WI: Margarethe of Austria, Queen of Portugal

April 1497 - Margarethe of Austria married Juan of Aragon, prince de los Asturias

September 1497 - Isabel of Aragon weds Manuel, king of Portugal
Juan, prince de los Asturias dies

December 1497 - Margarethe gives birth to Juan's posthumous stillborn daughter.

August 1498 - Isabel gives birth to Miguel da Paz. Dies in childbirth. Her son survives.

Margarethe was a widow when Manuel went shopping for his second wife. It was hardly as though Isabel hadn't done her dury - he had a son and heir to represent an alliance with Spain, although Miguel died in July 1500, and Manuel wed Maria in October 1500. So, what if he were to marry Margarethe instead (let's assume for argument's sake she WASN'T rendered sterile by the birth of her daughter) on a slightly accelerated pace.

Let's assume it CAN happen (Fernando-Isabel are raw from their son, granddaughter and now daughter's deaths in a year. Margarethe is a bad reminder to them of this. Isabel's son is still around, so they decide Margarethe goes to Lisbon instead). How would Maximilian, Fernando and Isabel feel about this? Especially if Miguel still dies young?
 
I think the best way for a Margaret/Manuel match would be to postpone Miguel's early death. Let's have him survive to 1503 perhaps? If Margaret has managed to give birth to a infante then portugal has a heir.

It's a very interesting idea.
 
I think the best way for a Margaret/Manuel match would be to postpone Miguel's early death. Let's have him survive to 1503 perhaps? If Margaret has managed to give birth to a infante then portugal has a heir.

It's a very interesting idea.

It cleans out the bloodlines some. Presumably Maria would end up matched with either Vladislaus II of Hungary (where her Ceres-like fertility could be hilarious), Christian II of Denmark or James IV of Scotland (the only kings still available in Europe). Louis XII is a possibility (with a Spanish pope and all) but only if Anne of Brittany dies.
 
It cleans out the bloodlines some. Presumably Maria would end up matched with either Vladislaus II of Hungary (where her Ceres-like fertility could be hilarious), Christian II of Denmark or James IV of Scotland (the only kings still available in Europe). Louis XII is a possibility (with a Spanish pope and all) but only if Anne of Brittany dies.
What about marrying Maria with Jan Olbracht.
 
Manuel I of Portugal b 1469 m Margaret of Austria b 1480

Issue:

Joao III of Portugal b 1502

Isabella of Portugal b 1504

Infante Ferdinand of Portugal b 1507

Infanta Beatriz b 1508

Infante Philip b 1510 d 15011

Infanta Margaret b 1512

Infante Manuel b 1515
 
It cleans out the bloodlines some. Presumably Maria would end up matched with either Vladislaus II of Hungary (where her Ceres-like fertility could be hilarious), Christian II of Denmark or James IV of Scotland (the only kings still available in Europe). Louis XII is a possibility (with a Spanish pope and all) but only if Anne of Brittany dies.
Not James IV of Scotland as the best match for him is Margaret of England and as soon she is offered Ferdinand and Isabella will not think to him as a candidate
 
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