WI: Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Philipp, Duke of Burgundy Switch Wives

Would Isabella not be considered for the king of Denmark here? It seems like a more prestigious match than merely duchess of Milan, no?
From a political/strategical point of view securing the alliance with the very rich Duchy of Milan (here we do not have Italian wars, Milan is still indipendent under Ludovico and then his heirs with his treasury intact. Max is also sending his daughter with little dowry (and after receiving a big payment from Ludovico for the Imperial investiture of Milan years earlier and after that some not refunded loans). As Ludovico has no daughter and Max only surviving son by Juana is marrying Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, a match between ercole Massimiliano and Isabella is the best solution for everyone. Milan is only a Duchy but is rich, powerful and prestigious while Denmark is not (plus Christian's ATL interest is Elizabeth/Mary of England as one will die and the other marry Christian and England and Scotland will help Christian II to keep control of the whole Kalmar union)
 
Manuel I of Portugal (1469-1519), King of Portugal marry a) Isabella of Castile and Aragon (1470-1498) in 1497 b) Maria of Aragon (1482-1522) in 1499

1a) Miguel da Paz (1498-1530), King of Spain
2b) Joao (1502-1507)
3b) Isabella (1503-1539) - ?
4b) Luis (1504-1506)
5b) Beatriz (1506-1540) - ?
6b) Fernando (1507-1534), Duke of Beja married in 1530 Guimar Coutinho (1507 - 1534)
7b) Alfonso (1509-1515)
8b) Enrique (1512-1515)
9b) Maria (1513)
10b) Duarte (1515-1552), Duke of Guimarães married in 1536 Isabella of Braganza (1514-1576)
11b) Antonio (1516)
 
Manuel I of Portugal (1469-1519), King of Portugal marry a) Isabella of Castile and Aragon (1470-1498) in 1497 b) Maria of Aragon (1482-1522) in 1499

Would Manuel remarry to Maria if he has a surviving son with Isabel? I once saw a TL where Miguel da Paz survived so Manuel remarried to Fernando's niece, Giovanna of Naples instead. I can't recall what they did with Maria in this situation, though. And I'll be the first to admit that should the Portuguese option not be available for Maria, it's rather difficult to find a suitable husband for her.
 
Would Manuel remarry to Maria if he has a surviving son with Isabel? I once saw a TL where Miguel da Paz survived so Manuel remarried to Fernando's niece, Giovanna of Naples instead. I can't recall what they did with Maria in this situation, though. And I'll be the first to admit that should the Portuguese option not be available for Maria, it's rather difficult to find a suitable husband for her.
I think Ferdinand and Isabella would still think to a match between Manuel and Maria as the best solution for everyone (and I would not know what do with her without Manuel)...

I was working on expanding the trees but I fear to have lost all the work (mostly because I was in trouble with Max II’s mother-in-law but I have found a pretty good solution for it).
 
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Trees (work in progress)

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459-1522) marry a) Mary, Duchess of Burgundy (1457-1482) in 1477 b) Juana of Castile and Aragon (1479-1514) in 1496

1a) Philip of Burgundy (1478-1511), Duke of Burgundy and Brittany married Anne, Duchess of Brittany (1477-1509) in 1942

1) Isabella of Burgundy (1495-?), Duchess of Brittany, Burgundy and Lorraine married Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489-?) in 1510

1) Charles I, King of Lotharingia (1512-?)
2) Anne of Lorraine (1515-1518)
3) Mary of Lorraine (1518)
4) Francis of Lorraine (1520-?)
5) Anne of Lorraine (1523-?)
6) Isabelle of Lorraine (1525-?)​

2) Charles of Burgundy (1495-1497)
3) Margaret of Burgundy (1497)
4) Anne of Burgundy (1499-1503)
5) John of Burgundy (1502-1507)
6) miscarriage (1505)
7) Francis III, Duke of Brittany (1507-1511)
8) Philip of Burgundy (1509) stillborn​

2a) Margaret of Burgundy (1480-1510), Queen of France married Charles VIII, King of France (1470-1498) in 1492

1) Anne Marie of France (1495-1506)
2) Louis XII, King of France (1497-1507)​

3a) Francis of Austria (1481)
4b) Eleanor of Austria (1497-?), Queen of Poland and Hungary
5b) Maximilian II of Austria (1499-?), Holy Roman Emperor, Archduke of Austria, King of Bohemia married Elizabeth of Bohemia and Hungary (1505-?) in 1520
6b) Isabella of Austria (1501-?), Duchess of Milan married Massimiliano Sforza, Duke of Milan (1497-?) in 1518
7b) Frederick of Austria (1503-1504)
8b) Mary of Austria (1505-1505)
9b) John of Austria (1507-1510)
10b) Joanna of Austria (1510-1512)
11b) Catherine of Austria (1514)


Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1518), King of Aragon and Sicily married Isabella I of Castile (1451-1510) in 1469

1) Isabella of Castile and Aragon (1470-1498), Queen of Portugal, Princess of Asturias and Girona married a) Alfonso of Portugal (1475-1491) in 1490 and b) Manuel I, King of Portugal (1469-1519) in 1497

1b) Miguel da Paz, King of Spain (1498-?)
2) miscarried son (1472)
3) Juan of Castile and Aragon (1478-1497), Prince of Asturias and Girona married Charlotte of Aragon of Naples (1480-1510) in 1496

1) Ana Isabel of Castile and Aragon (1497)
4) Juana of Aragon (1479-1514), Holy Roman Empress married Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459-1522) in 1496
5) Maria of Aragon (1482-1522), Queen of Portugal married Manuel I, King of Portugal (1469-1519) in 1499
6) Ana of Aragon (1482) twin of Maria, stillborn
7) Catalina of Aragon (1485-1520), Queen of England married a) Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales (1486-1502) in 1501 and b) Henry VIII, King of England (1491-?) in 1505

Manuel I, King of Portugal (1469-1519) married a) Isabella of Castile and Aragon (1470-1498) in 1497 b) Maria of Aragon (1482-1522) in 1499

1a) Miguel da Paz (1498-?), King of Spain married Madeleine, Queen of Navarre* (1494-?) in 1512

1) Isabella of Spain (1513-1522)
2) Catherine of Spain (1514-1522)
3) John III, King of Spain (1516-?)
4) Manuel of Spain (1519-1522)
5) Ferdinand of Spain (1521-?)
6) Eleanor of Spain (1522-?)
7) Madeleine of Spain (1522-?)
8) Anna Isabella of Spain (1525-?)
2b) Joao (1502-1507)
3b) Isabella (1503-?) - ?
4b) Luis (1504-1506)
5b) Beatriz (1506-?) - ?
6b) Fernando (1507-?), Duke of Beja married in 1530 Guimar Coutinho (1507-?)
7b) Alfonso (1509-1515)
8b) Enrique (1512-1515)
9b) Maria (1513)
10b) Duarte (1515-?), Duke of Guimarães married in 1536 Isabella of Braganza (1514-?)
11b) Antonio (1516)

*Here OTL’s fates of Henry II of Navarre and Madeleine are switched so he die in 1504 and she eventually inherited Navarre who will be integrated in Spain under the reign of her son John III so ATL Spain wil” be composed by Aragon, Castile, Navarra and Portugal (and Spanish and Iberian will keep the same meaning)

James IV, King of Scotland (1473-1520) married Bianca Maria Sforza (1472-?) in 1490

1) James V, King of Scotland (1491-?), married Margaret Tudor (1489-?) in 1505

1) James, Duke of Rothesay (1507-1513)
2) Arthur, Duke of Ross (1509-1513)
3) Elizabeth of Scotland (1511-?)
4) Alexander IV, King of Scotland (1512-?)
5) John, Duke of Ross (1514)
6) Margaret of Scotland (1515)
7) Bianca Maria of Scotland (1517-?), Duchess of Albany married James Stewart, Duke of Albany and Count d’Auvergne* (1516-?) in 1526
8) James of Scotland, Duke of Ross (1519-?)​

2) Margaret of Scotland (1493-1496)
3) John of Scotland (1496)
4) Bianca Maria of Scotland (1498-?)
5) Beatrice of Scotland (1500-?)

*= James Stewart is the son and only surviving child of John Stewart, Duke of Albany (1484-?) and his cousin and wife Madeleine de la Tour d’Auvergne (1498-?). ATL Anne (1496-1509) died early so John remarried to his younger cousin.

Ferdinando I of Aragon, King of Naples (1423-1494) married a) Isabella of Clermont of Taranto (1424-1465) in 1444 b) Juana of Aragon (1454-1517) in 1476

1a) Alfonso II, King of Naples (1448-1495) married Ippolita Maria Sforza (1446-1484), Duchess of Calabria in 1465

1) Ferdinando II, King of Naples (1469-1496) married Giovanna of Aragon (1478-1518) in 1496
2) Isabella (1470-1510) married Gian Galeazzo Sforza, Duke of Milan (1469-1494) in 1489 (annulled in 1491 as non consummated)
3) Piero (1472-1491), Prince of Rossano​

2a) Eleonora (1450-1493), Duchess of Ferrara married Ercole d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1431-1505) in 1473

1) Isabella d’Este (1474-?), Marchioness of Mantua married Francesco II Gonzaga, Marquess of Mantua (1466-1519) in 1490

2) Beatrice d’Este (1475-1506), Duchess of Milan married Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Milan and Bari (1452-1510) in 1491

1) Ercole Sforza (1493-1498)
2) Francesco Sforza (1495-1498)
3) Massimiliano Sforza, Duke of Milan (1497-?) married Isabella of Austria (1501) in 1518
4) Bianca Maria Sforza (1498-1507)
5) Eleonora Sforza (1500-?)
6) Ascanio (1502-1506)
7) Beatrice Sforza (1503-?)
8) Ludovico Sforza, Duke of Bari (1505-?)
3) Alfonso d’Este, Duke of Ferrara (1476-?) married Anna Maria Sforza (1476-1505) in 1491

1) Alessandro d’Este, Duke of Ferrara (1496-?)
2) Eleonora d’Este (1498-?)
3) Ercole d’Este (1502-?)
4) Isabella d’Este (1505)
4) Ferrante d’Este (1477-?)
5) Ippolito d’Este (1479-?), Cardinal
6) Sigismondo d’Este (1480-1524)

3a) Federico IV, King of Naples (1452-1520) married a) Anne of Savoy (1455-1480) in 1478 b) Isabella del Balzo, Duchess of Andria (1463-1525) in 1487

1a) Charlotte (1480-1510), Princess of Asturias and Girona married Juan of Castile and Aragon (1478-1497) in 1496

1) Ana Isabella of Castile and Argon (1497)​
2b) Giulia d’Aragona (1488-1507), Queen of Bohemia and Hungary married Vladislaus II Jagiellon, King of Bohemia and Hungary (1456-1516) in 1502

1) Elizabeth Jagiellon (1505-?), Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Bohemia married Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1499-?) in 1520
3b) Ferdinando III, King of Naples (1492-?) married Germaine of Foix (1490-?) in 1505

1) Federico V, King of Naples (1507-?)
2) Giulia (1510-1514)
3) Francesco, Duke of Taranto (1512-?)
4) Giovanni, Duke of Andria (1514-?)
5) Isabella (1515-?)
4b) Alfonso (1499-1507)
5b) Isabella (1500-?)
4a) Giovanni (1456-1485) Cardinal
5a) Beatrice (1475-1508), Queen of Hungary married Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (1443-1490) in 1476 and Vladislaus II Jagiellon, King of Bohemia and Hungary (1456-1516) in 1491 (annulled in 1500)
6a) Francesco, Duke of Sant Angelo (1461-1486)
7b) Giovanna (1478-1518), Queen of Naples married Ferdinando II, King of Naples (1469-1496) in 1496
8b) Carlo (1480–1486)

Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480-1520) married Yolande Louise of Savoy (1487-1516) in 1496

1) Charles III, Duke of Savoy (1504-?)
2) Margaret (1506-?)
3) Louise (1508-?)
4) Anne (1510-?)
5) Philip (1513-1514)
6) Charlotte (1516-1520)

The dates on the trees are until 1530 so anyone with ? instead of a death date is still alive in 1530
 
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Still a lot work-in-progress but at least the trees are here now. Elizabeth Jagiellon is the ATL daughter and only child of Vladislaus from his ATL third wedding. I have not written anything as note because she will be in one of the trees from her mother's side when they will be completed.
Maybe I will add some tres for France (and really my idea is screwing France as much is possible).
Bianca Maria Sforza, Margaret of Burgundy and Anne of Brittany had a complicated obstetrical history in OTL and here things will not be much better for them (they all will have many pregnancies but only three/five adult children between all of them).
 
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This would be the ATL second wife of Sigmund of Poland, who succeeds to the Hungarian throne? Or does she wed an alt son of Vladislaus II?
She is Sigismund’s only wife... Empress Elizabeth is Vladislaus’ only child here. Max here has less money than OTL (and also his support in Hungary is practically inexistent after his previous failure) so he decide to left Hungary to Sigismund offering him Eleanor as wife for securing Bohemia and Elizabeth for his own son.
 
@Kellan Sullivan @Jan Olbracht: all the trees are updated right now...
I need to make only the Tudor’s tree and some for France...

For England and France the the biggest changes are:
  • the survival of Elizabeth Tudor, who will marry Christian II of Denmark,
  • the wedding of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon in 1505 (they will have a surviving son and daughter)
  • Mary Tudor will marry Francis I of France (and have two surviving sons and two daughters)
  • Alençon will survive and will have a son by Margaret of Angoulême
  • Suzanne of Bourbon also will live longer and will have one or two sons
  • The Duke of Orléans will be King as Louis XIII but will be unable to divorce from Jeanne of France
 
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