How lovely that Ferdinand has brought some peace to Germany, hopefully it will last.
The King is dead - A Renaissance TL
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Much will depend from the Council of Rome at this point. But Germany right now is calmer than OTL and united in the Crusade against the Ottoman invaders under Ferdinand’s leadership…
Ferdinand is the heir of his maternal grandparents. He was raised in Aragon, listening to stories of the Reconquista and of similar enterprises... He is a warrior of the Faith and here is free to demonstrate that, instead of being forced to search compromises on religion as OTL... The Pope, the German princes, the Hungarians and also Charles V now have learned that. The Ottomans will be the next ones? I can not say it…
Well said, he will make a fine Emperor when his time comes. And wish that charles has better luck with his children surviving.
Agreed
For now he has just an illegitimate daughter and a newborn legitimate son but he and his Isabel plan to have a big family… we will see how much luck they will have in this
Oaths - Ferdinand
Ferdinand had definitely not inherited the love for war of his namesake grandfather, but he had doubtless inherited from his Spanish grandparents the desire to fight for the Cross and free Europe from the Ottomans invaders and was secure who God had called him to the mission to free Hungary from the Ottomans, after that damned heretic monk and the ambitions of the King of France and some German Princes had caused its fall as warning and punishment for their sin. The poor Louis had paid with his life the price of that betrayal as he had fought with all his strength for repeal the invaders but had far too men for being effective and Ferdinand had sweared to Mary and Anna who he would avenge his death, and after that had to swear who he would not risk uselessly his life and do everything in his power for returning at home alive as they had pressed him to do. He had made that second oath against his will, only because he could not deny that to his brokenhearted sister and to his pregnant wife, not when both still dressed the mourning for Louis, but that do not mean who he would not keep his word, and any any case many of his councillors had heard that oath and e knew who his wife and sister had charged his squire with the job to remind him the oath if he looked to have forgotten it. Another reason for remembering that oath was the fact who he would lose credibility ignoring an oath and his Hungarian subjects would not forgiven him to disrespecting a promise made to their princess and their former Queen, without forgetting who the main reason for which he had sweared was who he felt guilt towards Mary as he had been unable to help and save her husband and towards Anna as he had been absent at Elisabeth’s birth and would be away also for the new kid, either Maximilian Louis or Anna. Still arriving in Alba Regia, Ferdinand had renewed his Oath to not rest before repelling the invaders in the Basilica of the Assumption, kneeled on his brother-in-law’s grave.
What is the Pope referring to in this sentance? The reasons for the first what? Presumably conditions for the council/reconciliation of the protestants, but what are those conditions?
You will learn that in the future… right now it would be spoiler… but luckily the Council is not too far away in the future…
Happy Easter to everyone
Reflections - Eleonora
Eleanor, Duchess of Milan was enjoying her time in the nursery, thankful to see only harmony in that rooms: Ippolito de’ Medici, the illegitimate son of the late Giuliano of Nemours, at sixteen was too old for being truly seen as part of it, and was more Francesco‘s squire, waiting for a decision from the Emperor for his future, like his seventeen old cousin Alessandro (officially illegitimate son of Lorenzo, Duke of Urbino, but likelier to be son of the late Clement VII), who was sent in Spain after the fall of Florence. So the eldest of the children in the nursery was her niece, Charles’ illegitimate daughter, Isabella Margherita, nine years old, followed by the eight years old Caterina de’ Medici, the legitimate heiress of the main branch of the Medici, as only child of the late Lorenzo of Urbino by his french wife. The next in age was her own daughter, the seven years old Maria of Portugal, followed by the six years old Cristina di Danimarca, daughter of her sister Isabella. At only two months, her son by Francesco, Ludovico Sforza, Count of Pavia, was far too young for having any role in the nursery, other than being the main object of attentions from everyone employed there.
If Caterina and Maria had not established a great relationship with each other, the arrival of her nieces from Burgundy had taken away any tension as Caterina now followed Isabella Margherita while Cristina and Maria had needed just five minutes after meeting each other for becoming inseparable and now were far closer than she and Isabella had ever been, something who many, including their aunt Margaret, would think impossible, but she and Isabella had two years and half of difference, with Charles between them in age, while their daughters had less than six months of difference and very similar temperaments.
Eleanor suspected who another reason for which the split in pairs of the four girls had been so automatic and worked so well was their difference in status and prospectives: Maria and Cristina were royal princess by birth, whose future had been already planned as her Maria was engaged to the young King of France and Cristina to the heir of the Duke of Lorraine, while nothing had already established for Isabella, who was illegitimate, and Caterina, whose family was still seen as parvenues, as both girls needed to wait the decisions of her brother.
Eleanor knew who Charles had taken in consideration the option to marry his little Isabella to Alessandro de’ Medici and give the rulership of Florence to the pair, but she hoped who Charles would choose the other option: finding elsewhere an husband for his little Isabella, and give Florence to Ippolito and Caterina, as they would be likelier to be loyal to the Habsburgs than the favorite and possible son of Clement VII, who had been only an enemy for their family.
Plus she knew who Francesco would not be unfavorable to use Isabella Margherita’s marriage for resolving a certain question with the Pope in a satisfying manner for everyone…
Still she would meet Charles again in few months, as her brother would be in Rome in the following spring for his Imperial coronation and neither Eleanor or Francesco would ever think to miss that event, and as Charles would bring his wife Isabella with him, Eleanor was awaiting impatiently to meet again her cousin, sister-in-law and former stepdaughter, as she was quite worried for some things who Isabella had implied in her letters and feared who Charles had not caught her hints… Well, only few months, and she would meet both of them in person and they would have the chance to talk in private and resolve any misunderstanding.
And while she awaited anxiously the reunion with her brother and her cousin, for now she would concentrate her energies in what shew had nearby: Francesco, the kids, Milan and her duties to all of them, who luckily had never felt heavy: she liked and respected Francesco and their marriage had quickly become an affectionate one, she loved her kids and her young nieces and had quickly warmed to the orphaned Caterina and fulfill her duties as Duchess was something quite natural for her as she had been raised for such role, in the same way in which she was raising the four girls in the nursery, and Milan was a beautiful city who had given her a great welcome, as the inhabitants had been glad and proud to receive the sister of the powerful Charles V as wife of their ruler, so she had immediately started to love the city and in short time Milan had truly become her new home, in a way who only her native Burgundy had ever been.
If Caterina and Maria had not established a great relationship with each other, the arrival of her nieces from Burgundy had taken away any tension as Caterina now followed Isabella Margherita while Cristina and Maria had needed just five minutes after meeting each other for becoming inseparable and now were far closer than she and Isabella had ever been, something who many, including their aunt Margaret, would think impossible, but she and Isabella had two years and half of difference, with Charles between them in age, while their daughters had less than six months of difference and very similar temperaments.
Eleanor suspected who another reason for which the split in pairs of the four girls had been so automatic and worked so well was their difference in status and prospectives: Maria and Cristina were royal princess by birth, whose future had been already planned as her Maria was engaged to the young King of France and Cristina to the heir of the Duke of Lorraine, while nothing had already established for Isabella, who was illegitimate, and Caterina, whose family was still seen as parvenues, as both girls needed to wait the decisions of her brother.
Eleanor knew who Charles had taken in consideration the option to marry his little Isabella to Alessandro de’ Medici and give the rulership of Florence to the pair, but she hoped who Charles would choose the other option: finding elsewhere an husband for his little Isabella, and give Florence to Ippolito and Caterina, as they would be likelier to be loyal to the Habsburgs than the favorite and possible son of Clement VII, who had been only an enemy for their family.
Plus she knew who Francesco would not be unfavorable to use Isabella Margherita’s marriage for resolving a certain question with the Pope in a satisfying manner for everyone…
Still she would meet Charles again in few months, as her brother would be in Rome in the following spring for his Imperial coronation and neither Eleanor or Francesco would ever think to miss that event, and as Charles would bring his wife Isabella with him, Eleanor was awaiting impatiently to meet again her cousin, sister-in-law and former stepdaughter, as she was quite worried for some things who Isabella had implied in her letters and feared who Charles had not caught her hints… Well, only few months, and she would meet both of them in person and they would have the chance to talk in private and resolve any misunderstanding.
And while she awaited anxiously the reunion with her brother and her cousin, for now she would concentrate her energies in what shew had nearby: Francesco, the kids, Milan and her duties to all of them, who luckily had never felt heavy: she liked and respected Francesco and their marriage had quickly become an affectionate one, she loved her kids and her young nieces and had quickly warmed to the orphaned Caterina and fulfill her duties as Duchess was something quite natural for her as she had been raised for such role, in the same way in which she was raising the four girls in the nursery, and Milan was a beautiful city who had given her a great welcome, as the inhabitants had been glad and proud to receive the sister of the powerful Charles V as wife of their ruler, so she had immediately started to love the city and in short time Milan had truly become her new home, in a way who only her native Burgundy had ever been.