WI the sons of Francis I of France dies in Spain.

So after the battle of Pavia, Francis was captur d and forced to sign the treaty of Madrid in 1526. To make sure Francis would follow the treaty Charles V demanded the two oldest sons of Francis as hostage, Francis accepted and the Dauphin and his brother were held in captivity by the Spanish.

So my question is WI both of them died during their captivity?

How would this effect France?
 
It gives Francis a HUGE stick to beat over Charles head, and no way in hell is he marrying Eleanor. Someone younger will be found. Hopefully Francis won't turn into a Henry VIII.
 
Does Charles, Duke of Angouleme (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II_de_Valois,_Duke_of_Orléans) still die? If not, then he's the obvious choice for heir. If he does, then the next male heir would be Charles IV, Duke of Alencon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_IV,_Duke_of_Alençon), then Charles III, Duke of Bourdon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III,_Duke_of_Bourbon), and then Charles de Bourbon, Count/Duke of Vendome (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Duke_of_Vendôme).

But, between lack of surviving children and allegiances with the Hapsburgs, who knows?
 
Do they die by natural causes like illness or are they poisoned?

Even if they do die of natural causes there'd still probably be suspicions and rampant rumours that they were poisoned.


Given he's heir now the precise circumstances of his OTL death are butterflied. But you might doubt whether someone who managed to die in a monumentally stupid way IOTL ("Sure, let's go into a plague-infested house on a dare. Nothing could possibly go wrong!") would live a long and healthy life anyway.
 
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