I was here thinking after the last post... Wouldn't it be a little nonsensical to make Eleanor give up her claims to the crowns of her maternal grandparents and instead receive Burgundy as her dowry? Indisputably Castile and Aragon are the richest and most politically interesting countries amongst her inheritance. I know that Henry VIII was planning to marry her but ITTL she would have 5 younger sisters to replace her. Also, I have switched some husbands again. Oh, the marriage politics... Try to imagine how damn difficult it would be nowadays to force people into loveless marriages in order to replace bureaucratic diplomacy? Geez...
I'll correct the list above with my suggestions. If any of you think it'd be also implausible vis-a-vis the political situation of the time or any other factors, do not hesitate in correcting me:
Eleanor of Austria - Queen of Castile and Aragon by her own right, married to John III of Portugal, thus Queen-consort of that nation.
Margaret fo Austria - Archduchess of Austria by her own right, according to some kind of Pragmatic Sanction. Marries either William IV, Duke of Bavaria or his brother Louis X. If one of them is elected the Holy Roman Emperor, she'd be Holy Roman Empress and innaugurate the Wittelsbach dinasty. Would the fusion of Bavaria and Austria be viable?
Isabella of Burgundy - Duchess of Burgundy/Netherlands by her own right. Married to Henry VIII as second wife, if for some butterflying reason his first wife Catherine dies in birth or by any other mean. If I get it correctly, in other words this would mean the annexation of Benelux+Franche-Comté to England inheritance, and would pose as a threat to France, or am I wrong?
Barbara of Austria - Would it be too crazy if Barbara is appanaged with the Franche-Comté and marries maybe to Francis I of France? This would mean in other words that the Habsburgs are admitting their "defeat" in face of Burgundian inheritance, but maybe this would bring some advantages to the Habsburg side?
Mary of Austria - Again, no changes. Queen of Hungary and Bohemia by her marriage to Louis II.
Catherine of Austria - Switching places with Barbara. Being only 4 years younger than Prince Christian of Oldenburg, but too young to marry the decadent and ramshackle Christian II of Denmark, she could be selected as bride to the young king before the formal rupture between Danish and Catholic churches happen.
I'll correct the list above with my suggestions. If any of you think it'd be also implausible vis-a-vis the political situation of the time or any other factors, do not hesitate in correcting me:
Eleanor of Austria - Queen of Castile and Aragon by her own right, married to John III of Portugal, thus Queen-consort of that nation.
Margaret fo Austria - Archduchess of Austria by her own right, according to some kind of Pragmatic Sanction. Marries either William IV, Duke of Bavaria or his brother Louis X. If one of them is elected the Holy Roman Emperor, she'd be Holy Roman Empress and innaugurate the Wittelsbach dinasty. Would the fusion of Bavaria and Austria be viable?
Isabella of Burgundy - Duchess of Burgundy/Netherlands by her own right. Married to Henry VIII as second wife, if for some butterflying reason his first wife Catherine dies in birth or by any other mean. If I get it correctly, in other words this would mean the annexation of Benelux+Franche-Comté to England inheritance, and would pose as a threat to France, or am I wrong?
Barbara of Austria - Would it be too crazy if Barbara is appanaged with the Franche-Comté and marries maybe to Francis I of France? This would mean in other words that the Habsburgs are admitting their "defeat" in face of Burgundian inheritance, but maybe this would bring some advantages to the Habsburg side?
Mary of Austria - Again, no changes. Queen of Hungary and Bohemia by her marriage to Louis II.
Catherine of Austria - Switching places with Barbara. Being only 4 years younger than Prince Christian of Oldenburg, but too young to marry the decadent and ramshackle Christian II of Denmark, she could be selected as bride to the young king before the formal rupture between Danish and Catholic churches happen.