The King is dead - A Renaissance TL
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Yes, his big campaign is started and luckily he has plenty of men and all Hungary behind him but will still need a lot of good luck for being successful as retaking Hungary will not be easy at all
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Yes, in the last chapter of Ferdinand before this one… Zapolya, after being elected King of Hungary by his supporters, simply died in battle against the Ottomans… His fate is clear, and his body was recovered and buried. If you want know exactly what happened and why the battle started well, I had not written it but Ferdinand is not wrong…
Zapolya, Bathory and a large force were to meet the Ottomans for negotiating but instead they were attacked by them as the Ottomans hearing who the King of Hungary and Stephen Bathory were the leaders of that army had mistaken them for Ferdinand and the Palatine… Once attacked and with Zapolya deadly hurt, Bathory had believed who the meeting was a trap and once passed under Ferdinand kept for himself the part about Zapolya‘s intentions to negotiate with the invaders, specially because he understood who that was something who Ferdinand would not like to know for sure
Suffering the changes - Isabella
Isabella, Electress Palatine, just a month in what was promising to be a very formal marriage, wondered if things would have been different if she had listened to her sister’s recommendation to give an opportunity to her husband and try to make work her wedding, but she doubted who being warmer would have changed anything: the elector was not a bad man, but clearly had been more reluctant to her to remarry, as he was still mourning his first wife, a first cousin of her own father, who had died eight years earlier. Isabella was secure who the Elector had been either unable to refute the offer of the Emperor or had accepted it only because he feared who the succession to his lands would could be contested if he died childless as he had other two brothers older than Frederick, his actual heir presumptive, as his next brother was in the Church and the third one was dead but had left twins sons who could decide to not content themselves with the lands of Neuburg but trying to claim the Electorate for the elder of them.
The only thing for which Isabella was grateful was the fact who Dorothea, either for the separation from Christina or the change of residence, had calmed down and returned to be the usual darling and an affectionate older sister for baby Isabella instead of making everyone‘s lives more complicate. Isabella missed a lot her second daughter and hoped to get soon some news from her but at this point the little girls and their following were still travelling and she had no doubt who Christina would follow Isabella Marguerite‘s lead during the journey and that girl was sadly a very bad example of filial piety as the motherless girl cared nothing for her father and she wondered, not for the first time, what kind of woman had been the late mother of her niece and what kind of relationship Charles had with her and for what reason her identity was a mystery. She and Aunt Margaret had often wondered about it as Charles had shared few informations about the girl and almost none about her mother and the timing of little Isabella’s birth was quite strange, but they had not asked anything as Eleanor, who evidently had already got in troubles with their brother trying to get information from him, had warned them to not question Charles about the girl. Their aunt had never seen Charles’ daughter before she was four but existed few doubts on her birthplace as the little girl favoured French over Spanish, reason for which had easily settled in the Burgundian court, were she had been raised like a princess as Charles likely was already planning to arrange some great match for her. Another mystery about her niece was the reason for which Eleanor had told to their brother Ferdinand who Isabella’s mother was a certain Johanna, a beautiful woman who had been briefly mistress of Charles but only three years after her birth. Well now little Isabelle Marguerite was not anymore her charge and she was glad to be free from Charles’ illegitimate daughter and had no interest in discovering more about whatever slut had birthed her.
What mattered most now for Isabella was giving soon the most needed heir to her husband as once they had fulfilled their duty, her husband would have no reason to visit her bedchamber…
The only thing for which Isabella was grateful was the fact who Dorothea, either for the separation from Christina or the change of residence, had calmed down and returned to be the usual darling and an affectionate older sister for baby Isabella instead of making everyone‘s lives more complicate. Isabella missed a lot her second daughter and hoped to get soon some news from her but at this point the little girls and their following were still travelling and she had no doubt who Christina would follow Isabella Marguerite‘s lead during the journey and that girl was sadly a very bad example of filial piety as the motherless girl cared nothing for her father and she wondered, not for the first time, what kind of woman had been the late mother of her niece and what kind of relationship Charles had with her and for what reason her identity was a mystery. She and Aunt Margaret had often wondered about it as Charles had shared few informations about the girl and almost none about her mother and the timing of little Isabella’s birth was quite strange, but they had not asked anything as Eleanor, who evidently had already got in troubles with their brother trying to get information from him, had warned them to not question Charles about the girl. Their aunt had never seen Charles’ daughter before she was four but existed few doubts on her birthplace as the little girl favoured French over Spanish, reason for which had easily settled in the Burgundian court, were she had been raised like a princess as Charles likely was already planning to arrange some great match for her. Another mystery about her niece was the reason for which Eleanor had told to their brother Ferdinand who Isabella’s mother was a certain Johanna, a beautiful woman who had been briefly mistress of Charles but only three years after her birth. Well now little Isabelle Marguerite was not anymore her charge and she was glad to be free from Charles’ illegitimate daughter and had no interest in discovering more about whatever slut had birthed her.
What mattered most now for Isabella was giving soon the most needed heir to her husband as once they had fulfilled their duty, her husband would have no reason to visit her bedchamber…
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Sort of, I followed a theory about her being the same of another alleged daughter of Charles V and built on that. You can be sure who she will have a brilliant future
Definitely not a great marriage, but that is mostly her fault… And we are still far from the disaster who is the marriage of her youngest sister.
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Trust and love - Charles
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor was missing Eleanor more than ever, as his elder sister had always been his support and was the only one to know his secrets and the only one who had never judged him…
Sure Isabel, until now, had demonstrated to be a great replacement for his favorite sister as support and confidant, but he could not trust his wife with some things… or he could truly trust her with everything? And Eleanor in her last letter had really implied who Charles could trust his wife also with that or that was a false meaning who his mind gave to the words written by his sister? Still he almost wanted a reason for going in Italy and meet Eleanor in person, but also if he started to plan such journey now he would not see Eleanor before some months and while he longed to see his sister and talk with her, at the same time he felt ill only at the idea of leaving Isabel and baby Felipe, for whatever length of time... Isabel, also, was clearly made upset by something, since before Felipe’s birth, and she had taken an immediate dislike of Germaine as soon they had meet the Vicerey and Vicereine of Valencia and as he was not willing to risking to put his beloved wife in a bad mood then both Germaine and Ferrante were out as possible confidents, not who that would have been easy to arrange as Germaine was close to give birth and for all who that pregnancy was a big problem for him, he would not be so petty to call Ferrante away from her in that moment as he had already caused more than enough undeserved sufferance to Germaine…
In the end Charles decided who the best thing to do for not thinking to what troubled him was trying to discover what was making Isabel so unhappy so, once Aunt Catalina told him who she had no idea of what could be the reason as Isabel had refuted to tell her, the Emperor resolved to ask her, in the privacy of their rooms, praying her to tell him what troubled her so much as could not bear to not know what was making her so upset, specially if that was in someway his fault, as he wanted only her happiness.
Isabel initially tried to deny who something was wrong, then admitted who her problem was who she was extremely jealous of Germaine and her importance for him.
Charles almost laughed listening with disbelief to Isabel‘s words, immediately taking her in his arms and covering her with kisses between words of love. Eleanor had definitely tried to push him to talk about his past with Germaine and their little Isabelle to his wife as was almost impossible who his sister would be unaware of what Isabel knew and felt, and so he could tell everything to his wife. Isabel listened to Charles, grateful to see that last barrier between them falling, and then let go her fears, promising to be a good stepmother to Charles’ young daughter and letting go her fears, insecurities and jealousies.
Charles was glad to have removed all the barriers between he and Isabel, but at the same time was shocked by the things who his most beloved wife had said about her own brother and the level of his obsession for Eleanor, as he would have never offered Catarina to him if he had only suspected the level of that folly, but Isabel had been quick to tell him who also she and Eleanor had believed who John could be happy with Catarina and who her brother had revealed the true extent of his obsession only after his marriage.
Still Charles knew who he would find an excuse for inviting at least his youngest sister in Castile for an official visit as he now was seriously worried for her wellbeing…
Sure Isabel, until now, had demonstrated to be a great replacement for his favorite sister as support and confidant, but he could not trust his wife with some things… or he could truly trust her with everything? And Eleanor in her last letter had really implied who Charles could trust his wife also with that or that was a false meaning who his mind gave to the words written by his sister? Still he almost wanted a reason for going in Italy and meet Eleanor in person, but also if he started to plan such journey now he would not see Eleanor before some months and while he longed to see his sister and talk with her, at the same time he felt ill only at the idea of leaving Isabel and baby Felipe, for whatever length of time... Isabel, also, was clearly made upset by something, since before Felipe’s birth, and she had taken an immediate dislike of Germaine as soon they had meet the Vicerey and Vicereine of Valencia and as he was not willing to risking to put his beloved wife in a bad mood then both Germaine and Ferrante were out as possible confidents, not who that would have been easy to arrange as Germaine was close to give birth and for all who that pregnancy was a big problem for him, he would not be so petty to call Ferrante away from her in that moment as he had already caused more than enough undeserved sufferance to Germaine…
In the end Charles decided who the best thing to do for not thinking to what troubled him was trying to discover what was making Isabel so unhappy so, once Aunt Catalina told him who she had no idea of what could be the reason as Isabel had refuted to tell her, the Emperor resolved to ask her, in the privacy of their rooms, praying her to tell him what troubled her so much as could not bear to not know what was making her so upset, specially if that was in someway his fault, as he wanted only her happiness.
Isabel initially tried to deny who something was wrong, then admitted who her problem was who she was extremely jealous of Germaine and her importance for him.
Charles almost laughed listening with disbelief to Isabel‘s words, immediately taking her in his arms and covering her with kisses between words of love. Eleanor had definitely tried to push him to talk about his past with Germaine and their little Isabelle to his wife as was almost impossible who his sister would be unaware of what Isabel knew and felt, and so he could tell everything to his wife. Isabel listened to Charles, grateful to see that last barrier between them falling, and then let go her fears, promising to be a good stepmother to Charles’ young daughter and letting go her fears, insecurities and jealousies.
Charles was glad to have removed all the barriers between he and Isabel, but at the same time was shocked by the things who his most beloved wife had said about her own brother and the level of his obsession for Eleanor, as he would have never offered Catarina to him if he had only suspected the level of that folly, but Isabel had been quick to tell him who also she and Eleanor had believed who John could be happy with Catarina and who her brother had revealed the true extent of his obsession only after his marriage.
Still Charles knew who he would find an excuse for inviting at least his youngest sister in Castile for an official visit as he now was seriously worried for her wellbeing…
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Great update, interesting to see how Isabel views Charles's relationship with his sisters.
I promise you will see more of what Isabel think about that in her next chapter as here the POV is Charles so her thoughts are filtered by him. Still Isabel and Eleanor are close since the latter’s marriage to Manuel so they exchange a lot of letters, often semi-coded as they can not write some things too explicitly
Exactly. Specially because Charles loves Isabella at least as much she loves him and has never felt for Germaine anything similar to the love he has for his wife
Planning the future - Paul III
Pope Paul III, head of the Church was actually a busy man, as dealing with Emperor Charles V and trying to compact the Church was an hard job: luckily he had found a valid ally in this endeavors in the new King of Bohemia and Hungary, the younger brother of the Emperor, a true champion of the Christendom, whio actually was head of the great army who was trying to repel the Ottomans invaders and retake from them the occupied parts of Hungary, reason for which the Pope had ordered since the planned beginning of that campaign who all the masses, at least the ones celebrated in Rome and in his states, included a pray for the health of King Ferdinand and the success of his campaign. King Ferdinand, who was also Vicar in Germany for his Imperial brother, was the one who had practically brought back in the Church all the rebellious German Princes and Paul III was more than willing to accept the request of Charles V and Ferdinand I of a Council for restoring the lost harmony in the Church and to listen to Ferdinand’s suggestion of some small but significative concessions: the Pope understood perfectly the reasons behind the first and would not block it also if he had not to personally benefit from it as it was, while the second was not of at all of his liking, and he knew who the Habsburg brothers shared his opinion, but that was the moment of being pragmatic and practical and accept a minor loss for bringing at home the main objectives (and that concession would be dropped only at the end of the Council as sign of goodwill in exchange of the return of all the lost sheep in the Church flock). Pope Paul truly hoped to be able to meet the Bohemian King at the Imperial Coronation of his brother as he had agree to crown Charles V in Rome before the start Council, who would be soon called for the late Spring of 1528, with the Crowning of the Emperor and his Empress in April…
Still the Church could wait a little, thought the Pope, as now he was to spend some time with his family: his younger son Ranuccio, now employed in the Papal armies and recently married to Virginia Pallavicino, daughter of the Marquis of Cortemaggiore, had just returned from a journey, and his beloved daughter Costanza also was there with her five children (Guido Ascanio, Sforza Ascanio, Francesca, Carlo and the newborn Giulia). Costanza‘s husband Bosio Sforza was away in his fief and also his beloved elder son Pier Luigi unluckily was still in his new fief of Castro (were he was having some troubles as his subjects were not liking him much) together with his wife Gerolama but their three young children Alessandro, Vittoria and Ottavio were in Rome as Gerolama had left them under Costanza’s custody, as both women knew well how much the Pope loved having all his grandchildren around and who he had a great interest in planning the future of Pier Luigi’s children…
Still the Church could wait a little, thought the Pope, as now he was to spend some time with his family: his younger son Ranuccio, now employed in the Papal armies and recently married to Virginia Pallavicino, daughter of the Marquis of Cortemaggiore, had just returned from a journey, and his beloved daughter Costanza also was there with her five children (Guido Ascanio, Sforza Ascanio, Francesca, Carlo and the newborn Giulia). Costanza‘s husband Bosio Sforza was away in his fief and also his beloved elder son Pier Luigi unluckily was still in his new fief of Castro (were he was having some troubles as his subjects were not liking him much) together with his wife Gerolama but their three young children Alessandro, Vittoria and Ottavio were in Rome as Gerolama had left them under Costanza’s custody, as both women knew well how much the Pope loved having all his grandchildren around and who he had a great interest in planning the future of Pier Luigi’s children…