Victory is Red – Hundred Years War TL

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Victory is Red – Hundred Years War TL



Preface

I want to create a TL that butterflies the Columbus exploration and colonization of Americas and revives the Byzantine Empire on a late POD, I did another TL before with this premise with a later POD, I decided to rehash it with a different POD but that would not butterfly the expansion to Americas because Constantinople has been taken.


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Verse 1

On the early part of 1427, Anne of Burgundy is discovered to be pregnant, a fact that made John Lancaster, duke of Bedford happy.

"On December 2, 1427, the Duchess of Bedford went into labour which lasted well into the night, a few hours after the sunset, the Duchess of Beford gave birth to a healthy daughter after a long time of a childless marriage"

The daughter is baptized as Catherine of Bedford with the Duke of Burgundy and the Emperor as the Godfather of the Infant.

This would be the first and the last child of the Duchess of Bedford who have experienced many miscarriages herself and refused to have another child again after giving birth, however that child would be followed by a son named John on May 2, 1430.

A few days after the birth of a daughter, the Duke of Bedford would decide to raise Henry VI and his son Henry IV as a pious crusader, he or his son will continue the crusade against the Saracens against the Turks after the Valois usurpers are defeated.

The Duke of Bedford said "We should continue the crusades against the Saracens!"

This is a cause that he and his wife, Anne of Burgundy and his own brother in law would agree.

The Birth of a daughter would mean that the alliance between the Lancaster and Burgundians would continue.

Catherine of Valois prayed that the marriage with the Duke of Beaufort and her will be allowed to happen because that is her own happiness.

She went to the Duke of Bedford in order to accept her planned marriage with Edmund the Duke of Beaufort, Count of Mortain.

The Duke of Bedford is happy about the birth of his daughter Catherine, he objected at a possible marriage between Beaufort and Catharine of Valois.

Catherine of Valois pleaded to the Duke of Bedford and said.

"Aren't you a man who will prevent someone to be happy, you have your own happiness yourself!"

The Duke of Bedford would reply to her and say that.

"A Queen's happiness is important to us you should marry him if you want,"

The Duke of Bedford would allow and grant permission to the marriage between Edmund and Catherine despite the objections of the Duke of Gloucester, the two would wed.

Queen Dowager, Catherine would leave the court and marry her husband the Duke of Beaufort at an unknown date in December of 1427.

Catherine of Valois, Duchess of Beaufort would give her husband two sons and two daughters

Edmund Beaufort(December 4, 1428)

Margaret Beaufort(May 2, 1430)

Edward Beaufort(September 2, 1432)

Katherine Beaufort(March 2, 1435)

The fact that the Duke of Beaufort allowed Queen Catherine to marry Again would mean that there would be daughters that can be married abroad for alliance like in Aragon, Burgundy, Naples and Castile.

Three years after the birth of Catherine of Bedford on December of 1430 a temporary ceasefire is arranged betrothing Yolande of Lorraine(December 4, 1428) to Henry VI, who has a younger sister named Margaret(May 4, 1430), this marriage would have consequences in the future of England and France.
 
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Yolande, Queen of England and France

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The Treaty of Le Mans which stipulated a ceasefire is signed in December of 1430, however the ceasefire benefited more the English, the ceasefire stated that Yolande of Lorraine would marry Henry VI of England and France and the Lancastrians would vacate Paris and the Valois would get Paris and Champagne in exchange in December of 1430 and the Lancastrians would get the lands of Poitou, Guyenne and Saintonge in return and the two factions in France would respect each other as the ceasefire is in effect, the Valois and Lancastrians declare a cease fire unless the Valois violate the treaty with the Lancastrians.

In Navarre, Blanche of Navarre gives birth to a daughter named Catherine of Navarre on May 2, 1431, which would mean there would be a daughter that would be used to make Navarre allied with England, Catherine would be her last child, Catherine is betrothed to John, the son of the Duke of Bedford.

It is discussed by John of Lancaster with Catherine that Lancastrian France and England would be separate realms and France would go to the first son of Henry VI and England to the second son of Henry VI, as planned by his own brother, Henry V.

Catherine of Valois would appreciate the development that her sons, Henry and Edmund would actually like each other, which would be of help in the Lancastrian cause in France, both the marriages of Yolande and Catherine would be good brides to the Lancastrians since the two are potential heiresses of their parent's inheritances, in case of Yolande she has Lorraine and Catherine has Navarre, but Catherine of Navarre is far from inheriting since she has two sisters, Blanche and Eleanor of Navarre.

For the Daughters of Catherine of Valois and Edmund of Beaufort, Margaret and Catherine there are grand plans ahead for them, Margaret is to marry the Duke of Charolais, Charles, later Charles the Brave and Katherine of Beaufort is to marry John, the eldest son of the Duke of Bourbon and another marriage and betrothal would be made between Isabelle of Bourbon and Edmund Beaufort, the marriages was arranged between Catherine of France and Charles VI of the Valois faction in 1437, the marriage between Charles of Burgundy would happen on 1440, while the Bourbon-Beaufort double marriage would happen on 1441.

Meanwhile in France a marriage is arranged in 1438 between Charles, Prince of Viana and Isabella of France, to balance the planned alliance between the Lancastrians and Navarrese to make the Navarrese neutral and a marriage between Margaret of Scotland and Louis VI of France, to counteract the Scottish alliance the young Anne of Bedford is married to Alexander, Stuart, the Duke of Rothesay on 1440.

The Lancastrians would have time to regain their own defense and crush the Valois supporters in case the Valois would again violate the treaty due to the long cease fire, the Lancastrian French would establish their own government and make their capital as Le Mans.

Yolande of Lorraine is sent to England from her father Rene of Anjou on 1435, for Yolande to be raised in the English court for her to be oriented in her future duties as the queen of England, Yolande and Henry IV would turn out to be very fond of each other and an excellent queen in France.

Yolande would visit her father Rene and her siblings in Lorraine in 1439 in order to prepare for the marriage with the King of England, Rene commented that she is perfect now to be the Queen of England.

On December 4, 1440, Henry VI marries Yolande of Lorraine in Le Mans, the eldest daughter of Rene, the Duke of Lorraine and crowned as the Queen of France and England, the two would take a tour of Gascony and English occupied Northern France, her sister, Margaret of Anjou is married to Frederick, the son of Ernest the Iron.

All in all Henry VI and Yolande would have these children

Henry III of France(Lancastrian) December 2, 1444

Edward IV of England May 2 1448

Isabella of France October 4 1452

Alfonso, duke of Aquitaine May 9 1455

Margaret of France August 2 1460

During the time Henry VI is married to Yolande of Lorraine, both the Valois and the Lancastrians would be peaceful, there is no hostilities between the two Factions of the French when Yolande is married to Henry VI, the fact that her brother John would not have an issue that survived infancy would mean that Lorraine would pass to the Lancastrians in his death.
 
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Joan of Arc

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Joan of Arc would write to the Hussites demanding them to go back to Christianity, Joan of Arc leaves behind France as she is no longer needed as a ceasefire is declared as she herself would find that the Hussites are difficult to Battle with causing her to go to the Polish court, Joan of Arc would find herself in the Polish court of Wladyslaw III and witnessed his coronation in 1438 and Wladyslaw's marriage with his first wife Elizabeth of Luxembourg.

On 1440, Wladyslaw would marry Elizabeth of Luxembourg who is the heiress of Casimir III, Elizabeth, her first husband had already died in May 1439, leaving two daughters Anne and Elizabeth, the marriage between Elizabeth and Wladyslaw would restore the line of the King Casimir III to the Polish throne as she gave birth to three sons, Wladyslaw(1442), Sigismund(1445), Casimir(1449) and two daughters named Margaret(1444) and Sophia(1448), the marriage between Elizabeth of Luxembourg and Wladyslaw III would legitimize the Jagiellonians hold in Poland and temporarily unite the Polish, Hungarian and Croatian thrones.

Elizabeth's daughters Anna and Elizabeth are married for Anna, she is married to Siemowit V of Plock and for Elizabeth she is married to William III, Landgrave of Thuringia, Siemowit V's marriage with Anna would make him near to the Polish throne in Blood due to Anna being descended from Casimir III, which made them so bold but the sons of Elizabeth with Wladyslaw III would prevent them from having a shot in the Polish throne.

Casimir, the Brother of Wladyslaw III is married to Radegonde of France on 1445, Casimir is made the regent of Lithuania in Wladyslaw's place, the marriage was suggested by Joan of Arc to Elizabeth and Wladyslaw III.

Joan of Arc's arrival to Poland would have an effect in the culture of Polish people especially the Polish of Lesser Poland of Silesia who view her as a pious woman who defended her faith.

The two would rule Poland and Hungary on their reign, and the lords in Hungary would defeat the Ottomans in the boundary of Hungary and Croatia stabilizing the boundaries of the two countries of Hungary and Croatia against the Ottomans. During their reign the throne of Bohemia would be disputed by the hussite sympathizers led by Podebrady, the stronghold of Elizabeth and Wladyslaw would be Silesia and Lusatia, the Polish protecting the Germans and the Poles in Lower Silesia had a good effect in increasing the Polish population in Silesia since 1440, Joan of Arc would lead the Anti Hussite crusade and Inquisition which started in 1440 by Elizabeth and Casimir IV, the Anti Hussites crusade would have an effect in Silesia which increased the Polish population, both the French and the Polish of Silesia would consider Joan as their own saint due to what she had done against the Hussites.

Joan of Arc would lead the Poles and the Hungarians in a war against the Ottomans in a war in 1448 in Varna, which would result in a win regaining Wallachia to the Christians, Joan would be remembered as a woman and war and as a Catholic Saint in Silesia due to what she had done against the Muslims and the Hussite, both Joan of Arc and Skanderbeg would join forces against the Ottomans in Serbia, Albania and Bulgaria and reached the Byzantine Empire.

The Greeks would see the victory of Joan of Arc and Skanderbeg and her feats against the Ottomans and wanted an alliance between the Western countries and the Byzantine Empire or the Eastern Roman Empire but the Greeks would be stubborn and would remain uninterested in any assistance with the French, the Greeks would also consider Joan of Arc as their hero as well not just the Poles and French due to the successes, but the successes would be reversed after Joan of Arc died in 1449 in her return to Poland due to dysentery although Hungary and Croatia would have stable borders afterwards, due to this Joan of Arc is remembered as a saint.

The feats of Joan of Arc and the Poles would inspire Philip the Good to declare a crusade later on with her son, Charles the Bold against the Turks, Joan of Arc is buried in a tomb in Krakow.
 
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Louis XI

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On December 4, 1440, Henry VI marries Yolande of Lorraine in Le Mans, the eldest daughter of Rene, the Duke of Lorraine and crowned as the Queen of France and England, the two would take a tour of Gascony and English occupied Northern France, her sister, Margaret of Anjou is married to Frederick, the son of Ernest the Iron.

All in all, Henry VI and Yolande would have these children

Henry III of France(Lancastrian) December 2, 1444

Edward IV of England May 2 1448

Isabella of France October 4 1452

Alfonso, duke of Aquitaine May 9 1455

Margaret of France August 2 1460

During the time Henry VI is married to Yolande of Lorraine, both the Valois and the Lancastrians would be peaceful, there is no hostilities between the two Factions of the French when Yolande is married to Henry VI, the fact that her brother John would not have an issue that survived infancy would mean that Lorraine would pass to the Lancastrians in his death on 1470.

The couple will be happy and merry monarchs of the two Kingdoms of France and England, the successive births of Henry III of France and Edward, Prince of Wales would mean that the two Kingdoms will be separate Kingdoms, this would also doom the Valois faction when the two countries, on 1450, Henry is crowned as the King of France, a rival to Charles, the son of Louis XI, Henry III would also give Aquitaine to his youngest son, Alfonso and his two daughters Isabella and Margaret were treated by their parents with care and given good dowries.

Meanwhile in France Margaret of Scotland, the wife of Louis XI gave birth to a daughter named Margaret of France on (April 2, 1445) and a son named Charles in (May 3 1450), the two would live separately till Margaret died on 1460, wherein he remarried to Charlotte of Savoy, who gave him three further children, Anne(May 2 1461), Jeanne(April 2 1464) and Charles(July 1 1470), Louis XI would also have a problem with his brother Charles the Duke of Berry (b. 1445), Princess Margaret and Charles, duke of Berry were fond of each other due to the two of them being in the same age.

Both the wives of Louis XI would hate him even if they consummated their marriages for obligation, and Margaret and Anne would grow up to be head strong and independent due to their mothers.

Louis XI is good in intrigue but the sons of Henry VI would also play with Louis and the peace between the two factions would remain due to the encouragement of their mother, Yolande till the time when Henry VI dies, Yolande was a headstrong mother to her children especially to her son, Henry III of France(Lancastrian).

Meanwhile, Charles the bold and Margaret Beaufort would have two children namely Marie(May 4 1448) and Philip(June 2 1460), due to Margaret Beaufort succumbing to many miscarriages after giving birth to Marie.
 
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