Las comunidades de Castilla: A succesful comunero uprising

What about Henry VIII successfully gaining a divorce with Catherine in this situation and find another wife.
If Catherine manages to become queen of Castille and possibly Aragon Henry would have no reason to divorce her and if he did Catherine would be still be queen of a kingdom that is stronger than England and could push her daughter's claim under any circumstances. Henry started toying with the idea of divorce around 1525 and we are in 1522 it still too soon for the divorce plot to kick in.
 
6 of June of 1522
The siege had been brutal.One of the main water wells of the city had been poisoned and there was a water shortage.Bravo hadn't drank in 3 days.The last week was one of the warmest that he had ever lived.The food supplies could just last for a couple of days more and people were starting to hunt rats and pidgeons to eat.From the 12 thousand man that had departed to Orihuela only 8000 survived.Bravo had to put down a mutiny 2 days ago and had to execute valuable soldiers as they would be force to face the host leaded by the bishop of Zaragoza if reinforcements didn't come.A young man came running to him.A huge Castillian army had encircled the Aragonese host.It was time to attack. His mouth was so dry that he could barely speak.He moved from his chair and said to the kid to order all available to take arms and attack the Aragonese force and inmediatly felt to the floor.

Catherine was on her way to Laredo with her daughter Mary.Henry had insisted that she had to go with her.She probably wanted both of them death and would be praying for a storm to destroy their ship.Her relationship with his husband had been pretty dry since the death of their first infant Henry. As she couldn't give a male heir to HEnry the king was starting to despise her and leave fewer responsabilities to her.The days of her regency were gone and the state of missery that she had have since she first step on England were back.She was excited to return to Spain.She missed her old friends,the weather,her parents and her sisters, the Alhambra and all the books that her tutors got for her. She loved literature and theology but she couldn't get many books in London and had to sneak most of them from Flanders. Mary was getting sick.She had never been in a boat before. But at least she knew that the time that he would be on Spain couldn't be much worse than what she was experiencing in England

Padilla,Acuña and Laso de la Vega had been dealing with Charles and the peace treaty. Charles was willing to give up his claims in Spain but with the condition that his brother Ferdinand inherited the crown.He was also refusing to pay back all the money that he took from Castille and would just accept to pay 1/4 of the money that he took and that Castille and he would only pay all the money if they accepted him as sovereign of Naples.The merchants from Burgos were pushing from the peace deal that Charles offered as his regent in Flandes had veoed their wool and their stocks were too big and were losing a lot of money. Envoys from Rome,Paris,Genova and Lisbon had all arrived to Avila and Queen Catherine was supposed to arrive to Laredo in a couple of days. King John demanded the crown but he refused to swear the first draft of the constitution.The future of Castille will be decided by the Cortes after the war in Aragon as the triumvarate would only be active in times of emergency and Padilla had to use all his temporary power to put everything on track.
 
20 of June of 1522
The Baron of Benasque,Oñate and Valdeolivos were executed today.Maldonado was furious since he recieved the news that his friend Bravo had died and the Aragonese rebels had grew a serious hate towards the nobility and executions had been the norm each day.The clergy had been absolved of any possible executions as the revolution since its start had wanted the support of the Pope. Maldonado couldn't think about anything else other than his friend.If he hadn't choose the longer path to encricle the enemy army he could have saved his friend.If he had marched faster and rested less he could have saved his friend.If he didn't wait to recieve news from Sevilla he could have saved his friend.He had ordered the major of the city to raise a statue of his friend as he would never forgive him but the people that he gaved his life for would certainly do in the future and such a brave man could not be forgotten.

Catherine had arrived to Laredo a week ago and instead of taking the quickest root to Laredo she had choosen to go to Tordesillas first.The city in which her sister Joanna lived.She hadn't see her in a long while. For the most part she remembered her as a very intelligent women but as she was the youngest daughter she hadn't interacted as much with her as her other borthers. She still remembered the day in which she departed to Laredo to marry his future husband.She was excited that day as his husband had the reputation of being very attractive and kind.But all that she knew about that relationship is that a smart and young girl after a couple of years of relationship turned into an unstable mess.She was a tormented soul and all the information that she had recieved about her were terrifying.But the journey was not just to visit her sister.Catherine had realized that John as a male and the son of her older sister had a claim that she couldn't compete directly under the rules of Castille and she would need her sister on her side to take the crown and try to change the succession law with the new constitution that the rebels were written. She had read a draft and had decided that Mary should stay in Spain and grow as a Spanish women if her plans culminated correctly as the Comuneros demanded a none foreign sovereign as their ruler and she was waiting for Henry's response.Mary couldn't inherit the English crown as a women anyway and having her daughter as the hair of Castille and Aragon would benefit his ambitions in every possible way but Henry didn't always take the best decissions.

One of the reasons that Charles took so long took so long to arrive to Spain was the comflict with that monk Luther and the need to convoke the diet of Worms. This same monk may have costed his brother his possesions in Spain and may fractured his imperial possesions as well. Charles had left Ferdinand as his regent and since the news that the emperor had been taken prisioner, was used by some princes to declare their support for Luther.As the imperial authority was at an all time low Ferdinand had been relying on money from Flandes and Burgandy to pay some mercenaries to join his army.He had to act fast before there was another revolution inside the empire.The destiny of his family was at stake.

A letter arrived to Cortés about the situation in Castille.After reading the letter he knew that he had to gain the support of the victors that he had denied to pledge loyalty at first.A boat with direction to Sevilla was set at that day.Full of gold,spices, newly found crops and fruits and some indians.He had to impress the new rulers to try to hold the rulership of New Spain so he could be able to launch his new projects.Now he could just pray for that ship and his letter to arrive to Padilla and the new king.

Pacheco had to move to Avila.The cortés will gain their power soon and her as one of the leaders of the Comuneros had to be there.She also had to deal with the Genovese that she had convinced to give them the loan.They hadn't pay backed much and the alliance with Genova was key for the commercial interest of the merchants and manufacturers that had supported their uprising.She was able to raise some money from Toledo and a good number of swords and arquebuses that she hoped that they would accept it as part of their payment.Toledo's steel was renowned in all of Europe and maybe they would accept it as part of the repayment of the loan
 
7 of July of 1522
People from Orihuela,Mallorca and Valencia had arrived to Avila and will join the future cortés.People from Barcelona and Tarragoan were expected to arrive soon.After the huge defeat of the Aragonese army at Orihuela the war there was a formality.The Catalan and Aragonese nobility barely had man to work their own land and there were more bankruptcies than soldiers to fight for their cause in that land.The foreign envoys were causing what they didn't want.They were bribing members of the cortés to put their candidate in the throne.France was supporting John as he had no comflict with France.Henry had Calais and had fought against France a couple of years ago and Ferdinand was Charles' brother. The Genovese and Charles himself supported his brother Ferdinand as the Genovese also had some debts with the Habsburgs.The Aragonese were fond of Ferdinand and their arrival to the courts were making his chances grow. And at last Catherine had the support of the Andalucia as she had promised to move the capital to Granada and was well beloved in the south during her youth. The final vote would be on the people that had started the revolution.The Castillians.

Catherine had met with her sister.At first Joanna was shocked when she saw her but then she was excited about their meeting.Joanna didn't know much about what had happened during the war and she was shocked when she told her that her kid had been captured.After hearing this it didn't took too much time to convince her to take the crown and present make the cortés crown her queen.She would get the support of most Castillians and most importantly the support of the Andalucians that she would rally under her cause. She had alredy accepted that she didn't had enough support to win the crown but she had other plans now.As most of her sons and daughters couldn't qualify for the Spanish crown Joanna had promised to name Mary her successor if Ferdinand died and that she would be her tutor.As Mary was young she could grow in Spain as she did and probably have abrighter future than in England.It was all in Henry's hands at this point.

Ferdinand had stormed through the rebel in all their encounters.The support to Luther was decreasing but still Frederick of Saxony was still alive.A letter from Castille would arrive soon but the imperial authority had to be restored. The siege of Wittemberg had began and the elector would have no choice but to meet him in open battle soon.This rebellion would be over in less than a month and later on he would have to move to Spain a land in which he didn't set foot since his brother called him out of there.That decission made had caused his brother the crown but seeing how the election of the new monarch was going a Habsburg would probably keep the throne after the war which is all that mattered.

Maldonado was moving upwards.The only force that the Aragonese had left was in Zaragoza and Huesca and the war had too end soon.The Aragonese went from having one of the most independant and stronger nobilities in Europe to a land where a Duke had less chances to stay alive than a rapist.The revolution was used by peasants and merchants alike to release or their hate towards the nobles which they had never liked.The old laws of Valencia and Mallorca had been abolished and new laws had been written according to the Castillian constitution.He had commanded most of his troops to return home but he still had a formidable host that could end the comflict without much problems.Soon he would return to Ávila and join his spot in the cortés
 
27 of July 1522
The Genovese had accepted her deal.They had taken the gold and the weapons as part of the payment of the loan.The financial situation was looking brighter everyday.A ship had arrived to Sevilla with enough gold to pay for 3 wars.The merchants were starting to make money again thanks to the Genovese selling their wool and other goods into Italy and the and Ottoman land.But it was obvious that they weren't doing this just for bussiness sake.The Genovese were gathering support for their candidate Ferdinand and with the arrival of more people from Aragon and Mallorca the election of Ferdinand as the new king was just a matter of time.Joanna had claim the crown as well and had arrived to Avila but her support and her sisters couldn't overcome the sheer influence of the Genovese.

The troops of the electorate of Saxony were forced to face Ferdinand in open battle.He had recieved news from Castille and he was alredy planing his journey.His brother promised him that the election was won and that he had to come to Castille as soon as the revolt was over.The dream of his grandfather and tutor would come into fructition and he would end with the crown that he always wanted.He would have to deal with his wife and the kingdom of Hungary.His first son would inherit Hungary while his second son would inherit his Spanish posessions and he would name Charles regent of Hungary until his first son was an adult.But succession matters would have to wait.The army of the elector was desperatly charging against his major host.The Arquebusiers shot and made struggles on his enemies front line.Then the second line shot again and his the charge was broken.But he had heard news that the electorate was running away.He demanded his cavalry to follow him through the forest.He had to end this comflict fast and for good.He followed through the woods until he heard shots.It was an ambush.The bullet hit his horse and he was now in the ground.The electorate of Saxony tried to capture him but his chavalry was numerous enough and had alredy arrested all the shooters.The elector was captured but the hit from the fall had been hard and his head was shacking and his felt his craneous pushing into his brain

Maldonado had captured the last stronghold of the Aragonese resistance but in doing so he had been harmed.A swordsman had cut part of his back and it would take time for the wound to heal.The doctors had cleaned his wound and put alcohol on it.But he wouldn't not be able to move from Huesca until his wound healed better.He had sent one of his most trusted men to vote for Joanna and he had convinced lots of the Aragonese that would go to Avila to vote for her.Afterall they had rallied behind her and was the rightful heir to Isabel and Fernando.

John had left Avila.After reading their constitution he just chose to flee but he had made good friends with the french envoys.He didn't want to submit to the laws that they had fiercely fought for but he hadn't renounced to the crown. But Portugal's army was numbered in the thousands and could never annex and fight Castille alone but if Ferdinand was name king as it was expected the king of France may aid John in his future adventures.With the money from Cortés most of the debt contracted during the war was alredy paied and Padilla had chosen to invite Cortés into the court and cement their influence in America and launch new expeditions to that land full of wealth. In 2 weeks the constitution would be passed and in 3 weeks the new king and ruller of Castille would be crown.But the powers of the king would be limited.The monarch couldn't exhert his will if it contradicted the laws of the city.The new kingdom would be splitted in different regions and this regions will have their fair share of autonomy from legal to financial matters.The king's main role would be to solve internal disputes and to name royal delagations into every region from Hispaniola to Mallorca.The central army would also reside in the king's court and the king would have to fix a capital in the incoming days in which the army and the cortés would be located. The king would take full charge of the army only in times of emergency and the only people that could veto him in these periods would be the members of a temporary triumvarate resembling the one that they had formed for this comflict. The king would choose his own succesor and primogeniture would be abolished. His/her succesor had to be educated by someone voted by the Cortés and his/her heir would have to reside in the capital.A new kingdom was borning.One rulled by the cities and not by the nobility
 
The king would take full charge of the army only in times of emergency and the only people that could veto him in these periods would be the members of a temporary triumvarate resembling the one that they had formed for this comflict. The king would choose his own succesor and primogeniture would be abolished. His/her succesor had to be educated by someone voted by the Cortés and his/her heir would have to reside in the capital.A new kingdom was borning.One rulled by the cities and not by the nobility.
Triumvirate with veto power.
Royal sucession by choosing a heir.
This is resembling the Roman system in quite a few points. Hopre that the revolutionaries have thought of mechanisms to avoid the sucession instabilility that characterized Rome. Also, we have the benefit of hindsight now, but the two modern era elective monarchies ended faring quite badly: The central authority in the HRE disappeared, and the royal elections in the PLC became largely corrupted by the actions of foreign powers. I hope that the Spanish here develop a stronger system.
 
Triumvirate with veto power.
Royal sucession by choosing a heir.
This is resembling the Roman system in quite a few points. Hopre that the revolutionaries have thought of mechanisms to avoid the sucession instabilility that characterized Rome. Also, we have the benefit of hindsight now, but the two modern era elective monarchies ended faring quite badly: The central authority in the HRE disappeared, and the royal elections in the PLC became largely corrupted by the actions of foreign powers. I hope that the Spanish here develop a stronger system.
This is the 1520's. Neo classical culture is on the rise and in the rebelion there were lot of well read people that had similar ideas from what I posted.I just filled some gaps.The monarchy is elective but it is not like the PLC and the HRE in the sense that the king picks his succesor with the approval of the Cortés (the cortés can't nominate canndidates).And indeed central authority would be one of the main issues. That is why a centralized standing army and navy was one of theobjectives of Padilla to hold the nobility and foreign powers of.But some comuneros were in favour of creating a model resembling the Italian city states but with a common state enclosing them all.Also I wouldn't say that the HRE ended badly.It was inneficient at what it tried to do but decentralization brought a lot of wealth to the region and the cultural and economic output of the region was always amongst the highest in Europe.
 
This is the 1520's. Neo classical culture is on the rise and in the rebelion there were lot of well read people that had similar ideas from what I posted.I just filled some gaps.The monarchy is elective but it is not like the PLC and the HRE in the sense that the king picks his succesor with the approval of the Cortés (the cortés can't nominate canndidates).And indeed central authority would be one of the main issues. That is why a centralized standing army and navy was one of theobjectives of Padilla to hold the nobility and foreign powers of.But some comuneros were in favour of creating a model resembling the Italian city states but with a common state enclosing them all.Also I wouldn't say that the HRE ended badly.It was inneficient at what it tried to do but decentralization brought a lot of wealth to the region and the cultural and economic output of the region was always amongst the highest in Europe.
Cool! Waiting eagerly for the next updates. It'll be very interesting see modern Spain developing as a constitutional monarchy. Maybe they can even avoid the decadence period at the end of the XVII century.

And about the HRE, it did indeed properes, but at the price of the Germans becoming the pawns of Europe, as Bismarck said. The best case scenario is to have open enough institutions to avoid despotism, but stong enough to guarantee security and the rule of the law. OTL only England (and Golden Freedom Sweden as a big maybe) managed to reach that equilibrium before the French Revolution. Here I'm hoping to Spain to manage to do the same, even before the English civil war.
And the German Peasants' Rebellion happened only a few years after the events in Spain. It'll be interesting to see if they're somehow influenced by the developments in Spain.
 
2 of Agust 1522
Ferdinand was puking.Since he felt from his horse he started to frequently have headaches and to feel dizzy.All the physicians recommended him to stay in Brugues for a while until he felt better but he needed to depart.His lack of presence could affect the future of the election.He was about to achieve what he always wanted as a child.To rule the lands in which he was raised.His wife wasn't really excited about his coronation.Their marriage was meant to protect Hungary and he could barely do it from Castille.Charles would take care of the affairs there but it wasn't enough to satisfy the Hungarian nobles especially with the continous advances of the Ottomans.He would try to send some of the gold from the newly conquered land to Hungary and solve any dispute over there. His brother told him that a mountain of gold and silver just arrived into the country and new ships were arriving.But the problem wouldn't be wealth.The problem would be how to get it.The constitution was pretty rigid and it would be hard to convince the nobles to send money to the king that they had deposed but the fear against the turks might be enough to convince him.He would wait 2 days to depart regardless of his condition.

The Genovese were getting nervous.Despite having lots of the electors in their pocket the arrival of Catherine and Joanna to Avila was turning the tide.After all their influence was mostly amongst merchants while they didn't have much leverage power on the nobility and craftsmen which were numerous in the court.Joanna and Catherine werre promising isolationism and peace while the threat of France was as growing.Rumors said that they would launch another offensive after the defeat in Bicoca the French hold on France seemed light but as Charle was captured and the rebellions in Germany the campaign in Italy had frozen and Francis was going to lead a second expedition especially with the withdrawal of Spanish if Ferdinand didn't win the election.Fernando de Avalos was going to return to Castille soon and with him the valueable Spanish troops that had being fundamental in defeating the French and the Swiss mercenaries.

Catherine had never being in Avila.All she knew about it was the stories that her mother told her.Avilahad always been the heart of all the insurrections during her mother's lifetime.It was mostly due the MArquis of Villena Juan Pacheco a noble that used his uncle Alfonso a young child to threaten the authority of the King Henry the half brother of her mother.Pacheco was ruthless and never hesitated on threatening the royal family itself attacking the Alcazar in Segovia multiple times.The daughter of Pacheco was in the city and she would like to meet her.They called her the lion of Castille and managed to to keep the Genovese at bay.It seems that ambition was a family thing.Mary loved Avila and its enormous walls but Joanna seemed to loath the place.She was always melancholic about every village that they visited as it made her remember her husband. She will have to talk in front of the Cortés again in a couple of days.Her strategy was working and if Ferdinand didn't arrive soon the election was in her pocket.Henry had accepted to leave Mary in Castille.It seemed that he didn't want her to be the Queen in England and wasn't planning to change the English succession law.Her aunt and the archbishop of Granada agreed to give her an education and she would live with her aunt if Joanna won the elections
 
Cool! Waiting eagerly for the next updates. It'll be very interesting see modern Spain developing as a constitutional monarchy. Maybe they can even avoid the decadence period at the end of the XVII century.

And about the HRE, it did indeed properes, but at the price of the Germans becoming the pawns of Europe, as Bismarck said. The best case scenario is to have open enough institutions to avoid despotism, but stong enough to guarantee security and the rule of the law. OTL only England (and Golden Freedom Sweden as a big maybe) managed to reach that equilibrium before the French Revolution. Here I'm hoping to Spain to manage to do the same, even before the English civil war.
And the German Peasants' Rebellion happened only a few years after the events in Spain. It'll be interesting to see if they're somehow influenced by the developments in Spain.
Yes trying to balance descentralization is hard but the ground wasn't that harsh in Castille at least.Isabel's reformes allowed the crown to have greater legislative and executive powers than most monarchs and with an even weaker nobility the new state shouldn't have a problem to pacify the country. The German rebellions had alredy changed for the moment as the electorate of Saxony raised before in this TL when Charles was captured but Ferdinand had supressed the rebellion.So for the moment protestantism is weaker in this timeline but as Charles was way tougher than Ferdinand against protestants he might spark another revolution without Ferdinand's diplomatic approach.I am glad that you are enjoying it.Take care
 
5th of Agust of 1522
Maldonado's injure had gotten better but he couldn't ride his horse yet.Most of his host had returned home or were in Ávila but he still had around 4000 men.He saw how debastated and destroyed Aragon was.Without the nobility the law couldn't be implanted in the region and crime was through the roof.Aragon needed a system of brotherhoods like in Castile to fill the void left by the nobility.He would take some volunteers and the troops that he had left to pacify the region and force the law in this lawless land.

The constitution was approved this morning.But now it was time to legislate.During the war the military orders haven't participated at all.This orders had sizable armies with very well trained soldiers and most importantly lots of land and wealth.Padilla had been working on papal bull so he could name the leaders of the orders.This wouldn't be cheap as the Pope demanded some gold but the arrangement was almost over.He would name Acuña de leader of the order of Calatrava as a monk or a priest were the only people that could get the title and Maldonado would be name master of the order due his own merits.But at the end he had solved this issue.The Genovese were worried about their situation.On the 22nd of May the city had been liberated by the Spanish troops that were in Italy that still fought under Charles. The city had been flip floping between the hands of France and their independence in the last centuries.The alliance with Genova was old.The Genovese had aided the king of Leon to conquer Valencia and the king of Castile in the conquest of Almeria.They had also helped the Castillian fleet to grow and developed as they had supervised the construction of the Castillian fleet under Ferdinand the III and the first admirals of the Atlantic and mediterranean fleet had been Genovese. Their economic networking was also fundamental for the Castillian economy but most people were tired of war.As the interests of Castile relied on the Genovese Padilla had thought of a plan to force the Cortés to declare war on France that was sieging Genoa.He would pass a law with the executive powers that he still held that would put the Aragonese navy intp use for commercial purposes in times of peace.This would help him to get the supports of merchants and also an excuse for war if any French ship tried to sink one of their ships that would travel to Genoa.

Ferdinand had arrived to Laredo.He hadn't recovered and had spent all the journey sick but since his arrival to the mainland he had felt better.He had to arrive fast to Avila or he may lose the election.Her wife wouldn't come until he was crowned. SHe hadn't gotten pregnant yet which was a handicap as he couldn't present any heir yet and his brother was out of the question.Charles' marriage with Isabel the daughter of John had been cancelled and he would have to find a new wife.His wife would have been a good match for him and Isabel a good match for him but now it was to late.Charles would be waiting for him in Avila and inform him about what was going on
 
11th of Agust 1522
The election would happen this eveing and the results would be anounced the folowing day.Ferdinand arrived a few days ago to the city.He was weak when he arrived but his health had recovered.Joanna had spent a lot of time with his son.She knew Ferdinand the least out of all his children.He had been raised by his grandfather Ferdinand while she spent most of her time in Flandes and when she became Queen she had been imprisoned in Tordesillas and his father as a regent barely saw her and brought her son with him. Ferdinand was very smart and ambitious and he had spent most of his time since his arrival meeting with his mother and her supporters and he was trying to convinced Joanna to leave the crown to him, but Joanna was too scared to return to his prision in Tordesillas and would never give up her claim.Charles was still in Avila surprisingly enough.He would make sure to get the duchy of Austria that he had left to his brother if he won the election and even if he was a prisioner he was allowed a lot of freedoms after signing the traty of Ávila. He would repay all the money that he took from Castile from the imperial election and would renounce to all his claims in Castille and Aragon in exchange on keeping Naples. Sicily would join as an independent province and would have representatives in the courts not on their own will but as a base in the mediterranean.

The vote happened at dawn.The vote was private and was deposit in three boxes of wood.The recount would be done by the bishop of Avila,the bishop of Segovia and the archbishop of Toledo.Padilla would know the result when the votes where done.Joanna had a meltdown in her last public speech.She stopped talking and started crying in front of the cathedral were she was preaching and started mumbling the name of her death husband.On the other hand Ferdinand had just arrived and given very few public speeches.He wasn't very charismatic but he was kick of thought and the resemblance with his grand father were obvious.Padilla had personally voted for Ferdinand.He was one of the reasons why he revolted and Joanna had denied them her support when they needed it the most.The bishop of Segovia just opened the door with the results.It was very late at night but he had to know who won the election as he would anounce it the next day.Ferdinand had won.Castile had a new king and he will swear the constitution tomorrow.

John had been talking with French diplomats.France was searching for an ally in case that Ferdinand won.John had a claim on Castile and Aragon and he would recieve the full support of France in case that he chosed to push his claims.Genova was being sieged by land and sea and a comflict would spark soon.Castile and Aragon would be encircled and he would be able to claim his place in the throne and abolish the constitution and rule as an absolute ruler as he was meant to
 
17th of Agust 1522
The days after the election had been loaded with events,oaths and a lot of legislative work.He had to choose royal representatives to all the newly formed provinces that had their own autonomy.Each one had their own laws and fiscal policies but as long as they pay their toll this wouldn't bother him.Ferdinand had learnt a lot in Germany in how to deal with the electorates,kings and princes of the Holy Roman Empire and had grown to be a pretty sharp diplomat.He had control over the army and the navy which was something that he barely had in Germany and his role was still relevant as a monarch.Her wife would arrive soon to Spain.She would move directly to Valladolid.He had chosen the city as his capital as it alredy had some major legislative bodies located there,it was in the heart of Castille and was a city full of space in which he could built a nice capital.It had also influenced in his choice the good relationship that he had with the nobles in Valladolid which had accepted to model their laws for his taste.His mother would live with him for the time being.She needed attention and having her close also secured his rights to the throne.He hadrenounce all his claims to Austria in Avila to Carlos as he wouldn't have time to spend any time there in exchange Charles promised to protect Hungary until his first male soon had 14.The Hungarian crown needed an heir while in Spain he could choose whoever he wanted as his succesor but for the moment he didn't have a child.

Catherine would visit Granada beforeshe left.She wanted to visit her parents grave before she left with Mary back to England.Ferdinand was a healthy and young man so there was not much point in leaving Mary behind.Ferdinand had offered her daughter an education and take care of her until she became and adult.She had denied as Henry would expect some gain from it and giving their only heir to a foreign king for nothing in exchange didn't seem pretty smart.But she had accomplished some minor things in Avila.She had chosen the new ambassador in England and most importantly she had gained an alliance with Ferdinand.He had signed with him a treaty in which he wold compromise to defend Calais from France as long as England would support any of his campaigns.Calais was always in danger and England barely had the resources to maintain an open war with France and an alliance with Ferdinand and Charles (just in theory) was better than nothing.

John was preparing his army.The war between Spain and France was inminent as there were news that the French fleet had sunk a Spanish vessel that was in direction to Genova.Francis had promised him to invade the northern part of Spain so he could directly strike against Ferdinand.He had heard that he was in Valladolid which wasn't close to the border.He would need to invade Zamora first to arrive to Valladolid.He was planning on doing a coup and dissolving the courts.To legitimize this move he had gathered the support of some nobles that had lost land and wealth during the war and wanted their old rights back.John didn't care much about it as long as he could hold absolute power in all his kingdoms.He had barely called the Portuguese courts in all his reign and would never allow them to influence him in any case.His daughter Isabel didn't have a match yet as he had cancel her marriage with Charles and now their marriage seemed pointless
 
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