A destiny fulfilled - An Eleanor of Austria TL
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Thank you. She was know as one of the great beauties of her times, so I am happy who her portrait reflected that
1519 - Changes
Germaine, Queen of Naples was reading the last letter from Joanna in which the titular Queen of Castile and Aragon sent her congratulation for Germaine’s recently announced pregnancy and reassured her about the health of the young Queen of Spain as Isabella had fully recovered from childbirth and their Fernando was totally in love with his new daughter, who he had called Isabella, after his wife and their grandmother. Germaine knew who she had to be thankful for her new Crown and marriage as Ferrante was a good guy and an affectionate husband and Naples a beautiful city but that do not prevented her from missing Aragon or better Fernando, Isabella, the two Alonso and also Juana, with which she had become friend, once they had been free from their husbands‘ war and united by the love for Fernando and Isabella.
During her Aragonese marriage Germaine had learned a lot of hard lessons, so she had been really scared at her arrival at Naples, where Ferrante’s mother and both his sisters (as the younger, Isabella, wife of the Regent of Montferrat, had joined her mother and sister, instead of returning at her home) waited them, together with Giulia’s husband and the Duchess of Bari, who was Ferrante’s much older cousin and had been really surprised by the warm welcome received by her new mother-in-law.
Giulia and Rodrigo had originally planned to stay in Naples only few days before going to their lands but in the end Isabella had been the first to depart, after ten days, in a most comfortable carriage and with a good armed guard, who would return to Ferrara, after consigning her back to her husband in Montferrat, while Giulia and Rodrigo plus Isabella of Bari had remained in the capital for a month, and Germaine hoped to see them back soon as they had quickly bonded with her and Ferrante.
During her Aragonese marriage Germaine had learned a lot of hard lessons, so she had been really scared at her arrival at Naples, where Ferrante’s mother and both his sisters (as the younger, Isabella, wife of the Regent of Montferrat, had joined her mother and sister, instead of returning at her home) waited them, together with Giulia’s husband and the Duchess of Bari, who was Ferrante’s much older cousin and had been really surprised by the warm welcome received by her new mother-in-law.
Giulia and Rodrigo had originally planned to stay in Naples only few days before going to their lands but in the end Isabella had been the first to depart, after ten days, in a most comfortable carriage and with a good armed guard, who would return to Ferrara, after consigning her back to her husband in Montferrat, while Giulia and Rodrigo plus Isabella of Bari had remained in the capital for a month, and Germaine hoped to see them back soon as they had quickly bonded with her and Ferrante.
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Yes, she is definitely well there and has found a great support in her mother-in-law (who definitely like Germaine but would be extremely kind with her in any case as Isabella is far too happy to being back in her native land and specially to be again with her son)
Yes, she is in Naples and is settling there quite easily (and her pregnancy is doubtless helping)
1519 - Joy and worries
Anna, Holy Roman Empress was not missing the big celebrations who Maximilian had always organized for her birthday, starting with the one for her 12th birthday, two days before their wedding, as she was finding the partial isolation of her lying-in much more of her liking: baby Ernest, only few days old, was in his nursery, in the adjacent room as she wanted her son near, at least while she was recovering from childbirth and Maximilian was more than willing to satisfy any reasonable request who she made (and she suspected who, also if she had not explicitly requested it, her husband would have find some excuse for keeping their new son near as he looked to be in love with the baby almost as she was). Anna was glad who she and Maximilian had found a way to make their wedding truly work with them as couple as she had feared to lose any understanding with Max in the passage from child bride to true wife, considering the interest demonstrated by the Emperor in consummating their marriage and his obsession with his mortality but now things were much better: Maximilian looked rejuvenated since the announcement of her pregnancy and she had found his obsession for her health mixed to (the absolutely unnecessary) guilt for her status much easier to deal than his former obsession with death. Mary also was enchanted with the new baby and at least for the moment baby Ernest was distracting Mary from her frequent asking of when she would depart for Hungary, for which she had to wait still many years: Mary was not yet fourteen and Louis barely thirteen meaning who they would have to wait at least another year before being legally able to marry, plus at least another couple of years for consenting to Louis to reach full adulthood and take in his hands the reins of the government of his lands as Maximilian had no intention to put Mary under any risks from Louis’ over ambitious regents and luckily Mary’s brother Charles agreed withy him and also Louis was able to understood well enough his situation to not have any hurry to have his bride with him, contenting himself with a frequent exchange of letters with her. She could understand Mary‘s impatience but was worried by the fact who the girl was apparently unable to understand the dangers or at least willing to ignore them and she truly hoped to see her overgrown this naivety soon or at least well before the time of her marriage as the Hungarian court was not an easy place and Bohemia just a little better.
Thank you very much to both of of you
Also I just noted who I missed by eleven days the third birthday of this TL (and I can not believe who is already passed so much time since I started it)
How nice that Anne is doing alright, and that the birth of Ernst improved Maximilian's outlook on life..