What if Maximilian dies in 1482 who does Mary remarry to?

If Maximilian dies in 1482, instead of Mary of Burgundy, can Mary marry the Dauphin and divide the Imperial and French burgundian realms with her children from Maximilian and Charles?

She is still Fertile at this point, who can she remarry?
 
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I'd hope Mary of Burgundy finds different re-marriage than the Dauphin. Anyone from Saxony an eligible bachelor? Or an English Earl (reformation hasn't reached England yet). How about an Austrian nobleman?
 
I'd hope Mary of Burgundy finds different re-marriage than the Dauphin. Anyone from Saxony an eligible bachelor? Or an English Earl (reformation hasn't reached England yet). How about an Austrian nobleman?
The heir to Saxony is still available at that time and he is the OTL supporter of reformation and suitor to Mary's daughter, Margaret of Austria..and he is of age..

The King of Bohemia, Vladislaus is also a candidate..
 
Hmmm, that gives an interesting possibility. If he wasn't a supporter of the reformation, he'd be much more attractive to Margret.
 
The heir to Saxony
Any matrimonial union would have as main goal the protection of Mary's holdings against Louis XI, . Charles de Savoie, assuming his brother still dies, would inherit a duchy that was more or less in conflict with Burgundy in the last decade, but admittedly, there wasn't much choice. It wouldn't make Mary's position that much better, tough, as Savoy didn't entierly recovered from the XVth century issues.

The King of Bohemia, Vladislaus is also a candidate..
I'm not sure it would have been the wisest choice : that Vladislas could afford a situation of quasi-bigamy (as Barbara of Brandeburg was still alive and the divorce unacknowledged) is a thing, especially as his political focus was more on the succession of Hungary, but Mary could less so in this situation.

So, possibly Charles de Savoie, but the political and dynastical gains would be...limited : it's the less poor choice avaible at this point.
 
How about if Frederick III of Saxony protected Martin Luther only on the promise that he pinky swear not to use the printing press to spread his messages (hand written notes is fine)? Then have his brother John stay true tot he Catholic Church. Now he's young, but he's of age. John X mary?
 
Hate to point this out, but chances are good that Friedrich III relocates to Burgundy (Brussels?) on marrying Marie. Which means that he likely appoints his brother as regent in Saxony, and his brother might feel differently about Luther or Luther's miracle with the lightnig might nothappen and he dies as a law student.
 

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Does Frederick III, Maximilian's father, have any say? I mean Mary's children are his grandchildren and therefore his heirs as well as hers so he'd have a vested interest in who she remarried to. Or would he try and demand his grandson be sent to Austria if she remarries to someone he does the approve of?

This also raises the question of who would succeed him as Emperor since his grandson Philip would only be 15 at the time of Frederick's death.
 
Does Frederick III, Maximilian's father, have any say? I mean Mary's children are his grandchildren and therefore his heirs as well as hers so he'd have a vested interest in who she remarried to. Or would he try and demand his grandson be sent to Austria if she remarries to someone he does the approve of?

This also raises the question of who would succeed him as Emperor since his grandson Philip would only be 15 at the time of Frederick's death.
Yeah, everyone is forgetting about Philip and Margaret.

For the second point, Charles V succeed Maximilian when he was 19, Wenzel of Bohemia was even younger, so a young Emperor isn't without a precedent.
 

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Yeah, a young Emperor is possible but I thought there was a prohibition against electing a minor, hence the delay in electing Leopold I after the death of Ferdinand III
 
Yeah, a young Emperor is possible but I thought there was a prohibition against electing a minor, hence the delay in electing Leopold I after the death of Ferdinand III

Well, the young boy could always be elected King of the Romans, which ensures an automatic succession as Emperor. Conrad IV was made King of the Romans when he was merely 9, although perhaps he isn't the best example.
 
I think a Jagiellonian or Wettin second marriage does make wonders for Mary due to their possible election of her son Philip..
 
How about an Austrian nobleman?

Well, Archduke Sigmund of Austria was left a widower in 1480 when his Scots' wife died. He only remarried in 1484, died in 1496, so the Emperor might sign off on Marie marrying him, if only for the reasons of keeping her married in the family. Plus, Sigmund's lands are a hell of a lot closer to Burgundy than the imperial lands were.
 
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