Rose of England - A TL Concept

Verse 1
Rose of England

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Margaret of Anjou

Verse I

The Lancastrians would win a major victory against the Yorkists in 1460 in waking field but a larger victory later of that year would be greater disabling the Yorkists in their midst, this was followed by the Battle of Saint Albans on January 1461 wherein Margaret took her husband, Henry VI back from the Yorkist custody.

Isabella of Bourbon, the duchess of Burgundy would give birth to another daughter named Catherine of Burgundy on June 4 1461, her last child that she gives birth to, her other daughter is the four-year-old, Marie and is still the heiress to Burgundy, Catherine is betrothed to Maximilian, the son of the Holy Roman Emperor.

On January 2 1462, Margaret of Anjou gives birth to a daughter named after her, Margaret, the Pearl of England, the birth of a new beginning for England.

Margaret of Anjou's Lancastrian forces would defeat the Yorkists on 1463, causing the Yorkists to go to Burgundy, in this time the Louis XI would only have a surviving daughter, Anne of France at this point.

To prevent an alliance between the Yorkists and the Burgundians and for the Burgundians to abandon any support with the Yorkists, Margaret of Anjou would betroth her only son Edward of Westminster to Marie of Burgundy, the daughter of the Burgundian duke causing the Yorkists to leave to French court.

The de jure King of Navarre Charles IV would consent to a betrothal with Catherine of Portugal as his father wanted him to marry since his first wife, Agnes of Cleves died without an heir on 1448, Catherine would eventually marry Charles IV of Navarre on 1463, as he was thinking about the marriage for a long time.

Both the Austrians, French and the English would covet to have the lands of Burgundians, the lands of Burgundy would be the key for a possible Lancastrian reconquest of France and the reignition of the Hundred Years War, Henry VI was happy about the plan of Margaret of Anjou to marry Edward of Westminister to heiress presumptive of Burgundy once he learned about the plan and he is also happy that the Yorkists have been expelled from England, the lancastrian forces can start the new phase of the Hundred years war, the second Edwardian Phase.
 
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I always felt sorry for OTL Lancasters. Well, if their family suffered a ruling family massacre in real life, at least we can breath life into them in fiction
 
Verse 2
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Margaret of York, Queen of Castile


Verse 2

On 1465, Henry IV of Castile divorces Joan of Portugal and remarries to Margaret of York who was in the French court with her brother Edward, the marriage supposedly included a marriage of Isabella to Edward of York, Henry learned of the infidelity of his second wife Joanna of Portugal and sent Joanna to a convent, his remarriage with Margaret of York would produce two daughters named Margaret(June 2 1467) and Beatrice(May 20 1472) removing the cloud of Illegitimacy on Joanna.

Margaret of York would treat her stepdaughter, Joanna as her own daughter and even allowed Joanna of Castile to visit her mother in the convent where her mother is forced to go to, Margaret of York would raise Joanna as an independent Princess, a characteristic that is liked by her future Husband from Aragon and Navarre.

The Kings of Castile and Navarre would want to restore the old alliance that they want to have with each other on the marriage of Blanche and Henry IV which did not last due to the marriage being unconsumated.

Catherine of Portugal would give birth to four surviving children for Charles the Prince of. Viana, the Dejure King of Navarre who took over as King on 1479 namely Charles(b. June 4 1464), John(May 2 1466 ), Blanche(April 4 1473) and Joan (December 1478).

Margaret of York would quickly arrange the betrothal of her stepdaughter, Joanna to Charles, the son of the Prince of Viana.

On 1464, aside from the betrothal of Mary of Burgundy to the son of Henry VI of England, Isabella of Portugal, duchess of Burgundy and Margaret of Anjou would arrange a betrothal between John, the heir to Portugal, the future John II, reigniting the Anglo-Portuguese alliance.

On 1464, Margaret of Anjou gives birth to her last child, Catherine of England on December 2 1464.
On 1465 Isabella of Portugal and Isabella of Bourbon would cancel the betrothal between Catherine of Burgundy to Maximilian and Catherine of Burgundy is betrothed to the candidate to the Bohemian throne, Vladislaus, the son of Casimir IV of Poland and Elizabeth of Austria and Margaret of Anjou would betroth her daughter Catherine of England to Maximilian of Austria.
 
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betrothals by 1465
Henry VI of England m. Margaret of Anjou(a)
1a. Edward, Prince of Wales b. 1453 b. Mary of Burgundy b. 1457
2a. Margaret of England b. 1461 b. John, Prince of Portugal b. 1455
3a. Catherine of England b. 1464 b. Maximilian of Austria b. 1459


Charles the Bold m. Catherine of France(a) Isabella of Bourbon(b)
1b. Mary of Burgundy b. 1457 b. Edward, Prince of Wales b. 1453
2b. Catherine of Burgundy b. 1461 b. Vladislaus of Poland b. 1456

Henry IV of Castile m. Blanche of Navarre(a) Joan of Portugal(b) Margaret of York(c)
1b. Joanna of Castile b. 1462 b. Charles of Navarre b. 1464
2c. Margaret of Castile b. 1467
3c. Beatrice of Castile b. 1472
 
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Verse 3
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Elizabeth Woodville, Duchess of Burgundy

Verse 3

On 1466, the two betrothed Mary of Burgundy and Edward, Prince of Wales would meet as the two are introduced with each other on Calais, the two became fond of each other.

The Lancastrians would recharge their own armies and decided that they would regain the lands lost from France and defeat the Yorkists and the Capetians who are backing the Yorkists, meantime, Isabella of Bourbon dies due to typhoid fever on the latter part of 1466 and the Lancastrians had Elizabeth Woodville, the daughter of Jacquetta of Luxembourg marry the Duke of Burgundy on 1467 who hoped to have a son with Elizabeth Woodville, Elizabeth Woodville was offered by the Queen of England in exchange of alliance of Lancastrians with the Burgundians and the confirmation of betrothal between Marie, the presumptive heiress of Burgundy at that point in time, the dowry of Marie is arranged to be 10,000 crowns.

Elizabeth Woodville would give birth to two daughters for the Duke of Burgundy; Elizabeth (January 2 1468) and Anne (April 20 1473) and one son Philip (April 4 1470)(who would later turn out to have inherited his grandmother's kell's mutation and is sickly), Elizabeth Woodille and Charles' marriage was political at most and Charles wanted Elizabeth but Elizabeth missed her children from her first marriage and would long to return to England which she was allowed to after giving birth to her last daughter, Anne.

The betrothal between Margaret of England and John, Prince of Portugal would be confirmed and the English and Portuguese alliance would attack Gascony and Normandy while the Burgundians attack Champagne distracting the French, restoring the lands occupied by the French back to the Lancastrians in 1468 and 1469, this attack is a resumption of the Hundred years war due to the loss of Gascony earlier and in this time the English would regain the lands of Normandy on June 4, 1467 and Gascony on January 1468 due to the war of reconquest by the Lancastrians that the Lancastrians reignited, which the Lancastrians lost the lands before the birth of Edward of Westminister, Gascony missed the old Lancastrian rule on their lands in this point in time since the loss of Gascony from Lancastrian and Angevin rule decades ago.

The English would regain the lands and their rule in France which they had lost a long time ago, the English would return victorious since their last victories in the Hundred years war on 1440's, the victories of the English, Portuguese and the Burgundians would be crushing against the French despite the capabilities of the Spider King, Louis XI.

After the Victories, Henry VI would unofficially crown himself as Henry III of France from his own Father, who is Henry V of England and II of France on the latter part of 1468 and his son, Edward as Dauphin.

note: this is basically my plan, I will delay Burgundy's acquisition by the plantagenets for a time on the death of Mary's brother.
 
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I will not going to butterfly the extinction of Valois Anjou and the Mad War in this TL...but these will happen differently due to Lancastrians regaining Gascony and Normandy.
 
Verse 4
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Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine and Bourbon

Verse 4

On 1469, Isabella of Castile marries Jean, the son of the duke of Lorraine as an alliance between Henry IV of Castile and John II of Lorraine against John II of Aragon, however his brother Nicholas and his father John II of Lorraine die battling John II Aragon for the succession of Aragon on the latter part of 1469, the death of John II of Lorraine and his younger son Nicholas of Lorraine would mean the defeat of the Anjous in their claim to the Kingdom of Aragon.

Jean and Isabella would flee to Lorraine where they would remain after losing their battle against the Trastamaras and their other enemies, Isabella would feel bitterness about the birth of her two other nieces whose birth denied her claim to the Kingdom of Castile, however the two will learn that France is now under a new phase of the Two Hundred Years War, Isabella would feel bitter about what happened to her own country and her new husband's country that her husband is defeated by the Spanish and a new war is approaching her husband's country, Jean II of Lorraine and Isabella would have a stillborn son on 1470 and a daughter named Isabella of Lorraine on January 4, 1476, Jean II of Lorraine would due to dysentery on 1477 and Isabella would remarry fast and marry Peter II, duke of Bourbon which would sire three children namely Jean(April 2, 1479), Marie(June 29 1482) and Catherine(December 16 1485).

On 1470, Francis II would betroth his only son, John to Margaret of Castile or Beatrice of Castile, the other daughters of Henry IV of Castile which is arranged by Margaret of York.

After having a surviving heir to Brittany, John(June 23, 1463), Francis II duke of Brittany would remarry to Margaret of Foix after his first wife died who would provide him with two daughters Anne(January 28, 1478) and Isabella(May 4, 1480).

On 1469-1470, the state of England under the Lancastrians would improve their governance in England and the French lands that they administer which are Normandy and Gascony which the French would like compared to the rule of the lands ruled by the Valois.
 
Verse 5
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Marie of Burgundy, Princess of Wales

Verse 5

On 1470, the situation in France would start to be unstable that the Lancastrians were able to have Normandy, on 1471 Marie of Burgundy marries Edward, Prince of Wales in Bruges with many of the people attending the marriage, this would solidify the Lancastrian position in France now that Gascony, Normandy and Calais are treated better than that of the Valois controlled France.

Marie of Burgundy leaves Burgundy for England, seeing that the Burgundian Inheritance will go to her brother who is sickly and her sister Catherine of Burgundy, Marie would really like her husband, Edward and really would be happy to be the Queen of England as well.

Marie of Burgundy was very beautiful that she was liked by Edward of Wales that the two would have Eight surviving children namely Henry(August 20, 1474) Rene(February 4, 1476) Marie(May 29 1477) Edward(September 2, 1479) Philip(September 4, 1481) Matilda(October 2, 1483) Jeanne(October 10, 1485) Arthur(December 4, 1487).

The two would be fiercely fond of each other and the two were fond of riding horses which would make the two fond of each other and the two would be inseparable and the two would always ride together as if there were no tomorrow and for that the two would love each other unconditionally despite the fact that the two were married due to political means.

Meanwhile on 1471, Edward IV of the Yorkists marries Elizabetta Maria of Milan, who is just the same age of Marie of Burgundy, Princess of Wales, however Elizabetta would only give birth to a daughter named Isabella(1473) on the marriage, Isabella of York is affianced to Dauphin Charles after she was born which would guarantee that the Yorkists and Valois merge.
 
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marriage update
Henry VI of England m. Margaret of Anjou(a)
1a. Edward, Prince of Wales b. 1453 b. Mary of Burgundy b. 1457
2a. Margaret of England b. 1461 b. John, Prince of Portugal b. 1455
3a. Catherine of England b. 1464 b. Maximilian of Austria b. 1459


Charles the Bold m. Catherine of France(a) Isabella of Bourbon(b) Elizabeth of York(c)
1b. Mary of Burgundy b. 1457 m. Edward, Prince of Wales b. 1453
2b. Catherine of Burgundy b. 1461 b. Vladislaus of Poland b. 1456
3c.Elizabeth b. 1468
4c.Philip b. 1470
5c.Anne b.1473

Henry IV of Castile m. Blanche of Navarre(a) Joan of Portugal(b) Margaret of York(c)
1b. Joanna of Castile b. 1462 b. Charles of Navarre b. 1464
2c. Margaret of Castile b. 1467
3c. Beatrice of Castile b. 1472
 
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Young Henry, duke of Cornwall and Dauphin of Viennois, son of Edward II of France and Mary Rose of Burgundy

Verse 6

On 1473 The betrothal between John of Brittany and Margaret of Castile would happen and in this time Infante Alfonso would want to be the heir of Castile rather than his nieces, the revolt of Alfonso, would result in him being sent to a Monastery so that he would not disrupt his daughter Joanna who is currently betrothed to the son of Charles, Prince of Viana, later Charles I of Aragon and IV of Navarre in 1478, when John II of Aragon died.

Margaret of Castile's Painting would be sent to Francis II for the betrothal between Margaret of Castile and John of Brittany on 1474, John of Brittany and his father were impressed at that painting and Francis would want to marry John to Margaret of Castile soon, but it would wait as the bride is still 7 years old at this time.

On 1474, Marie of Burgundy gives birth to a son named Henry after hours of labor a son was born, Edward, Prince of Wales will celebrate it and have his own son Christened as Henry after Henry VI and the previous kings, the birth of son will give the troops more morale against the Valois and the Yorkists who fled to the French court, the Lancastrians capture all of Aquitaine up to the Bretigny boundaries of Aquitaine and Maine which would mean that the Lancastrians now control more of France and it would lead to more victories in the coming decades, Henry VI would die give his throne of France to his son, Edward, Prince of Wales and Dauphin of Viennois and becomes Edward II of France a few months after the Prince of Wales and Dauphin have a child named Henry, who is the designated heir to France while the designated heir to England would be one of the other sons of Queen Marie and Edward II of France.

Louis XI of France would still be known to intrigues, he would marry his daughter, Anne to the brother of the Prince of Aragon on 1474, Ferdinand, the marriage would happen soon after she leaves France for Castile, the marriage would end up, a happy marriage and Ferdinand and Anne would be known more as Ferdinand and Anne of Balaguer, the two would have two children Joanna(1476) and Marie(1482), the births, in this point the brother of Louis XI, the duke of Guyenne dies due to a venereal disease.

On the same year, Margaret of England and Catherine of Burgundy would marry their respective grooms, Catherine marries Vladislaus II of Hungary while Margaret of England marries John, Prince of Portugal, the marriages of Marie of Burgundy to Edward II of France and Margaret of England and France to John of Portugal would strengthen the ties between Burgundy and France and England and Portugal.

On 1474, Marie of Burgundy would gain the name Mary Rose of Burgundy.
 
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marriage update
Henry VI of England m. Margaret of Anjou(a)
1a. Edward II of France b. 1453 m. Mary Rose of Burgundy b. 1457
2a. Margaret of England b. 1461 m. John, Prince of Portugal b. 1455
3a. Catherine of England b. 1464 b. Maximilian of Austria b. 1459


Charles the Bold m. Catherine of France(a) Isabella of Bourbon(b) Elizabeth of York(c)
1b. Mary Rose of Burgundy b. 1457 m. Edward II of France b. 1453
2b. Catherine of Burgundy b. 1461 m. Vladislaus II of Bohemia b. 1456
3c.Elizabeth of Burgundy b. 1468
4c.Philip b. 1470
5c.Anne of Burgundy b.1473

Henry IV of Castile m. Blanche of Navarre(a) Joan of Portugal(b) Margaret of York(c)
1b. Joanna of Castile b. 1462 b. Charles of Navarre b. 1464
2c. Margaret of Castile b. 1467 b. John of Brittany b. 1463
3c. Beatrice of Castile b. 1472
 
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Verse 7
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Joanna I of Castile
Verse 7

On 1475, Catherine of England marries Maximilian, Archduke of Austria which would mean a relationship between the two countries of England and Austria, Margaret of Anjou would say goodbye to her daughter who would venture to Alsace to marry her groom.

Elizabeth of Burgundy, is betrothed to Albert IV, duke of Bavaria on 1475 and the formal betrothal would happen on 1476, however the marriage would happen on 1482, when Elizabeth can be married to Albert IV, duke of Bavaria.

On the years of 1474-1479, the Lancastrian ruled France would accept the rule of the Lancastrians due to them respecting their culture, the Lancastrians would protect both Aquitainian and Norman customs.

On 1475, Joanna I of Castile inherits the throne of Castile from her father Henry IV who died and Margaret of York would be her regent in Castile, Margaret of York would protect her own Stepdaughter from the threats of the Nobles and stood as her regent till her majority in 1477.

Joanna I of Castile would sign privileges for the nobility of Castile which would allow her to inherit the Kingdom of Castile, she would confirm her betrothal with her fiancé, Charles of Navarre who becomes her consort, however she would delay the marriage as her fiancé is still 11 and the two would marry on 1476 as forced by the Nobles in order to prevent an opportunist foreigner from marrying her, during 1476-1479, the opposition against Joanna I would quell.

On 1479, John II of Aragon would die giving the throne to Charles I of Aragon and IV of Navarre, this would lead to the unification of the thrones of Aragon and Castile.

The counts of Angouleme ,Maine and Dukes of Orleans and Alencon would die between 1477 and 1480, which would leave Joan of France a widow due to the skirmishes and conflicts against the strong lancastrians.
 
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Verse 8
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Verse 8

On 1474, Catherine of Burgundy marries Vladislaus II of Bohemia, the marriage would mean an alliance between Burgundy and Bohemia, she would be very beautiful and her beauty would be renown to Bohemia and she would grow up as a very beautiful consort slowly.

Catherine of Bohemia would give birth to a son on 1477, named Casimir named after the father of Vladislaus, she would give birth to three further children, Elizabeth(1482), Vladislaus(1488) and Margaret(b. 1492) who would survive.

John Albert of Poland would marry his wife Kunigunde of Austria on 1480, this would mean that Poland and Austria would have an alliance and that the line of Sigismund would be the Silesian Jagiellonians, Kunigunde and John Albert would have five surviving children, Casimir(1481), Helena(1486) and Vladislaus(1489), Sophia(1491), Sigismund(1496).

On 22 February 1476, Henry IX of Glogow and Crossen died suddenly, possibly poisoned by Brandenburg agents. This death left Barbara Duchess of Głogów with Crossen and Kożuchów, but a long succession war erupted: The Silesian duchy had been a Bohemian fief since 1331, therefore not only Henry IX's closest male relative, his cousin Jan II the Mad, former Duke of Żagań, claimed the whole inheritance, but also King Vladislaus II of Bohemia and the Bohemian anti-king Matthias Corvinus. Immediately after the death of Duke Henry IX, Barbara's father Elector Albrecht Achilles had the Duchy of Głogów occupied by Brandenburg troops under the command of his son John Cicero.

In the name of his daughter, Albrecht Achilles appointed Otto von Schenk as provincial administrator. Nine months later, the twelve-year-old Duchess of Głogów and Crossen was married again, this time to Sigismund of Poland, who is 9 year old at that time, a marriage planned by Vladislaus II of Bohemia. The wedding, performed by proxy with the Silesian duke Henry I of Münsterberg-Oels acting, took place in the Brandenburg city of Frankfurt (Oder) on 20 August 1476. His furious rival Matthias Corvinus supplied Duke Jan II the Mad with an army to occupy the Głogów lands, however, he was defeated by John Cicero's troops near Crossen in October 1478, Sigismund would become the governor of Silesia on his majority and was invested the Duke of Silesia, the two would have children named Hedwig (1481), Casimir(1483), Sophia(1489) and Wojciech(1495).

Sigismund and Vladislaus II would support the Polish language in Silesia and the work of Kasper Elyan and his bibles which spread throughout Silesia and parts of Lesser Poland and Greater Poland near Silesia.
 
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