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Miguel of Portugal, the Prince of Peace

The Birth of Miguel of Portugal

In 1498, Isabella I of Castille visited Portugal noticed her daughter, Isabella of Aragon was very sickly and told her to take care of herself and her baby because she would risk the life of her and her baby so she told her to stop her own fasting and take care of herself.

Isabella, the Queen of Portugal gave birth to a son named Miguel, who was dubbed the Prince of Peace and was born on the later part of August 1498, he was healthy so was his mother.

And for this reason, there was no threat for Aragon and Castile to be inherited by the German Habsburg clan and for that reason, Isabella I of Castile was happy for the Iberian Kingdoms to not pass to the German Habsburgs.

The Catholic Monarchs congratulated Manuel on the birth of his son and heir, there were a lot of discussions since the future of Iberia rests upon the child who was just born.

Isabella of Aragon, would later give birth to a daughter, she would be named Blanche on 1502.

Isabella of Aragon and Philip the Fair arranged the marriage of Maria of Aragon to Sigismund Jagello, in order to make an alliance between the Jagiellonians and the Trastamara as well as of the Habsburgs.

Meanwhile in France, Claude was born in Romorantin-Lanthenay on 1499 as the eldest daughter of Louis XII of France and Anne of Brittany. She was named after Claudius of Besançon, a saint her mother had invoked during a pilgrimage so she could give birth to a living child: during her two marriages, Queen Anne had at least fourteen pregnancies, Anne of Brittany only gave birth to a daughter and Louis XII wanted her to have a son, so Anne of Brittany wanted to concieve a son as well, she gave birth to a son name Louis, after his father on 1500.

On 1503, Anne of Brittany and Isabella, Princess of Asturias came to meet in Navarre to discuss the sore points of Navarre and Castile, as told by Anne of Brittany, the peace settlement would be made between Anne of Brittany and Isabella is that
-Roussillon would be returned to the French crown
-France would end its support on Navarre
-There will be a double marriage between France and Navarre in that Claude of France would marry Miguel, Prince of Asturias and Louis, Dauphin of Viennois would marry Blanche of Portugal.

Aside from that, Isabella, Princess of Asturias died on 1505 due to a certain sickness and Manuel I of Portugal would be remarried to Germaine de Foix, a niece of Ferdinand of Aragon.

Note:

I decided to reboot this timeline due to the Cape colonization potential.
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