WI Maximilian dies and Mary of Burgundy lives?

Huh? No I meant since he does not have his father's guidance in this TL I was just hoping that his grandfather will be able to provide guidance to Philip in this TL.
 
If Mary has a second son then he might inheirit both of hers and his fathers domains. Philip can get austria and the holy roman empire.
 
She might want her domains to be independent from the hapsburgs. We don't know what Mary wanted OTL since she died so early, but she might want to keep a independence from the empire.
 
She might want her domains to be independent from the hapsburgs. We don't know what Mary wanted OTL since she died so early, but she might want to keep a independence from the empire.
Why? All chronicles about them says that Mary and Maximilian liked each other, I see no reason why Mary would suddenly create a hate for her son's family, also he her second son inheriting both maternal and paternal lands still ceases the "independence" of her domains (which is a pretty anachronistic term).
 
I was just thinking. Philip will inherit the empire and the austrian lands. Perhaps Mary wants her second son to have her duchy and Lorraine, in a effort to make it less unmanagble.
 
I was just thinking. Philip will inherit the empire and the austrian lands. Perhaps Mary wants her second son to have her duchy and Lorraine, in a effort to make it less unmanagble.

Philip is the heir of Burgundy. Why disinherit him? As Emperor, the Lowlands are a very rich prize and will go a long way. The Imperial title is a great honor, but it's hallow, and the Habsburg domains in Austria are not as rich as Burgundy. Given the POD, there is a chance that the union of Bohemia and Hungary under Vladislaus and his heirs might continue: the Habsburg inheritance isn't confirmed. I can't see Frederick III being keen on Mary giving her second son Burgundy, either. The second son will just have to make due with Lorraine, IMO.
 
Burgundy nobles and courts might demand of Mary to separate her realms for Maximilian to protect their independence? Bah, okay, but Philip is not inheriting Lorraine then!

Btw what happens to Margaret of Austria in this scenario? Queen of France? If Philip snatches up Anne of Brittany then Charles VIII can't wed her.
 
Burgundy nobles and courts might demand of Mary to separate her realms for Maximilian to protect their independence? Bah, okay, but Philip is not inheriting Lorraine then!

Btw what happens to Margaret of Austria in this scenario? Queen of France? If Philip snatches up Anne of Brittany then Charles VIII can't wed her.

What's wrong with her OTL option to wed the Prince of the Asturias - or does she somehow decrease in value in being the emperor's granddaughter? Alternatively, Friedrich "der Weise" of Saxony (patron of Martin Luther) and Friedrich "von dem Leer Tasche" of the Palatinate (who married Dorothea of Denmark OTL) both attempted to get Maximilian to let them marry his daughter - Saxony after her Savoy husband died and I'm not sure when the Palatinate offer was made.
 
What's wrong with her OTL option to wed the Prince of the Asturias - or does she somehow decrease in value in being the emperor's granddaughter? Alternatively, Friedrich "der Weise" of Saxony (patron of Martin Luther) and Friedrich "von dem Leer Tasche" of the Palatinate (who married Dorothea of Denmark OTL) both attempted to get Maximilian to let them marry his daughter - Saxony after her Savoy husband died and I'm not sure when the Palatinate offer was made.
Anne can marry the Prince of Orange and Isabeau can marry Philip.
 
Maximilan does not have to fight the flemish for starters. Burgundy would be more inclined to be loyal to Mary as she is the rightful duchess. But Max dying leaves her vounerable to french ambitions. She does need a second husband to support her.

The Netherlands had been revolting even before Max got into the picture: IIRC, couple of the top-ranking members of her administration had been executed. And she had to return the Duchy of Burgundy to France, anyway. County of Burgundy and the HRE part of the Netherlands were a different issue but there was also French parts of her possessions hold on different conditions.
 
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