My Kingdom and My Horse - Richard III timeline

My Kingdom and My Horse

Subtle changes

On 1455, The Island of Gold experiences an abundance in resources because the rice being harvested and the environment improves and it invites immigrants from Champa, China and Java.

On 1465, Arab traders migrated to the Manila Bay, the religion of Islam spread like wildfire from the migrants that proselytized their religion in the basins of Kagayan river and the Pampanga river as well as but it was not yet the religion of the royalty there, the religion would be official a few generations after Alon because of the religious change but the relationship between Tondo and Majapahit deteriorated and pulled it to the orbit of Malacca, in the same time Chams settled in Manila in Kawit which is later called as Kampong Cham.

Due to the Islamic conversion, the interest of the Japanese in Aparri and the northern part of the Island of Gold was lost and the Japanese traders were replaced by Hui muslims.

On 1465 Markorgis of Mongolia narrowly escapes his death and decides to expand his empire, he would went on to annex Western Manchuria and Moghulistan on his reign causing the Ming to lose control over Tibet, the chinese fleeing him also migrated to the Island of Gold which is known for its gold deposits and also a a gold rush invites Malay settlers.


Death of Henry Tudor
After being allowed to sail to England, Henry Tudor aboard a ship that sinked a few days after it boarded and caused the death of Henry Tudor, Richard III has another plan and that to marry Elisabeth of York to James, the Duke of Viseu which would result in her being politically weak and because of that he himself will marry Joanna of Portugal on 1485.

However, Joanna of Portugal would die in her journey due to sickness while Elisabeth of York would survive in her journey to Portugal and marry James(Diogo), Duke of Viseu.

On 1486, Richard III told his french emissaries that he is interested in marrying Queen Catherine of Navarre but in reality he secretly betrothed himself to Isabella of Aragon, the daughter of Isabella of Castille and pushed an alliance with the new kingdom of Spain, this would mean the new marriage between Portugal and Spain would be between Afonso and Joanna of Aragon.

Due to this the French King, Louis the Spider was alarmed because a marriage with Catherine to an English king would restore the English in Gascony and in mysterious reasons, Catherine of Navarre was kidnapped and was rescued by the troops of Louis the Spider King and married to the King of France in 1488.

In the latter part of 1488, Isabella of Aragon arrived to England and married Richard III.
 
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Scandalous Princess
On 1486, Isabella of Aragon falls in love with a Portuguese courtier and considered marrying him and made her unchaste, making her no longer a virgin which became a scandal in the court of the catholic monarchs making her no longer the preferred marriage for the future King of Portugal, the betrothal went to Joanna, the other daughter of Isabella of Castile.
 
The White Queen

Due to the marriage of Isabella of Aragon and Richard III, she would be known as the new white queen, the marriage between Isabella of Aragon and Richard III caused a shock in Europe and it would be ugly but Isabella of Aragon opened the heart of Richard III because she understood him because she also has a ruined reputation of being a scandalous Princess.

Isabella of Aragon would bear a son at the first year of her marriage to Richard III, and named him Edward Plantagenet of Cornwall, Isabella told her husband to be more loving king, the child was born on June 1488, she would give birth to a daughter on 1490 named Margaret and another son, Alfonso who was born on 1493.

On the death of her brother, Juan of Trastamara in 1497, she made Alfonso the heir to the Spanish throne.

Isabella would have two other children with Richard III named Mary(1496) and Ferdinand(1498)

Isabella arranged the marriage between Edward, the earl of Warwick and Anne, Duchess of Brittany on 1495.



Isabella of Aragon as Portrayed in the White Queen(La Reina Blanca), a Anglo-Spanish TV series.
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