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.
A few is my guessSo Mary weds Rene then? How many children would they have together?
Why is Mary snubbing her firstborn of his birthright?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.
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).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.
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.
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.
Anne can marry the Prince of Orange and Isabeau can marry Philip.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.
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.