What about a english match for Friedrich? Mary Tudor?
I was also thinking of that. Fritz marries Mary, Karl gets Claude de Valois (if he's only gonna be duke of Burgundy why not) and Fernando to Isabel of Portugal (and gets Castile/Aragon)
What about a english match for Friedrich? Mary Tudor?
The one that can marry Friedrich is Anne d'Albret and Germaine.
What about a english match for Friedrich? Mary Tudor?
I was also thinking of that. Fritz marries Mary, Karl gets Claude de Valois (if he's only gonna be duke of Burgundy why not) and Fernando to Isabel of Portugal (and gets Castile/Aragon)
Would Charles not be the king of Spain even with Friedrich around?
Well Charles were born in Ghent and he still got spain ahead of his brother, the darling of Ferdinand the catholic. Why would this be reversed in this TL?
Hmmm that could work. If Ferdinand the catholic arranges to have Ferdinand jr wed Isabella of Portugal and lives longer, perhaps until 1522 or something?
If Maximilian had a second son he will be the husband to be of Anne of Hungary and Bohemia and his father's heir in Austria and as Holy Roman Emperor (Max will likely have him elected as King of Romans and married to Anne while he was still alive).
Karl or better Carlos I of Castile and Aragon will likely marry directly his cousin Isabel of Portugal in a double wedding with his elder sister Eleanor and John of Portugal while for Ferdinand, named governor of Burgundy, a surviving Katherine Tudor would be the ideal (or Claude of Brittany or a princess of Lorraine). If Maximilian had a daughter by Bianca she would be Henry VII's first choice as daughter-in-law after the death of Isabella of Castile and being of an adequate age would likely be married to Henry before his father's death.
If Fernando of Castile instead is able to install his favorite grandson as heir well Fernando will marry Isabel of Portugal (still in the double wedding with Joao and Leonor) and Karl, Duke of Burgundy will marry either Mary or Katherine Tudor
If Max had daughters with Bianca, he'll likely marry one of them to Sigismund the Old.
I think here Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich will be interested in a wedding between Bona and Massimiliano Sforza, who are both his relatives, and put them together as rulers of Milan.Thing is, Fernando doesn't have to live longer than OTL, Max can also die sooner. He was rather sickish in the 1510s IIRC, they offered a Jagiellon princess for him as a third wife after Bianca died (I think it was Sigmund the Old's youngest sister) but he refused citing health reasons.
Makes sense. I still like my idea of Mary or Katherine Tudor for Karl V and either Joao III of Portugal, or a surviving Miguel de la Paz or Juan of Spain's stillborn daughter is born as a son, but you can't have everything. So your idea is definitely more realistic.
Sounds about right. What happens to Bona then? Her mom tried to get her married to whichever grandson would likely succeed Fernando in history, and when that didn't work, the pope offered her around like a bong at a frat party (the duke of Savoy, a Medici boy (can't remember if it was the duke of Urbino or Nemours) and her cousins, the duke of Calabria and Massimiliano Sforza were all tried). Third wife to Louis XII?
I think here Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich will be interested in a wedding between Bona and Massimiliano Sforza, who are both his relatives, and put them together as rulers of Milan.
Third wife for Louis if Max and Bianca had two daughters is Katherine of Aragon
Jan was suggesting who Maximilian would have liked to marry a daughter from Bianca to Sigismund of Poland so Bianca's three children would be an Holy Roman Emperor, a Queen of England and a Queen of PolandWhere would the other daughter go? One marries Henry VIII I'm assuming (instead of Katherine - who might end up as queen of England and France (first Henry VII then Louis XII)) and Bona's duchess of Milan.
So it goes like this?
-Friedrich, Holy Roman Emperor b 1495 m Anne of Hungary and Bohemia b 1503
-Bianca of Austria b 1496 m Sigismund I the Old of Poland b 1467
-Maria of Austria b 1498 m Henry VIII of England b 1491
Still better if Bianca is the eldest, then Friedrich and I will call the second daughter Eleanor (after Maximilian's mother), Beatrice (after the Duchesses of Milan), Anne (for Bianca's sister) or Elisabeth/Isabella (for Bianca's sister-in-law) instead of Maria (like Maximilian's first wife plus the fact who the name of the Virgin is not appropiate for a queen of Poland)I think Bianca and Maria's marriages might be reversed, Henry VII might feel with Maria they'd would have to wait too long for her to get to childbearing age (Eleonore of Burgundy would be a year younger than her, and she was rejected by Henry VII/VIII for similar reasons). Bianca would at least be able to marry in 1509, while Sigmund only married his first wife in 1512 (when Maria would be 14yo).