In the history books, with the exception of events such as Eleanor of Aquitaine, most marriages are only a few lines – especially for princesses and queens, who are often recorded as whose daughters, whose wives, whose mothers, and how they themselves are, no one cares about them – but from the time of Louis XIV, the nobles of the House of Bourbon were entitled to open a new page, although at that time people were always wary of foreign queens. However, after the analysis of scholars, Louis XIV and the Duke of Orleans are obviously not the kind of people who do not care about their children, it can be said that whether it is the crown prince, the eldest princess or the lord of the county, and later the son of the duke, their marriage is arranged extremely securely and favorably, and the advantage here is not only for France or their father.

If you had to pick one of them, you would probably mention the lucky Marie, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Orleans and the Grand Duke of Versailles.

She was "lucky" because she had twice almost agreed a marriage contract with King Carlos II of Spain, but it was unsuccessful.

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Once Leopold I of the Holy Roman Empire was willing to intervene, things became simpler.

Because Spain and the Holy Roman Empire were married, if Leopold I was unwilling to give in, then the Roman Church would still support the previous marriage, unless the Spaniards could prove that the Holy Roman Emperor's eldest princess Antonia was infertile, which the Spaniards certainly couldn't take, and Leopold I didn't give the Spanish Habsburgs another chance, he asked his wizard to concoct some potions to adjust the development time of Princess Celestia Antonia forward- To put it simply, it is to force Princess Celestia Antonia to become a mature woman and not a child in advance.

When the lord of Versailles heard about this, a chill rushed to her heart from under her feet, she had a loving father and a generous uncle, and she could not imagine such a thing at all—in this era, girls from aristocratic families, as long as they did not study in the monastery, generally reached maturity at the age of twelve to thirteen when there was enough food and activity, and how old was Antonia, the eldest princess of the Holy Roman Empire?

But this was a common thing for Leopold I with the pro-Austrian faction in Madrid, who had even begun to mediate in the hope of bringing forward Carlos II's marriage, of course, with Princess Celestia Antonia.

Leopold I had already taken such an attitude, and the Spaniards, though coveting the dowry of the great princess, had to die - and the Duke of Orleans also vaguely knew from the king that the firstborn son of Carlos II had died at birth, and that the situation might be worse than they thought, as the Spaniards almost confirmed by the concealment - If you look at the Duke of Hallepur and the Duke of Montreal, even if it is an illegitimate child, the king's son must be given a celebratory banquet after the birth, and the child who dies in infancy should also hold several grand masses, but the people in the court of Madrid or Toledo are like all dead, and there is no reaction.

At this time, Louis XIV and the royal brother did not know for the time being that because the king's chamberlain gave birth to a devil, Juan Patinho, who had stood with the king and thought that he should marry the daughter of the Duke of Orleans of France, the archbishop of Toledo, and the queen mother, all changed their previous minds- France's request was to cede Friesland to France, and then France would return it to Spain in the form of a dowry, but if the lord of the county died of childbirth within a few days of marriage, or gave birth to a deformed monster, Louis XIV would definitely directly ask the Roman Church to declare the marriage null and void, so that Friesland would not be given to France for nothing?

But the Holy Roman Princess, Antonia, was not favored by Leopold I, and was also a Habsburg, even for the sake of the Habsburgs, she would be silent, or they could ask her to be silent.

"The Grand Lord of France, ha!" said Duke Don Juan with a grin, "Look at Queen Elizabeth of Sweden." His schadenfreude made the Queen Mother Maria glare at him viciously, but there was nothing to be done, after all, Duke Don Juan was not wrong - although Elizabeth, the eldest princess of Louis XIV, could be said to have brought nothing from France except herself during the ceremony, but after the ceremony, her French maids and retinue rushed to Stockholm, and in addition to the army that was married, Huguenots migrated to Sweden one after another in this year- This was all agreed upon in the marriage negotiations, and even Karl XI could not raise objections, which of course aroused the resentment of the Swedes, but as Louis XIV saw, it was useless for a foreign queen to please the dignitaries of her in-laws, and a sentence of "You are French!" could ruin all your efforts, so ...... Unlike Eleanor of Aquitaine, she and Louis VII had only two daughters in their fifteen-year marriage, but perhaps unexpectedly, the queen not only brazenly interfered in state affairs and meddled in government affairs, but also took the lead in filing for divorce when it was discovered that she was having an affair with Duke Raymond.

Eleanor of Aquitaine has always been the Eleanor of Aquitaine, but neither Louis VII before her, nor Henry II, who was ten years younger than her, did not dare to shout "she is a foreigner" in their courts, on the contrary, this woman has always retained her military, territorial and political independence, and no one dares to underestimate her.

Eleanor of Aquitaine lived a much happier life than the princess who came after, and even if she fell out with Charles II after giving birth to her eighth child, she could still spend the next few decades in her court and domain, surrounded by amorous and beautiful young men, until she died at the age of eighty-three.

Louis XIV wanted to build this path for the daughters of the Bourbons, and needless to say, it was true.

While the Swedes complained about their new queen, they could not refuse her dowry—a rich pose, a port south of Groningen, new weapons and troops, and tens of thousands of Huguenots.

Scandinavia now has a population of only two million – it is too cold and desolate, and even the Huguenots would prefer to migrate to England or the Protestant princely states of the Holy Roman Empire if it were not for the promises and orders of Louis XIV and the Celestial Princess—and according to the original plan, 10,000 Huguenots would move to Sweden every year, mainly in the cities around Stockholm, which would last anywhere from three to five years, depending on the situation.

In an era when agriculture, fishing, or industry, or even warfare required population, man was a precious asset, and the Huguenots who were willing to leave the warmth of France were almost always the most stubborn and aggressive people, and their departure from France saved Louis XIV a lot of heart, and as for Celestia, now Queen of Sweden, she declared her conversion to Protestantism the day after she arrived in Stockholm.

Removing the barriers of religion, the Huguenots and the Celestial Princess are left with only one identical identity, that is, French, the Huguenots want to gain a foothold in that cold land, multiply, and strengthen themselves, and there is no one to turn to except Queen Elizabeth, they can only have one master.

Celestial Princess, no, we should call her Queen of Sweden next, and she made this clear in her letter to Louis XIV, the leaders of the Huguenots who had come to see her only a few days earlier, and King Karl XI, whom he had faith and love for— Because almost all of them used to be shipbuilders, and these people migrated from Marseille and Nantes, the ambitious young king was of course overjoyed, but he probably didn't notice that the queen's handmaidens had a few more girls from Huguenot families, but even if he knew, he wouldn't care too much, but these were the queen's contacts with the Huguenots— Now the number of Huguenots is not large, and when the number gradually becomes a threat to the local Scandinavians and conflicts arise, then it is time for Queen Elizabeth to show her strength.

Louis XIV sighed when he saw Elizabeth clearly write that in these five years, she was going to find a way to get the heir of Karl XI, but there was nothing to be done, after all, this time was really a good time to produce, and in a few years maybe they would start fighting again, a marriage without an heir was unstable, even if she had feelings for Karl XI, but if she had a son, the worst plan would be, even if Karl XI died on the battlefield, the alliance between Sweden and France would still be strong and unshakable. E-book house

Elizabeth also congratulated the Grand Princess, who would have been Frederick of Brandenburg-Prussia in the future, if nothing had gone wrong.

In order to secure this good marriage for his son, the elector, who would become unusually bold when necessary, followed Louis XIV's example and borrowed a large amount of money from merchants, raising 500,000 livres for Leopold I, and another 300,000 livres to buy the princes and churches, so that the Duchy of Prussia became the Kingdom of Prussia in one fell swoop, and when Frederick came to Versailles again, he was the crown prince of Prussia rather than the son of the princes. This was reckless and dangerous, after all, Louis XIV had not made any promises to him, and if Louis XIV thought that the Bourbon blood should be integrated into the Spanish crown ten years earlier, then he and his descendants would have to bear heavy debts that they might not be able to pay in a hundred years, and if other countries were interested in taking advantage of the fire...... Then the Kingdom of Prussia may have been the shortest-lived one to date. Not only that, but if they were to be extinguished, of course, it was very likely, and the gains of the Hohenzollern ancestors who had fought for hundreds of years would be ruined.

Frederick was a somewhat naïve boy when he left Paris, and when he came back he was already a mature man, and he even went to see the king first with his concern and love for the great lord, and he was full of apprehension until the king had him for dinner, and his heart fell to the ground...... When there was no banquet, the king would only have dinner with those closest to him, and his relatives and most valued minister, Frederick, had not even graduated from military school, and of course could not serve the king, so there was only one choice left - he sat face to face with the lord of the county, separated by fragrant conservatory flowers and gold and silver utensils, and a pair of young men smiling.

Louis XIV and the Duke of Orleans glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

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The howls sounded clear even though they were separated by several rooms.

Now the Duke of Don Juan should be glad that they did not bring Carlos II directly back to Madrid, but away from the Aranjuez Palace in Madrid, which is a summer residence on the banks of the Tagus River, and because of a previous fire, the surrounding houses have been demolished, and the Spaniards do not have to know that their king will bark like a mad dog.

The smile on his lips undoubtedly pierced Queen Mother Maria's heart, and she glared at him viciously, then turned to the dark wizard who was mixing the potion: "Didn't you say that he would be the same person in the future?"

"Isn't it?" said a tall, lanky dark wizard calmly, "listen to this cry, how loud and full of energy. Could His Majesty have shouted like this before?"

The Archbishop of Toledo couldn't help but curse, but this didn't affect these dark wizards at all, cursing them as connoisseurs, they exchanged glances in the smoke, in fact, if there was any magic elixir, they would have used it on themselves a long time ago, and they wouldn't have used it for Carlos II, otherwise?

"And what's the matter with the baby?" asked Patinho in a deep voice, his niece was supposed to have a good marriage, and he was out of ...... Selfishness made her Carlos II's maid and couch man, he didn't expect the consequences to be so tragic, he must be glad that she went to heaven, otherwise she would have gone crazy to see herself give birth to such a monster.

"Your Majesty's birth was not carried out by any of us. One of the dark wizards said: "If you want to trace the roots, you still have to talk about the Habsburg bloodline." ”

Queen Mother Maria yelled angrily, but no one listened to her, "Is there any way to make the Queen give birth to a healthy child?" asked Patinho.

Now that Leopold I was in the way, they could not contact the previous marriage contract, and the queen could only be Antonia of Habsburg, and the dark wizards couldn't help but shake their heads and sighed: "An eight-year-old child......"

"It's your fault!" cried the Queen Mother, "my child would have lived for many years!"

"It's hard to say, blind, deaf, epileptic, and demented," said the tall and thin dark wizard contemptuously, "there is always a price to be paid for what you want, and if you want a healthy king, he will no longer be able to spend half his life like a waste......

"So how can we give Spain a healthy and long-lived heir?" asked Patinho, interrupting the Dark Wizard.

The dark wizard curled the corners of his mouth slightly, "Do you know who was the last person to make such a wish?"

"Who?"

"Henry VIII. ”