#henry on the other hand is probably keenly aware of the multiple ironies involved

[shredsandpatches]

useful historical fiction cheats

Having a viewpoint character who is a ten-year-old girl about to leave home for a dynastic marriage is a good way to disguise the fact that you don’t really know how the Holy Roman Empire works either. Although, honestly, did anybody, ever?

#neither holy nor roman nor an empire #historical child marriage for ts #fic babble #lancastrian peeps may appreciate that i am writing a thing with blanche pov #department of medieval royalty is a small world: #blanche's fiancé is the son of the king of the romans #who had acquired that title in 1400 after the electors voted to depose wenceslaus iv #(known around these parts as anne of bohemia's older brother) #on grounds of general incompetence and raging alcoholism #he had retained the title of king of bohemia but at the time of blanche's marriage he had also been deposed as king of bohemia #by his younger half-brother sigismund #(he got better though) #blanche of course is not really aware of most of this so i'm sharing it in my tags instead #henry on the other hand is probably keenly aware of the multiple ironies involved #but this isn't his fic so we don't get his pov