In the early autumn of 1496, a girl left her hometown where she lived for 17 years with uneasiness and longing for romantic feelings. Although she was just an ignorant little girl, her noble birth from the Castile royal family and the blood of her parents made her one of the small groups of people with high status in Europe at that time.

17 years old is the age of innocence and dreaming. If there is another shadow that she has buried in her heart and has always longed for and longing for, she will easily fall into the beautiful dream she woven.

The girl's name is Juana, a very beautiful name, just like hers.

Fair skin, long golden hair, beautiful blue eyes, and a young and graceful figure that was still a little immature but had already shown its youthful and graceful figure. This is the place where the girl is proud of herself. What she had to do at that time was to show such a beautiful self in front of a strange young man who was 2 years older than her after a long journey.

Although they were strangers, they were very close, because according to the procedure of an agency wedding held in their hometown strictly according to the canon rules, the young man named Philip was already her husband, and she was going to meet her husband.

Many people told the girl that her husband was young and handsome, and was a truly rare beauty, and his identity was extremely noble. As the eldest son of Austrian Grand Duke Maximian, the emperor of the Holy Empire, Philip not only inherited the title of Duke of Vienna, who was regarded as the heir of the Grand Duke, but also was appointed by his father as the governor of the Lowlands.

Juana is extremely curious and sometimes ridiculous for such a husband. In her still innocent mind, Philip is imagined as a brave knight who protects the princess and fights the evil dragon, a monarch who is as majestic as her father but not romance, and a man who entrusts her future life.

But these are just imagination after all, so the young Princess Castia was both excited and uneasy along the way.

Juana would never have thought that when she saw the husband that everyone praised for the first time, she fell into a love network that could not extricate herself.

The Duke of Vienna, the governor of the Lowlands, has the nickname of the beautiful Philip. This young man is as dazzling as a sun that radiates a scorching light when he walks there. His smart, witty and courageous personality make many people who follow him believe that this is a true monarch, and his handsome appearance makes countless women deeply fascinated by this noble duke.

When Juana saw Philip for the first time, she knew that she was in love, not because she was her husband, but because she fell in love with this man who made her obsessed.

At night, Juana knelt devoutly in front of the cross in the bedroom that the emperor ordered to give her carefully arranged, thanking God for giving her such an excellent husband, and thanking her for fate for her arrangements for meeting her beloved at this most beautiful age.

In October 1496, a formal wedding was held in the city of Lier in the lowlands. Both parties were Princess Juana, the second daughter of Castia and Aragon's two kings, and Philip, the Duke of Vienna, the son of Austrian Grand Duke Maximian I.

This is a typical political marriage and a proof of the alliance of two powerful countries. This is a crucial link in Maximian I's strategy to use marriage ties to build a powerful Habsburg dynasty, because his daughter just married the eldest son of the two kings, that is, *** Ann. According to Maximian I's plan, whether his son-in-law inherits the crown of the two kings in the future, or the couple giving the country half to their children, their family will not suffer any losses in the order of inheritance.

What surprised many people was Juana's love for Philip at first sight.

So everyone knows that this is a marriage that does not involve personal affairs. In other aristocratic marriages in this era, no one expects the couple to be in love with each other, and no one can even expect them to live in harmony. As long as they can maintain a minimum engagement, they will fulfill everyone's expectations for them.

But Juana fell in love with Philippe unexcitedly. She was completely fascinated by him. The obsession that could not be seen for a minute would make him feel uneasy. If any woman approached Philip, no matter what her identity or appearance or age, she would immediately become jealous and unable to control herself.

The stormy love brought Juana to a nearly stubborn possessiveness towards Philip. She insisted on being with her husband. Except for some occasions that were really not suitable for her attendance, Juana almost kept by her husband, as if she was afraid that she would be snatched away by some woman if she was not careful.

The result of this love was that two years later, she gave birth to her first child, a girl. Maximian I named this granddaughter Leondoer.

The birth of her daughter did not affect Juana's love for her husband. She was still so passionate and passionate, and she was still so obsessed with Philip so much that she was almost sacrificing her life.

However, this overly persistent love made the people around her feel a little uneasy, especially the waitresses around her. They began to unable to stand Juana's somewhat nervous suspicion, because she suspected that all the women she saw appeared around Philip were coveting her husband, which made her try to expel all the waitresses, but this idea was finally stopped by Maximian.

During this time, Juana and Philip sat in Flanders, and it was her happiest day. Although it seemed that Philip's responsibility in the Lowlands was getting heavier and that he was in trouble trying to reform the noble council in the Lowlands, this time was indeed the most unrestrained and good time for the young couple.

But bad news from Castilla suddenly disrupted Juana's life. Her brother *** An suddenly fell ill and the treatment was ineffective. In the anxiety of the whole country, the crown prince was finally called.

Juana's fate changed drastically.

The crown prince had no children during his lifetime, and as the eldest daughter of the two kings, Juana's sister Isabella of Aragon had already married the Portuguese king. Although this was the decision made by the two kings to win over Portugal, the couple's monarch would never want to see their country annexed by the Portuguese in the future.

Therefore, when the eldest daughter was undoubtedly excluded from the consideration of the heir, Juana, the second daughter, became the first candidate for the heir.

This is of course a good thing for Maximian I. When I decided to marry the couple, I thought that no matter what the result was, I would always get some advantage, and the result is even better than he thought.

In Iberia, as *** Ann's death grew longer and longer, the call for the king to choose a new heir as soon as possible became higher and higher. In the end, because he had no son and his sister was not considered, Juana became the crown prince of Castilla as the first heir.

According to the decision at that time, Juana should have returned to Castilla with her husband Prince Flanders Philip in 1498, but in the winter of this year, an accident happened that she had never thought of.

The largest port in Amsterdam in the lowlands encountered an unexpected port of Serbia in that winter. The port transportation was paralyzed by countless ships blocking the port terminal, which directly led to the inability to clear the cargo from the North Sea to the Atlantic coast through the port port. This blockage even continued until the port was closed in winter, which made the entire Amsterdam fall into a state of being connected until the spring of March the following year and the port was restored.

And it was in this year that in the inland wetland area not far from Amsterdam, the emergence of a port called Rotterdam replaced Amsterdam, which had been locked in winter at that time. For a time, the trade between the entire lowland area and the inland was completely controlled by Rotterdam.

At that time, Philip was reforming the lowlands. The closure of the port and the emergence of the new port disrupted his plan for a while. The young duke keenly realized that there seemed to be some unknown conspiracy. However, when he finally found clues to take action against the Hanseatic merchant from the north, named Groggenin, he found that the man not only got the news early and slipped away, but he soon realized that the entire lowlands were trapped in secretly controlled by some invisible huge force.

First, the local chamber of commerce confronted his orders openly and secretly, and then the parliamentary reform, which had already begun to show results, seemed to have encountered huge potential. It had decided not to propose various autonomy clauses for the time being, but the parliamentary that was in exchange for tax relief unexpectedly put forward the slogan "Gold coins cannot be exchanged for freedom", which made Philip's efforts to exchange interests for peace suddenly fail.

This forced Philip to postpone the time he returned to Castilla with Juana. Although he had been sent by his parents more than once to urge him, Juana was still stubborn and unwilling to return home alone.

Time was constantly postponed, and the Swabian War broke out in June 1499 made Philip, who was already a little worried, had to postpone the expedition period again in order to help his father raise supplies and military expenses.

Castilla spent two full years without a crown prince while waiting. It was not until the end of 1499 that he received news from the Lowlands that Juana would return to her hometown with her husband and daughter and become the crown prince of the Castilla Kingdom.

When reporting to the two kings, the messenger casually told them that they were going to be grandfather and grandmother again because "The Princess is pregnant again."

When they heard this news, the two kings expressed their due joy just as routine, and then they considered what new relationship Castilla and Aragon should form with their smart in-laws as Juana becomes the crown prince.

Neither the grandparents nor the young couple who are future parents, they knew that this unborn child would completely unify Castilla and Aragon in the future and establish the Kingdom of Spain.

In mid-December 1499, the French army that occupied Genoa took the initiative to attack the Austrian army after a brief rest.

The reason why Louis XII broke the usual routine in such a season was that something happened that even he did not expect.

In addition to the end of the century, the most special thing in 1499 was that the winter of this year was not only particularly early, but the weather was surprisingly cold. In fact, this winter was particularly cold as early as a few years ago. However, this year, not only was it colder earlier, but it was also more severe. Not only did it snow rarely in many places, but there were even snow disasters in some places.

For France, the year has been more trouble.

As early as the beginning of the year, a large earthquake caused considerable losses to the Loire Valley. Not only were there many places affected, but even the castle of Blois, which was crowned by the king, was destroyed. Later, Louis XII announced the order to use troops against Italy, which was not pleasant for the French. The consequence of the rotation of the French war machine was that the people's lives were getting worse and worse.

After winter began, what made the French feel incredible was that it started snowing in many places in the north even in October, and after late November, even Paris turned into a snow-white city.

The heavy snow has brought more and more bad news to the "Island of Paris". Where did the heavy snow have frozen a large number of sheep to death, and where there was famine because of the icy river channel, the food cannot be transported. And further away from Paris, the discontinuation of the communication caused by the news is blocked and inconvenient transportation has made the attitudes of some noble territories who had dissatisfaction with the royal family blurred the attitudes of some noble territories who had disagreements with the royal family.

Taking advantage of the inconvenience of transportation, they sent significantly fewer messengers to Paris, and some of their territories even temporarily cut off the rose tax that should have arrived.

However, Louis XII still ordered the conscript of the nobles in the country to organize an army of about 20,000 to support Italy, so that the French army could reach an unprecedented 60,000. Louis XII believed that this would not only allow him to defeat Maximian I in one fell swoop, but also send an army to expedition again [Update Fast] Naples, and even if necessary, he could compete with Ferdinand, who might compete with him for Naples.

But this time the French were very indifferent to the king's orders. When they saw that the army from the local area was less than a quarter of what he asked for, and the food supplies he proposed were far from meeting the requirements, Louis XII realized the seriousness of the matter.

The purpose of occupying Genoa was to use the port to get support, but now he can get so little help. Although the combined Austrian army only took the opportunity to occupy Alexandria, which the French army had abandoned, the Austrian army undoubtedly took the initiative.

Because they controlled most of the granaries and fields in Lombardy, the French army was surrounded in the city with the Genoese.

The huge daily consumption of nearly 4,000 French troops and the entire city is enough to be intimidating. While long-term homesickness is tormenting the Austrian army, it is also gradually spreading among the French army.

Continuing to wait would be equivalent to consuming life, and this year's unexpected cold completely shattered Louis XII's dream of dragging the war with the Austrian army into a winter truce, and then forcing the Austrians to withdraw from Italy.

In this unfavorable situation, Louis XII finally issued an order, breaking the practice of winter truce that had been formed for centuries, and first launched the first battle of the 1499 winter offensive against the Austrian army.

Just as the French launched a winter offensive against the Austrians, in Naples, Alexander was explaining to the puzzled Ruosha.

"This year is too cold, so the French cannot get the supplies they need anymore. At this time, there is no way out for them except to take the initiative to attack..."

"As for the future, I believe that such weather will increase and more. In order to be able to fight quickly, they can only break the past traditions. They will fight in winter and fight even when it is snowing. They have no choice because this long winter will become very long," Alexander said, looking outside, and then muttered to himself in a voice that only he could hear, "Because this is the Little Ice Age."

As he said that, Alexander glanced at a letter that had been sent on the table.

The letter was sent from Castilla, which reads information about Juana's coming back to Castilla.

At the end of the letter, Juana's re-pregnancy is mentioned.

"Charles V of Spain?"

Alexander thought to himself, then smiled softly.bdshare();
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