WI : Henri IV of France not assassinated

I must be wrong, i will say "Spanish Low Countries". :D

So, you have in mind other possible brides for Louis? And other possible husbands for his sister?

Maybe from Louis' bride we could have Claudia de' Medici, the sister of Cosimo II, or Nicole of Lorraine.

For his sister, maybe she would be the one who would marry Victor Amadeus of Savoy. For his sister, well, there is Charles I of England.
 
I am researching for a TL on the survival of Henri IV.
I would like enlight some points.

About the pretext of a war with Spain:
I'm not yet familiar of the relations between spanish and austrian Habsburg, but I suppose that a war against Holy Roman Empire would provoke the entry in war of Spain because of dynastical links.
Am I right?

About Dutch:
I found that in 1609, the Dutch have accepted a twelve years' truce. And they are present to the siege of Julich in 1610. Is it possible that the Dutch may go at war?
It seems that in 1610, the Dutch are divided between a war faction with Maurice of Nassau and a peace faction with Johan van Oldenbarnevelt. And the struggle between the Arminians and the Gomarist just begins.

About Rudolph II:
Is it possible that the war may result in a earlier coup of Matthias and the abdication of Rudolph II?
 
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In OTL, Spain doesn't intervene in the war of the Julich succession until the partition of the duchy, supporting claims of the duke of Palatinate-Neuburg.
 
What goals for the firsts french offensives into Spanish netherlands?
In OTL 1635, the french army departed from the Mézières (Ardennes), hoping to join the Dutch, but in 1610, the Dutch are in peace with Spain since the previous year with the Twelve Years' Truce. If the Dutch doesn't go at war, it would be more likely that the French invade Artois instead of central Belgium.
But there is also the necessity of go to Julich and the shorter way is through the Prince-Bishopric of Liège, but it would expose the supply lines of the french army.
Through the duchy of Luxemburg maybe?
 
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