Suzanne de Bourbon was the only child of Anne of Beaujeu, Regent of France, and Pierre II, Duc de Bourbon (unless you count her brother, Charles, supposedly born in 1476, but sources conflict as to whether he died at birth or lived or even existed at all, for the sake of discussion, we'll assume he's stillborn). Her inheritance was the cause of much legal wrangling, with her being the only heiress to the main line of the house of Bourbon. Her mother got her acknolwedged as heiress in her own right and this pissed off her betrothed, the comte de Montpensier, who refused to accept his inheritance "in right of his wife". Suzanne wound up engaged to the duc d'Alençon (OTL husband of Marguerite d'Angoulême) instead, and then, after the comte de Montpensier died, married to his younger brother, the duc de Bourbon (the famous Constable de Bourbon of OTL). Unfortunately, they had no surviving children, and the inheritance was caught up in legal struggles between the Constable and the king's mother (Louise of Savoy) for years.
But..what if Suzanne de Bourbon were a boy. Let's call her Pierre - after her father (she'd probably be Charles, but "Pierre" avoids having confusion with her uncle, Charles VIII; her husband, Charles, Constable de Bourbon; and her fictional/stillborn brother). Pierre would be undisputed heir to his father's lands (so no legal wrangling to get her acknowledged as heir in the first place, no deals between Anne of Beaujeu and Louis XII, no drawn out lawsuits regarding the inheritance etc).
How does this affect things?
@isabella @VVD0D95 @Jan Olbracht @The Professor @Cornelis @curlyhairedhippie @FalconHonour @BlueFlowwer @CaptainShadow
But..what if Suzanne de Bourbon were a boy. Let's call her Pierre - after her father (she'd probably be Charles, but "Pierre" avoids having confusion with her uncle, Charles VIII; her husband, Charles, Constable de Bourbon; and her fictional/stillborn brother). Pierre would be undisputed heir to his father's lands (so no legal wrangling to get her acknowledged as heir in the first place, no deals between Anne of Beaujeu and Louis XII, no drawn out lawsuits regarding the inheritance etc).
How does this affect things?
@isabella @VVD0D95 @Jan Olbracht @The Professor @Cornelis @curlyhairedhippie @FalconHonour @BlueFlowwer @CaptainShadow
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