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So after Francis I was captured at Pavia, a trade was negotiated where he was freed and his sons Dauphin Francis and Henri, Duc d'Orleans were held hostage in his place. From what little I can find, the boys were surprisingly ill-treated for highborn hostages as punishment for a delayed ransom - they were definitely isolated in a bleak castle and may have actually been in a cell, and with no lessons and only their guards to speak to, they actually began forgetting their native French.

But what if, instead, Charles treated them more like guests - with guards? Say they were raised alongside Philip, so that they might become friendly? One thing I considered is that Francis' iffy health has been traced by some back to his captivity, so while he may never be strong he might live to rule, or at least long enough to marry and produce a child. It's also plausible that Henri, whether he ends up King or not, never falls for Diane de Poitiers - as I understand it, they bonded when she was assigned to catch him up on etiquette and other courtly things, though they'd met before.

Why would Charles do this? Well, later he wished Francis' third son Charles to wed either his niece or daughter, then hold enough land to act as an Imperial-allied threat to his brother. It makes at least as much sense to take the heir and spare to the French crown and try to make future allies of them both. The Hapsburgs and Valois were forced to try and make common cause anyway due to religion, but if there were actual bonds already there...
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