WI: France Successfully Receives Charles the Bold's Burgundy With At Most Minimal Bloodshed

[isabella]

The better POD would be having earlier sons of Louis XI survive, Joachim to be exact.

Why him? The eldest boy, the first Louis, who lived longer than him would be better

 

[kasumigenx]

Why him? The eldest boy, the first Louis, who lived longer than him would be better

Perhaps Louis and his sister, Louise, who can be made as the wife of John II of Portugal or Ferdinand of Aragon.

 

[isabella]

Perhaps Louis and his sister, Louise, who can be made as the wife of John II of Portugal or Ferdinand of Aragon.

A surviving Louise would be married to Nicholas of Anjou for taking him out of the competition for Mary of Burgundy

 

[kasumigenx]

A surviving Louise would be married to Nicholas of Anjou for taking him out of the competition for Mary of Burgundy

And Anne of France marries Maximilian.

 

[isabella]

And Anne of France marries Maximilian.

I think Maximilian would marry a Jagiellon girl at this point… Else Beatrice of Naples or Joanna of Aragon (and maybe Elisabetta Sforza) sound as far likelier matches for Maximilian than Anne of France

 

[kasumigenx]

I think Maximilian would marry a Jagiellon girl at this point… Else Beatrice of Naples or Joanna of Aragon (and maybe Elisabetta Sforza) sound as far likelier matches for Maximilian than Anne of France

I think Joanna of Aragon will reinforce his Iberian heritage.