Luso-Sundanese TL

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Luso-Sundanese TL

Portuguese Prosetylization

Because of the growing Islamic force in Demak and Cirebon, the Hindu king of Sunda, Sri Baduga, sought assistance from the Portuguese at Malacca. He sent his son, Crown Prince Prabu Surawisesa, to Malacca in 1512 and again in 1521, in order to invite the Portuguese to sign a peace treaty, to trade in pepper, and to build a fort at his main port of Sunda Kalapa. By 1522 the Portuguese were ready to form a coalition with the Sundanese king in order to gain access to the profitable pepper trade.

The commander of the fortress of Malacca at that time was Jorge de Albuquerque. In 1522, he sent a ship, the São Sebastião under Captain Henrique Leme, to Sunda Kalapa with valuable gifts for the king of Sunda, despite the fact that the Portuguese would be quite slow in defending the lands of Sunda from the Demak they will bring them in their own missionaries.

The Portuguese themselves would experience some success in Christianizing Sunda and Bali and defending the Kingdom of Sunda against Demak in the following decades and the Catholic Portuguese prosetylizers and colonizers would spread to the other old Majapahit lands such as the Lesser Sunda Islands and the lands in the North named Saludong which would end up as Portuguese Colonies and they would have some access to the Spice Islands as well, the land of Saludong in this case would find the Portuguese as an alternative to the yoke of the Bruneians in the loss of Tondo and accepting the muslim religion and the Bruneian raids of their resources and rape of their women which they were forced to accept and chose the alternative of having to swear fealty to the Portuguese once they would find that the Portuguese would be successful in defending Sunda against Demak, the first areas that accepted Catholicism and the Portuguese in Saludong was the towns of Faro, Caboloan and Macabebe, the Portuguese would call the lands of Saludong as Zambales as it is a term for a tribe they would encounter initially and the word of the languages in Saludong for war which is also Sambali.

 

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Miguel Lopez de Legaspi

In 1570, having heard of the rich resources in Luzon, Legazpi dispatched Martín de Goiti to explore the northern region. Landing in Batangas with a force of 120 Spaniards, de Goiti explored the Pansipit River, which drains Taal Lake. On May 8, they arrived in Manila Bay. There, they were welcomed by the natives. Goiti's soldiers camped there for a few weeks while forming an alliance with the Muslim leader, Rajah Ache, who was a vassal under the Sultan of Brunei. Legazpi wanted to use Manila's harbor as a base for trade with China. Legaspi would learn that the Northern Half of the Island is already under Portuguese Suzerainty and Christian which he would report to his liege King Philip via a letter, Miguel Lopez de Legaspi would have the Bruneian scions in the Bruneian held Luzon/Saludong swear fealty with the Spanish with the help of Lakandula causing parts of the Batan peninsula and the other conquests by Bolkiah in the north except from that was razed by the Portuguese in Samtoy to fall under the Spanish.

López de Legazpi governed the Philippines for a year before dying suddenly of a stroke in Manila on August 20, 1572 after scolding an aide. He died poor and bankrupt, leaving a few pesos behind due to having spent most of his personal fortune during the conquest. He was laid to rest in San Agustin Church, Intramuros.

What King Philip II learned from Legaspi would cause him to focus on making a treaty regarding the Spice Islands and Celebes to make sure that they go to Spain rather than Portugal.

 

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John Manuel of Portugal

John Manuel of Portugal is a sturdy and strong prince and have a delicate wife, Joanna of Spain, she would be pregnant on 1553 and after eight in the morning of 20 January 1554 Joanna of Spain would deliver a daughter named after her also named Joanna and Joanna of Spain would die of Puerperal fever a few months after and John Manuel would be mourning at the death of his own wife and easily found a way to find a wife in Princess Margaret of France who is approaching her 30’s, he would want to ensure that he would have a male heir to Portugal, she would be able to do her own duty as queen as she would give birth to two boys named Manuel(May 2, 1554) and John(August 10, 1561), Joanna of Portugal is betrothed off to Duarte, duke of Guimaraes.

John Manuel of Portugal would become John IV of Portugal after his father, John III died and strengthened the Portuguese colonial possessions including that of the Indies.

 

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The End of Lady Mary

On 1539, the 23 year old heiress of Henry VIII, Lady Mary would passionately fall in love with Philip of Palatinate who had been courting her and she would be in crossroads whether to accept to give up her own succession rights and marry for love, she was introduced to Philip of Palatinate by her own stepmother, Anne of Cleves and the love affair would be passionate for a month and in the middle of 1539 she would choose her own mother’s memory or marrying her husband..

Mary had to choose whether she would marry Philip of Palatinate or remain protesting for her own mother, Catherine of Aragon, this would drag in months until one day in 1539, Mary Tudor had the courage to visit her own mother’s grave and prayed to god whether it would be good for her to marry a heretic and give up her own inheritance she would pray seriously in the church.

She would have a dream of Catherine of Aragon, her own mother who was sad about her divorce with her bride and she would tell that she herself feels miserable over her parent’s divorce and did not like her father’s attitude and the man that she falls in love is a good option, her mother would smile and comfort her daughter in her dream.

A realization would come up to her and it would be that her mother would be happy if she is happy and that she should marry Philip of Palatinate.

She felt that her happiness is important and her mother would be happy for her to be happy and on the latter part of 1539, she would sign a document to her father in order to renounce her own succession to her father’s throne so that she would marry her love, Philip of Palatinate, this passionate love would lead her to Bavaria and marry Philip of Palatinate on January of 1540 in England before their departure, it was found out that she is pregnant on 1540 and gave birth to a daughter named Catherine of Palatinate on November 10, 1540, months after her own arrival in Bavaria, the daughter is named after her own mother, Catherine of Aragon, this would be followed by another daughter named Elizabeth of Palatinate on May 10, 1543, named after her grandmother, Isabella the Catholic, which would not be followed by another child and she would be widowed on 1548 when her first husband died, Mary Tudor would die out of Puerperal fever on 1544 after she was just fresh from giving birth to Elizabeth of Palatinate leaving the future Edward VI safe in succession, however it will not stop the French from wanting a marriage between Catherine of Palatinate and Dauphin Francis wanting to use her own claims to the English throne, her younger sister, Elizabeth of Palatinate would marry Emmanuel Philibert on 1560 and die a day after giving birth to Charles Emmanuel (January 12, 1562) and remarrying to Elizabeth of France who would only give birth to a surviving daughter named Alice of Savoy(May 2, 1564).

 

[Dolan]

Hmm... Surviving Pakuan Pajajaran is indeed an interesting POD.

So, how about the 1527 siege of Sunda Kelapa by Fatahillah? The problem is Adipati Awangga, the one guy trusted by Prabu Surawisesa to relieve the besieged port, end up being a turncoat as he end up siding with Fatahillah. Maybe have other Sunda general taking the relieving duty and you will avoid the backstab.

 

[kasumigenx]

Hmm... Surviving Pakuan Pajajaran is indeed an interesting POD.

So, how about the 1527 siege of Sunda Kelapa by Fatahillah? The problem is Adipati Awangga, the one guy trusted by Prabu Surawisesa to relieve the besieged port, end up being a turncoat as he end up siding with Fatahillah. Maybe have other Sunda general taking the relieving duty and you will avoid the backstab.

I am writing that chapter already as you brought that up...but I implied that already.

 

[kasumigenx]

This map would be a reference to the next chapter..

 

[kasumigenx]

Defeat of Demak

However, in 1527, Fatahillah, on behalf of the Demak attacked the Portuguese in Sunda Kelapa and failed in conquering the harbour on 22 June 1527, the Portuguese would also defend Kediri to help Prabu Udara who would die under alliance with the Portuguese, later Sunda Kelapa is given to the Portuguese as a harbor and became a loyal Christian city afterwards named as Nova Lisboa, which would be ceded, the city of Kediri (Quedires) would be willed to the Portuguese by Prabu Udara who would die under Portuguese alliance, however Kediri would be seized by the Muslims later on with the Kingdom of Sunda under Portuguese Protection.

Seeing the Victory, Saludong which is under Majapahit influence in the North would see the Portuguese as the continuation of the Majapahit Empire and invited them in the North to swear fealty destroying their peace treaty with the Bruneians, the first ones to convert to Christianity would be the Saludong(known to the Portuguese as Zambales) towns of Faro, Macabebe and Caboloan would be converted to Christianity, then the Portuguese would seize and raise the parts of Samtoy held by the Bruneians but they would not expand south and east of the Pampanga river and parts of the Batan Peninsula which would be held by the Bruneians until Miguel Lopez de Legaspi came.

 

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Philip II

Maria Manuela, Princess of Portugal gave birth to a short lived son named Carlos on 8 July 1545 in Valladolid who died a hours after his birth, Maria Manuela would die four days later due to a haemorrhage. She was initially buried in the Royal Chapel of Granada on 30 March 1549 but was later transferred to Royal Crypt of the Monastery of El Escorial, this would push Philip, Prince of Asturias to remarry to Maria, duchess of Viseu.

Maria, duchess of Viseu would be hostile at the idea at first but she would give in months after and volunteered at the altar, she would give birth to a son named Infante Felipe(June 15, 1549) and a daughter named Eleanor of Spain (May 10, 1553), Maria of Viseu would be crowned as Queen of Spain on 1554 and die on 1558, that was when Philip would choose to marry Mary Stuart on 1558, she would give birth to three children, Isabella Clara Eugenia(August 12, 1561), Catherine Michelle (October 10, 1566) and Infante Diego of Spain(August 15, 1570).

 

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New Queen for Scotland

In the following years, Amalia of Cleves Family family attempted to secure her a marriage with as much profit as possible. There were long negotiations with the Margraviate of Baden concerning a possible strategic marriage between the two dynasties. The Margrave had two sons; first, Bernard, who had been turned out due to his immoral and raucous behavior, before being welcomed back after his sisters pleaded with the Margrave; and second, Charles, who was born in July 1529 and thus, almost twelve years younger than Amalia.

William, respecting his sister, refused to marry Amalia off to someone like Bernard, whom he believed could not have heirs with Amalia due to his dissolute life. The duke also refused to force Amalia to marry Charles.

On 1542, Mary of Guise would die from childbirth giving birth to a daughter named Mary of Scotland, causing the King of Scotland to try to find a match with Amalia of Cleves who would marry the King of Scotland on 1543, giving birth to a surviving son named Robert(May 10, 1548).

 

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This is how Maritime South East Asia will look Pre-Dutch at this Timeline.
Blue: Portuguese
Red: Spanish

 

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Loss of Calais and Marian Claimants

On 1560, Edward VI would change his mind and refuse to give his niece Catherine of Palatinate her own dowry and Henry II of France would occupy Calais in order to pay the marriage of Catherine of Palatinate to Dauphin Francis of France, the English are forced to concede the lands of Calais as dowry to Princess Catherine of Palatinate or risk having having his niece, Catherine of Palatinate installed on the English throne.

Edward VI would be said to hate the loss of Calais from his own niece, Catherine of Palatinate and Catherine of Palatinate would start the English Catholic tradition of the Marian Claimants or Marianism of the English catholics.

During this time James V of Scotland would acquire a betrothal between Elizabeth of England and , Amalia of Cleves would give birth to a one last daughter named Elizabeth of Scotland on January 20, 1560, Elizabeth of England and Robert of Scotland would succeed on 1561 as King and Queen of England.

 

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The Roots of Proselytization in Japan
On the beginning of the Prosetylization of Selurong or Sambali/Zambales, the Portuguese would encounter the Wokou or the Japanese pirates or traders in Saludong who would also convert to Christianity alongside with the Zambales colony of the Portuguese.
On 1547,Francis Xavier would meet a man named Anjiro who would convert to Christianity and travelled to Japan via the Portuguese colony of Selurong/Zambales on 1550 and converted the first batch of Christians in Japan and went to Canton in order to proselytize with the Chinese, however on his death on 1553, he would not be able to convert many Christians in Japan or China.
The fact that Saint Francis Xavier would land in Selurong would be the reason why the Portuguese colonies in the North of the Philippines to be called as Ilhas de São Xavier by the Portuguese as they were in the route of the saint.
During this time the Portuguese would show their interest in the Kingdom of Ryukyu and trade with them and built factories in Nagasaki and Okinawa which would be neglected by the authorities at that time.

 

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The Marian Claimants

On 1560’s Catherine of Palatinate would give birth to two sons for Francis II of France named Henry(1562) and Francis(1570), they would be the primary Marian Claimants aside from the Counts of Savoy and the Kings of Scotland which are the ones where the Catholic Marians would want to call them to invade England to get rid of the Protestant Edward VI but they would not succeed and Catherine of Palatinate would not claim the Kingdom of England as the Catholic claimant.

The French would occupy Calais and retain it due to them offended by the English not providing Catherine of Palatinate her rightful dowry and instead later the Habsburg cousins would provide the Queen of France her own dowry in the End for her.

 

[Mort the Reaper]

Gotta admit, I misread this TL's title as "Luso-Sudanese". Needless to say, I was pretty confused when I opened the thread.

With that little admission out of the way, this looks like it might be an interesting TL.

 

[kasumigenx]

The End of the Jagiellonians in Hungary

On 1516, shortly after the death of Vladislaus II of Hungary, Anna Jagiellon, his own daughter would succumb to the tuberculosis and die which would deny the Habsburg any natural claim to the Jagiellonian claims to the Bohemian throne.

On 1520, Louis II of Hungary would follow his sister and die due to him being sickly as well and retarded, which would force the Habsburgs to give the rest of Upper Silesia(the original duchy of Opole and Raciborz ruled by Mieszko I Tanglefoot) and the Duchy of Glogow to the Jagiellonians as a consolation which would be negotiated by Queen Bona Sforza and a new betrothal between Hedwig Jagiellon and Ferdinand I of Bohemia which would end up as a marriage on 1528 when Hedwig was of age, while her sister Isabella of Poland would be married to John Hector of Brandenburg later on.

Later on the Towns of Rychtal and Miedzyborz would gradually defect to Poland due to their population being more closely tied to Poland and remaining having Ethnic Polish majority.


This is the map of the situation afterwards.
http://fav.me/dd47ale

 

[kasumigenx]

Here is the map.
https://www.deviantart.com/kazumikikuchi/art/Alternate-Philippines-792777390

 

[Archangel]

Here is the map.
https://www.deviantart.com/kazumikikuchi/art/Alternate-Philippines-792777390

Nice map!
There's a small typo, where it reads "Ilhas de Saõ Xavier", it should be "Ilhas de São Xavier".

 

[kasumigenx]

Nice map!
There's a small typo, where it reads "Ilhas de Saõ Xavier", it should be "Ilhas de São Xavier".

Done.

 

[kasumigenx]

Maximilian I at 70

Maximilian's policies in Italy had been unsuccessful, and after 1517 Venice reconquered the last pieces of their territory. Maximilian began to focus entirely on the question of his succession. His goal was to secure the throne for a member of his house and prevent Francis I of France from gaining the throne; the resulting "election campaign" was unprecedented due to the massive use of bribery. The Fugger family provided Maximilian a credit of one million gulden, which was used to bribe the prince-electors. However, the bribery claims have been challenged. At first, this policy seemed successful, and Maximilian managed to secure the votes from Mainz, Cologne, Brandenburg and Bohemia for his grandson Charles I of Spain, however, Maximilian would live until 1530 which would change his plans and seeing that his second grandson who is now the ruler of Bohemia, Ferdinand I, he would make his grandson, Ferdinand as his own heir in the Holy Roman Empire and he seemed very competent and he would die at the old age of 70, which would mean that Ferdinand I of the Holy Roman Empire would secure the rule in Germany and Austria and Ferdinand was easily crowned as the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire at his late 20’s with his wife, Hedwig of Poland.