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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles_de_Rais

^ this was a nasty guy.

But, I had an idea for a TL on him becoming the King of France and wanted to flesh it out.

The PoD to make this happen is basically 1420.

15 year old Gilles was being shopped around for marraige by his grandfather Jean de Cracon in Brittany.

At the same time, the Duke of Brittany, John VI was imprisoned by rebelious nobles, seeking said title, which they lost in the Breton War of Succession.

John VI wife, Duchesss Anne, Daughter of Charles VI King of France was in a precarious position during this period and did literally everything she could to rescue him, ultimately succeeding.

So what if John VI for whatever reason dies during his imprisonment and Anne, looking for a way to resetablish the legitmacy of her position in Brittany, marries the young Gilles. This would also satify the local nobles as Gilles was a decendant of Breton Kin.

Then, just as OTL, Gilles goes on to fight nobily with Joan of Arc, while Charles VII, stays in southern France after his father dies. Charles VII then dies or is murdered for whatever reason

Then after victory, as the House of Valois has no more male heirs descendant from the Charles VI, remnants of the French Court has Anne proclaimed Queen of France with Gilles as King/Prince-Consort in Paris.

Then the murders and occult stuff starts to happen.

Is this Doable? And would you be interested in reading?
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