Miguel - King of Portugal, Castille and Aragon 1498 - 1550(An Alternate Spain)

Miguel - King of Portugal, Castille and Aragon 1498 - 1550

Intro
This scenario is my favorite as the King Arthur of Brittany timeline, the two TL’s will be worked side by side, I am also planning an Anarchy Timeline as well, in this timeline, Miguel da Paz will survive and a Spanish Philippines will be mooted but rather a Spanish Miguelinas which is OTL Indonesia will be one of the cash cows of the Spanish Empire.

Miguel da Paz was born in Zaragoza, Spain on August 23 1498. His mother, Isabella of Aragon, died within an hour of his birth. He was shortly sworn heir to the various Iberian crowns by the courts of Portugal, Castile and Aragon. For the next two years, he was the recognized heir of his father's kingdom of Portugal, and of the kingdoms of Castile, León, and Aragon, which he would inherit from his grandparents, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. As such, he was styled Prince of Portugal, Prince of Asturias, and Prince of Girona.

In the OTL He Died on July 19th of 1500


Point of Divergence
Miguel, the infant Prince of Asturias and Gerona was able to recover from his sickness due to be nursed to recovery by his nurses.
 
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The Recovery of Miguel da Paz
A nurse took care of the sickly Miguel on June 1500 who was sickly and the young Miguel was able to recover fast and later Maria of Aragon and Isabella, Queen of Castille took care of the recovery of the child as well and due the fact that Maria took care of her nephew, made Maria a stronger candidate for her former brother in law to marry, the possibility to marry her to the Prince of Scotland was mooted.

Maria of Aragon was married to her former brother in law on October 1500 on Valladolid and every one was happy, the main reason for the marriage was the fact that Maria of Aragon was married due to an alliance and also due to the fact that the alliance of the New Kingdom of Spain and Portugal need to be reestablished at the new marriage.

due to the survival of Miguel da Paz, the fears for chance for a succession of a German prince as the King of Spain and the nobles of Castile and Aragon were fearing to happen but it will not happen since Miguel da Paz was able to recover.

His father, the King of Portugal, Manuel was happy to met his new wife, Maria and his son in Lisbon who stayed in Valladolid in order to make sure the that Miguel was strong enough to make his recovery, so they waited till December when Maria carrying the young Miguel to Lisbon made the Journey and the two joined the Portuguese court.

The Young Miguel was presented as the heir to the King of Portugal, it was not long till Maria was crowned as the Queen of Portugal and Maria was revealed to be pregnant with the second child of the King.

The recovery of Miguel da Paz would mean that the Treaty of Tordesillas would be a moot matter in the next generation and there will be no need to challenge the Eastern trade of Portugal and Portugal has already have ports in India at this time and it will focus in having colonies in the East while the focus of Castile will be west due to the heir to Castile is also the heir to the King of Portugal.
 
Kingdoms of Iberia in early 1500 before the ascension of Miguel I.

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Misfortune of the Mad Joanna and the fortune of the Pomegranate
Ferdinand of Aragon was happy that none of the feared succession of a German to the French throne would happen but in this time, the only son of Philip the Handsome would die due to a sickness, another son named Ferdinand was born on 1502 and three further daughters, namely Joanna(1503), Mary(1505) and Catherine(1507), however, Joan of Aragon’s health worsened and died just a few moments after the birth of Catherine and remarried to a cousin of Joanna, namely, Germaine of Foix, a relative of Anne of Brittany and also a relative of the Queen of Hungary and Bohemia.

For Catherine of Aragon, her husband, Arthur, Prince of Wales recovered and Catherine of Aragon was revealed to be pregnant on 1502, and a son was born on 1502 named Henry, the two were a happy couple while his brother, Henry, Duke of York is married to Anna d’Albret, Infanta of Navarre just a few months after the birth of a son to Catherine of Aragon and Arthur, Prince of Wales.

While the Dowager Princess of Asturias, Margaret, Archduchess of Austria is married to Prince Christian of Denmark on 1500, the man was slightly younger than the bride but the age of Groom was irrelevant to her.

For Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal, she gave birth to a son in 1501, which she has called as John.
 
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The Treaty of Blois
In 1501, following the death of Ferdinand II of Naples and accession of his uncle Frederick, Ferdinand signed an agreement with Charles VIII's successor, Louis XII, who had just successfully asserted his claims to the Duchy of Milan, to partition Naples between them, with Campania and the Abruzzi, including Naples itself, going to the French and Ferdinand taking Apulia and Calabria. The agreement soon fell apart and, over the next several years, Ferdinand's great general Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba fought to take Naples from the French, finally succeeding by 1504.

After Isabella I's death in 1504, her kingdom went to their grandson Miguel da Paz, Prince of Asturias. Ferdinand became the regent, ruling through Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, the Chancellor of the Kingdom.

In this point Anne of Brittany had three Children Claude b.1499, Charles b.1500 and Isabelle b. 1504.

He negotiated with King Louis XII of France for a marriage. At the Treaty of Blois, Louis agreed to have his daughter Claude marry Miguel, Prince of Asturias. Louis XII also ceded in the treaty his weak claim to the Kingdom of Naples (already controlled by Aragon) and Kingdom of Jerusalem (controlled by neither) to his niece, conditional on a male child being produced. The betrothal, between Claude (aged 7) and his grandson, Miguel I of Castille(aged 8), took place in March 1506. A short truce and brief alliance between the two kings resulted, despite several wars before and after the Treaty and the marriage would happen around the 14th birthday of Miguel of Asturias.
 
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The Capture of Malacca
In 1509, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira was sent to Malacca by the king of Portugal with four ships to establish contact with the Sultanate of Malacca. Initially, Sequeira was well received by the Sultan Mahmud Syah (1488–1528). Soon however, the Tamil Muslim community convinced Mahmud Syah that the Portuguese should be eliminated, based on the Portuguese treatment of Muslims in Goa. Several men were captured and killed, but the ships escaped.

Albuquerque first departed from India for Malacca in April 1511, with 1,200 men and 17 to 18 ships. Albuquerque's objective was to sever Islamic trade and Venetian trade on the same occasion:

A first attack by the Portuguese failed on 25 July 1511. Albuquerque's captains spoke against another attempt, but he struck again, succeeding in capturing Malacca in August, despite strong resistance and the presence of artillery on the Malaccan side. In celebration, Tristão da Cunha was sent to Pope Leo X in Rome with rich presents including the elephant that the pope named Hanno.

Albuquerque then built a fort to strengthen the Portuguese position, the Fort A Famosa, remains of which are still visible to this day. He also dispatched some ships to the "Spice Islands".Albuquerque returned to Cochin in January 1512. The Portuguese engaged in a massacre of the Muslim inhabitants and also of the Arab community in Malacca. The invasion was specifically intended to break the Arab trade monopoly in spices.

The Portuguese encountered private Chinese merchants trading in Malacca, these merchants were not controlled by the Chinese government, which neither encouraged nor supported them in their trading activities, only collecting taxes from them. Trading was technically illegal under Chinese law, the only trade that was legal was that of tribute missions.

Five of these Chinese merchants who had a dispute with the Malaccan Sultan, who had earlier seized their junks and crew to use against the King of Daru in a war, so these merchants gave the junks to the Portuguese who used them to smuggle in soldiers during the attack. After the Portuguese captured and looted the city, they spared the property of the five merchants.

When the Malaccan Sultan sent a message to the Emperor of China to ask for help against the Portuguese, the Chinese ordered their tributary Siam (then known as the Ayutthaya Kingdom or Thailand) and other neighbours of Malacca to come to Malacca's aid and fight the Portuguese, and the Chinese demanded that the Portuguese leave Malacca. The Thai refused to comply with the Chinese order, leaving Malacca with no help, the Chinese then blamed the Thai and other neighbours for Malacca's fall.

The Portuguese feared a Chinese invasion after their capture of the city and they did not send any diplomatic missions to China immediately after the capture, waiting until 1516. The exiled Malaccan Sultan sent more messages to China when the Portuguese mission arrived in China, and this time, the Chinese took action against the Portuguese.
 
The children of Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I of Portugal m. Isabella(Isabel) of Aragon(1470 -1498)(a) m. Mary(Maria) of Portugal(1482 - 1555)(b)

1a)Michael(Miguel), King of Castile, Aragon and Portugal b. 1498
2a)John(Juan), Duke of Beja b.1501
2b)Infanta Isabella(Isabel) b.1503
2c)Infanta Beatrice(Beatriz) b. 1504 (b)
2d)Infante Louis(Luis), duke of Guarda b. 1506
2e)Infante Alphonse(Alfonso) b. 1509, duke of Coimbra
2f)Infanta Mary(Maria) b. 1513
2g)Infante Edward(Duarte), duke of Guimaraez b. 1515
2h)Infante Anthony(Antonio), duke of Viseu b. 1516
2i)Infanta Maria b. 1521 (b)
 
Reina Claudia
Pope Leo X had blessed the betrothal between Claude of France and Miguel I of Castille.

Anne of Brittany was serious, she had her daughter raised by her cousins in the south of France in order to prepare for the marriage since he knows one of the languages of Miguel da Paz which is Catalan or Occitan, in exchange, Miguel da Paz, King of Castille was taught French as it was the mother language of Claude of France.

On the Early part of 1512, after a trip through Montfort, Chartres, Blois, Loches, Poitiers, Limoges, Ventadour, Aurillac, Carlat, Rodez, Agen, Lectoure, Auch and Mirande, the French retinue arrived to the Val d'Aran (Aran Valley) in Catalonia. Once there, Princess Claude was officially handed to the Aragonese entourage and also Anne Boleyn joined her as her lady in waiting and she took a trip with the entrouge to Zaragosa to finally in Valladolid wherein the groom and bride met.

Miguel da Paz, the King of Castille was taught french and spoke in French as the woman but later in the conversation, Princess Claude spoke in Catalan/Occitan rather than French, her grandmother is Occitan and her mother Anne of Brittany and as she is called as, she is called her mother Anne of Brittany as Anna de Bretanya in her speeches.

Claude suggested that Isabel, the eldest half sister of Miguel da Paz should marry Charles, the Duke of Brittany and Dauphin of Viennois the heir to the crown of France.

The two are married in Valladolid in the latter part of 1512 and a message came from Anne of Brittany congratulating the two of the marriage around that time.

Princess Claude took the name Claudia after the marriage and she is sad that she cannot see her youngest sister, Renee(b. 1510) due to her being sent to Spain to marry Miguel.
 
Sunda

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 San Sebastian under Captain Enrique Leme, to Sunda Kalapa with valuable gifts for the king of Sunda. Two written sources detail the concluding of the treaty: the original Portuguese document of 1522, with the text of the treaty and the signatures of the witnesses; and João de Barros’s report in his book Décadas da Ásia, printed after 1777 or 1778.

According to these sources, the Portuguese were welcomed warmly by the former crown prince, now King Prabu Surawisesa Jayapercosa (or King Surawisesa of Pajundan, also called Ratu Sang Hyang, Portuguese Ratu Samian); Barros called him King Samião. The Portuguese were allowed to build a fortress at the mouth of the Ciliwung River where they could load black pepper to their ships. The King also pledged to give one thousand sacks (more than 20 tons) each year to the Portuguese. The treaty was executed in two copies, one for the king of Sunda, one for the king of Portugal; each was signed on August 21, 1522. The Sundanese king's deputies were the chief mandarin Padam Tumangu (Honourable Tumenggung), the mandarins Sangydepaty (Sang Adipati) and Benegar (Bendahara or treasurer), and the shahbandar (harbourmaster) of the land, named Fabian.

"On the said day", these mandarins and other honorable men, together with Henrique Leme and his entourage, went to the mouth of the river where the fortress would be constructed, on the "land called Sunda Kalapa". There they erected a memorial stone, called a padrão, in what is now the Tugu sub-district of North Jakarta. It was a Portuguese custom to set up a padrão (memorial stone) when they discovered a new land. The padron, now called the Luso-Sundanese Padron, is kept in the National Museum.

Because of troubles in Goa, Portuguese India, the Portuguese failed to keep their promise to come back the following year to construct the fortress. They did not return to the Java Sea until November, 1526, when they arrived in six ships from Bintan under the command of Francisco de Sá.

The Padron set the beginning of the Portuguese presence in South East Asia, the son of King Prabu is later baptized in the catholic religion as Alfonso a few years after and the conversion of the Queen , the conversion followed a heavy wave of conversion of the population of the Sunda Kingdom.

The Portuguese would annex the island of Flores and successively vassalize the Kingdoms in Timor, in the same manner as they did in Sunda, many of the remaining Hindu people in the Malay archipelago would migrate to the Island of Gintu and the Kingdom of Kutai, most of the Majapahit nobles migrated to Gintu.
 
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