The Rise of the European Emperor

In addition to carrying out propaganda that reversed black and white, Saqqara also had someone arrest a very important person——John Stewart's half-brother, Alexander Stewart.

Because, this Alexander Stewart is the only male in the direct blood of the Stuart Dynasty royal family. As for the successor to the Duke of Albany, why not him? Because he is now a priest belonging to the church...

Scotland does not yet have a Protestant Presbyterian Church, and the religion is still Catholic. Catholic priests cannot marry, which is equivalent to foreign monks. Therefore, he naturally cannot inherit the title of Duke of Albany.

Moreover, Alexander Stewart's mother was divorced by the previous Duke of Albany, Alexander, in 1478, and the original marriage was also declared illegal. Then, Alexander Stewart, who had the same name as his father, became a poor child who was not loved by his grandma and uncle.

However, the strange thing about this matter is that the Scottish royal family announced that the marriage between Alexander, the Duke of Albany, and his first wife, Ms. Catherine Sinclair, was invalid, but did not declare that Alexander was an illegitimate illegitimate child...

Moreover, when Alexander, the Duke of Albany, failed to rebel and fled to France with his family, he did not take Alexander Stewart with him, which was tantamount to giving up.

Then, Alexander Stewart stayed in Scotland. However, this child is also smart, knowing that his uncle and cousin are unhappy with him. In order to survive, he directly became a Catholic priest. In this way, he will lose his qualification to inherit the Duke of Albany and will not be targeted.

Sure enough, after this guy became a foreign monk, James IV stopped targeting him. Moreover, out of concern for his cousins, at the age of 31, he was promoted to be the abbot of a monastery in a city called Dunbar near Edinburgh. In the future, it is even planned to promote him to a bishop (Scotland is a sovereign country, with more power than Emperor Shenluo, and has a great say in the appointment of domestic bishops). Of course, the bishops of Scotland are not worth much either. Because the bishop of Scotland cannot be the head of a bishop state like the bishop of Germany, and has no secular power.

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In other words, Alexander Stuart is now the only direct male heir of the Stuart dynasty. Although his mother was denied as the legitimate Duchess of Albany, the Scottish royal family did not deny his status as a royal child.

Moreover, according to European practice, although missionaries cannot easily return to the secular life, if the family dies, His Majesty the Pope will also authorize the priest to return to the secular life to inherit the title. For example, King Enrique I of Portugal became the last king of the Avesh Dynasty of Portugal with the permission of the Holy See when no other male heirs survived. However, when he returned to secular life, he was too old to leave any descendants. After his death, the Portuguese Avis dynasty became extinct, and the Spanish Habsburg dynasty took the opportunity to send troops to occupy Portugal...

In other words, Alexander Stewart still has the possibility of returning to secular life and becoming the legal heir of the Kingdom of Scotland. For this reason, Saqqara specially sent people to Dunbar Cathedral, arrested Alexander Stuart, and firmly controlled him.

However, in order not to irritate the Scots too much, Saqqara did not kill Alexander Stewart, but let him make a statement - no intention to return to the secular throne. Then, the only remaining direct male heir of the Stuart dynasty was imprisoned in Edinburgh Cathedral by Saqqara, as a monastery dean who lost his freedom...

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After Alexander Stuart, the only male in the direct line of the Stuart dynasty, announced his renunciation of the succession to the Scottish throne, the Kingdom of Scotland lost the basis for restoration—there are no direct males, how can it be restored?

Europe is not like ancient China where "princes and generals would rather have kindness", but must be descendants of the royal family to inherit the throne. Moreover, it must be a direct descendant. If there are no males left, let the grandson inherit the throne.

However, the succession of the grandson to the throne will lead to a change in the royal family's surname, and this is also the main mode of dynastic change in Europe. Unlike Huaxia, dynasty changes are all achieved through bloody wars...

In addition, theoretically, there is also a relative who can inherit the throne-James Hamilton, the grandson of James II, Earl of Alan. As for the others, the relationship with the Stuart family is too far away, so they can't get their turn anyway.

However, James Hamilton, Earl of Alan, who theoretically has the right to inherit the Scottish throne, is currently being held captive in London.

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In fact, Edward is still hesitating now. What are you hesitating about? He is hesitating whether to directly disclose the mutual succession agreement signed with James IV, and inherit the Scottish throne based on this, or let James Hamilton, the Earl of Alan, who is a captive, inherit the throne first, and then force him to give up. bit for myself...

The reason why he was so entangled was because Edward considered that if he directly took out the agreement on mutual succession to the throne signed with James IV, he would be suspected of having premeditatedly planned to murder James IV. After all, you signed the succession agreement earlier, and then James IV was assassinated. Can others not doubt you?

Out of such considerations, Edward has not disclosed the agreement for a long time. And it would seem more innocent if he first supported Earl James Hamilton, who was a prisoner of war, to become the puppet king of Scotland, and then forced him to be inferior to himself...

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Of course, this is Edward's consideration. Saqqara, who had already occupied Edinburgh, didn't think so much. After Alexander Stewart, the only direct male of the Stuart family, publicly renounced his right to inherit the throne, he asked Prime Minister Alex to make an announcement to the whole of Scotland—there was no direct male in the Stuart dynasty who could inherit the throne... …

Then, in the name of the Scottish cabinet, Prime Minister Alex ordered the Scottish defenders in the south to lay down their arms and stop resisting the "friendly" English troops. The reason is that the English army came to investigate the real cause of James IV's assassination, not the enemy army...

Although this reason is very untenable, many defending generals in southern Scotland are also very clear-the royal family members are all dead, Edinburgh has also fallen, and it is meaningless for them to resist no matter how stubborn they are.

The most important thing is-with the fall of Edinburgh, in the future, the logistical supplies of the southern Scottish defenders will also be cut off. Even if they can hold the line of defense, they will starve to death because of the lack of food and grass...

Therefore, except for a few diehards, most of the Scottish defenders chose to lay down their arms and surrender to the English army on the southern border. And those Scottish soldiers who chose to continue to resist had to flee into the mountains to persist in resistance because of their weakness.

But in any case, at this time in Scotland, there is no army that can resist the English army. Even those diehards who fled into the mountains were few in number.

In the end, the English army, which had been feinting at the border, drove straight in, entered the core area of ​​Scotland, and then began to occupy the entire Scotland...

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