What if Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, had not died in the midst of the War of the League of Cambrai in 1512?
How does his survival affect France's conduct in the remainder of the war?
Could his survival dissuade Ferdinand of Aragon from claiming the Navarrese throne? If not, then would Gaston be capable of kicking him out of the Basque country?
Who could Gaston end up marrying?
 
What if Gaston de Foix, Duke of Nemours, had not died in the midst of the War of the League of Cambrai in 1512?
How does his survival affect France's conduct in the remainder of the war?
Could his survival dissuade Ferdinand of Aragon from claiming the Navarrese throne? If not, then would Gaston be capable of kicking him out of the Basque country?
Who could Gaston end up marrying?
Catherine of Navarre the younger is a possibility since Anne of Navarre is an undesirable bride.
 
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No One Survives like Gaston, No One Builds Empires Like Gaston, No One conquers like Gaston, No One Frees the Basques like Gaston, No one keeps the throne of Navara from Aragon like Gaston. No one Wins the War of league like Gaston. No One Marries like Gaston.
 
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No One Survives like Gaston, No One Builds Empires Like Gaston, No One conquers like Gaston, No One Frees the Basques like Gaston, No one keeps the throne of Navara from Aragon like Gaston. No one Wins the War of league like Gaston. No One Marries like Gaston.

The empire building and conquering I can get on board with, but as someone once said "a man with no son is a man with no future". So Gaston should probably make inroads at attempting to find a bride. He and Marguerite d'Angoulême wanted to get married OTL (and would've had the comte de Montpensier not died - since Suzanne de Bourbon would then have married Alençon rather than the Connetable), but that's out. It's not unthinkable that he waits a bit to marry - keeping him alive might be a bit more problematic, but if there's no war on, not undoable. Then he weds the French Queen Dowager - Mary Tudor - and he gets an alliance with England (unlikely, I know, but I could imagine someone in an alt-universe screaming ASB/ABS (alien bullshit) at Mary wedding Brandon).
 
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