I’m glad to see that Eleanor has found some happiness - she deserves it after what her otl second marriage put her through
The King is dead - A Renaissance TL
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Thank you very much… I like trying to give an insight in the mind of my characters and most of times I find easier telling the story from their point of viewWonderful work here!love how you incorporate the personal/emotional lives of the people involved here.
Thank you very much. Eleanor here is really happy and she deserve that after everything she had lived before (while the marriage to Francis was without doubt the worst part of her OTL life, she had not an easier life before that and here, well, that part was worse)
How nice to see Eleanor playing a rule in the politics of Italy, hopefully she and Charles do indeed find a good solution to the issue of Florence.
Eleanor has already an idea of how resolving things, but she need to talk to Charles and get his agreement to that plan. Still Charles is not anymore convinced to giving his precious Isabella and Florence to Alessandro de‘ Medici is a good idea so he is open to alternatives
Joy and worries - Renée
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Renée, Queen of England was without doubt happy: only few months of marriage and she was already pregnant, hopefully with a future Prince of Wales, and that had reinforced her marriage as Henry had obviously been overjoyed to hear the news. The only shadow was the fact who, without any input from her the King had discovered the fact who his precious pearl still believed her mother to be Henry‘s legitimate wife and Queen as she had heard who Henry had strongly reprimanded Lady Salisbury and sacked lady Willoughby ordering to her to return to her native Spain, naturally without her daughter, a young heiress who was ward of the Duke of Suffolk. After that he had sent princess Mary back in the countryside with a reduced household and had forbidden to the Suffolks, who also had been reprimanded, and the Spanish envoy to have any contact with her until the girl repented for her sins, accepted the truth and asked publicly forgiveness to her stepmother… Renée had tried to persuade Henry to be less cruel, specially to lady Willoughby, as she do not wanted be the cause for her separation from her young daughter but the King had told her who while he appreciated her kindness and good hearth, she would do better to stay out of the question as tolerating such behaviors would put in danger the security of the Kingdom so he had to act harshly now for preventing a bigger fire in future. Renee tried to keep her mind away from that events as she had not been able to do anything and could understand very well Henry’s reasons but still she had lost her mother when she was only three years old and her father at four so she knew far too well the kind of hurt who her stepdaughter and Katherine Willoughby must felt and she was worried for them.
Luckily Renée had some people on which she could count, starting with her old governess, Madame de Soubise, who was one of the few French women who she had kept with her, and lady Elizabeth Boleyn, the mother of her friend Anne, had quickly become another point of reference for her, and had helped her to settle in the English court. Another thing who made Renée happy was having recovered her friendship with mistress Anne Boleyn, as the young Englishwoman was someone who she could trust and their shared past in France meant who they could talk and remember together people and events, starting with Claude and that was a balm for Renee’s heart as while they had never the best relationship, being too different in age and temperaments, she missed dearly her late elder sister. Anne also liked remembering France as she had been happy there while she had only heartbreaks after returning in England: first the match for which she had been recalled had not finalized (and while Anne was not too sorry for that as the match was not advantageous for her family, she would have become a Countess if it had go ahead) and after that the young man for which she had fallen (who would have been a splendid match for her) had been forced by his father and Cardinal Wolsey to marry another woman, who was making him miserable.
Luckily Renée had some people on which she could count, starting with her old governess, Madame de Soubise, who was one of the few French women who she had kept with her, and lady Elizabeth Boleyn, the mother of her friend Anne, had quickly become another point of reference for her, and had helped her to settle in the English court. Another thing who made Renée happy was having recovered her friendship with mistress Anne Boleyn, as the young Englishwoman was someone who she could trust and their shared past in France meant who they could talk and remember together people and events, starting with Claude and that was a balm for Renee’s heart as while they had never the best relationship, being too different in age and temperaments, she missed dearly her late elder sister. Anne also liked remembering France as she had been happy there while she had only heartbreaks after returning in England: first the match for which she had been recalled had not finalized (and while Anne was not too sorry for that as the match was not advantageous for her family, she would have become a Countess if it had go ahead) and after that the young man for which she had fallen (who would have been a splendid match for her) had been forced by his father and Cardinal Wolsey to marry another woman, who was making him miserable.
I hope you all will like this new update, who had taken a rather unexpected direction and also is the 250th message on the thread. England will not be the focus of the TL but I think who Renée will continue to get her space (likely more than Isabella of Austria, who will have few chapters).
Eh, poor Mary is in big troubles and the worst part of it is who here she is unable to lie to herself and blame her new stepmother for her misfortunes as she had been able to see the difference between Renee‘s indulgence and sympathy and her father’s rage. Likely the worst part for Mary is knowing who Renée had still tried to intercede for her after everything she had done but that hopefully will help Mary to reconcile with the reality (and her father) before the arrival of her new half-sibling.
Thank you
She is young and stupid and unluckily she had taken the worst of both her parents’ temperaments… Hopefully here she will be able to accept the reality…
At least there is a princess here, and I hope she gets married.
She's young. not stupid, just unaccustomed to change, her life has changed drastically.
she will marry but unless she fully repent she could get a rather low match for the eldest daughter of the King of England
She was rather stupid, trust me… The only change in her life was her mother abandoning her more than a a year earlier for her own choice… Henry’s annulment here was a quick affair without many troubles and Mary’s status was never put in discussion (as she was legitimated using the good faith clause)
The quiet after the storm - Marguerite
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Marguerite, Duchess of Bourbon was feeling rather numb. She had tried to get up from the chair when the incapacity of her mother to keep her mouth shut had transformed the visit from her mother from a joyous moment in which share the happy news of her second pregnancy in the worst ever shouting match between her husband and her mother as Louise’s latest dispregiative comment had been the last straw for her husband’s tolerance and the Duke of Bourbon had started to tell to his mother-in-law exactly how much he hated her and why. The regent Louise for a while had listened with disbelief to her son-in-law’s accusations to have caused all the dampened to France for which she always lamented with her greed and avidity, too stunned for replying anything, but then had started to reply, reminding to the Duke who he had betrayed France passing at service of the Emperor and causing the greatest defeat ever of France and the death of her son, who was also his King and also the one of Marguerite’s first husband, the same Alençon whose honour he was so busy to defend right now. Marguerite, unable to believe who her mother could be so dense, had tried to stand up, mostly for stopping an exasperated Charles from doing anything too rash (like scrolling her mother) but she had just the time to take a step before starting to fall towards the floor. Luckily her husband had no be so distracted by his anger and rage to not note her movements and was not too far away so the fall ended with her caught in his arms instead of being on the floor. Louise also reached them, worried for her daughter’s health, and followed them while Charles brought Marguerite in her chamber, leaving her on the bed telling her to relax and stay there while he would send for the midwife as he was worried for the effect who that scene had on her and their kid. After kissing her forehead the Duke left the room, but not before telling Louise with an icy voice who he had to ask forgiveness to his elder sister (Louise, wife of the Prince of La Roche-sur-Yon ) as he would NEVER name a daughter after her as he could not condemn his future daughter to share the name with that demon of Marguerite’s mother. The Duchess of Bourbon submitted herself to her mother’s care, just wishing who Louise could understand for once who her actions had effects on other people and who the consequences could be disastrous for everyone, but looked like she would have to force her mother to open her eyes, once she recovered, as unluckily she had not the strength for that right now. Still Marguerite could not believe to her luck when her mother asked her if her husband had tried to put on her the blame for Pavia and the deaths of Francis and Alençon… Marguerite had to reassure her mother who Francis’ own stupidity and desire of glory had been the reason for that disaster, but Bourbon being the enemy’s commander… well that was her fault as she had not left him any other choice, when she had pushed her claim to the Duchy of Bourbon. Francis had supported her, as he had always done, and that meant who nobody would have given reason to Charles of Bourbon, whatever Louise was right or wrong and well, Louise truly believed who her current son-in-law was the kind of man to let other stripping him of what he believed was rightfully his without reacting or to let himself bullied to accept an disadvantageous match when he had other options? Her mother usually had a ready answer so the fact who this time she had none likely was a good sign who her mother had finally learned the lesson who her brother had not the time for digesting: sadly the world doesn't revolve around them so they need to take in consideration the possible consequences of their actions, instead of trying to take everything they wished simply as they had an excuse for doing that.