WI: Anne Duchess of Brittany and Queen of Navarre

What if the older Uncles of Anne of Brittany died without an issue and she inherited Navarre, Bearn and Foix as well, would she marry Ferdinand of Aragon or Charles IX of France or Maximilian.
 
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What if the older Uncles of Anne of Brittany died without an issue and she inherited Navarre, Bearn and Foix as well, would she marry Ferdinand of Aragon or Charles IX of France or Maximilian.
Maximilian is as OTL her only possible choice in any case: Ferdinand is already married with Isabella of Castile who is a much more attractive bride for him in any case and Anne will never marry freely Charles IX but only if forced as OTL.
 
Maximilian is as OTL her only possible choice in any case: Ferdinand is already married with Isabella of Castile who is a much more attractive bride for him in any case and Anne will never marry freely Charles IX but only if forced as OTL.
Wouldn't a marriage with the Queen of Navarre nullify the alliance between Maximilian and Ferdinand because of Navarre.
 
Wouldn't a marriage with the Queen of Navarre nullify the alliance between Maximilian and Ferdinand because of Navarre.

I do not think that can destroy their alliance (who was mostly against France because both needed allies against them) and in any case at the time of the marriage with Anne (1491), Maximilian was not yet allied with Ferdinand and Isabella (his daughter Margaret was still betrothed to the French King and was the double marriage in 1496 between Margaret and Juan of Asturias and Philip of Burgundy and Juana of Castile and Aragon to cement that alliance who likely was started not before 1494)
 
I do not think that can destroy their alliance (who was mostly against France because both needed allies against them) and in any case at the time of the marriage with Anne (1491), Maximilian was not yet allied with Ferdinand and Isabella (his daughter Margaret was still betrothed to the French King and was the double marriage in 1496 between Margaret and Juan of Asturias and Philip of Burgundy and Juana of Castile and Aragon to cement that alliance who likely was started not before 1494)
Then that means there is a possibility for Anne to be married to Philip instead of Maximilian.
 
Then that means there is a possibility for Anne to be married to Philip instead of Maximilian.

Yes, Anne has only about a year and half more than Philip then a marriage between them is definitely possible and maybe also a better option but I think who with only one young son Maximilian will be prompted to remarry but if you prevented the death of Mary (and thus solidifying Maximilian power in Burgundy and being him both married and with more children) a match between Philip and Anne (and an union of their territories) is very likely...
 
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