Mother of Two Nations
On May 10, 1470, Margaret of York would give birth to a short lived son named Philip who would live until 1490, Mary of Burgundy would marry the Eldest son of the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, Archduke Christopher, providing him with three surviving two children, Frederick(May 10, 1474), Margaret(January 2, 1476) and Marie(June 4, 1478) who would survive infancy.
Margaret would be seen as the match of the then Edward Prince of Wales when the match of Anne of Brittany and Edward, Prince of Wales seemed impossible due to the French who would want to marry her and a match between Anne of York and Frederick was seen as possible and instead the match between Margaret and Edward, Prince of Wales was approved and Princess Margaret’s Lancastrian pedigree was seen to be the best priority for Edward IV to stop the Lancastrians but Edward V would himself choose a marriage to Anne of Brittany instead Margaret was made the bride for John Albert of Poland.
On 1474, Maximilian, the future Maximilian I would choose to marry Margaret of Thuringia in order to solidify his future plans of candidacy in Bohemia, as she has a claim to Bohemia herself, the marriage would prove fruitful and helped him in Bohemia and defeated his Jagiellonian rival on 1480 in Bohemia and had his niece, Margaret married to John Albert of Poland.
By 1487, Philip IV of Burgundy would marry Joanna of Aragon b. May 10, 1473
On 1481, on the deaths of her first husband and her father, the matches of her daughter in her first wedding have been settled and Mary of Burgundy would marry Charles VIII on 1484, adding two further children to the heirs of the Burgundian estates or state, she would give birth to Louis(January 2, 1485) and Isabella(June 3, 1487), on the deaths of Philip IV on 1490 and of Mary I of Burgundy on 1492, the two nations of Germany and France would fight for the inheritance of the Burgundian estates and Archduke Frederick would marry the widowed Joanna of Aragon.
Margaret would be seen as the match of the then Edward Prince of Wales when the match of Anne of Brittany and Edward, Prince of Wales seemed impossible due to the French who would want to marry her and a match between Anne of York and Frederick was seen as possible and instead the match between Margaret and Edward, Prince of Wales was approved and Princess Margaret’s Lancastrian pedigree was seen to be the best priority for Edward IV to stop the Lancastrians but Edward V would himself choose a marriage to Anne of Brittany instead Margaret was made the bride for John Albert of Poland.
On 1474, Maximilian, the future Maximilian I would choose to marry Margaret of Thuringia in order to solidify his future plans of candidacy in Bohemia, as she has a claim to Bohemia herself, the marriage would prove fruitful and helped him in Bohemia and defeated his Jagiellonian rival on 1480 in Bohemia and had his niece, Margaret married to John Albert of Poland.
By 1487, Philip IV of Burgundy would marry Joanna of Aragon b. May 10, 1473
On 1481, on the deaths of her first husband and her father, the matches of her daughter in her first wedding have been settled and Mary of Burgundy would marry Charles VIII on 1484, adding two further children to the heirs of the Burgundian estates or state, she would give birth to Louis(January 2, 1485) and Isabella(June 3, 1487), on the deaths of Philip IV on 1490 and of Mary I of Burgundy on 1492, the two nations of Germany and France would fight for the inheritance of the Burgundian estates and Archduke Frederick would marry the widowed Joanna of Aragon.
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