The Death of Sancho II

Okay we all know that the creation of Spain as we know it happend due too events that played out causing a united Castile,a nd then Spain...

However, what if Castile had never gotten Sancho II as a ruler?

1036: Sancho II dies from choking, after the umbilical cord gets tied around its his neck, killing him.

1037: Ferdinand, father of what would have been sancho II, takes the thrown as King of Leon, Galicia, and Castile.

1065: Ferdinand dies, giving his son Alfonso VI the Kingdoms of Leon and Castile, while Garcia becomes the king od Galicia.

1067: At Garcia's party, he trips and hits his head hard. It causes brain damadge, and bleeding in the brain. he dies some days later.

1068: Having no sons or daughters, the thrown of Galicia is given to Alfonso IV of Leon and Castile.

1070: The three kingdoms are joined together as a permanent nation, the Crown of Leon.

Is this viable?
 
It's viable enough, but that kingdom wouldn't last. This era didn't prioritise or favour states combining together, rather it favoured placing several sons on the thrones of distinct entities (i.e. Castile, Leon, Galicia, etc) to ensure that each was well served. While a few may be united together, it's likely that this joint kingdom would go the way of most other unions of the Spanish territories in this era, and be divided amongst sons over the next generation or two.
 
Well that was the purpose of the permanent union signing? Hmm, well you are right... but what if I make that Alfonso only hs one son? Wouldnt it not be seperated then?
 
It's viable enough, but that kingdom wouldn't last. This era didn't prioritise or favour states combining together, rather it favoured placing several sons on the thrones of distinct entities (i.e. Castile, Leon, Galicia, etc) to ensure that each was well served. While a few may be united together, it's likely that this joint kingdom would go the way of most other unions of the Spanish territories in this era, and be divided amongst sons over the next generation or two.

I don´t get the point of this thread, but... you know, the almoravid almost caused the unification of Christian Spain under Alfonso I and Urraca (yeah, I know, a few decades later) so I don´t think that this wasn´t a good era to unions...not the best era to unions, but also, not impossible.
 
1070: The three kingdoms are joined together as a permanent nation, the Crown of Leon.

Is this viable?

Well, it is viable, but I am not sure I see the point. So the Crown of Castille (made from the kingdoms of Leon, Galice and Castille), will be called the Crown of Leon (made from the kingdoms of, well, Leon, Galice and Castille)... and what now?
 
Well a change is a different ruling line of Portugal, but I can't see much else. Maybe if that lines proves spectacularly inept you could butterfly away Portugal but I doubt it. I don't see how this changes the results against the Almoravids without which things pretty much just stay the same.
 
But by Galicia I mean Galicia-Portugal as in Galicia with northern Portugal as well.

So the formation of other countries wouldnt be the same, would Badajoz stay the same or would it call itself Portugal?
 
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