OTL, the Low Countries went reasonably unmolested by French arms from the Treaty of Arras until well into the 1520s/1530s. Now, it's easy to understand in Charles VIII's situation, him being more interested in Naples and Louis XII being more interested in Milan. However, did the French miss a "golden opportunity" on the death of Philipp the Handsome? The fact that the Netherlands would've once more been under a regency for a child duke (albeit with the regent being a native (Marge of Austria) rather than a foreigner like Margaret of York or Maximilian. Surely the fact that the future Karl V was grandson to both Maximilian and Fernando of Aragon wasn't deterrent enough for France to not get involved in the area?
However, the war's only actions in the Low Countries was the English victory at the Battle of the Spurs in 1513. But what if Louis XII had decided to open a second theatre in the Low Countries in order to keep the emperor distracted from dealing with the threat to Milan by France/Venice?
What would the results of this have been? Could France have sheared any further provinces from the Habsburg Low Countries? Or would it have shifted the orientation of the war entirely? And what effects would this have had on the Franco-Venetiain position in Italy?
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However, the war's only actions in the Low Countries was the English victory at the Battle of the Spurs in 1513. But what if Louis XII had decided to open a second theatre in the Low Countries in order to keep the emperor distracted from dealing with the threat to Milan by France/Venice?
What would the results of this have been? Could France have sheared any further provinces from the Habsburg Low Countries? Or would it have shifted the orientation of the war entirely? And what effects would this have had on the Franco-Venetiain position in Italy?
@isabella @eliamartin65 @Nuraghe @Janprimus @Jan Olbracht @BlueFlowwer @HortenseMancini