As some people may know, John Trastámara of Asturias, the spanish ill-fated young prince who would have united the crowns of Aragon and Castile rather than his sister Joanna 'The Mad', died shortly before the birth of a stillborn daughter by his also young bride, the Habsburg archduchess Margaret of Austria and Burgundy.
What if the girl was born healthy? Politically speaking, how would this situation develop? Once again the crowns would be left to a female heir, potentially weakening Spain in face of many suitors for her hand, came from other royal houses of Europe.
IIRC, if such a thing happens of the young girl inheriting Spain, this would mean that the Habsburg brothers Charles and Ferdinand would be left to Austria and Burgundy, only. Also, I wonder if Ferdinand II would allow a marriage between his granddaughter and heir to her much-hated(-by-him) german cousins.
Although IOTL she wasn't baptized, let's randomly call her Beatrice to differentiate her from the tons of Isabellas and Marys existing at the time.
So I'd like to leave some subquestions:
1 - Is such a Beatrice x Charles match unlikely ITTL?
2 - If it is, who would she marry?
3 - If her cousin Miguel da Paz survives (I know that there are tons of threads about it, okay?), it's almost certain that they would be married off to each other. Consequences?
Outside the political-marriage thing:
4 - What about the Italian wars?
5 - What about the Colonization and Exploration?
6 - How would be the relations between her and her power-starving relatives from the HRE?
I hope you join (and enjoy) this thread
What if the girl was born healthy? Politically speaking, how would this situation develop? Once again the crowns would be left to a female heir, potentially weakening Spain in face of many suitors for her hand, came from other royal houses of Europe.
IIRC, if such a thing happens of the young girl inheriting Spain, this would mean that the Habsburg brothers Charles and Ferdinand would be left to Austria and Burgundy, only. Also, I wonder if Ferdinand II would allow a marriage between his granddaughter and heir to her much-hated(-by-him) german cousins.
Although IOTL she wasn't baptized, let's randomly call her Beatrice to differentiate her from the tons of Isabellas and Marys existing at the time.
So I'd like to leave some subquestions:
1 - Is such a Beatrice x Charles match unlikely ITTL?
2 - If it is, who would she marry?
3 - If her cousin Miguel da Paz survives (I know that there are tons of threads about it, okay?), it's almost certain that they would be married off to each other. Consequences?
Outside the political-marriage thing:
4 - What about the Italian wars?
5 - What about the Colonization and Exploration?
6 - How would be the relations between her and her power-starving relatives from the HRE?
I hope you join (and enjoy) this thread
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