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.
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.