Timeline (Triunfa, España!)

This is a timeline for the events in the Triunfa, España! timeline.

POD: Battle of Ksar el-Kabir
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The Battle of Ksar el-Kabir was a battle that occured between Portuguese and Moorish forces. The Portuguese fell into an Ottoman trap, and their troops were overwhelmed by four to one. The battle was a total Portuguese disaster, and both King John III of Portugal and Cardinal Henry, the king and only possible sucessor to the throne, are killed.

The Portuguese Succession Crisis
After the death of the King and Henry, the Portuguese Empire did not have a leader to rule it, nor a heir to take the dead ruler's throne. The Portuguese council of regency, therefore, reunited the various people who claimed the right to the Portuguese Throne. Among them were Carlos I of Spain, Infante Luis (the Duke of Beja), François I of France, Sigismund I of Poland, and William Howard of England.

A civil war erupted later in the year, with most of the kings and pretenders directly against Carlos I. The war, however, was won by the Spanish, as most of the other pretenders had under 10,000 troops under their command. That means that all armies were destroyed when Carlos brought a large Spanish army into Portugal and, at it's head, easily took over Lisboa.