So I decided to restart my timeline from the beginning. Why? To gain new viewership with people who do not know what is going on, making it easier for them to jump in. Also to allow me to rewrite and change some of the updates, some of them I found a bit sloppy, and I want to rewrite them. Also I want to be able to maintain a consistent style which was a problem with the first version. So without much ado, Legacy of Charles 2.0
Legacy of Charles 2.0
Part 1 the Birth of a Kingdom
Story of Lortharingria
By Francis King PHD in history at Oxford
It is often said the course of history was changed with the birth of Phillip III, or Charles the Bold victories at Morat, Grandson and Nancy. It hard to imagine history with out Lotharigia. Without Charles the bold, Phillip the Mighty, Charles III the Conquer, William I Casimir, William II Augustus, Peter I,Adrian I, Micheal I the defender or the many other great kings of Lotharingaria. The sudden rise of Burgundy to a fief of France to major rival of France and world power. Which makes the recent alliance and cooperative domination of the EC between it, France, and Germany, all the more shocking. But to understand the makings of modern day Lotharingaria we must look at it’s history. What better place then to start then with the birth of Phillip III and the coronation of Charles the Bold.
Charles I 'the Bold' by Louis Venton
The Birth of Phillip III is often considered part of a wider series of events surrounding the coronation of Charles. Charles had traveled to the city of Trier,to meet with Emperor Frederick III. He decided to leave the rest of his family including his heavily pregnant wife Maragert of York in Dijon. At Trier he meet the Emperor Fredrick III to discuss the marriage of their children Mary and Maximillan, and hopefully the coronation of Charles as King. The Question of succession arose, Charles I up to that point had no viable heir of his own, and upon his death his estates would be given to Mary. Yet Charles did not want his kingdom to die after his death and was able to negiotate with Frederick that if he died before producing a viable male heir that the successor from a junior Hapsburg branch would succeed him. Then news from Dijon, begged Charles I to return to his wife as she was expected to give birth soon. The negiotations seemed to be about to fall apart, Frederick agreed to delay them until the child was born.Charles raced back to Dijon just in time for the the child’s birth.
From the accounts of Yves de Tongres [1]’ chronicles of Historie de Lotharingria: “ Charles sprinted to Margaret chamber. When they arrived, they found that she had just given birth to a strong healthy baby boy. Margaret now turned over to face her husband and asked quietly in his ear what they would name him. Charles now holding his baby son in arms said how about Phillip, Phillip Fredrick de Valois. Margaret said to him that she loved it. Charles holding the baby above his head proclaimed that this child would one day go on to great things, in that proclaimtion he was every bit right.”
Shortly after Philip’s birth, Frederick arrived in Dijion to finish the negotiations with the Archbishop of Treir Johan II of Baden in tow. It did not take long for the negotiations to reach the desired end. The two monarchs hit it off and became quick friends after getting to know each other. They began to act like old friends with days of the beginning of negotiations. Shortly after the birth Phillip the two monarchs agreed to the marriage of Mary the only daughter of Charles and Maximilian, the future emperor merging the house Habsburg with the House Valois. Then the most critical part of the negotiations was when negotiation for the coronation of Charles as a king. Fredrick only had the power to make him king in his own realm. Thus Charles swallow his pride and accept this, after months of negotiations the two kings finally agree to make Charles I King of Lotharigia. Why did Charles choose Lotharigia manly for three reasons one to revive the added prestige of reviving a prestigious throne, to separate himself from France in which claimed Burgundian lands as a fief to theirs, thus by choosing the name Lotharigia cuts ties with the French, and finally to appease the Dutch by creating a new nationality.
On a chilly day in mid-February Charles was to crowned by the Archbishop of Trier in the main chapel in Dijon. On February 15 1474 Charles was finally crowned King Charles I. To this day the coronation of Charles is celebrated as its Independence Day in modern day Lotharigia. In this moment the history of the world would forever change. But before the young nation could rise it must avoid being killed in the cradle and survive the turbulent period, now know as the Burgandian wars or the Lotharigian wars of independence.
The Coronation of Charles I by Petr van Brejek
[1]: Yves de Tongres is one of the primary historians and chroniclers of the time. He was a minor count in the court of Charles I, Phillip IV, and Charles II. Yves would serve as court historian after making himself known for his bravery at Morat and his account of the war. He would write the Historie de Lotharingria, Regunum Charles Bold, and Historie de Angloterre war et Union de Oxford. He would ultimately become a advisor too both Phillip IV and Charles II. He would die in 1518 of a fever. He serves as the primary source for the early days of Lotharingria, and the reigns of Charles I, and Phillip IV. Though it is not a secret that his accounts are biased.
a sketch of Yves de Tongres in his early years
Legacy of Charles 2.0
Part 1 the Birth of a Kingdom
Story of Lortharingria
By Francis King PHD in history at Oxford
It is often said the course of history was changed with the birth of Phillip III, or Charles the Bold victories at Morat, Grandson and Nancy. It hard to imagine history with out Lotharigia. Without Charles the bold, Phillip the Mighty, Charles III the Conquer, William I Casimir, William II Augustus, Peter I,Adrian I, Micheal I the defender or the many other great kings of Lotharingaria. The sudden rise of Burgundy to a fief of France to major rival of France and world power. Which makes the recent alliance and cooperative domination of the EC between it, France, and Germany, all the more shocking. But to understand the makings of modern day Lotharingaria we must look at it’s history. What better place then to start then with the birth of Phillip III and the coronation of Charles the Bold.
Charles I 'the Bold' by Louis Venton
The Birth of Phillip III is often considered part of a wider series of events surrounding the coronation of Charles. Charles had traveled to the city of Trier,to meet with Emperor Frederick III. He decided to leave the rest of his family including his heavily pregnant wife Maragert of York in Dijon. At Trier he meet the Emperor Fredrick III to discuss the marriage of their children Mary and Maximillan, and hopefully the coronation of Charles as King. The Question of succession arose, Charles I up to that point had no viable heir of his own, and upon his death his estates would be given to Mary. Yet Charles did not want his kingdom to die after his death and was able to negiotate with Frederick that if he died before producing a viable male heir that the successor from a junior Hapsburg branch would succeed him. Then news from Dijon, begged Charles I to return to his wife as she was expected to give birth soon. The negiotations seemed to be about to fall apart, Frederick agreed to delay them until the child was born.Charles raced back to Dijon just in time for the the child’s birth.
From the accounts of Yves de Tongres [1]’ chronicles of Historie de Lotharingria: “ Charles sprinted to Margaret chamber. When they arrived, they found that she had just given birth to a strong healthy baby boy. Margaret now turned over to face her husband and asked quietly in his ear what they would name him. Charles now holding his baby son in arms said how about Phillip, Phillip Fredrick de Valois. Margaret said to him that she loved it. Charles holding the baby above his head proclaimed that this child would one day go on to great things, in that proclaimtion he was every bit right.”
Shortly after Philip’s birth, Frederick arrived in Dijion to finish the negotiations with the Archbishop of Treir Johan II of Baden in tow. It did not take long for the negotiations to reach the desired end. The two monarchs hit it off and became quick friends after getting to know each other. They began to act like old friends with days of the beginning of negotiations. Shortly after the birth Phillip the two monarchs agreed to the marriage of Mary the only daughter of Charles and Maximilian, the future emperor merging the house Habsburg with the House Valois. Then the most critical part of the negotiations was when negotiation for the coronation of Charles as a king. Fredrick only had the power to make him king in his own realm. Thus Charles swallow his pride and accept this, after months of negotiations the two kings finally agree to make Charles I King of Lotharigia. Why did Charles choose Lotharigia manly for three reasons one to revive the added prestige of reviving a prestigious throne, to separate himself from France in which claimed Burgundian lands as a fief to theirs, thus by choosing the name Lotharigia cuts ties with the French, and finally to appease the Dutch by creating a new nationality.
On a chilly day in mid-February Charles was to crowned by the Archbishop of Trier in the main chapel in Dijon. On February 15 1474 Charles was finally crowned King Charles I. To this day the coronation of Charles is celebrated as its Independence Day in modern day Lotharigia. In this moment the history of the world would forever change. But before the young nation could rise it must avoid being killed in the cradle and survive the turbulent period, now know as the Burgandian wars or the Lotharigian wars of independence.
The Coronation of Charles I by Petr van Brejek
[1]: Yves de Tongres is one of the primary historians and chroniclers of the time. He was a minor count in the court of Charles I, Phillip IV, and Charles II. Yves would serve as court historian after making himself known for his bravery at Morat and his account of the war. He would write the Historie de Lotharingria, Regunum Charles Bold, and Historie de Angloterre war et Union de Oxford. He would ultimately become a advisor too both Phillip IV and Charles II. He would die in 1518 of a fever. He serves as the primary source for the early days of Lotharingria, and the reigns of Charles I, and Phillip IV. Though it is not a secret that his accounts are biased.
a sketch of Yves de Tongres in his early years
