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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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