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Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, time has reached 1559.

In the intervening years, France and Spain were busy dealing with the Calvinists at home, but the foreign war did not fall.

Italy fell victim to the struggle between Spain and France for hegemony in southern Europe.

First period: 1494-1504. At the heart of this period was the French struggle for the Kingdom of Naples.

As a result, France won successively, occupying Milan and Lombardy successively. In 1500, France and Spain colluded to occupy Naples, but in the spring of 1503, war broke out between France and Spain over the unequal distribution of the spoils.

On December 29, 1503, the Spanish army won the battle of the Garigliano River, and the French army was forced to abandon the Kingdom of Naples and make it a Spanish territory.

In the second period 1509-1515, in December 1508, as the Republic of Venice took the opportunity of expelling France to expand its territory, all the anti-Venetian forces united to form the "League of Cambrai" (including Spain, France, the Pope, and the "Holy Roman Empire") to fight against Venice.

As a result, France took possession of Milan and Spain possession of Naples.

Third period, 1521-1559. Spain and France signed the Treaty of Cato-Cambrezi, which officially ended the war over Italy, and Spain replaced France and took control of Italy.

Of course, unlike history, Edward did not send troops to participate in this battle this time, so this treaty did not sacrifice the interests of Britain as in history.

That's right, when Queen Mary was alive, she fought for Spain and lost Calais, the only British stronghold in France.

The title of King of France has really become a false name.

Therefore, the signing of this treaty naturally had little to do with Edward.

If anything, it's one: the bronze cannon entered the stage of history with the Italian War.

Interspersed with a piece of news, the Habsburg emperor, Charles V, died in 1558.

In this way, the Spanish Habsburgs and the Austrian Habsburgs officially declared their split.

At the same time, there was also good news in Spain, Edward's sister, Queen Mary, gave birth to a prince named Charlie for King Philip II of Spain at the age of forty after an accidental miscarriage.

In the United Kingdom, Edward's wife, the Queen of Scots, gave birth to a prince for Edward, who was also the heir to the Kingdom of Britain.

Edward thought about his name for a long time, and finally, with a stroke of the pen - Charlie.

That's right, the first heir of our kingdom was Charlie. Tudor.

As for why the name was chosen, Edward did it purely for fun.

In his generation, if you fight Spain, whether you can win or not is two words.

In that case, it's better to let your son fight!

Go and fight with his cousin, so that history will be much more fun.

After choosing the name, Edward imagined that it would be interesting to record the two major Charles disputes in history in the future.

As the saying goes, when good things come, they all come in strings, and having children is also made together.

Not long after the birth of his eldest son, several other women also gave birth to several illegitimate children.

Lucy gave birth to his second daughter, the fifth in line, named Isabella. Tudor.

Luna gave birth to his fourth son, the sixth in line, named John. Tudor.

Emma gave birth to his fifth son, the seventh, named George. Tudor.

Thus, in 1558, Edward had five sons and two daughters.

The eldest son, Henry. Tudor, born on December 10, 1555, was three years old.

Second son Adam. Tudor, born on December 12, 1555, was three years old.

The third son, Charlie. Tudor was born on September 1, 1558.

The fourth son, John. Tudor was born on October 3rd, 1558.

Five sons George. Tudor, born November 8, 1558.

The eldest daughter, Alice. Tudor, born in 1555, December 10.

Second daughter Isabella. Tudor, born in 1558, November 10.

Of course, as soon as these illegitimate children were born, Edward gave each of them two manors and a ranch.

And the most important is the nominal eldest son, the king's only heir, Charles. Tudor.

Just three days after his baptism, he was still in a state of ignorance, and at Westminster Abbey, he was canonized by Edward the title of Prince of Wales and the title of Duke of Cornwall.

In other words, if nothing else, he is the crown prince of England.

Edward and Mary then canonized him as the Dauphin of Scotland at Westminster Abbey, and held many countdoms.

In this way, unless he dies, the United Kingdom of Britain is essentially in his pocket.

In this year, His Majesty the Great King was twenty-two years old and Queen Mary was seventeen.

With the landing of the crown prince, the entire United Kingdom suddenly and inexplicably stabilized.

Yes, that's how Edward felt.

One thousand, although the United Kingdom was established, but for the nobles, there was no safe heir, that is, the hanging gardens, castles built on mud and sand, which could not withstand the wind and rain.

However, since the birth of Charlie, the level of return of the Irish aristocracy has risen, and Ireland's original actions against the central government from time to time have slowly disappeared.

In addition, almost all the Scottish nobility moved to London, and the marriage between the Scottish nobility and the English nobility slowly began.

Edward could proudly say that if he had been given twenty years, Scotland would have been fully integrated into the United Kingdom.

And, more importantly, the tribes of the Scottish Highlands came to London to swear allegiance to Edward and Mary.

At this point, after the Scottish Lowlands were brought under rule, the more extensive Highland areas finally joined the United Kingdom.

Edward was pleased to recruit 2,000 men from the Highlands to form the Scottish Highland Guards to guard the palace and protect the royal family.

The Scottish Highlanders are tall and fierce, and most of them are brainless and simple-minded, which is also more suitable as a protective force.

Scottish mercenaries were also popular in Europe and later played an important role in the colonial expansion of the British Empire.

There has also been further progress in Ireland, and a second full-scale expansion is slowly underway.

The land has reached 1 million acres, 53,000 immigrants, more than 130 naturalized tribes, and a population of 130,000.

In the next five years, Ireland as a whole was largely fully integrated into the United Kingdom.

In this regard, Edward can proudly announce that he has accomplished something that no other British king can do, and he can be compared to Qin Shi Huang of China, and it is not impossible to call him the greatest king in English history.