The New Years Prince - A Collaborative Timeline
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July-November 1523
July 1523: After receiving a dispensation from the Pope to reduce the mourning period. Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn in a private ceremony. Anne leaves a good impression on Prince Henry and especially Princess Renee. The younger children are still mourning their mothers death, but treat Anne with a cautious kindness. Meanwhile, Prince Edward refuses to even speak to his new stepmother. Henry VIII and Queen Anne are madly in love and are fervently trying for their first child.
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England
August 1523: Regent Francis of Angouleme dies in a jousting accident. A regency council is established headed by Dowager Duchess Catherine of Navarre, who has just given birth to a daughter named Catherine. Young King Louis is precocious and it is expected that he will assume the regency on his thirteenth birthday. King Louis jokes with Queen Elizabeth that he will rule a country before consummating their marriage.
September 1523: Queen Isabella of Spain gives birth to a son named Juan.
October 1523: Manuel, Duke of Beja, the son of John III and Queen Eleanor of Portugal dies after a long and wasting illness. It is now commonly thought this disease was diabetes.
November 1523: Johann, Archduke of Austria, dies in his crib.
Anne Boleyn, Queen of England
August 1523: Regent Francis of Angouleme dies in a jousting accident. A regency council is established headed by Dowager Duchess Catherine of Navarre, who has just given birth to a daughter named Catherine. Young King Louis is precocious and it is expected that he will assume the regency on his thirteenth birthday. King Louis jokes with Queen Elizabeth that he will rule a country before consummating their marriage.
September 1523: Queen Isabella of Spain gives birth to a son named Juan.
October 1523: Manuel, Duke of Beja, the son of John III and Queen Eleanor of Portugal dies after a long and wasting illness. It is now commonly thought this disease was diabetes.
November 1523: Johann, Archduke of Austria, dies in his crib.
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He still has one son… And I need to reduce the number of some of these kids or we’ll never find suitable marriage partners!
December 1523-December 1524
December 1523: Queen Anne Boleyn and Empress Beatrice both fall pregnant. The Empress is particularly desperate for a healthy son: she spends most of her pregnancy in fervent prayer. Emperor Charles does not really care at this point, already numb with the grief of burying so many of his wives and children, and worries more for her health than her child's, earning Beatrice's ire. Besides, his brother has a healthy brood of his own. Speaking of Ferdinand's brood, his wife and children have returned to him and they regained control over Spain, with help from Charles V's troops.
January 1524: Dowager Queen Margaret of Scotland becomes pregnant. Catherine, Duchess of Savoy also follows suit. Thomas Wolsey, a Catholic bishop who has the king's ear, finds himself allying with Queen Anne in order to force reform on monastic orders. Despite their personal dislike of each other (he had ruined her original plan of marriage to her first love, Henry Percy), they are a formidable team. His plan of grand administrative reforms, however, is widely unpopular. The queen gets along much better with Thomas Cromwell, and the two of them work together trying to curb the power of what they see is the corrupt elements of the Catholic church in England. This is also very unpopular. However, as the queen is pregnant, none dare to move against her.
Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to the king, and Queen Anne Boleyn.
February 1524: Queen Eleanor of Portugal is pregnant again. Queen Margaret of Scotland (born Princess Margaret of England, NOT to be mistaken with her namesake aunt) finds herself alienated and without allies at the Scottish court. Desperate for companionship and for someone to pay attention to her, she begins acting out. This is not well seen by the regents of Scotland, who hadn't liked the idea of a second English queen consort. The queen is desperately homesick and miserable. Queen Mary of Hungary falls pregnant.
March 1524: Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk passes away due to health problems and heartbreak from losing his wife. As he had no legitimate male issue, his titles lay in abeyance, to be fought over by his daughters. His bastard son, also named Charles, replaces his father at court and immediately offends Queen Anne by starting an affair with Mary Scrope, the queen's lady-in-waiting. Queen Isabella of Spain becomes pregnant.
April 1524: After a fire at the French palace, King Louis XIII and Queen Elizabeth of France are forced to relocate. However, their upkeep is ruinously expensive, making them very unpopular houseguests.
May 1524: Unlike her predecessor Queen Katherine, Queen Anne actually appears rather interested in Luther's preaching, much to her husband and stepdaughter, Mary's horror. Mary of England immediately closes herself off to Anne. While the Queen is pregnant, Henry VIII pursues her maid-of-honor, the young Jane Seymour. Jane refuses the king's advances, but the queen is furious and orders her dismissal from court. This is only prevented by Henry reminding his wife that as a king, he had the right to take lovers. However, it is true that the king's former mistresses, Elizabeth Blount and Mary Boleyn are both married off and had been sent far away from court, meaning that they are unable to service him.
June 1524: Jane Seymour is married off to Henry Fitzalan-Howard, heir to the Earl of Arundel. Although he is four years younger than her, Jane soon falls for him. Queen Anne offers them the recreated earldom of Albemarie and personally pays for Jane's dowry in order to get her away from court. Jane, who sees this as a kind gesture from a friend, is overjoyed and swears her loyalty to Anne. Queen Anne no longer trusts Jane, especially as Henry is growing increasingly frustrated over being unable to bed her.
July 1524: Anne of Cleves is betrothed to Francis, Duke of Bar and heir to Antoine, Duke of Lorraine. Marseille is besieged by imperial forces under the Duke of Bourbon.
August 1524: Charles V's troops besiege Germany and seize back control. Christina, Princess of Denmark and Claude of Savoy are both sent off to be raised in nunneries. Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda marries Guiomar Coutinho. Duarte, Duke of Guimaraes is betrothed to Isabel of Braganza, his cousin.
September 1524: Queen Anne delivers her firstborn: a small daughter christened Anne, after herself. Despite the princess' sickliness, the queen is delighted with her new child - King Henry had wanted a son, but he had plenty of sons by Katherine, so he is not rushing her. Besides, Anne is young and healthy. Sons will surely come in time. Empress Beatrice, meanwhile, delivers not one but three sons: Maximilian, Ferdinand and Philip, all of them strong and robust in health. She is overjoyed, finally feeling that she has done her duty, and she and Charles are adoring parents. Terrified for the deaths of their sons, Charles and Beatrice leave for the Low Countries.
October 1524: Queen Margaret delivers a healthy son named Henry after her father and brother. However, this hard labor ruins her fertility and she is bedridden afterwards with childbed fever. She survives, but she is never quite the same afterwards. Catherine, Duchess of Savoy gives birth to a son named after her father. Heir to the Savoyard duchy, he is betrothed to the frail Princess Anne of England. Queen Anne of England is pregnant again, having recovered quickly from her first childbirth.
November 1524: Edward, Duke of York and Katherine Parr, the goddaughter of the late Queen Katherine, strike up a close friendship. Due to their young age, it is not seen as particularly scandalous. King Henry approves of the idea of Katherine Parr as Duchess of York and tries to play matchmaker, but Queen Anne tries to dissuade her husband from doing so, finding the girl in question too reactionary and impious for her taste. Henry orders her to focus on her own child instead of his own, driving a wedge between the queen and her stepchildren. Queen Eleanor of Portugal gives birth to a son named after her father, while her sister, Queen Mary of Hungary gives birth to a son named after her father-in-law.
December 1524: Catherine Carey, niece of the Queen, is born. Isabella, Dowager Queen of Denmark finds that there are many people who do not want her daughter Dorothea to reign as her father had done. Having inherited Denmark, Norway and Sweden from her father, now she finds that Dorothea is very unpopular in Sweden. Infuriated, she does her best to think of how to ameliorate this situation. Renee, Princess of Wales is discovered to be in correspondence with Protestants abroad. This causes an uproar, but not as much as when it is discovered that Queen Anne Boleyn was also in correspondence with them. In the uproar that ensues, the queen miscarries what would have been a boy. Queen Isabella of Spain delivers a boy named Charles, after her husband's brother and stepfather.
The Queen of England, Anne Boleyn, miscarries her second child: a son.
January 1524: Dowager Queen Margaret of Scotland becomes pregnant. Catherine, Duchess of Savoy also follows suit. Thomas Wolsey, a Catholic bishop who has the king's ear, finds himself allying with Queen Anne in order to force reform on monastic orders. Despite their personal dislike of each other (he had ruined her original plan of marriage to her first love, Henry Percy), they are a formidable team. His plan of grand administrative reforms, however, is widely unpopular. The queen gets along much better with Thomas Cromwell, and the two of them work together trying to curb the power of what they see is the corrupt elements of the Catholic church in England. This is also very unpopular. However, as the queen is pregnant, none dare to move against her.
Thomas Cromwell, chief minister to the king, and Queen Anne Boleyn.
February 1524: Queen Eleanor of Portugal is pregnant again. Queen Margaret of Scotland (born Princess Margaret of England, NOT to be mistaken with her namesake aunt) finds herself alienated and without allies at the Scottish court. Desperate for companionship and for someone to pay attention to her, she begins acting out. This is not well seen by the regents of Scotland, who hadn't liked the idea of a second English queen consort. The queen is desperately homesick and miserable. Queen Mary of Hungary falls pregnant.
March 1524: Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk passes away due to health problems and heartbreak from losing his wife. As he had no legitimate male issue, his titles lay in abeyance, to be fought over by his daughters. His bastard son, also named Charles, replaces his father at court and immediately offends Queen Anne by starting an affair with Mary Scrope, the queen's lady-in-waiting. Queen Isabella of Spain becomes pregnant.
April 1524: After a fire at the French palace, King Louis XIII and Queen Elizabeth of France are forced to relocate. However, their upkeep is ruinously expensive, making them very unpopular houseguests.
May 1524: Unlike her predecessor Queen Katherine, Queen Anne actually appears rather interested in Luther's preaching, much to her husband and stepdaughter, Mary's horror. Mary of England immediately closes herself off to Anne. While the Queen is pregnant, Henry VIII pursues her maid-of-honor, the young Jane Seymour. Jane refuses the king's advances, but the queen is furious and orders her dismissal from court. This is only prevented by Henry reminding his wife that as a king, he had the right to take lovers. However, it is true that the king's former mistresses, Elizabeth Blount and Mary Boleyn are both married off and had been sent far away from court, meaning that they are unable to service him.
June 1524: Jane Seymour is married off to Henry Fitzalan-Howard, heir to the Earl of Arundel. Although he is four years younger than her, Jane soon falls for him. Queen Anne offers them the recreated earldom of Albemarie and personally pays for Jane's dowry in order to get her away from court. Jane, who sees this as a kind gesture from a friend, is overjoyed and swears her loyalty to Anne. Queen Anne no longer trusts Jane, especially as Henry is growing increasingly frustrated over being unable to bed her.
July 1524: Anne of Cleves is betrothed to Francis, Duke of Bar and heir to Antoine, Duke of Lorraine. Marseille is besieged by imperial forces under the Duke of Bourbon.
August 1524: Charles V's troops besiege Germany and seize back control. Christina, Princess of Denmark and Claude of Savoy are both sent off to be raised in nunneries. Ferdinand, Duke of Guarda marries Guiomar Coutinho. Duarte, Duke of Guimaraes is betrothed to Isabel of Braganza, his cousin.
September 1524: Queen Anne delivers her firstborn: a small daughter christened Anne, after herself. Despite the princess' sickliness, the queen is delighted with her new child - King Henry had wanted a son, but he had plenty of sons by Katherine, so he is not rushing her. Besides, Anne is young and healthy. Sons will surely come in time. Empress Beatrice, meanwhile, delivers not one but three sons: Maximilian, Ferdinand and Philip, all of them strong and robust in health. She is overjoyed, finally feeling that she has done her duty, and she and Charles are adoring parents. Terrified for the deaths of their sons, Charles and Beatrice leave for the Low Countries.
October 1524: Queen Margaret delivers a healthy son named Henry after her father and brother. However, this hard labor ruins her fertility and she is bedridden afterwards with childbed fever. She survives, but she is never quite the same afterwards. Catherine, Duchess of Savoy gives birth to a son named after her father. Heir to the Savoyard duchy, he is betrothed to the frail Princess Anne of England. Queen Anne of England is pregnant again, having recovered quickly from her first childbirth.
November 1524: Edward, Duke of York and Katherine Parr, the goddaughter of the late Queen Katherine, strike up a close friendship. Due to their young age, it is not seen as particularly scandalous. King Henry approves of the idea of Katherine Parr as Duchess of York and tries to play matchmaker, but Queen Anne tries to dissuade her husband from doing so, finding the girl in question too reactionary and impious for her taste. Henry orders her to focus on her own child instead of his own, driving a wedge between the queen and her stepchildren. Queen Eleanor of Portugal gives birth to a son named after her father, while her sister, Queen Mary of Hungary gives birth to a son named after her father-in-law.
December 1524: Catherine Carey, niece of the Queen, is born. Isabella, Dowager Queen of Denmark finds that there are many people who do not want her daughter Dorothea to reign as her father had done. Having inherited Denmark, Norway and Sweden from her father, now she finds that Dorothea is very unpopular in Sweden. Infuriated, she does her best to think of how to ameliorate this situation. Renee, Princess of Wales is discovered to be in correspondence with Protestants abroad. This causes an uproar, but not as much as when it is discovered that Queen Anne Boleyn was also in correspondence with them. In the uproar that ensues, the queen miscarries what would have been a boy. Queen Isabella of Spain delivers a boy named Charles, after her husband's brother and stepfather.
The Queen of England, Anne Boleyn, miscarries her second child: a son.
January-March 1525
January 1525: Anne Boleyn publicly begs the King for forgiveness and also writes a letter to the Pope. The King sympathizes with her, especially as she is still recovering from the difficult miscarriage.
February 1525: Dowager Duchess Catherine of Navarre dies and Louis XIII finally assumes the regency. He has the appearance of being much older and is strikingly handsome.
March 1525: Doctors confirm Empress Beatrice is now sterile after the birth of triplets. An epidemic of plague sweeps through Europe. King Louis II of Hungary, along with his infant son Vladislaus die. Dowager Queen Mary is regent for her son Louis III. The youngest of the triplets, Ferdinand of Austria, dies of the disease.
February 1525: Dowager Duchess Catherine of Navarre dies and Louis XIII finally assumes the regency. He has the appearance of being much older and is strikingly handsome.
March 1525: Doctors confirm Empress Beatrice is now sterile after the birth of triplets. An epidemic of plague sweeps through Europe. King Louis II of Hungary, along with his infant son Vladislaus die. Dowager Queen Mary is regent for her son Louis III. The youngest of the triplets, Ferdinand of Austria, dies of the disease.
If Louis XIII is anything like his mother, he’s far too pious ally with the Ottomans. Edward of York is 10 years old, too young to have conjugal relations. Why would Anne be excommunicated? That makes no sense. There are several palaces in France so the noblemen would not need to house them. Elizabeth probably doesn’t even remember England and Margaret wouldn’t be allowed to just leave until she is an adult.
Anne being excommunicated makes perfect sense as she was seen engaging in "heresy" aka communicating and sympathizing with Luther. IOTL, Francis I did establish Franco-Ottoman alliance despite being pious Catholic. (Note that nobility housing royalty is not ASB - MQOS lived in England under English nobles for ~20 years). Also, Elizabeth and Margaret are trying to be allowed to leave, not up and leaving themselves...
She personally wrote a letter to the Pope apologizing and she is the wife of one of the most powerful men in Europe. Excommunication is not happening. They would not stay with nobles if they could stay in a much better palace, and Mary was imprisoned, so hardly a willing participant. I don’t really see why Elizabeth would leave.
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Targeting not just the queen consort but the king's innocent one year old daughter is certanly one way for a Pope to shatter relations with Catholic England.
That's the point. The break with Rome needs to happen somehow, what with Katherine being so successful with sons...
(Anne was establishing herself as Lutheran, to be fair.)
Anne was NEVER a Lutheran. She was a Reformer, like many others who remained INSIDE the Church for all their lives (including Cardinal Pole and his circles of friends) and there is NO REASON for which a break with Rome MUST happen
I realize Anne isn't a Lutheran IOTL. This is alternate history where she was discovered sending letters to Luther and being sympathetic with his views.
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I mean, I figured it was the point from a meta perspective, but in universe it's a pretty amateurish political misstep by the Vatican.