Balthasar Charles The only surviving son of King Philip IV of Spain and his first wife, Margaret Stuart. He was baptized on November 4, 1629 in the Parish of St. Juan, Madrid. His godparents were Infanta Maria Anna and Infante Charles, aunt and uncle of the newborn; Inés de Zúñiga y Velasco, Countess of Olivares (wife of the Count-Duke of Olivares) sat on a crystal throne during his baptism, which was said to be the most precious jewel she had seen.
The Countess of Olivares, who was also chief lady-in-waiting to the Queen, worked as a governess to the prince, which gave rise to comments about the control that the Count-Duke of Olivares had on the heir.
On 7 March 1632, he was sworn in before the nobility of Castile as "His Majesty's Heir" and "Prince of these kingdoms of Castile and Leon, and others that are subject to these Crowns, united and incorporated", in a ceremony held at the Monastery of San Jerónimo el Real of Madrid.
His father soon began diplomatic efforts to seek a bride: Archduchess Mariana of Austria, daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III and his paternal aunt, Maria Anna, and therefore his cousin, being chosen. Another cousin, the daughter of his mother's sister, Henrietta Maria and her husband, King Charles I of England, Mary, Princess Royal, was also proposed as a potential bride - but was turned down on grounds of religion.
After the Catalan revolt of 1640, Philip IV tried to win over Aragon to raise money and men for the new war front. One of the steps taken towards this end was to bring the Prince Balthasar Charles to be sworn as crown prince of the Kingdom of Aragón. The oath was held on 20 August 1645, when the prince was sixteen years old, in the Cathedral of the Savior, Zaragoza. This titled him as Prince of Gerona, Governor General of Aragon, Duke of Montblanc, Count of Cervera and Lord of the City of Balaguer. Meanwhile, on 13 November of that year, Balthasar Charles was also sworn as heir to the Kingdom of Valencia.
In April 1646, Philip IV, wanting his son to be sworn in as heir apparent to the throne of Navarre, as he had been in Aragon the previous year, moved with him from Madrid to Pamplona, where, after recognizing the privileges of the kingdom of Navarre, the ceremony was solemnly celebrated on 3 May 1646.
After the ceremony, the royal family moved to Zaragoza. On October 5, the eve of second anniversary of the death of Queen Elisabeth, Philip IV and Balthasar Charles attended Vespers that night in her memory. That evening, the prince was ill and the next day, Saturday October 6, he had to stay in bed while the king went to the funeral. The disease, smallpox, spread rapidly, and on Tuesday, October 9, at eight in the morning, the Archbishop of Saragossa gave him the Last Sacraments. It is said that the Host was exhibited until three o'clock, when it became a general procession to the Convent of Jesus, which then proceeded to Our Lady of Cogullada and brought in procession to the altar of La Seo where it was surrounded by candles and prayers. At nine pm that same day, October 9, Prince Balthasar Charles died. His remains were kept in Zaragoza until the night of October 16, when they were transferred to the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
The king fell into a deep unease as noted in a letter his spiritual advisor, Sister Maria de Agreda: "The prayers did not lift the spirits of our Lord for the health of my son enjoying his glory. Not agreeing owed him or us otherwise. I'm in the state that you can judge, for I have lost a child I had, so that you you saw him, I really encouraged him much in the midst of all my cares [...] have offered to God this blow, which I confess I have pierced the heart and in this state do not know if dream or truth is what happens for me. "
Catherine of Palatinate and Henry, Prince of Wales were married on 1613 and also Elizabeth Stuart is married to Frederick of Palatinate, the marriage of Henry, Prince of Wales and Catherine of Palatinate soon became a love match.
Catherine of Palatinate and Henry Prince of Wales would have two surviving children; namely James, Duke of Cornwall b. 1616 and Mary Stuart b. 1620, on 1621, Catherine of Palatinate would die and on 1625, Henry IX would seek a new wife and the twelve year old infanta who is his niece, Margaret of Spain, the eldest surviving daughter of Margaret Stuart and Philip IV would be married to Henry IX providing him of further sons and daughters, Pope Paul VI would approve and dispensate the marriage because he seen it as a way for England and Scotland to unite to the pope but it was so wrong because the marriage was also seen as scandalous to others.
Infanta Margaret made the condition that as long as her children are not the heirs to the Scottish and English thrones they are to be raised Catholic; Infanta Margaret would bore more children for Henry IX; namely Prince Louis b. 1630, Prince Charles b. 1632 and Princess Margaret b. 1635, none of the children turned out in bad shape even if the pair was Uncle-Niece and since the children were raised as Catholics they would not be heirs to the Scottish and English thrones but rather James, Prince of Wales, a marriage between Infanta Margaret and James Prince of Wales have been deemed impossible due to Infanta Margaret's religion, however the children of Infanta Margaret would inherit the Spanish throne in the future.
A merger of Irraya, Gaddang, Karaklan, Bukid and the Ancient Tondo language, the linguafranca of the Kingdom of Saludong, influenced by Javanese and Malay, the pagan nobles use the Javanese script and Kawi while the muslims use Jawi, its speakers are called as Irraya.
Faru(OTL Ibanag)
It is the language of Faru and other towns in the Metropolis of Faru like Lallo, spoken by Muslims, heavily influenced by Malay, uses Jawi as its script.
Samtoy(OTL Ilocano)
Spoken by muslims and hindus on the Northeast of Luzon in Bigan and in the Limsheng kingdom, muslims use Jawi.
Makabebe(OTL Kapampangan)
Language of Macabebe, heavily influenced by Malay and Javanese, uses Jawi as its script, spoken by muslims primarily, pagan minority uses Baybayin also known as kulitan.
Kumintang
Expanded North due to the actions of Nakhoda Ragam Bolkiah, uses Baybayin, but religious clerics and nobles use Jawi.
Cebuano
The language of the Rajahnate of Sugbu and the Sultanate of Mandawe-Maktan, spoken by both Buddhists and Muslims
Ilonggo/Hiligaynon
The linguafranca of the Confederation of Madya-as, spoken by both Muslims and Pagans
Maranao
a secondary minor language in Maguindanao, spoken by muslims.
Maguindanao
Maguindanao and other Mindanaoan Languages
Maguindanao is the linguafranca of Maguindanao and other languages of Maguindanao are influenced by them, spoken by muslims.
Tausug and other Mindanaoan Languages
Tausug is the linguafranca of the Sultanate of Sulu and other languages of Sulu are influenced by it, spoken by muslims.
The Spanish conquest of Petén was the last stage of the conquest of Guatemala, a prolonged conflict during the Spanish colonisation of the Americas. A wide lowland plain covered with dense rainforest, Petén contains a central drainage basin with a series of lakes and areas of savannah. It is crossed by several ranges of low karstic hills and rises to the south as it nears the Guatemalan Highlands. The conquest of Petén, a region now incorporated into the modern republic of Guatemala, climaxed in 1697 with the capture of Nojpetén, the island capital of the Itza kingdom, by Martín de Ursúa y Arizmendi. With the defeat of the Itza, the last independent and unconquered native kingdom in the Americas fell to European colonisers.
Sizeable Maya populations existed in Petén before the conquest, particularly around the central lakes and along the rivers. Petén was divided into different Maya polities engaged in a complex web of alliances and enmities. The most important groups around the central lakes were the Itza, the Yalain and the Kowoj. Other groups with territories in Petén included the Kejache, the Acala, the Lakandon Ch'ol, the Xocmo, the Chinamita, the Icaiche and the Manche Ch'ol.
Petén was first penetrated by Hernán Cortés with a sizeable expedition that crossed the territory from north to south in 1525. In the first half of the 16th century, Spain established neighbouring colonies in Yucatán to the north and Guatemala to the south. Spanish missionaries laid the groundwork for the extension of colonial administration in the extreme south of Petén from 1596 onwards, but no further Spanish entry of central Petén took place until 1618 and 1619 when missionaries arrived at the Itza capital, having travelled from the Spanish town of Mérida in Yucatán.
In 1622 a military expedition set out from Yucatán led by Captain Francisco de Mirones and accompanied by Franciscan friar Diego Delgado; this expedition was a disaster, and the Spanish were massacred by the Itza. In 1628 the Manche Ch'ol of the south were placed under the administration of the colonial governor of Verapaz within the Captaincy General of Guatemala. The Manche Ch'ol successfully rebelled against Spanish control in 1633, completely expelling the Spanish from Guatemala.
The Edict of Nantes , signed in April 1598 by King Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France (also known as Huguenots) substantial rights in the nation, which was still considered essentially Catholic at the time. In the edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity. The edict separated civil from religious unity, treated some Protestants for the first time as more than mere schismatics and heretics, and opened a path for secularism and tolerance. In offering general freedom of conscience to individuals, the edict offered many specific concessions to the Protestants, such as amnesty and the reinstatement of their civil rights, including the right to work in any field or for the state and to bring grievances directly to the king. It marked the end of the religious wars that had afflicted France during the second half of the 16th century.
The Edict of St. Germain, promulgated 36 years before by Catherine de Médici, had granted limited tolerance to Huguenots but was overtaken by events, as it was not formally registered until after the Massacre of Vassy on 1 March 1562, which triggered the first of the French Wars of Religion.
The later Edict of Versailles, which revoked the Edict of Nantes in October 1611, was promulgated by Louis XIII, the son of Henry IV which is pushed by his mother,Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia. It drove an exodus of Protestants and increased the hostility of Protestant nations bordering France.
The people of Saludong want to regain their lost land in South of Saludong, they claim a border in the Pulilan lake and the City of Tondo is theirs and for that they hate both the Bruneians and Kumintang people, the chinese are another people that they hate.
The people of Saludong speak the Saludongese/Sapa languages, known as Northern Philippine languages in OTL, their linguafranca is Sapa language or Selurongese, Islam only has spread in the areas of manila bay and the coastal regions and the inland regions are pagan.
Linsheng
A vassal of Saludong/Sapa, founded by Limahong.
Kumintang
Has the cities of Meycauayan, Tondo and its environs and parts of the lands in the Pulilan lake that Saludong Claims.
Splintered from the Bruneian Empire, islam is their official religion and its richest ports are in the Pansipit Channel, Taal and Manila bay.
Bikol
Yet to consolidate, another part of the old Majapahit Saludong along with Saludong/Sapa.
Madya-as
Brave pirates, known for their piracy in the Chinese seas, hates china.
Sugbu Rajahnate
Resists the Tausugs, married into the Maguindanao Sultanate, its royalty is related to the Maguindanao and the Sri Vijayan Royalty, ruled by the Tupas dynasty.
Butuan Rajahnate
A Rajahnate between the Sugbu and Maguindnao Sultanate, both Maguindanao and Sugbu covets its land and want a dynastic union.
Lanao
The Sultanates of Lanao in Mindanao were founded in the 16th century through the influence of Shariff Kabungsuan, who was enthroned as first Sultan of Maguindanao in 1520.
Maguindanao Sultanate
The Sultanate of Maguindanao (Maguindanaoan: Kasultanan sa Magindanaw;) was a Sultanate state that ruled parts of the island of Mindanao, especially in modern-day Maguindanao province and Davao City. Its known historical influence stretches from the peninsula of Zamboanga to the bay of Sarangani. At its peak, the sultanate covered the entire island of Mindanao, and ruled over the smaller neighboring islands near and around Mindanao.
On 1620 the Bruneian Empire is in its height and the Eastern Part of the Malay Archipelago is dominated by the Bruneian Empire, which started with Nakhoda Ragam annexing both the area of Tondo from Majapahit and forcing Sulu into vassalage, the strong Bruneian Empire would be the hub of islam in the Eastern part of the Malay Archipelago.
The Bruneian Empire is a strong force in the Archipelago that it is able to keep Sulu in vassalage since the later part of 15th century and it is basically sending the missionaries to the Visayas and Kumintang, however the missionaries in Java and Sumatra are the ones preferred in the North since the ally of the Saludong Kingdom is Mataram.
The territory the Brunei would hold is from Meykawayan and Katangalan down to the Southern Lowland of Borneo and all of Sulu Sea but not Visayas and Mindanao.
The Majapahit Empire would be completely lost and the original countries involved with it particularly both Mataram and Saludong which are both originally parts of Majapahit, the original parts of Majapahit are still in alliance but are waiting for another match against the Bruneians, while the Kingdom of Sunda is basically a vassal of the Spanish in the Island of Java.
The Bruneians and the Saludongese on 1621 would sign another treaty which is that the border between the Bruneians and Saludong would be in Meykawayan and the towns north and east of it must be ceded back to the Saludongese.
The treaty also meant that the cities ceded back and the cities in Batan Peninsula which have Kumintang inhabitants should have the Kumintang people there expelled, after the expulsion, those areas got resettled by Malay immigrants from Sumatra.
The action was considered a goodwill for the Bruneians but the Saludongese wanted all of the lands that were seized from them.
In Saludong we have Japanese, Javanese and Malays foreigners, the Japan/Ryukyu to Java trade and the interactions with Javanese and Malays created the dialects or languages of Faru and Makabebe but the fact that the areas became a trading hub of the Japanese, Malays and Javanese made the areas of Faru and Makabebe a rich trading pot between these people, the other minor areas where this trade also happen is in the bay of Kaboloan and Bigan which is less prolific.
In Visayas, Mindanao and Bruneian occupied areas we have Chinese, Bruneian like Malaya Dayhagan, Malay foreigners and Japanese due to the Bruneians tapping Malay trade to China which passed to the Manila area and the Visayans are related to the South Sumatran and Sri Vijayan nobility creating a link between South Sumatra, North Borneo and Visayas which call themselves as descendants of Sri Vijaya.
In Maguindanao we have people from Gowa, Chinese and Malays, the Maguindanao Sultanate has a connection with the Sultanate of Johor due to their dynastic ties and the Maguindanao Sultanate has dynastic links with the Sultanate of Johor due to its founder coming from Johor.
The Citizens of the Kingdom of Linsheng are more loyal to the Kingdom of Saludong, in 1621, the citizens of Linsheng which are Samtoy Saludongese expel the Chinese and the King of Linsheng, a descendant of Limahong to the mountains in the Tinguians where they disappear in obscurity, it was said it was a manuever of the ruler of Saludong, however the people of Samtoy did not like the chinese rulers of Linsheng.
In the end nobody really knows what caused the fall of the Kingdom of Linsheng as the people of Saludong are called perpetual bigots of the people from the south like the Kumintangs.
