WI: Charles the Bold goes on Crusade in 1473

The meeting of Treves occured in 1473 between the Holy Roman Emperor and Charles the Bold Duke of Burgundy. At the meeting Charles made promises about imitating John the Fearless and going on Crusade against the Ottomans. He promised to lead the campaign himself and commit a few thousand men to the venture. The Emperor also promised to commit some forces as well. Charles afterwards though made the decison that if he went it would have to be after he made peace with French King Louis XI, which in the end never occured. So my question is what if Charles makes peace with Louis, never gets involved with the Swiss, and heads out? My feeling is that it would have similar results to 1396 Crusade.

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Charles the Bold by Ruth Putnam
 
I just want to point out that it's hard to know from this how sincere a desire to go on crusade he really had. They all seemed to talk about going on crusade in the fifteenth century, and this is a constant theme of the period's diplomacy:

"Oh, let us put down our arms so that we may combine our efforts against the common enemy!"
"Why are you building your navy?" "Only to go smite the heathen, and certainly not you, beloved cousin!"
"I am only expropriating this land and treasure to fund my most holy crusade, otherwise I would never think to do such! Doing God's will requires that I make off with all your gold, you see."

Sometimes these claims seem more believable than others, for instance James IV of Scotland, who was very big on the idea of a crusade at roughly this time, may have believed the remission of sins he would receive from doing so would be the only way really to be safe in the afterlife given his role in his father's death. But what all these rulers who talked about going on crusade had in common was that somehow they never got around to actually doing it.

Contemporary politicians would have to up their game substantially to equal the moral cynicism of, say, Ferdinand of Aragon.
 
This is a really interestin one. Assuming Charles does nothng really stupid he survives and maybe learns something and is probably more succesful in reorganising the Burgundian army, maybe creating a really effective army.may not actually prevent the war with the Swiss but the conflict will be hard fought and, if Charles still loses, it will not be anything like the defeat it was in OTL.
 
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