WI/PC: Wettin Burgundy

This was inspired by @kasumigenx’s TL of the same name.

Sigmund, Holy Roman Emperor, only had one child, a daughter: Elisabeth/Eliska. Said daughter married Albrecht of Habsburg, King of Germany and carried the duchy of Luxemburg into the Habsburg family. Unfortunately, due to their son, Ladislaus only being born after Albrecht’s death, and his later death of (possibly) leukaemia, the duchy of Luxemburg once again went through the female line, to his elder sister Anna.

Anna married Wilhelm ‘der Tapfere’ of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia, and had issue by him. Unfortunately, again, two girls – one of whom became Electress of Brandenburg, the other Duchess of Munsterberg, Countess of Glatz. I’m not sure on the independence of Luxemburg from Burgundy, at this point, per se, since Burgundy inherited/took several territories through bequests/loans (Holland, Hainaut and Seeland; or Guelders, for instance). But let’s assume Luxemburg is in a sort of Guelders situation – rented by the duke of Burgundy, but the rent is up, and the landlords want him dispossessed.

Now, for the POD. Anna and Wilhelm have a son – maybe their younger daughter, Katharina (b.1453) is born male (name suggestions?). In this case, said son succeeds as duke when mom dies in 1462, at the age of 9yo. But the Burgundian lease isn’t up yet, so things go roughly as OTL. But, come the beginning of the 1470s when Charles the Bold is fighting everybody (his personality makes it seem unlikely to me that he’d do otherwise; in modern terms I would say he’s a bully), the lease is expired, and Charles doesn’t want to let go of Luxemburg. So Thuringia joins the war against Burgundy (alongside Lorraine and everyone else). The young duke of Luxemburg takes part in the fighting.

When Charles is killed (seems a case of when, not if) in battle, if he leaves only a daughter as OTL, would she still marry Maximilian of Austria? Or might she marry the landgrave of Thuringia/duke of Luxemburg instead?

PS: Sorry, I know this is a lot of butterfly-herding in order to get the desired result.
 
This was inspired by @kasumigenx’s TL of the same name.

Sigmund, Holy Roman Emperor, only had one child, a daughter: Elisabeth/Eliska. Said daughter married Albrecht of Habsburg, King of Germany and carried the duchy of Luxemburg into the Habsburg family. Unfortunately, due to their son, Ladislaus only being born after Albrecht’s death, and his later death of (possibly) leukaemia, the duchy of Luxemburg once again went through the female line, to his elder sister Anna.

Anna married Wilhelm ‘der Tapfere’ of Saxony, Landgrave of Thuringia, and had issue by him. Unfortunately, again, two girls – one of whom became Electress of Brandenburg, the other Duchess of Munsterberg, Countess of Glatz. I’m not sure on the independence of Luxemburg from Burgundy, at this point, per se, since Burgundy inherited/took several territories through bequests/loans (Holland, Hainaut and Seeland; or Guelders, for instance). But let’s assume Luxemburg is in a sort of Guelders situation – rented by the duke of Burgundy, but the rent is up, and the landlords want him dispossessed.

Now, for the POD. Anna and Wilhelm have a son – maybe their younger daughter, Katharina (b.1453) is born male (name suggestions?). In this case, said son succeeds as duke when mom dies in 1462, at the age of 9yo. But the Burgundian lease isn’t up yet, so things go roughly as OTL. But, come the beginning of the 1470s when Charles the Bold is fighting everybody (his personality makes it seem unlikely to me that he’d do otherwise; in modern terms I would say he’s a bully), the lease is expired, and Charles doesn’t want to let go of Luxemburg. So Thuringia joins the war against Burgundy (alongside Lorraine and everyone else). The young duke of Luxemburg takes part in the fighting.

When Charles is killed (seems a case of when, not if) in battle, if he leaves only a daughter as OTL, would she still marry Maximilian of Austria? Or might she marry the landgrave of Thuringia/duke of Luxemburg instead?

PS: Sorry, I know this is a lot of butterfly-herding in order to get the desired result.
In that scenario they will unite both Burgundy and Bohemia.
 
Bohemia was "the oldest son and if the king is sonless, we take a random relative." They didn't really know what they were doing either. It's kind of like how France ended up in Salic law after the fact.
 
Well, having two thrones at opposite ends of Europe could be fun. That's if the Bohemian estates decide not to go the OTL route - Jiri z Podiebrad then Wladyslaw of Poland.

How might a Wettin Low Countries differ from Habsburg rule of OTL?
 
Would Marie even look twice at the Wettin boy, I wonder? If Burgundy already controls the situation on the ground in Luxemburg? Or if she marries someone like the dauphin (POD's in the early 1450s so one of Louis XI's elder boys may survive) or the emperor, would Saxony even be able to go toe-to-toe against them in defense of Luxemburg?
 
Would Marie even look twice at the Wettin boy, I wonder? If Burgundy already controls the situation on the ground in Luxemburg? Or if she marries someone like the dauphin (POD's in the early 1450s so one of Louis XI's elder boys may survive) or the emperor, would Saxony even be able to go toe-to-toe against them in defense of Luxemburg?
Depends on the Geopolitics at that time.
 
Well William's son will probably be Frederick since it's his father and brother's name.
I daresay say Marie of Burgundy will have a lot of suitors. The Habsburgs won't want a Wettin Burgundy-Netherlands, France doesn't want a Habsburg Burgundy-Netherlands, who else had claims on rhe various territories? I can see some splitting happening as a compromise.
 
A Jagiellonian Burgundy is also a possibility as well, an alternative to having these wettins getting Burgundy in OTL
 
Sigismund didn't pass the Duchy of Luxemburg to his daughter and Habsburg in-law, he mortgaged it to his niece, Elizabeth, due to being unable to pay a loan, under Burgundian pressure she sold the Duchy to Philip the Good, on the condition that he would only get it after her death, which of course he didn't care.

The Luxemburgish estates clashed with the Burgundians and tried to name Sigismund's grandson, Ladislaus of Hungary their duke, but there is no source that Ladislaus ever considered anything about the duchy (if he even knew about the Estates decision), so any "claim" from the Wettins to Luxemburg would be flimsy at best, whoever gets Mary's hand will be the best, and Maximilian is a much better match than the Saxons.
 
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