Queen of Navarre
1516: Katherine Tudor spends much of the year adjusting to Navarre and, after hearing much of its history as told by natives, dreams of taking back much of its territory. She slips into a relationship with her husband Henri of Navarre. Katherine of Aragon miscarries a child early in the year and nearly dies. Francis I and Queen Claude welcome Louise of France, who dies a month later. Ferdinand of Aragon dies, to the sadness of only his wife, who miscarries her child she conceived early in the year. Karl of Burgundy becomes Charles of Spain. He also welcomes his first child b Mary Tudor, the Infanta Isabella.
1517: Katherine Tudor becomes Queen of Navarre when her mother-in-law dies and her husband ascends. She and her King celebrate by conceiving a child. Katherine of Aragon and Henry VIII welcome Edward of England, who dies a month later. Mary Tudor, Queen of Spain gives birth to twins, an Infante and Infanta names Charles and Maria.
1518: Queen Katherine of Navarre gives birth to Prince John of Navarre, to the joy of her husband. Francis I and Claude of France bring in a male child named Francis after his father. Mary Tudor gets pregnant in Spain and sends a letter to her brother bemoaning her lot in life, hating the frigid, formal nature of the Spanish court. This increases when Charles of Spain ascends to Charles, Holy Roman Emperor. Katherine of Aragon gets pregnant towards the end of the year. Margaret Tudor marries a Scottish nobleman that is named Archibald Douglas. The two had been carrying off an affair but the Scottish Dowager Queen had been warned by her brother that the best course of action would be to stay a widow. However, she has gotten pregnant.
1519: Katherine of Aragon gives birth to Isabel of England, and Henry VIII delights in his sweet little daughter. Henry, Prince of Wales, is betrothed to Charlotte of France as a way of creating perpetual peace. Queen Katherine of Navarre begins to plan an invasion of the former lands of Navarre captured by Spain. She begins sending messages to her brother to gain his support. Katherine Tudor also gives birth to Margaret of Navarre. Mary Tudor, Holy Roman Empress gives birth to Philip of Spain but the child dies a month later. Margaret Tudor gives birth to Margaret Douglas.
1520: Henry VIII has a bastard son, named Henry Fitzroy and given the Earldom of Richmond. Francis I welcomes the Princess Margaret of France. Princess Margaret of Navarre dies of a childhood illness. Katherine of Aragon begins to go through menopause. Henry VIII begins to agree with his younger sisters plan to take back lands, secretly sending troops to Navarre.
1521: Queen Katherine of Navarre sends her husband off with his army, leaving her with a child born in late October, named Henri after his father. The war begins well. Henry VIII sends more troops to his sister, but in secrecy, as he is trying to get his daughter Isabel betrothed to Infante Charles. Francis I of France and Claude of France lose a child when the Queen miscarries. In a meeting in late November Henri and Katherine, Monarchs of Navarre manage to conceive again, as does Mary Tudor and Charles, Holy Roman Emperor. Margaret Douglas gets pregnant and gives birth to Dorothea Douglas.
1522: Katherine of Navarre miscarries early in the year. Mary Tudor, Holy Roman Empress, gives birth to Joanna, Infanta of Spain. Princess Mary Tudor of England is betrothed to James V of Scotland. Katherine of Aragon has to endure a second bastard when Henry VIII bring his child by Mary Boleyn, Katherine Fitzroy. Henri of Navarre takes some territories in Spain.
1523: Francis I of France welcomes Madeline, Princess of France. Henri of Navarre takes more territory back from Spain, and sends back to Navarre letters to his wife and children about how brave and valiant the troops are. Francis I sends some troops during this year as well, feeling that he might weaken Spain before the French King goes to conquer Milan. Mary Tudor, Holy Roman Empress, sends a letter back to England that deeply offends her brother. She says that she feels that marrying Isabel to Charles would be a mistake as they are too closely related. A valid concern, she manages to make it seem that her child was too good for his child.
1524: Katherine of Aragon warns off her husband from helping his brother-in-law Henri of Navarre from taking lands that her nephew has conquered. She succeeds in her quest but in the process manages to make an enemy of Katherine Tudor, Queen of Navarre. Margaret Tudor gets pregnant again. Claude of France becomes pregnant again. Henri of Navarre gets captured in a very large battle against Spain and is taken into custody. Mary Tudor, Holy Roman Empress, dies in a miscarriage to a foetus that cannot be gendered.
1525: Unfortunately, Margaret Tudor dies, as her sister did the year before, in her case giving birth to her son Robert Douglas. In another unfortunate event, Claude of France dies giving birth to Adelaide of France. Henri II of Navarre, who was taken in battle the year before, begins to get sick.
1526: Henri II of Navarre spends the year slowly but surely getting sicker and sicker, eventually dying in May. After hearing the news, Katherine Tudor has her son proclaimed King John IV of Navarre. She then sends a letter to her brother asking him to protect her rights and another to Francis I of France offering to take up where Claude of France left off if he would just protect and help her children and their rights. Charles, Holy Roman Emperor sends his regrets to Katherine Tudor and begins to spar with her to make sure he gets most of the territory he lost back.