Marie la Sanglante - A League of Cognac TL

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Marie la Sanglante - A League of Cognac TL


As you have guessed, this is a spin off the Bloody Mary's brood..

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Cardinal Wolsey, Henry's chief adviser in after the break up of Mary’s betrothal with Charles V in 1526, Henry VIII then resumed marriage negotiations with the French, and Henry suggested that Mary marry the Dauphin's father, King Francis I himself, who was eager for an alliance with England. A marriage treaty was signed which provided that Mary marry either Francis I or his second son Henry, Duke of Orleans, Henry agreed to the marriage between Francis I and Mary and sent his emissaries to Francis I that he had already decided that Mary will marry Francis I.


Meanwhile, the marriage of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII was in jeopardy. Disappointed at the lack of a male heir, and eager to remarry, Henry attempted to have his marriage to Catherine annulled, but Pope Clement VII refused his request. Henry claimed, citing biblical passage, that his marriage to Catherine was unclean because she was the widow of his brother (Mary's uncle) Arthur. Catherine claimed that her marriage to Arthur was never consummated and so was not a valid marriage. Her first marriage had been annulled by a previous pope, Julius II, on that basis. Clement may have been reluctant to act because he was influenced by Charles V, Catherine's nephew and Mary's former betrothed.


the marriage of Francis I and Mary Tudor will seal a non aggression pact between France and England as well the French recognition of the break of vows between Catherine of Aragon and the marriage of Henry VIII to Renee of France.


the two brides were exchanged in 1527 and the two couples married each other and the marriage between Henry VIII and Renee happened on 1527, an act which was protested by Catherine of Aragon.


The two marriages would cause Henry VIII to withdraw from the League of Cognac against the French, weakening the power of Charles V.



a spoiler

Mary I of England m. Francis I of France(a) Philip II of Spain(b)
 
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Upon the marriage of Mary Tudor to Francis I she is crowned as Queen on her marriage with Francis I, the marriage felt forced on her, however on her part she has escaped the turbulent court of England.


A year later after her marriage a fortune teller would tell that if the marriage treaty have not happened she would have ended up as a lonely spinster.


Mary Tudor is a very tough beauty, she met her former betrothed, Francis of Brittany who hated her guts, she remained loyal to her new husband, he would call her Bloody Mary or rather Marie la Sanglante.


as she understands, Madeleine, her young stepdaughter would marry the Duke of Ferrara since Renee was already married to Henry VIII, her own father, this would mean Margaret of Valois would be the one marrying her cousin the King of Scots, however Francis would instead have Mary of Bourbon as the Queen of Scotland as she understands.


Mary, the new queen of France contacts Mary of Bourbon as children in the court, the future bride of the King of Scots and told her that she is good to be the queen for her cousin and she encourages the marriage between her and the King of Scots and she would want to be in their wedding.
 
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The siege weakened as plague broke out in the French camp, killing many soldiers however the English troops that joined sent by Henry VIII caused his army to recover from the loss. Andrea Doria's offensive in Genoa (where he soon broke the blockade of the city and forced the surrender of the French at Savona), together with the decisive victory of a French relief force under Francis de Bourbon, Comte de St. Pol at the Battle of Landriano, would strengthen Francis's hopes of regaining his hold on Italy.


Following the defeat of his armies, Charles V sought peace with Francis. The negotiations began in July 1529 in the border city of Cambrai; they were conducted primarily between Francis's mother Louise of Savoy for the French and her sister-in-law, Margaret of Austria for her nephew the Emperor (leading to its being known as the Paix des Dames or alternatively the Treaty of Artois). Charles ceded Artois, Flanders, Tournai, Flanders and Milan and forced Charles to recognize the divorce between Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII.


Due to the end of Charles’s actual opposition to the divorce between Catherine and Henry, Clement VII formally disolves the marriage between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon and recognizes the marriage between Renee and Henry VIII as legitimate.


The defeat of the Spanish and the Germans in the league of Cognac was also a defeat to the cause of Catherine of Aragon in her marriage with Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon would leave the English court for the Spanish court in order to retire, passing to the French court where Mary, his daughter now the Queen of France resides.


As of 1532, the descendants of Henry VIII and Catherine of Navarre


Henry VIII m. Catherine of Aragon(a) Renee of France(b)

1a. Mary Tudor b. 1516 m Francis I of France(a) Philip II of Spain(b)

2b. Margaret Tudor b. 1528

3b. Elizabeth Tudor b. 1533

4b. Edward VI b. 1535

5b. Renee Tudor b. 1540


Catherine of Navarre m. John III of Navarre(a)

1a. Anne of Navarre b. 1492 m. John of Foix-Candale(a)

1a1a. Catherine of Foix-Candale b. 1528[1]

2a. Madeleine of Navarre b. 1494 d. 1504

3a. Catherine of Navarre b. 1495(nun)

4a. Quiterrie of Navarre b. 1499(nun)

5a. Andrew Phoebus b. 1501 d. 1503

6a. Henry II of Navarre b. 1503 m. Margaret of Angouleme(a)

6a1a. Jeanne III of Navarre

7a. Buenaventura of Navarre b. 1505 d. 1511

8a. Martine of Navarre b. 1506 d. 1512

9a. Francis of Navarre b. 1508 d. 1512

10a. Charles of Navarre b. 1510

11a. Isabella of Navarre b. 1513 m. Rene I of Rohan(a)

One of the butterflies of the French victory is Anne of Navarre having a child..
 
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