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I revisited the tl named 1491...I earlier created and found holes in the timeline causing me to restart it..I plan for the Eastern trade to be monopolized by the Spanish causing the lack of the need to discover the new world but it will be discovered later..

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Isabella I of Castile


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Her first marriage was to Prince Afonso, the only son and heir of king John II of Portugal from his marriage with Eleanor of Viseu. The wedding, by proxy, took place in the spring of 1490 in Seville. On 19 November of that year, Isabella arrived in Badajoz, where she was welcomed by Afonso's uncle Manuel, the future King Manuel I of Portugal, whom she would eventually marry six years after her husband's death. Afonso and Isabella were reunited in Elvas on 22 November and, on the following day, Isabella met her mother-in-law, Queen Eleanor, in the Convento do Espinheiro in Evora, where the court had gathered to ratify the marriage that had been celebrated earlier in Seville.

Though the marriage had been arranged by the Treaty of Alcacovas, the marriage quickly became a love match, Isabella would be revealed to be Pregnant in the early part of 1192. Isabella proved a popular figure with the Portuguese royal family due to her knowledge of their language and customs brought about by the years she spent in Portugal as a child.

Prince Afonso was forbiden to joust and ride for a while in order to ensure that Afonso and Isabella would have a heir and spare.

Later on Isabella would give birth to a boy on December 4, 1492, the labor was very difficult for Isabella but she was able to survive it and the boy was baptized on Lisboa cathedral as John.

Columbus traveled from Portugal to both and , but he received encouragement from neither. He had also dispatched his brother to the court of to inquire whether the English crown might sponsor his expedition, but also without success.

Columbus had sought an audience from the monarchs and , who had united several kingdoms in the Iberian Peninsula by marrying and were ruling together. On 1 May 1486, permission having been granted, Columbus presented his plans to Queen Isabella, who, in turn, referred it to a committee. After the passing of much time, the of Spain, like their counterparts in , replied that Columbus had grossly underestimated the distance to Asia. They pronounced the idea impractical and advised their Royal Highnesses to pass on the proposed venture.

However, to keep Columbus from taking his ideas elsewhere, and perhaps to keep their options open, the gave him an annual allowance of 12,000 and, in 1489, furnished him with a letter ordering all cities and towns under their domain to provide him food and lodging at no cost, however those efforts came in an abrupt end in July 1491 because Columbus die due to him contracting pneumonia, the same disease would kill John, Prince of Asturias the only son Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon on the same year, they would transfer their hopes later to their grandson to their grandson who had the same name.

On the other side of the world, the Pinatubo mountain in Saludong, a part of Majapahit Empire would collapse and a few earth quakes would shock the island of Saludong, the Pinatubo Mountain would spew ash although the ash would also fade in few days.

The cone of Pinatubo would collapse and form a lake in its Caldera, the Kingdoms of Sapa(Kingdom of Tondo) and Kabolan would recover from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo and the merchants that trade in city states in Saludong such as Faru and Tundun would remain and the rivers would recover fast in a few months restoring the flow of trade to Majapahit from the North in a manner of a decade, Bruneian, Sumatran and Javanese merchants, immigrants from as well as muslim missionaries would later immigrate to the mouth of Bannag and Pampanga rivers as the result of the fertility caused by the ash of Pinatubo eruption.
 
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Isabella of Aragon

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Isabella of Aragon was quoted saying to her own husband that she really like fasting and abstinence and devoting herself to the lord rather than being queen, this is very much evident due to the Monarchs of Castile and Aragon being very pious and known for neutralizing Granada, and annexing it to Castile.

The Princess of Asturias would also devote herself to her son, John taking care of her and giving him the best of care.

The Princess of Asturias would resume her marital obligations on 1495, when she felt that she has already recovered from the pregnancy with Prince John, she would give birth to a daughter named Isabella b. 1496 and another son named Alfonso on 1499.

Meanwhile due to Columbus dying the possible opportunity for the Catholic Monarchs was destroyed, however the Catholic Monarchs would win the Italian wars in Naples, Earlier the Catholic Monarchs wanted a marriage alliance between the Holy Roman and the Catholic Monarchs when their son was alive, however that would never happened as their son, John has already died.

The Catholic Monarchs would protect the King of Naples against the invaders from France in the Italian wars in 1494, and the Catholic monarchs would prevail in that war due to the help of Holy Roman Empire and Hungary.

On 1196, Princess Joanna would be married to the duke of Burgundy, Philip of Austria.

Margaret of Austria is married to Juan, Prince of Asturias on the same time as his sister married to Philip of Austria, however, Juan, Prince of Asturias dies shortly after the marriage of the two, causing the title of heir and Prince of Asturias to fall to Juan, Prince of Asturias, she gave birth to a short lived daughter named Joanna on 1497, who only lived for 5 months.

After the death of Charles VIII, Anne of Brittany marries Louis, the Duke of Orleans who served as the stepfather of the King of France, Charles IX.

At an early age the youngest daughter of the Catholic Monarchs, Catherine was considered a suitable wife for, heir apparent to the English throne, due to the English ancestry she inherited from her mother. By means of her mother, Catherine had a stronger legitimate claim to the English throne than King Henry VII himself through the first two wives of and In contrast, Henry VII was the descendant of Gaunt's third marriage to , whose children were born out of wedlock and only legitimized after the death of Constance and the marriage of John to Katherine. The children of John and Katherine, while legitimized, were barred from inheriting the English throne, a stricture that was ignored in later generations. Because of Henry's descent through illegitimate children barred from succession to the English throne, the Tudor monarchy was not accepted by all European kingdoms. At the time, the was the most prestigious in Europe, due to the rule of the , so the alliance of Catherine and Arthur validated the House of Tudor in the eyes of European royalty and strengthened the Tudor claim to the English throne via Catherine of Aragon's ancestry. It would have given a male heir an indisputable claim to the throne. The two were on 19 May 1499 and corresponded in Latin until Arthur turned fifteen, when it was decided that they were old enough to be married.

On the same time, Maria of Aragon is sent to betrothed to the King of Scotland, James IV.

When Catherine of Aragon traveled to London with her mother, Isabella of Castile along with her sister Maria, they brought a group of her African attendants with her, including one identified as the trumpeter . They are the first Africans recorded to have arrived in London at the time, and were considered luxury servants. They caused a great impression about the princess and the power of her family.

Maria of Aragon would journey north with her mother, Isabella to meet her groom after they landed, James IV and Maria were married shortly after Maria went to Scotland.

Catherine of Aragon and Arthur were advised defer their marriage til Arthur is strong enough to do his own marital obligation and Catherine would stay in the court before their marriage, for Isabella I of Castile they will accept it so that the marriage would happen, compared to Catherine, Maria's marriage was consummated as soon as possible, producing a Princess, Isabella of Scotland b. 1501.

Isabella I of Castile would feel secure about what would happen with her daughter, Catherine of Aragon finally married Arthur on 1503, when Arthur was in greater health, the decision was said to be a good one for them, the two got married on February 2, 1503.

Catherine of Aragon would give birth to a daughter named Elizabeth on November 25, 1503, afterwards the difficult labor wherein she slept afterwards she would dream of the death of her only son and her daughter dying alone and her husband replacing her for another woman but when she woke up her husband, Arthur comforted her.
 
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Houses of Taino

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In another side of the ocean from europe, the Taino would be happy due to a bountiful harvest from their land, the Taino, the Taino would be happy on their land, Haiti.

The Mayans would know peace for a long time, although they have some border problems with the Mexica double alliance, the Mayans would start to trade with the Taino in 1493 in the Gregorian calendar.

The trade between the two people would make the two cultures connected and gave the Taino culture a last push up before the Europeans came to their land, the Taino and the Mayans would be near to each other.

Another trading possibility that happened to the Mayans is the trade with the Andeans, the Tawintinsuyu who have subjects related to the Tainos and also the Mapuche, the trade with the Andeans would give the Mayans potatoes which would leak to the Mexica.

The potatoes would boost the Mayan population in the same way it did to Tawantinsuyu in the past and would help them against the Mexica and other invaders in the future.

The Polynesians from the East in Rapa Nui would also trade with the Tawantinsuyu but that trade is very far from affecting the world since the Rapa Nui are quite isolated from Asia where they came from.

These people would know more moments of peace and happiness and years of happiness in their land.
 
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Court of the Ladies of Queen Anne of Brittany, Miniature representing this lady weeping on account of the absence of her husband during the Italian war
, a 19th-century illustration based on a miniature from a 16th-century manuscript, "Epistres Envoyées au Roi".


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Charles VIII of France died in 1498, two and a half years after his retreat from Italy, as the result of an accident. While on his way to watch a game of jeu de paume (real tennis) in Amboise he struck his head on the lintel of a door. At around 2 PM, while returning from the game, he fell into a sudden coma, and died nine hours later, perhaps of a subdural hematoma, causing Charles IX, a boy six years of age to succeed the throne with Louis II, duke of Orleans as a regent, ending the Italian wars.

When Charles VIII, heir of the rights of the Kings of France over Brittany, died as the result of an accident on 4 April 1498, Anne was 21 years old and with the King Charles IX as her heir. She then personally took charge of the administration of the Duchy of Brittany. She restored the faithful Philippe de Montauban to the chancellery of Brittany, named Jean de Châlon, Prince of Orange, as Hereditary Lieutenant General of Brittany, convened the Estates of Brittany, and ordered production of a gold coin bearing her name and appointed his squire Gilles of Texue as responsible of the Château de Brest.

Around her, there was a famous circle of court poets, among them the Italian humanist Publio Fausto Andrelini from Forlì (who spread the New Learning in France), historian Jean Lemaire de Belges and poet Jean Marot. She also took into her service the most famous musicians of her time: Johannes Ockeghem, Antoine de Févin, Loyset Compère and Jean Mouton. Anne of Brittany was undoubtedly the first Queen of France to appear as a patron sought after by artists and writers of her time.

Three days after her husband's death, the terms of her marriage contract came into force; however, the regent, Louis II, duke of Orleans, was already married, to Joan, daughter of Louis XI and sister to Charles VIII. On 19 August 1498, at Étampes, Anne agreed to marry Louis II, duke of Orleans if he obtained an annulment from Joan within a year. Days later, the process for the annulment of the marriage between Louis XII and Joan of France began. In the interim, Anne returned to Brittany in October 1498.

If Anne was gambling that the annulment would be denied, she lost: Louis's first marriage was dissolved by Pope Alexander VI before the end of the year. Anne's third marriage contract, signed the day of her marriage (Nantes, 7 January 1499), was concluded under conditions radically different from those of the second. She was no longer a child, but a Dowager Queen and Queen Mother, and determined to ensure the recognition of her rights as sovereign Duchess from that point forward. Although her new husband exercised the ruler's powers in Brittany, he formally recognized her right to the title "Duchess of Brittany" and issued decisions in her name.

Claude of Orleans was born on 13 October 1499 in as the eldest daughter of Louis II duke of Orleans. She was named after Claudius, 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, of whom, only two children survived to adulthood: Claude and her older brother , Charles IX(Charles Orlando) born in 1492.

Anne lived mainly at the Château de Blois, where the presence of the Duchess of Brittany was visible everywhere. She built the tomb of her parents at Nantes Cathedral (where her heart would also return under the terms of her last will) with the symbols of the four virtues: Courage, Temperance, Justice and Prudence, that she always tried to wear. All Italian arts were appreciated by the dowager Queen.

Anne of Brittany would die after a miscarriage a year after giving birth to Claude of Orleans on 1500, due to pregnancy complications.

On the latter part of 1500 Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile would arrange a marriage treaty to prevent another war, and hoping to gain accession to the throne of Navarre. At the Treaty of Blois, Louis II, duke of Orleans agreed to have his niece Germaine of Foix marry John, son of Isabella, Princess of Asturias; Germaine was Louis' niece (daughter of his sister) and Ferdinand's grandniece (granddaughter of his half-sister) and Louis, duke of Orleans would marry Margaret of Austria. Louis II, duke of Orleans 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 and and in exchange Maximilian would cede his son's claims to the Duchy of Burgundy and the Counties of Charolais, Artois and the Country of Burgundy to his daughter Margaret as a dowry, while Ferdinand II would cede the County of Rousillon to france, the ratification of the treaty would be conditional on a male child being produced by both parties.

Margaret of Austria's marriage to Louis II of Orleans would produce three surviving children Margaret of Orleans b. 1503, Louis III, duke of Orleans and Renee b. 1510.
 
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A later portrait of Catherine of Aragon

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On 1504, Catherine of Aragon is pregnant again and would experience a very much easier delivery on May 1, 1505, giving birth to the long time wanted son to the throne of England.

The child was baptized in the Church of Observant Friars and was named Arthur I, the protocol dictated that Catherine and her daughter Elizabeth would not be present in the birth of the son.

The Godfathers and Godmothers to Henry were Emperor Maximilian, Ferdinand of Aragon and Louis II, duke of Orleans.

However a tragedy struck Catherine of Aragon, Arthur, Prince of wales would die on 1506, the Princess of Wales was widowed.

In this point Charles IX of France was betrothed to Anne of Navarre a marriage that is against the Trastamara ambitions, Catherine of Aragon would volunteer herself to marry the young of France in exchange of John, son of Isabella, Princess of Asturias marrying Anne of Navarre instead of Germaine and Germaine is to marry the Duke of Calabria in a rearrangement of the Treaty of Blois to prevent Navarre from being annexed by the French, she chose to leave England to become the Queen of France instead of being a Princess dowager.

Catherine of Aragon would wed Charles IX of France in 1508, the event was sad for her but it was a new begining for the house of Valois and crowned as Queen Catherine of France.

Catherine of Aragon would give birth to a dauphin on 1510, named Louis, baptized on the St. Denis Cathedral, this was followed by 4 further children, Marie b. 1512, Charles, duke Normandy of b. 1516, Ferdinand, count of Provence b.1518 and Isabelle on 1522.

Charles IX would get a mistress before the conception of Ferdinand, Mary Boleyn in 1517.

The controversial book The Education of a Christian Woman by Juan Luis Vives, which claimed women have the right to an education, was commissioned by and dedicated to Catherine of Aragon.

Catherine of Aragon would succumb to cancer on 1535 and buried in the St Denis Cathedral with Charles IX but remembered as the mother of two Kings Louis XII and Arthur I.
 
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I dont see what marying Catherine bring to France and why they would accept It give Nothing to France they only Lose Navarre and Gain Nothing useful.
 
I dont see what marying Catherine bring to France and why they would accept It give Nothing to France they only Lose Navarre and Gain Nothing useful.
They gain peace and continuity of the valois dynasty...and France cannot lose any territory from Germany and United Spain again..
 
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Hernan Cortez, the Crusader
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The last plans of Isabella of Castile was the invasion of former christian areas, right after the marriage of her daughter, Catherine to the King of France, these plan was to reconquer Jerusalem, Northern Africa and Anatiolia and for the christians, starting the 11th crusade of Jerusalem, Northern Africa and Anatolia.

Hernan Cortez would create plans regarding the future war in Northern Africa and Jerusalem, an effort that Queen Isabella would apreciate, the plans would be coordinated with Princess Isabella of Asturias who would continue to execute the war planned by Isabella I, his contemporaries would all Hernan Cortes as a genius for his own plans.
The first area targetted by the most catholic queen and his general would be the area of Jerusalem and Constantinople.

Meanwhile Portugal would secure and annexed the Cabo Bona(OTL Cape of Good Hope) in 1499 and built factories in India and siezed Goa in 1500 under Albuquerque and Vasco Da Gama.

meanwhile in Poland Alexander Jagiellon(Alexander I)'s wife, Helena of Muscovy would give birth to two children; Wladyslaw b. 1493 and Waclaw 1499, ending the ambition of Sigismund the old causing Sigismund the old to marry Magdalene of Podebrady, daughter of Henry the Elder of Münsterberg and remain as a duke of Silesia and a co-vassal of both Poland and Bohemia.

Later in 1530, Jan II the good would Opole-Raciborz to Duke Sigismund I of Silesia, due to Sigismund the old being his overlord.
 
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