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Previously... Rome is informing me that I have been elected pope.

It seems your pupil, the Emperor,

threatens Monsignor Acu�a with execution.

If you decide to execute Monsignor Antonio Acu�a,

I will see myself forced to excommunicate you.

Eleanor will come back, like it was stipulated in the contracts, once she gives birth.

Will you let me go back? I am carrying the heir to the throne in my belly.

King John wouldn't like to give up your friendship.

We can gain much from him now. Marry Infanta Isabella.

- Has something happened to my husband? - They're suggesting here that he has another woman.

Notice is hereby given that Don Hern�n Cort�s

is named Governor of New Spain!

I will ask for the protection of the highest authority!

Don't you dare!

France counterattacked in the Duchy of Milan.

Our forces will not resist for long. We need more men.

Are you proposing me a betrayal?

Your wife is very ill. She is dying.

I know about your wandering with the Emperor.

No one betrays me, cousin. No one!

The Most Christian King of France is worried.

To be honest, my lord fears that this friendship with the new pope...

I made a mistake when I accepted to sit in St. Peter's chair.

I am applying to you, begging for your help.

In return, I place Rome at the service of the Empire.

- The plague has wreaked havoc. - He decided to ally with the Empire and he dies.

Either France or the Roman Curia killed him.

I am leaving for Italy with my men. I need to know if I can count on you.

- Of course, Your Highness. - We will attack France on three fronts.

The Constable's troops are coming. But they are coming against us.

We could not have a better booty, gentlemen. He is the King of France.

I am going to send an emissary to Portugal. I also have a proposal for King John.

I will marry Catherine, the Emperor's youngest sister.

And you will finally marry Charles.

A king's prison

Very good son, Charles,

Because, before the whole Christendom I must call you like this.

Know that I thank God because he has arranged that it should be you,

the justest of the princes,

who has to give prison to his brother, my son and king, Francis.

Knowing, just like you, that it is not typical of a king, even less of a brother

to take advantage of the misfortune of an equal.

I trust that the understanding will soon give the peace and the unity back to the Christendom,

which are so necessary in its fight against the heretic.

You have demonstrated to those who fear for France

that the power and the force were on your side.

I know that your magnanimity will not be smaller.

When will I see the Emperor?

I trust, as your mother, which I feel myself to be,

to the sovereign deed that all the Christian kingdoms are waiting for.

Forever yours sincerely, I, Louise, the Regent

Does the Regent really believe that airing her requests

- will give the freedom back to her son? - She is a mother.

And you are emperor. And you should act like that.

What can be done with a prisoner king?

It is neither a common case nor easy to solve.

My lord, you have vanquished your enemy. Use it to finish him off.

Then the Regent would be right. I would commit an infamy.

Your Majesty... She just wants to take advantage of the nobleness of your feelings.

The King of France steps in your way, again and again.

Impeding that you could fulfill the mission God has entrusted you with.

- I know that very well! - Then what? Get rid of the hindrance

that separates you from the universal monarchy. Now it is within your reach.

My lord, the Christendom is like a child.

It only wishes you to take it by the hand and lead it.

I know perfectly what is my duty and what is expected from me.

Don't vacillate, then. France is your booty.

Satisfy your allies and prepare yourself for doing greater ventures.

Your Majesty.

The King of France is resting in his rooms now, and would like you to be welcomed by Your Majesty.

It is the will of His Majesty that the annulment of the engagement with Princess Mary

should not unsettle the understanding between England and Spain.

And what would your lord want to put in the scale to even the dissatisfaction he caused me?

An explanation.

He hopes that his insult will be pardoned cheaply. He broke his word of king.

It it wrong to think that I would content myself with so liitle.

You didn't order the invasion of France the way you had contracted.

Consequently, the Emperor felt himself liberated from your agreement.

How dare you?

It is felony to lock a king up like your lord does.

But you are duke. And there are shadowy places in the Towerben.

I am His Majesty's envoy. Do as you think fit.

Leave! Out of my sight!

Your nephew has become insolent.

I was the arbitrator in his fight with the French.

Now that he locked him up, does he think that I will do nothing but respect his goals?

He does not know me.

Your Highness, don't judge quickly. You are risking to lose what you rightfully deserve.

The Emperor, your ally, has won a war. He will have to share the obtained trophy.

The continental possessions?

France is a dead stock ready to be chopped up.

- You are entitled to a good portion. - Listen to your Chancellor.

Forgive our nephew the affront because your profit will be greater.

That Duke of Alba should pass our demands to the Emperor.

For the first time, we are playing on the same side of the board, my lady.

We will see until when the interests of the kingdom and yours will coincide.

- Have you got my husband's instructions? - I will leave with them immediately.

The Emperor must take them into consideration. Or he will compromise my situation in England.

What message should I give him?

The only one thing the King wishes for is a male heir who will strengthen his dynasty.

And I have not given him that.

You gave him a daughter.

Should I remind you that there has not been any king who could be compared to your mother?

The engagement with the Emperor was security for both of us.

I fear that without His Majesty's protection, we will be lost.

Amen.

You are signing the hypothecs of �beda, Baeza and And�jar.

A sacrifice that will give you the 300 000 doblas you are giving the Empress as a wedding gift.

The dowry she brings is bigger.

Yes. Though that triplicates this sum, your chests are empty.

We will soon need new resources.

There has never been a dowry like this. And it is not enouhg.

The wars leave enormous debts, Your Majesty.

I hope the fate you will give France will compensate you more than enough

for what it forced you to spend on this campaign.

In the meantime, the shipments from the Indies will keep arriving.

Not so much.

Cort�s has presented Indians to his men, to establish estates.

Now they prefer to cultivate their lands than look for treasuries.

Has he dared to enslave the subjects of the Crown?

Apparently, he administers the colony differing from your dispositions.

Invalidate those estates, and increase the quota of gold he has to send to Castile.

Remind Cort�s that there is only one king in New Spain: it is me!

The reward will be according to the speed of the delivery.

Gattinara thinks that your brother plans to negotiate with the King of France.

- Negotiate? - Yes...

What he should do is grabbing his victory.

And soon! Before keeping the French captive would turn against him in the end.

But how can he doubt? Firstly, he deprived him from his imperial dream, and now he's keeping him captive.

Francis will never forgive him for such a humiliation.

Only one decision remains here, Ferdinand: to destroy him.

Here they say that God sends each man one good autumn in the course of his life.

If he does not harvest then, he loses his opportunity.

Be sure that your victory has been our Lord's wish.

Do not doubt, hence, to take advantage of it, because your enemy will be that forever.

Finish him off. Prevent the risk that he will finish you off one day.

This is my opinion and your brother's, too.

My aunt seems to read your mind, Chancellor.

Your welfare and that of the Empire guide both of us. It is easy that our purposes coincide.

Duke. What news are you bringing from England?

You uncle's temper will only calm down if he gets the part of France he claims to be his.

It will not surpurise you to know that my wishes resemble to those of the King of England.

Because I want to get from Francis what is mine.

Burgundy, what France took away from my great grandfather.

And will you make do with a part when you could take it all?

I will only ask for what is fair. Francis will agree and there will be peace.

The Christendom will be one and able to face the infidels and heretics.

You took the Duchy of Milan away from him, and, before that, the Imperial Crown.

Do you think he will give you Burgundy cordially?

You have no intention to divide France...

- That is right. - Count on the enmity of England.

- I fear for your aunt. - A queen is untouchable.

Especially if her nephew is the emperor. We'll take care of her, but we won't satisfy her husband's greediness.

As to the King of France?

My family has waited for recovering heritage our for 50 years.

We are patient. We will give our guest the time he needs.

- Marguerite! - Mother!

- Is this the end of France? - These are bitter times.

But, every day, a ray of light appears in this darkness we are found.

The Pope is supporting us in this hard moment. And it is not just him.

Have courage, and do not let yourself be frightened.

Day and night, our horse is saddled, and our sadre, naked.

Suleiman? Did the great Turk write this note?

Are you in touch with the infidels?

I would ally with the devil himself for your brother's sake.

But there is something better. The kingdom is united like one man around the Crown.

France will get out of its worst nightmare. And will do that strongly and victoriously.

But not at my son's expense. That is why I have called you.

You will travel to Spain to negotiate with the Emperor.

Never!

The Emperor considers it a fair demand. It is about the territories of his ancestors.

I will never give up Burgundy. When will I see the Emperor?

Don't you understand that it's a senseless request? I will be able to make him understand that.

You will meet when the Emperor disposes it.

You fought for this victory, and it is fair that you demand what you are entitled to.

Others try it without having believed that it is even possible.

I am giving you my sister. I don't have to point out the value of the honour I give you.

Believe me, my gratitude is up to the mark.

She has suffered. Take care of her.

- Because I will be watchful. - Your Majesty, I will try to win her heart.

Maybe the victory in Italy was an easier venture.

But she will obey. Don't ask for much more. Because this marraige was not amongst her wishes.

You and Do�a Eleanor will always count on my respect.

I trust our agreement will completely come true, and I will soon recover my mossessions in Provence.

I am at your feet, Your Highness.

Please, get up, Duke.

Your bravery makes you deserve a worthier posture.

The bravery always submits itself to the beauty.

You are gallant, handsome, brave... but a man, in the end.

- What is your defect? - Not knowing if I am worthy of your love.

No, my lord.

- Being a traitor. - Eleanor!

- That is your defect. - Go away.

I was born to be a queen.

- I am. That's why I'm worth more than 30 silver coins. - Go away, I said!

Stay calm. In the same way you complied, I will comply.

You will miss the closeness of the sea the most.

I already know that Castile is an austere land and with serious people.

Not more than your brother.

How much he takes after her mother!

You are right. Her hair is Eleanor's.

Is she the daughter of whom it is said?

You should not believe everything you are told.

I have to know. And it is only you I can believe.

We have to tell each other the truth. We can take the reins of our lives only this way.

- Queen Germaine... Is that true? - I never lived in the Court.

So I saw nothing.

But, even if you saw nothing, you know it as well as I do.

My confessor is right.

There would be no bad men if there were no worse women.

Eleanor and Germaine also live far from those who were their lovers. If there was something, it ended.

Love doesn't come to us given in these weddings.

If we want to get to know it, we will have to conquer it.

What kind of weapons do we have to fell such a fortress?

They say you take after our grandmother Isabella.

She succeeded. In this, and in all.

Your mother also tried.

From each one we have to learn the lesson she has left us.

My lady.

I wished to condole with you on your husband's death.

Thank you, Your Majesty.

To tell the truth, that is not the only reason why I have summoned you. I need a service of yours.

Tell me.

I want you to accompany me to the border to welcome the Empress.

- Does it seem to you appropriate? - You are the lady with the highest rank in the Court.

- And your sister, Eleanor? - I have to keep her away from Portugal.

I also share your doubts. But today, our friendship is completely innocent.

- When do we have to leave? - As soon as possible.

Everything is ready. In these hard times, everything must go as expected.

The Emperor let us go riding and hunting.

Even receiving visits. Everything begins to change.

I wish for only one visit. His!

Could solve all this, all at one. Why does he not want to come and see me?

I expected to find more fallow-deers than in France, and we only come across rabbits.

Here it is not easy to get the preys, Your Highness.

Nothing on these lands is.

Stop, my lord. Those berries are poisonous.

If they don't finish the lives of the animals, no doubt, they make them feel bad.

Take him with you.

Who is the lady?

The Dowager Queen of Portugal. Everyday, she comes to walk through these gardens.

Present us.

Go, I said.

My lady, the King of France would like to get to know you.

As a child, I dreamt about finding a hidden treasury in the woods. Today, God satisfies my wish.

The French will never lack gallantry. And the first of them, even less.

Get used to it, because your husband will be French. And you, duchess in my court.

You are not less victim of the Emperor's politics than I am, Your Highness.

Despite the circumstances, I hope your time with us will be pleasant.

With you, I give Spain the best of Portugal.

A part of my heart will always remain here.

There is no woman more beautiful than you. As soon as my brother sees you, he will fall to your feet.

It is late. It is still early, but I cannot let you go without knowing it.

I have already suffer all I got to suffer in this life.

May God let you be as happy as we are.

- Your Highness. The Emperor is leaving for Portugal. - He is going away without receiving me?

And I doubt he would while you don't accept his demands.

I have to see myself between these walls until his return.

- Weeks will pass. - Months will, maybe.

Go back to that garden we visited today.

Countess.

You and I are the most miserable women of France.

- Because both of us love the King. - Do you know anything about His Highness?

I know there is no happy captive. Even less, a king who had everything.

Defeated, humiliated... Locked up in that austere court.

- I worry about him. - We must have him come back.

Believe me that I do everything possible, but it is a hard task.

And I am just a woman. Sometimes I feel weak.

- Let me help you. - And what could you do?

Everything in my power.

Will you write to your husband?

I intend to offer a high ransom for the King, before a greater disgrace could happen.

Would the Count collaborate like the other nobles do?

Forget it. When my son covered him with honours,

he didn't do it thinking it was a loan.

I will write to him this very day. He will put everything he can at your disposal.

How could my son not going to love you?

What do you want to do with them?

No, my lord! My lord...

He will see me, living or dead.

Please, don't do this.

- My lady. - My lord.

Your Majesty!

- King Francis has fallen ill. - It it serious?

You should hurry if you want to see him alive.

- Will he survive? - It is difficult to cure him without knowing the disease.

Chancellor...

Berries. He ate these berries.

Find the remedy! Quickly!

My lord! Nobody could have foreseen an accident like this.

The King knew that the berries were poisonous.

- I said it to him myself. - Everyone will accuse me of having him poisoned.

If God takes him away your victory will leave with him.

- He cannot die! - Who is dying? Who are you talking about?

Nothing could be too expensive to save the King.

My brother?

Francis!

Brother... Be strong. I am with you. You are not alone.

Finally...

Fight, and I will only look for your welfare.

I am your slave and prisoner.

No... My brother and free.

How far is he capable of going? Are you going to let him have his will?

You have seen his perfidy and his arts. What kind of pact could you sign with a scoundrel like him?

- I don't want to hear more. - You know what I am saying is true.

Your Highness.

- Will he recover? - He is in the hands of God.

This picture of St. Cosmas and St. Damian has protected me since I was a child.

The women, we suffer because of the men's mistakes.

And, added to which, we have to fix them.

My lady, I am Do�a Germaine, widow of King Ferdinand of Aragon and the Marquess of Brandenburg.

I am coming to you by order of the Emperor, our lord.

Is His Majesty not accompanying you?

We will go to Seville where you will meet him.

Come closer.

The Emperor would like you to wear this necklace. And he ordered to bring it from Flanders.

I welcome Her Highness in the name of the Emperor, our lord.

Nothing is more important to me than the King's health.

- Your Highness. - These days, the danger seems to have backed away.

Receive him, and the improvement will be complete.

We thought, Your Highness, that you brought power to negotiate.

- That is right, but the King is here... - Given what happened, I agree to negotiate.

It is not little to make you content.

Your victory obligates us to forget the rights of France

about Milan, Naples and Genoa. Also, to give back

the occupied settlements and castles on the border with Flanders.

There are still territorial and economical demands.

Besides, we have to defend the interests of those who helped us to defeat you.

The Duke of Bourbon will get back his possessions and even enlarge them.

As far as the ransom is concerned, name the sum, we intend to satisfy it without bargaining.

- You have not mentioned Burgundy. - Burgundy is France, Your Majesty.

There will be no treaty without the surrender of Burgundy.

And, without a treaty, your brother will never go back to France.

So this beautiful lady makes be subject of her devotion?

The Emperor wants only one thing. Burgundy.

Well, it will not have other remedy but negotiating with me directly.

- We will meet, then. - He will not do that,

because he knows that this is your wish, and he doesn't trust you.

While I am still convalescent, I cannot go back to France.

So, now I can wait, too.

Convent on the Portuguese border

Who is there?

How dare you spy on your empress?

- Believe me, my lady, this was not my endeavour. - How could it not be?

You stayed here hidden... spying.

I would lie if I said I didn't hide myself when I saw you.

Were you thinking of...

- disfiguring me afterwards? - No, my lady, no.

No, I made a mistake... because I didn't want to bother you. I should...

I should have shown myself and left you alone with your pain.

You are lying. Like the man you are.

How could I lie in the house of God?

No doubt, I deserve punishment because I saw and heard what I should not have,

but do not add another greater failure to my sin.

What is your name?

- Francisco de Borja. - Borja?

- Like Pope Alexander? - He was my great-grandfather, Your Highness.

You have been a witness of something that only Our Lord should see.

Only one punishment occurs to me which could satisfy me. Swear me loyalty for ever.

You will remain in my service, and no one will know about my weakness.

From now on, my life is yours.

- Forgive me that I am coming at this hour. - How can I serve you?

Only God knows how much I miss my mother these days when so many doubts are assailing me.

No one can replace a mother's love, but I will see how I can help you.

Is it normal to feel fear before the marriage?

Every woman fears it.

And even more, if she has not seen her husband before the wedding.

But you have been connected with the Emperor.

Don't worry, Your Highness. Your husband is full of virtues.

Then, I am even more afraid of disappointing him.

- You? - I know he has known other women.

The man cannot deny his nature. But the Emperor is moderate, including in this.

I can trust him, then?

I cannot govern his past. But I am decided that it will not form a part of my marriage.

Bring this letter to the Emperor. Give it to him, in his hands. Please.

- I have to accompany you to Seville. - Don't see a command in it,

but the symbol of the confidence your empress places in you.

Many people has spoken to me about Queen Germaine.

They have told me so much that, rather than she coming to welcome me,

I would have preferred to have to travel many miles to visit her.

I trust that you will see to that in the future it will be that way.

As much as that you will welcome me in Seville.

Because other thing is not right for someone who has waited so much,

and has money and a home to go back to.

Tell me about her.

Beautiful. Intelligent.

Sure of her place and ready to keep it against everyone, including you.

Capable of giving you heaven or hell. It will depend on you.

You are not marrying a woman, Your Majesty, but an empress.

- It was a mistake to ask you to accompany me. - It was.

But, this way, I have seen clearly that my place is not in the Court.

- Go back to Valencia. I will take care of you. - And you do not delay your departure.

Many marriages play the future away in the first days.

Everything is prepared. Nothing can delay my departure.

You are Christian. Neither savage nor animal.

You are aware of how horrible your... sin is.

But don't worry... You will burn together.

When the fire burns your sinner flesh, remember that it is all that waits for you for all eternity.

Out. Out!

- A dispatch has come from the Emperor. - He asks for more gold.

Yes. This, and that you should give up with giving estates.

Without gold and estates those who came from Spain will turn against you.

Does the Emperor want to arouse a riot?

- We could do nothing but obey. - I won't.

- It's the Emperor's order, you can't ignore it! - He may be emperor in Europe. Here...

- It is time for you to go back to France. - Go away and leave you here?

No. We should keep negotiating with the Emperor.

While he can do it with you, he will not agree to talk to me.

He will not reveice you. Except if you give him Burgundy.

Dear sister, my kingdom can't keep being without head, and to the mercy of a Fleming's self-will.

- My lord, will you give him the Duchy? - I will do anything to save France.

I don't know what you intend to do, but if I cannot believe that you will cede,

the Emperor will even less believe it.

Your Majesty. I am bringing a message from the King of France, my lord.

Is it true? Did you let your Indians leave?

I merely fulfilled the command of the King, our lord.

You, who said you are my friend, you are the rotten apple.

The betrayal hurts more from someone you didn't expect to do so.

Stop it!

Kill him! Finish everyone off, mad of a demon!

Are you going to finish me off the way you did with her?

What have you become?

I don't want to see anyone. Anyone! Out!

Your Highness. I was told that you should tell me something

I can only hear from your mouth.

Burgundy... will be yours.

Only the honour of my family has obligated me to reclaim what is fair, with so much insistence.

And your undoubted victory against me made it possible.

And as to everything else?

I accept every condition you negotiated with my sister.

And I assume the ransom you want to ask for my person.

- Do you agree to everything? - I do.

But these demands makes it necessary for me to go back France to convince my Estates General.

Do not worry. They will obey their king.

Otherwise, you have my word that I will come back here in 6 months

and be your permanent captive.

Your word as the only guarantee...

If it is not enough, give me Do�a Eleanor's hand.

You and I will be brothers, and, this way, everything will be plain and clear.

Her Highness is firmly engaged.

If you leave, what hostage will remain in your place?

Will you send your son and heir to come here?

Of course. My word is king's word.

Thank you for your welcoming, noble lords of Seville.

The journey has made me excessively tired.

That and the... obligate absence of the Emperor, our lord,

induces me to convoke you to the arrival of His Majesty,

so that we could celebrate all together our meeting.

You are coming as discomposed as if you had had breakfast with Luther himself.

Your Highness, the Emperor and King Francis are negotiating.

- As equals? - Yes, my lord.

The Emperor recognizes Francis as the only King of France,

ignoring your legitimate aspirations.

- He will not share the booty. - The Queen's nephew

has failed his compromise for the second time.

Do you really believe a durable alliance possible between France and the Empire?

- So it seems, my lord. - We will support Francis.

- Charles has looked for this. - Your wife will oppose it.

- She will try to convince you again. - Don't worry.

I will not let myself to be deceived anymore by any Spanish.

Your nephew is a wolf in lamb's clothing. He betrayed us.

And do you want to take revenge on him by throwing yourself into the arms of the King of France?

An arrogant sovereign who doesn't feel the least respect for you?

Take care of what you say, my lady. You seem to be more loyal to your nephew than to your husband.

More loyal to the kingdom you were born in than to that you are queen in.

I only think of the welfare of England,

- in which the Emperornak has a hand. - In that of England, or yours?

I am the one who places the interest of the Crown above all. And you are a hindrance!

As a queen... and as a wife.

Your Majesty, my dear nephew, listen to this call for help.

If you turn your back on my husband's demands, you will provoke my total disgrace.

Day after day, my situation is more vulnerable, almost desperate.

Believe me that only your protection keeps me on the throne of England.

The Emperor forewarned us against your son, and it was him of whom one had to be afraid.

There is no kingdom in the whole Christendom that doesn't understand it.

- This is how I warned everyone. - I admire you, my lady.

The Spanish has the military victory, but the business one is yours.

Not without counting on England.

The break between my lord and the Emperor is a fact.

- With the Queen's blessing? - On that part, you should not worry.

- Are you so sure? - And you?

Do you assure me that the King, once free, will respect the agreements we have come to?

He will demonstrate it soon. My son's return is imminent now.

I would like to govern my empire with the precision of a clock.

You will achieve it. Because the virtue of a clock-maker is great.

Even the best craftsman has to recline upon others.

That is why I need that a sovereign loyal to the Empire governs France.

Do you want another king on the throne of the Capetians?

It is not possible to correct God's designs.

Francis is the king. And he will also be our ally.

Do you believe so?

The marriage with my sister, Eleanor, will guarantee our friendship.

- There is no other way. - I left everything to join you.

I fought against my king and defeated him, and now the victory is his,

and I have to leave defeated and humiliated.

Accept with good mood what you cannot impede.

- I complied. Now you have to comply. - I will know how to give you satisfaction. Don't doubt it.

What kind of compensation can be as valuable as what was lost?

The Duchy of Milan.

Maybe because you are a virtuous clock-maker, you think that the others are, too.

You have trusted the King. You will regret.

Are you not going to give up on your hostility? We are brother and sister.

- We should recline upon each other. - Reason is unnecessary.

Shortly, we will be separated forever. That is how you have arranged.

I wanted to talk about your future as siblings.

If that is not possible, I hope you will respect it with the due obedience.

Marrying the Duke of Bourbon will be penitence for all my sins.

No. A higher destiny awaits you.

And a much more difficult one. You will be Queen of France.

You are not only giving me back the rank. You are also easing me of the shame of giving children to a traitor.

Sister...

The welfare of the Empire obligates me to send you to a court hostile before.

Are you not afraid of the difficulties it amounts to?

I will know how to smooth them. You comply to me, my lord. And I will know how to comply to you.

The hard times we are going through obligate me to think over your situation.

You were a lady of Claude, and she is dead.

My son's favourite, but he is captive. What is your mission in the Court?

I wait for my lord's return,

- who loves me. - We all wait

and he loves all of us.

I have to collect all the money possible for the King's ransom.

That is why... I see myself obligated to deprive you of your rent.

- And what will I live on? - On your husband.

- I cannot go back to my husband. - This day had to come. You knew it well.

- The King will come back! - He will, yes,

but he will not be the same man.

Accept it. Your race is run now.

Forgive me that I insist, Your Majesty. The treaty you about to sign is a fraud. Don't do this!

Do you fear that Francis deceive us? Do you believe I don't?

Why do you agree, then? He cannot fulfill what he offers and you know it!

- Keep him captive. - For how long?

A lifetime? Each day he spends captive, France gets another ally.

I am as a prisoner as he is!

All I can do is demanding all the possible guarantees,

and trusting that the King will be a knight.

Your Majesty, the times of chivalry passed away.

He is going to marry Eleanor, and he will leave not one, but two sons as hostages.

None of these things will stop him!

Neither you nor I could know that, but I demand loyalty from you, as in victory as in failure.

Here you have the seals of the Chancellery. It will not be me who legitimizes such a deceit.

Only your services save you from my punishment.

Your Majesty.

Accompany me.

Do you swear by the book to keep what we signed here?

I swear not to break this contract any day of my life,

and not to give neither counsel nor favour to anyone to break it.

- Amen. - Amen.

I will give you nothing but my lips.

Let us leave now that we are spouses.

No, brother. This wedding is liable for a treaty.

And it will be consumated when the other conditions are fulfilled.

Brother...

- It is in front of God... - Obey and trust.

Every love grows by the waiting.

Leave me alone! I am dead for everyone.

This is your fault! I am not the one you have obligated me to be.

- What are you talking about? - You killed Moctezuma!

With him, I would have created a strong and rich empire. The best of the two worlds would have united.

- Do you really believe your words? - It was my dream!

You are the one to blame for all this death and destruction.

We are still in time.

I warn you: never break these chains.

Who is there?

Are you hiding in the shadows not not show your face?

I took advantage of that you were not here so that I could bring you some food.

Ever since you sequestered yourself, I sleep by your door like a dog every night.

Nobody dares to come close.

You... Who I humiliated so unfairly...

You need to eat and that someone protects you, because you seems to be defenseless.

Forgive me my pride, my unfairness... my blindness.

You will be capable, becasue you have demonstrated to be a better man than I am.

The colony needs you. The disorder and injustice lie in wait.

You must react! Our people listen to no one but you. The Spanish and the Indians, too.

The time to leave has come.

You, to see your kingdom again. I, to Seville, to find a woman.

Let us say goodbye like brothers.

If you were to deceive me party or completely, you will not touch my sister.

If you mistrust me so, why are you letting me go?

Now we are allies, Charles.

What we should do is to divide Italy and take it away from the Pope

and from those ambitious Venetians. To benefit from our understanding.

It is the peace in the Christendom is what I provided with our agreement.

I don't want anything what doesn't belong to me by fair right.

Have I scandalized you?

You are a strange man, Emperor.

I serve you as compensation for my indiscretion, my lady. This impedes any reward.

Accept it as a memory of our short friendship.

This very day, I am leaving for Portugal. I came for my wedding, but...

there is no consort to marry.

- I do nothing here. - Believe me,

the Emperor will have telling agruments to explain his delay.

I will not wait any longer.

Wait, my lady. Please. When he sees you, he will only be able to love you.

If you need something from me, pass this ring to me.

I will always remember you with affection.

And when His Majesty arrives?

He will find the emptiness he gave me.

If you refuse to fulfill the King's word, you will be dismissed.

That, if you are not imprisoned or something worse.

I will face everything, but I will neither outlaw the colony,

nor adjust to something I don't believe in, in order to keep my position.

- But what do you want to do, then? - Something very slightly common:

I am going away before I am sent off.

- Where? - This territory is huge.

- There is still many things to do. - What do you intend to do?

A mission that will bring great benefits to everyone: discover the passage between the two oceans.

Such benefits will be good for little if the things go to pieces here, I told you.

You are the only one who can maintain the concordance, putting everyone to their places.

Don't worry. I will leave everything in order to wait for the King's men.

You accuse me of betrayal, but I die for loyalty to my people.

- But not to me. - I am not one of your dogs.

I am a man who was free. I owe no loyalty to you.

I admire you. But I cannot leave you behind.

Finish it, at one go. One more death will barely add weight on your conscience.

- Your Highness. - Did our business in France go as we expected?

It did. We will not be alone against the Emperor.

Go. Leave me alone with the Queen.

Your nephew has not satisfied my demands.

However, he didn't hesitate to sign an agreement with the French.

It doesn't lessen your dignity.

- On the contrary... - Catherine,

you are a good woman,

but God is not with you.

I am going to ask for the annulment of our marriage.

Leave me, but don't obligate me to marry.

I just want to protect you.

I thoguht I would never go from hand to hand again.

That is what I try to prevent. The marriage will make you untouchable.

In anyone's eyes, you will be one of our people. You will have the same rights as any Spanish has.

Without you... the conquista would have been different.

Without your love, I would have been another, too.

Take me with you.

Are you not afraid of me now?

Stay... Take me... but don't secede from me.

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Did you follow me to the border so that I change my mind?

You are exerting in vain. I have been defeated.

What a crazy dream!

That of trying to unite my duties of a princess with my desires of a woman.

So many years behind aimlessness, and today... Today I don't know if I will be able to love.

I lost the game. And with that, my life.

May God pity him! Because he loses more than you do.

I dare to show myself in front fo you, because nothing has been lost yet.

On the contrary, everything is to be won.

I give you my word that I will respect your decision.

And I will make everyone respect it.

There is Portugal.

Here, a shared dream, in which we will make it all and one.

If you are capable of forgiving me.

You know that I only imagine my life by your side.

I already love you. And I swear I will always love you.

Next time: News have come from Flanders. Your sister, Isabella, is dead.

Italy must get rid of the Imperial troops which surrounds it.

My soldiers with yours will achieve it.

The Emperor will be a terrible threat for you.

Finish what you started.

What devoted man flees from someone who loves him?

I would be grateful if you left me alone, Your Majesty.

Don Hern�n Cort�s?

Tell me, am I free now?

- Cort�s has gone mad and believes himself king. - How dares he disobey you?

Go to Italy again. Our troops there should be alert.

What makes you think that I prefer power to fulfill His Majesty's order?

You were right. I should have never trusted the King of France.

Her Royal Highness, Mary of Hungary.

That Suleiman wanted to invade Hungary, everybody was aware of!

And you did nothing to impede this tragedy.

You know that nobody would govern these lands better than I would.

Europe is what bathes in the Mediterranean!

This island matters as much as a distant relative!

France and Rome has united their forces to attack us.

- Send more troops! - The Pope is waiting for our orders.

This is not a war for booty. It is a threat for what we are

and for the God we pray.

Firstly, I offend her with my delay. And now, I have to postpone our union.