The Rise of the European Emperor

Although there were some doubts about the abnormal behavior of the third daughter Maria, Ferdinand II and the Parliament of the Kingdom of Castile agreed to marry the third princess Maria to the Portuguese King Manuel I after deliberation. Succession room thing.

Because, if Manuel I married another princess from another country as his successor, then Miguel, the only son of Princess Isabella, who was only 6 years old, was likely to be killed by his stepmother. Instead, it is better to marry Princess Maria as a continuation. When my sister becomes a stepmother, it won't hurt Prince Miguel, right?

But they all thought wrong. In fact, after knowing that she could replace her sister as the Queen of Portugal, Princess Maria had already killed her sister's only son, Prince Miguel. Of course, the premise is that she can leave the boy first. It wouldn't be worth it if he killed Miguel if he couldn't keep the boy. After all, it is impossible for a father to know that a stepmother killed his ex-wife's child. If she fails to give birth to a boy, kill Miguel and make the Portuguese royal family extinct, maybe Manuel I will kill her.

Moreover, Princess Maria is also a wise person. She believes that before she starts, she must show her "loving" side and take good care of Prince Miguel... Until her son is born, Miguel, who is a stumbling block, can move away...

In fact, in the original history, Princess Maria attacked Miguel very early. Although he married into Portugal in October 1500. Prince Miguel was finished in August, but since Princess Isabella died in 1498, Princess Maria has long been the prospective queen of the Kingdom of Portugal, and the two sides have already made relevant preparations. The reason why the wedding was postponed until October 1500 was due to hostility and disputes between the two countries. The main issue is India's interests, and the two countries have had a very unpleasant quarrel. So, the wedding was postponed.

But in fact, Princess Maria has long been regarded as the prospective queen of Portugal, and she has already reached into the Portuguese royal palace. She bought the maids of her former sister's dowry to let the young Prince Miguel "die prematurely" before her own wedding. In this way, when the prince dies and marries himself, no one will doubt that he did it...

Therefore, Princess Maria is not a good thing. Moreover, after seeing that his second sister Juani's son, Charles V, was about to inherit the two great empires of Shinra and Spain, he immediately tried every means to marry his daughter Isabella and became the queen of the empire.

In fact, the marriage of Charles V suffered a great loss. The Austrians of the Habsburg family originally intended for Charles V to marry Princess Anne of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Because, when Maximilian I competed with Vladislas II for Hungary, there was an agreement - once the kingdom of Bohemia died out, then the kingdom of Bohemia and Hungary, including Bohemia The regions of Silesia and Moravia under the control of the Kingdom of Mia will be inherited by the Habsburg family.

In order to realize the dream of annexing the Kingdom of Bohemia, Hungary, Silesia and Moravia, the Austrians of the Habsburg family,

It was in support of the marriage of Charles V and Anne of Bohemia. Although Vladislas II had an only son, Lajosh, he was in poor health. The members of the Habsburg family in Austria were looking forward to the early death or extinction of Lajos II. In this way, the Habsburg family's domain can be expanded to the neighboring regions of Bohemia, Hungary, Silesia and Moravia.

However, because of the pressure from the Spanish royal family, Charles V married Princess Isabella, the daughter of Princess Maria. Then, Charles V's younger brother, Ferdinand, married Anne of Bohemia...

This laid the groundwork for the subsequent dissolution of the union of Shinra and the Spanish Empire - Lajos II was indeed dead, and the Kingdom of Bohemia, Hungary, Silesia, and Moravia were indeed all dead. Belonged to the Habsburg family. However, it belongs to Ferdinand, not Charles V...

So the problem came, Charles V wanted his son Philip II to inherit both the HRE Empire and the Spanish Empire. However, after inheriting the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Principality of Silesia and the Principality of Moravia, Charles V's younger brother Ferdinand became more confident and planned to compete for the throne of the Holy Roman Empire.

Moreover, because of the fear that Charles V's son Philip II had both Shinra and Spain, he suppressed the German vassal like his father. Therefore, the seven great emperors chose Ferdinand as the emperor of Shinra and the king of Germany. Even if Charles V was willing to give up the real power of the German king and only let Philip II have the title of emperor, the seven great princes did not agree. In this way, the consortium of Shinra and Spain, which once threw France out and captured the French king, had to be dissolved because of a wrong choice of marriage...

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/\u003e If it was not under the operation of Princess Maria who sent her daughter to be the queen, but the advice of the Austrian Habsburg family to let Charles V marry Anne of Bohemia, then Shinra The strong alliance with Spain will continue, and Germany can be effectively unified. After all, Spain's gold and silver gains in the Americas are no joke. After the union between Shinra and Spain was dissolved, the Habsburgs of Shinra were in a difficult situation, while the Spanish Habsburgs continued to dominate until after the defeat of the "Eighty Years' War" and "Thirty Years War" , began to decline. It can be seen that the strength of a country is not only related to the combat effectiveness of the army, but also has a considerable relationship with its financial strength. At the beginning, Spain was rich, but its population was insufficient and its military resources were limited. Although the German region is poor, it has a sufficient supply of troops. Moreover, the Germans have a tradition of martial arts, and their fighting power is not bad. The result of the powerful combination of the two is that Charles V beat France out, forcing France to form an alliance with the pagan Turkey to distract Shinra. If it wasn't for the bad luck of Charles V, who happened to catch up with the Reformation War, and spent a lot of effort to deal with Protestantism, perhaps, the various German vassal states would have been completely unified by him. In fact, the reason why the Reformation could appear, I have to mention a wise man - Frederick III, Elector of Saxony, who was the one who calculated Marin. The reason why Frederick III sheltered Martin Luther and supported him in his religious reform was actually to confuse the pool of love for Germany. As long as the German region was in trouble because of religious matters, Charles V would not have the energy to clean up the vassal states. In fact, he did succeed, involving the German region in a long and tragic religious war. Moreover, although Frederick III supported Martin Luther, he concealed it so well that he was not punished. Unfortunately, his successor was unsatisfactory, too upright, and exposed. Then, after the war of religion was lost, the title of Elector of Saxony fell to George's line, and Moritz, the descendant of stupid George, took advantage of it, and Saxony was reunited... In fact, Marin has been hesitant. , Do you want to marry his son Caesar and Princess Anne of the Kingdom of Bohemia. Because his son is about the same age as Princess Anne. Moreover, I have a good relationship with the brothers of the Jagiellonian Dynasty. Although his title is slightly lower, as long as he makes good use of Prince Sigismund, it is not impossible to achieve a marriage with King Vladislas II of Bohemia. And if Lajos II died in battle as in history, then the Kingdom of Bohemia, the Kingdom of Hungary, the Principality of Silesia and the Principality of Moravia would be his sons... But, Marin thought After thinking about it, the butterfly effect brought about by his own crossing, Lajos II may not necessarily die in battle. In that case, Caesar married Anne of Bohemia for nothing. Therefore, Marin finally gave up the plan to marry the Kingdom of Bohemia. Because that is full of uncertainty. And marriage with Edward, as long as he can defeat Henry VII, is stable. Because the French gave Edward's wife Anna the contraceptive pill... In the case that Edward had only one daughter, Margaret, as long as Edward captured England and married Margaret, it was equivalent to gaining England... England Compared with Bohemia, Hungary, etc., which is more cost-effective? Marin, of course, chose the UK. Don't look at the Kingdom of Bohemia, Hungary, plus Silesia and Moravia, which are larger in area and more populous than England. However, Hungary is a pit... Hungary is located on the border with Ottoman Turkey, and inheriting Hungary is equivalent to inheriting the war with Ottoman Turkey. Charles V's failure to reach Paris had something to do with the pressure Turkey put on the Hungarian border. The Balkans have long been a powder keg, fighting endlessly. Moreover, these areas do not rely on the sea and cannot develop maritime trade. Therefore, looking at the site is quite large and the population is large, in fact, it is not as affordable as the United Kingdom. After all, the United Kingdom is suitable for the development of large-scale navigation, as well as rich in coal and iron, which is more promising than those four regions... After thinking again and again, Marin gave up the plan to marry Caesar and Anne of Bohemia. It is a pity that he does not have a second legal child (Robert is an illegitimate child). Otherwise, he must find a way to marry Anne of Bohemia. After all, those four countries are too large, and Austria, together with Austria, is the Austro-Hungarian Empire...