjects. He spent ten months (July 1474 – June 1475) besieging the little town of Neuss on the Rhine (the Siege of Neuss), but was compelled by the approach of a powerful imperial army to raise the siege. Moreover, the expedition he had persuaded his brother-in-law Edward IV of England to undertake against Louis XI was stopped by the Treaty of Picquigny of 29 August 1475. He was more successful in Lorraine, where he seized Nancy on 30 November 1475.

From Nancy he marched against the Swiss. He saw fit to hang or drown the garrison of Grandson in spite of its capitulation. Grandson was a possession of Jacques of Savoy, Count of Romont, a close ally of Charles, that had been captured recently by the forces of the Swiss Confederacy. Some days later, on 2 March 1476, Charles was attacked outside the village of Concise by the confederate army in the Battle of Grandson and suffered a shameful defeat; he was compelled to flee with a handful of attendants and abandon his artillery along with an immense booty (including his silver bath).

Charles succeeded in raising a fresh army of 30,000 men that he used to fight the Morat on 22 June 1476. He was again defeated by the Swiss army, which was assisted by the cavalry of the Duke of Lorraine. On this occasion, unlike the debacle at Grandson, little booty was lost, but Charles did lose about one third of his entire army. The defeated soldiers were pushed into the nearby lake, where they were drowned or shot at while trying to swim to safety on the opposite shore. On 6 October, Charles lost Nancy, which the Duke of Lorraine was able to recover.

Making a last effort, Charles formed a new army and arrived in the dead of winter before the walls of Nancy. Having lost many of his troops through the severe cold, it was with only a few thousand men that he met the joint forces of the Lorrainers and the Swiss, who had come to the relief of the town, at the Battle of Nancy (5 January 1477). He himself perished in the fight, his naked and disfigured body being discovered some days afterward frozen into the nearby river. Charles' head had been cleft in two by a halberd, lances were lodged in his stomach and loins, and his face had been so badly mutilated by wild animals that only his physician was able to identify him by his long fingernails and the old battle scars on his body.
 
Chapter 3
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Chapter 3

Joanna was held in custody by the Mendoza family in 1465–1470, and by Juan Pacheco in 1470–1475. There were many negotiations for a marriage to someone who could defend her succession. On 26 October 1470, she was engaged and then married by proxy to John, Prince of Portugal, son of Afonso V of Portugal the cousin of the Portuguese King, and again proclaimed as legitimate heir to the throne.

When Henry died in 1474, she was recognized as Queen by some noble factions, while others recognized her half-aunt Isabella as Queen. This began the four-year War of the Castilian Succession.

In addition to the King of Portugal, Joanna was supported by some of the high Castilian nobility and by descendants of Portuguese families that settled in Castile after 1396: the Archbishop of Toledo (Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña); the powerful Marquis of Villena Diego López Pacheco; the Estúñiga family, with lands bordering Portugal; Rodrigo Ponce de León, Marquis of Cádiz; and the Grandmaster of the Order of Calatrava, Rodrigo Téllez Girón.

On the other hand, Isabella was supported by the most of the Castilian nobility and clergy: the powerful House of Mendoza; the Manrique de Lara family; Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia; Beltrán de la Cueva; the Order of Santiago; and the Order of Calatrava, except its Grandmaster.

On May 5 1475 Afonso V of Portugal arrived in Castile and married Joanna to his son, Prince John personally in Plasencia, 15 days later. Joanna and John held court at Toro, and she was considered a promising ruler by her courtiers, though too young.

She had some opposition due to some of the nobles support her Aunt, Isabella instead, but Isabella's husband is too foreign for the nobles.

On April 3 1476, John and Joanna are crowned as Queen and King of Castile ending the opposition to Joanna's reign.

Children of John II of Portugal and Joanna I of Castile

Infante Afonso b. May 20, 1478

Infanta Joanna b. March 2, 1480

Infante Jorge b. August 21, 1482

Infanta Maria b. June 4, 1484
 
Chapter 4
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Chapter 4

As with several of his other children, Edward IV planned a prestigious European marriage for his eldest son, and in 1480 concluded an alliance with the Duke of Brittany , whereby Prince Edward was betrothed to the duke's four-year-old heiress, . The two were to be married upon their majority, and the devolution of Brittany would have been given to the second child to be born, the first becoming Prince of Wales, however this betrothal would be dropped due to Anne of Brittany being forced to marry the Dauphin of France, he would replace his betrothal to Anne of Brittany to his betrothal with the young Isabelle of Anjou, the daughter of Isabella of Castile, duchess of Anjou and Lorraine and Nicholas I of Anjou and Lorraine, however this would end on the death of Juan, Prince of Girona, the son of Mary of Burgundy and Ferdinand II on 1485 which ends the betrothal of Infanta Joanna of Castille and Portugal to Juan, Prince of Girona and instead Edward, Prince of Wales is betrothed to Infanta Joanna.

In the case of his sister, Elizabeth of England, she is betrothed earlier to the Dauphin of France, however the betrothal of Anne of Brittany to the Dauphin will result to Louis of Orleans, (the regent after Louis XI died) who had just sent his first wife, Jeanne of France to the convent to be considered choice of marriage for Elizabeth, causing Elizabeth of York to be married to John I of Denmark in 1481 and Mary is the one who is married to the duke of Orleans on 1481, due to the matrimonial value of Anne of Brittany being offset completely due to the birth of two male heirs on 1485, Charles VIII would be married to Cecily of England on 1485.

Richard, constable of England and Eleanor of Viseu would be very scheming in the family now that they have two children, namely Anne b. 1476 and Margaret b. 1482, however they would not have any surviving sons, Richard would join the regency of Margaret in Burgundy.
 
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 5

Maximilian I (22 March 1459 – 12 January 1519) was King of the Romans (also known as King of the Germans) from 1486 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1493 until his death, though he was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was always too risky. He was the son of Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, and Eleanor of Portugal. He ruled jointly with his father for the last ten years of his father's reign, from c. 1483 to 1493.

Maximilian expanded the influence of the House of Habsburg through war and he married Anna of France in order to foster an alliance and peace between France and Germany


Children of Maximilian of Austria and Anne of France

Eleanor of Austria b. June 4, 1478

Frederick of Austria b. September 2, 1481

Rudolf of Austria b. June 4, 1486

Anna of Austria b.August 4, 1491

On 1480, Kunigunde of Poland is married to John Albert of Poland producing heirs to the throne of poland most notably Casimir V of Poland

The Children of Kunigunde and John Albert are as follows

Helena of Poland b. May 2, 1484

Casimir V b. June 4, 1487

Wladyslaw b. May 4,1491

Jadwiga b. June 5, 1496
 
Chapter 6
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Chapter 6

With the death of Kertabhumi, Ranawijaya was now indisputed ruler of Majapahit. He styled himself Girindrawardhana and Brawijaya VI, the latter to show continuity with his predecessors back to Kritavijaya in 1447. In the Trailokyapuri Jiwu and Petak inscriptions, Girindrawardhana claims that he reunited Majapahit as one kingdom. In the Jiyu inscription, he is referred to as Sri Wilwatikta Jenggala Kediri, which means ruler of Majapahit, and in 1486. However, his power was substantially smaller than his predecessors. Raden Patah named himself the Sultan of and ceased paying homage to the Brawijaya. From that time, the Demak Sultanate rose to become the dominant force in Java.

Demak continued to fight Girindrawardhana. As they claimed descent from Kertabumi, Raden Patah and his successor fought Girindrawardhana in retribution for his death. This conflict undermined the thriving economy, Demak and Girindrawardhana/Brawijaya VI would make a temporary peace in 1480's which would cause the ruler of Demak, Raden Patah to succeed in Majapahit in 1500, after the death of Brawijaya VI causing the followers of Brawijaya VI to leave to Bali.

The Pinatubo mountain in Saludong, a part of Majapahit Empire would collapse and a few earth quakes would shock the island of Saludong, the Pinatubo Mountain would spew ash although the ash would also fade in few days.

The cone of Pinatubo would collapse and form a lake in its Caldera, the Kingdoms of Sapa(Kingdom of Tondo) and Kaboloan would recover from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo and the merchants that trade in city states in Saludong such as Faru, Makabebe Kalumpit and Tundun would remain and the rivers would recover fast in a few months restoring the flow of trade to Majapahit from the North in a manner of a decade, Bruneian, Sumatran and Javanese merchants, immigrants from as well as muslim missionaries from there would later immigrate to the mouth of Bannag and Pampanga rivers as the result of the fertility caused by the ash of Pinatubo eruption in the areas of the Trading cities of Faru and Makabebe.

A few years later the armies of Girindwardhana would defeat the Nakhoda Ragam of Brunei forcing Nakhoda Ragam out of the Bay of Saludong and his possible trade ambitions with China would end.
 
Chapter 7
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Chapter 7

Margaret of Navarre has given birth to two daughters, namely, Anne of Brittany b.January 25, 1477 and Isabelle(Elizabeth) of Brittany b. 1480 with her husband, Francis II of Brittany.

Margaret of Navarre would give birth to a miracle son on November 4, 1483 and which would be christened as John causing Brittany's succession to be secure and another birth of a son named Francis on September 4, 1485.

The birth of the sons would ruin the project of having Anne of Brittany married to Charles VIII of France, Anne of Brittany would end up marrying Francis I of Navarre and the King of Navarre's own sister Catherine would end up marrying the duke of Angouleme and Isabelle of Brittany ending up marrying John Albret.


In the end the French would fail in their plan of incorporating Brittany at this time due to Anne having a brother.

After the birth of the sons, Francis II would enact reforms in the Duchy of Brittany like the recognition of the Breton language in the Breton speaking areas and both French and Breton language would be used in the area where Breton is spoken.
 
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 8

From the earlier part of the 15th century, Portuguese expeditions organized by Prince Henry the Navigator had been reaching down the African coastline, principally in search of west African riches (notably, gold). They had greatly extended Portuguese maritime knowledge, but had little profit to show for the effort. After Henry's death in 1460, the Portuguese Crown showed little interest in continuing this effort and, in 1469, sold off the neglected African enterprise to a private Lisbon merchant consortium led by Fernão Gomes. Within a few years, Gomes' captains expanded Portuguese knowledge across the Gulf of Guinea, doing business in gold dust, Melegueta pepper, ivory and sub-Saharan slaves. When Gomes' charter came up for renewal in 1474, Prince John (future John II), asked his father Afonso V of Portugal to pass the African charter to him.

Upon becoming king in 1481, John II of Portugal set out on many long reforms. To break the monarch's dependence on the feudal nobility, John II needed to build up the royal treasury; he considered royal commerce to be the key to achieving that. Under John II's watch, the gold and slave trade in west Africa was greatly expanded. He was eager to break into the highly profitable spice trade between Europe and Asia, which was conducted chiefly by land. At the time, this was virtually monopolized by the Republic of Venice, who operated overland routes via Levantine and Egyptian ports, through the Red Sea across to the spice markets of India. John II set a new objective for his captains: to find a sea route to Asia by sailing around the African continent.

By the time Vasco da Gama was in his 20s, the king's plans were coming to fruition, however he was not able to see it due to dying in 1486. In 1487, Manuel, duke of Beja the regent for Afonso VI dispatched two spies, Pero da Covilhã and Afonso de Paiva, overland via Egypt to East Africa and India, to scout the details of the spice markets and trade routes. The breakthrough came soon after, when captain Bartolomeu Dias returned from rounding the Cape of Good Hope in 1488, having explored as far as the Fish River (Rio do Infante) in modern-day South Africa and having verified that the unknown coast stretched away to the northeast.
 
Chapter 9
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Joanna on her marriage with the Duke of Burgundy
Chapter 9

Joanna I of Castile would continue to the legacy and what her father Henry IV started and was able to give birth to three children of her own namely Afonso b. 1478, Joanna b. 1480,Jorge b. 1480 and Maria b. 1484, she would continue the policies of her father while her husband would manage a fledgling mercantile empire.

Her husband John II of Portugal would die on 1486, which meant she needs to marry a new suitor many men came to get her hand but the Duke of Burgundy is the one that made sense to her and sought to marry him as soon as possible.

Joanna I of Castile would go to Anjou to arrange the proxy marriage of Manuel, duke of Beja and Isabelle of Anjou, her cousin from her aunt Isabella in the mid part of 1487, before she would embark the journey to England then Burgundy.

Joanna I of Castile would visit England, Edward IV wanted to arrange a marriage between Joanna I of Castile and Edward, Prince of Wales, however she said that would be instead and instead arranged a betrothal between Infanta Joanna, her daughter to Edward, Prince of Wales, she arranged that the two would be married once they reach their age of majority.

Edward IV would said, Joanna I is a very pious woman very much fit to be a queen which impressed queen Joanna, however she had been already decided in marrying the duke of Burgundy.

Both Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV were impressed of Queen Joanna, however, the Queen would just stay for just a short while and embarked to the Duchy of Burgundy where in she would remarry to the duke of Burgundy, Philip IV.

This affair would be subject of many Alternatehistories about the Queen of Castile which have Joanna married to Edward V.

Joanna I of Castile marries Philip IV the Duke of Burgundy on December 2, 1487, just after she arrived on the Burgundian court, the groom is just 19 years old and the bride is 25 years old in a very much pomp and grand ceremony fitting of a consort and a Queen regnant.
 
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Chapter 10
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Queen in Prayer

Chapter 10

Joanna I of Castile and Philip IV would go to Castile in order to administer the Kingdom of Castile, the fact that Belgium-Burgundy is in union with Castile after the marriage as long as one of the two live would mean that the King of France Charles VIII can flex his own muscles in Philip IV's territories.

Joanna I of Castile would be more fond of her own second husband, Philip IV of Burgundy who is crowned as King of both Castile and Leon on May 1487

Earlier Infanta Joanna of Castile and John, Prince of Girona were bethroted when John was alive so is Infanta Margaret of Aragon with Alfonso VI of Portugal, the betrothal between Margaret and Alfonso VI of Portugal would continue even if John, Prince of Girona was dead because it meant that the three Kingdoms of Iberia would be united in the future, a reunited old Visigothic realm while Infanta Joanna is betrothed to Edward, Prince of Wales and her marriage would happen on her own majority.

Joanna I of Castile would end up pregnant on the end of 1487 with her first child with Philip IV of Burgundy giving birth to Charles on September 4, 1488, who was given the title of the duke of Charolais.

Joanna I of Castile m. John II of Portugal(a) Philip IV of Burgundy(b)

1a.Infante Afonso VI b. May 20, 1478

2a.Infanta Joanna b. March 2, 1480

3a.Infante Jorge b. August 21, 1482

4a.Infanta Maria b. June 4, 1484

5b.Charles, duke of Charolais b. 1488

6b.Infanta Eleanor b. 1490

7b.Ferdinand of Burgundy b. 1494

8b.Infanta Beatriz b. 1500
 
Chapter 11
Chapter 11

In 1474, Edward IV contracted a marriage alliance with James III of Scotland, whereby Cecily was betrothed to the future James IV of Scotland. Because of this she was for a time styled Princess of Scots. This agreement was, however, unpopular in the Kingdom of Scotland, and later military conflicts between Edward IV and James III negated the marriage arrangement.

With her older sisters, Cecily was present at the wedding of their brother the Duke of York in 1478. In 1480, Cecily was named a Lady of the Garter, along with her next elder sister Mary.

Elizabeth of England, is betrothed earlier to the Dauphin of France, however the betrothal of Anne of Brittany to the Dauphin will result to Louis of Orleans, (the regent after Louis XI died) who had just sent his first wife, Jeanne of France to the convent to be considered choice of marriage for Elizabeth, causing Elizabeth of York to be married to John I of Denmark in 1481 and Mary is the one who is married to the duke of Orleans on 1481, due to the matrimonial value of Anne of Brittany being offset completely due to the birth of two male heirs on 1485, Charles VIII would be married to Cecily of England on 1485.

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Margaret, Princess of Girona later Margaret I of Aragon, Consort of Castile, Leon and Portugal

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Infanta Maria of Aragon

Cecily of France would give birth to a heir on 1486, named Louis, the Dauphin, Louis XI had earlier planned before a marriage with Margaret, Princess of Girona while Louis was formally betrothed to Elizabeth of York in order to seal peace between France and Aragon, however nothing would come of it due to her being betrothed to Alfonso VI and Prince of Asturias, on 1487, his former regent, Louis, the Prince of Orleans would plan a match between Infanta Maria( a younger sister of Margaret, Princess of Girona) and Louis, the Dauphin, the formal betrothal would be finalized on 1488.


Louis, duke of Orleans would also had married his sister, Marie of Orleans to the Duke of Albert IV of Bavaria-Landshut on 1482, which would make him a great negotiator and now his wife, Mary of England would be a great help to him.

Cecily of England m. Charles VIII

Louis, Dauphin b. 1486

Margaret of France b. 1489

Charles of France b. 1492

Anna of France b. 1499


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A possible succession crisis at the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon, yes, maybe.
 
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Infanta Margaret upon the proxy marriage

Chapter 12


On January 1489, Infanta Margarita(Infanta Margaret) and Afonso VI of Portugal, Prince of Asturias are married in Proxy, an event that would make the Queen very happy, in this time Isabella of Anjou came to Portugal to marry Manuel, duke of Beja, who are married promptly.

Beja was one of Joanna's former suitors.

The Queen would wait til the two royals are finally married on 1495, for this time the Queen would celebrate her one accomplishmnent in uniting the Iberian peninsula and for her daughter, Joanna who would be the wife of Edward, Prince of Wales.

Philip IV of Burgundy would be happy with his new wife and supported her in what she is doing to the crown of Castile-Leon.

Joanna I would continue the legacy of her father and made concessions to the nobility of Castile and gave them more autonomy.

Due to Joanna's accomplishments she became known as a great queen to her people and all of Iberian peninsula.
 
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 13

On the latter part of 1489, Joanna I of Castile would make a peace treaty with the Granadans which are now technically Vassal of the Castillans and made a non-agression pact with the Granadans, a decision that would be hated by the Christian bigots in the Kingdom of Castile-Leon or in the crown of Castile.

Muhammad II of Granada and Joanna I of Castile would also make a treaty of friendship between Castile and Kingdom of Granada and Joanna I would also give rights to the muslims in the Kingdom of Castile and Leon a step that is very similar to the Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth.

The Isabellistas would die almost completely in the Kingdom of Castile as the people gradually realize how benevolent and great is Queen Joanna I of Castile as their Queen and the rumors of illegitimacy of Queen Joanna I would die off as the children of Queen Joanna would resemble the previous monarchs.
 
I think just like Casimir III, this TL is already quite complete you can consider this as finished if I decide to stop(may be temporarily) at this point..
 
When Henry died in 1474, she was recognized as Queen by some noble factions, while others recognized her half-aunt Isabella as Queen. This began the four-year War of the Castilian Succession.

In addition to the King of Portugal, Joanna was supported by some of the high Castilian nobility and by descendants of Portuguese families that settled in Castile after 1396: the Archbishop of Toledo (Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña); the powerful Marquis of Villena Diego López Pacheco; the Estúñiga family, with lands bordering Portugal; Rodrigo Ponce de León, Marquis of Cádiz; and the Grandmaster of the Order of Calatrava, Rodrigo Téllez Girón.

On the other hand, Isabella was supported by the most of the Castilian nobility and clergy: the powerful House of Mendoza; the Manrique de Lara family; Enrique Pérez de Guzmán, Duke of Medina Sidonia; Beltrán de la Cueva; the Order of Santiago; and the Order of Calatrava, except its Grandmaster.

All of the quoted text was cut-and-pasted from Wikipedia.
 
I make my tl from modified from wikipedia..except if I am very knowledgeable of the subject..that is why I am abandoning the TL..wiki is a public and open encyclopedia and not copyrighted FYI..

Using Wiki information is fine, but one should at least rephrase it - or perhaps mark it as quoted. Using chunks of copied text without modification or attribution is... declassé.
 
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