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Previously... That Cort�s defeated an empire.

Will you name him governor of the conquered territories?

- Not yet. - They think you know the whereabouts of the treasury,

- because they think you're a friend of Cuauht�moc. - Tell me where you are hiding the treasury.

If you say it, I will do that you and your people stop to suffer.

- I will spur the covoking of a synod. - I told you that you had nothing to fear.

- Thank you. - Should we believe that Luther dissolved into thin air, my lord?

The moratorium I gave him has expired. Luther haven't withdrawn his words and will be declared a runaway.

I thought I could soon tell His Majesty that Castile was in peace again.

Padilla has reorganized his forces and it has encouraged the rebels.

In Burgos, there are still many people who are loyal to our cause, and we can recover it.

We want to offer you a treaty. Help us catch the leaders of the movements.

- Tell me, father. - Promise me,

that you will not marry until you have made your sister marry the Emperor.

I love you, Eleanor.

You are going to impede my wedding with your brother.

I am the Queen of Portugal, and I wish to stay here!

The arm of the German princes is longer than we thought.

- Are you sure he was poisoned? - We will have to be more careful.

I have decided to attack the Emperor on several fronts.

Your Highness, we have the opportunity to win the war with only one battle.

- We could capture the Emperor himself! - We will wait.

We took the Duchy of Milan away from Francis.

It would not have been appropriate to send back to Castile someone who maybe carries in her belly

the future King of Portugal.

The Pope is dead!

Who is the candidate with the most possibilities to succeed him?

Cardinal Wolsey, no doubt.

They also said that Francis would be emperor.

The Arduous Way towards the Victory

Cantabrian Sea

Something serious, Your Reverence?

Rome is informing me

that I have been elected pope.

Your Holiness...

This is great news. The Emperor must be informed immediately.

No, no, no. Get up, get up.

I don't understand.

I didn't even applied for the position.

You are a fair man. And they must have seen it, too.

- How could they honour you more? - Honour me?

Or condemn me.

You are forgetting the situation of Rome? Besetted by the Turks,

and incapable of stopping a war between Christians.

With you in the Holy See, Francis will not dare to make a counterattack.

Think about the advantage a friendly pontiff represents for the Crown.

- Nothing could be more beneficial. - This is what troubles me the most.

Everyone will suppose that I am at the Emperor's service.

The whole Christendom. The Turks, everyone!

- I have to leave for Rome. - If you permit it, I will

- personally see about the preparations. - No. I am leaving tonight.

Long live the Emperor!

- Long live King Charles! - Long live!

Long live King Charles!

The people love you, Your Majesty.

Do you remember when you disembarked in Asturias?

The Castilians welcomed a foreigner back then.

Today, their Emperor is returning.

Long live! Long live the Emperor!

Where is His Holiness?

A want to give him a hug.

Has he vanished?

His Reverence has left for Rome.

- Was he not informed about my return? - He was, Your Majesty.

But when he received the news he wanted to leave immediately.

What kind of maltreatment have I given to him that he offends me this way?

To tell the truth, I don't believe that the regent's intention was to offend you.

Who helped him be cardinal?

He would have never been made pope without me!

- And this is how he repays me... - That is precisely why.

I believe he wants to prove his independency from the Crown. From you, Your Majesty.

My preceptor on St. Peter's throne, and will we not count on the support of Rome neither?

Your Reverences, beloved brothers,

I feel honoured to be here before God and before you.

Do know that the responsibility which falls on my shoulders now will not becloud my judgement.

It is true that the Catholic King and Emperor was my pupil.

And that I served his demands with loyalty as the regent of Spain.

Your Holiness, with your permission.

In this respect, I am talking for many by manifesting a worry.

Rome cannot sink on its knees before the Empire.

I am glad you care for our states.

I assure you that I will put my duties as the defender of the true faith forward

any other matter.

Rome will be neutral in the disputes between Christian kingdoms.

I told you. Adrian is the best possible choice.

A learned and wise man.

... the two great threats which trouble us today.

But, in the same way the war without diplomacy gets stuck

and ruins the contenders,

the stake is not enough to eradicate the herecy.

The people's sins have their origins in the sins of the clergy.

That is how the Scriptures say.

I am a strict man.

Just like Christ was strict and his Church must be strict.

With this spirit, I intend to reform the Curia.

Calm. These are not more than words.

Let me deal with the pontiff.

... from the popes to the prelates.

And it has been a long time since there was anyone who worked well.

Your Majesty, His Holiness has taken good care of you and your interests.

I am sure he will keep doing it from Rome.

Please, don't let the anger guide you.

Ver well. If he wants independence, he will have independence.

Let us deal with the important things. What happened in my absence?

The appointment of the governor of New Spain is yet to be signed.

Cort�s will have what he wants. Anything else?

King Manuel left your sister pregnant before his death.

His son, King John, is making a proposal to you.

In order to maintain the alliance between the two kingdoms, he wishes to marry Eleanor,

this way your sister would still be Queen of Portugal.

This is a wise and friendly offer, but I have to refuse it.

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

Of course, if the child is a boy, he could stay in the Court if King John wishes it.

As to the comuneros?

The war didn't end with the execution of Padilla and his men.

But the revolt has been suffocated, and its instrigators caught, more than 2000 men.

They are many. We were lucky to come to be victorious.

No, Your Majesty. Luck had no role in this matter.

They had to be defeated by sword.

The question is what to do with them.

Act with firmness, or, on the contrary, be gracious.

The eternal question, Your Majesty.

In case of doubt, the judgement always lies in clemency.

That is how Adrian taught me.

I will grant a general forgiveness.

The prisioners will be released.

No Castilian's comunero past will be kept tally on.

- Your vassals will be thankful. - I have not finished!

The majority will be released.

But all the leaders, all who conspired,

will be executed!

- They will. - I made enough mistakes with Luther.

From now on, my home will be in my spanish kingdoms.

But, before, those must be pacified.

For that, the revival of this conflict must be avoided.

Not even from its ashes.

The one who still cannot be found is Mar�a Pacheco, Your Majesty.

She fled from Toledo, and we didn't find her.

Damned vixen!

Before Your Highness, I am appearing defenseless, asking for help and forgiveness.

And what do you want me to offer you, ma'am?

I am only looking for refuge.

A place where I can spend the remainder of my days.

To return to my ancestors' land.

I see you have the courage to show yourself here when the Emperor has put a prize on your head.

I did nothing else but defended what I believed fair for Castile, Your Highness.

You can stay in Portugal.

And don't worry. Your persecutors will not nothing about your whereabouts.

I hope that you will know how to be thankful.

And that you will not start any revolt against me.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Leave.

- Are you giving shelter to that rebel? - She descends from Portugese nobles.

- Give her to the Emperor. - Do you want me to become the Empire's puppet in everyone's eyes?

In your vassals' eyes, in particular.

The decision is wise.

- But the Emperor will not like it. - Just wait for the consequences.

My brother never forgets.

They are the main leaders, those who you decided to execute.

But we have a serious problem, Your Majesty. There.

Bishop Acu�a.

What did he do to be here?

He ransacked churches to finance the comunero cause with an army of 200 priests.

He was captured in Navarre, but he tried to escape.

He killed the mayor who guarded him, with a brick.

May God be with Monsignor!

- He deserves what is happening to him. - I don't doubt it, but...

In times of uncertainty, when any support is necessary,

is it good to execute a bishop?

Should the justice not be equal for everyone in my dominions?

My lord... You are risking that Rome excommunicates you.

Alright.

Let him remain prisioner.

Execute the rest.

You were very eloquent in your talk before the Curia.

I cannot agree more about the necessity of a reform in the Church.

I confess that I myself promoted your nomination.

I am glad to know. In the governance, one learns that every support is a little.

Nevertheless, I fear you have not noticed that the things in the Holy See

evolve in their own rhythm.

The changes cannot come into existence from day to day.

In particular, when no one wants them to come into existence.

Rome has to give an example for virtue and honour.

We must finish with the indulgences and reprieves.

With the luxury and the unnecessary expenses.

How many lives are taken by the hunger and the illnesses, while we waste the money here

to jewels and luxurious buildings.

Thank you for the warning. Anything else?

A similar reform will flutter more than one dovecot.

It seems your pupil, the Emperor,

threatens Monsignor Acu�a with execution.

He is a comunero rebel.

He was excommunicated because of his sacks in the times of Ferdinand the Catholic.

Do you ratify his conviction?

I am sure that Charles will not execute a bishop.

If he will, I trust that you will be merciless.

Because, as you preach, Rome does not depend on the Empire.

Cort�s...

- Did you want to see me? - Sit down.

- I'm afraid I have bad news. - Has something happened to my husband?

I've been informed that he doesn't live a Christian life.

We both know that my husband has never been pious.

They're suggesting here that he has another woman.

A woman who has replaced you not only in the bed.

It seems Cort�s doesn't make any decisions without discussing with her.

An Indian.

What are you saying?

An Indian?

In that case, this writing contains only lies and defamations.

Ma'am... I'm afriad you're wrong.

I have to inform Castile. It is my duty.

No!

You are doing this for your own interest.

To take away from him the governent of the territories he has conquered!

You are offending me.

You know our differences well, but I swear

that this time I'm only driven by the defense of the decency.

- And the justice. - Wait. Don't tell them yet.

Let me go there and see it with my own eyes.

Ma'am, will you undertake such a dangerous journey?

If what this is saying is true,

you will have my testimony and my blessing to inform everyone in detail.

- You are asking too much. - Please.

For my honour!

I beg you.

Alright.

I will do so, for the respect towards you.

Mother...

... do not be afraid,

I don't hate you.

I need that no longer.

I have already taken vengeance, Mother.

Now one look from me is enough

to hang those on the gallows who mean me harm.

You have my forgiveness.

Go!

I will not receive anyone else. May they go.

Come one! Out!

Go!

Take a good look at those. You will see nothing of them again.

All of them are leaving with the first ship for C�diz.

I missed you. So did your son.

He doesn't stop eating. He has a conquistador's strength.

See you soon. Now I'm going to take a nap.

- I can take it with you. - No.

Ma'am... You should know that Catalina Ju�rez,

Cort�s's wife is coming here.

- Does he know about it? - No.

Don't tell him.

Do it for me.

The little one is moving. He feels when you are near.

Eleanor...

Your brother replied: he wants you to go back after the birth as it was agreed.

- Respond that it is impossible. - With that, I would break the contracts

- and defy the Emperor. - But we will marry, won't we?

Will you let me go back?

I am carrying the heir to the throne in my belly. I am the Queen of Portugal!

- You are property of the Crown of Castile. - No.

You are mine and I am yours.

- I wish it were that simple. - You are giving shelter to a rebel

behind my brother's back, and do you want to send me back?

I don't want to lose you. I don't want you to leave.

By God, I will do my utmost to prevent you to be taken away from me.

Your Majesty,

I do not wish anything but health to you in this land.

We shared long hours

thinking about the day when you have the crown

that decorates you today.

But this obligates me to warn you

that our friendship will not prevent me from fulfilling my duty.

If you decide to execute Monsignor Antonio Acu�a,

I will see myself forced to excommunicate you.

You are still in time, Your Majesty. Stop this horrar!

My lord, if you are not afraid of Rome, be afriad of God, at least.

God will be able to understand it.

Forgive me.

I forgive you. Try to pull it hard.

I absolve you. In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

Confiscate his properties. We need them.

May God protect us.

Call His Majesty. It is urgent.

- What happened? - France counterattacked in the Duchy of Milan.

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

Can we count on Rome?

Rome will give no assistance. This war must be won without the Pope's blessing.

I say we should respond with might and main.

- We have already defeated them once. - No, my lord.

I beg you, Your Majesty, we should find a way to stop this fight that no one desires.

- A permanent peace would be good for all of us. - Peace?

Do you believe I don't desire peace? Francis should give me back the Duchy of Burgundy if he wants to end it!

My lord, we won in Bicocca, but, in Valenciennes, we went through a disaster.

- Let us not underrate the power of the French. - There is something we have not estimated yet

and we could try.

In the chain that surrounds the King of France, there is a weak link,

a man capable of gathering 30 000 men in his estates.

A soldier with capacity and experience to change the course of this war,

if he turns his armies against Francis.

And who is this man?

I deduce that a more formal meeting would not be suitable.

We both are men of the world.

I am coming from far and I will not palter.

You have come to my call. I suppose you are interested.

Maybe you suppose too much.

In the Emperor's name I am offering you an alliance, so that France and Spain could be fraternal countries,

as it suits between Christians.

Are you proposing me a betrayal?

The vassals don't betray their lord if he treats them unfairly

and deprives them from everything belongs to them.

What would you say if I made you a similar offer?

We are not talking about the same king. Mine is not surrounded by adulators,

neither punishes those loyal to him.

Make your men be at the Emperor's disposal, and he can thank you for that.

- How? - Eleanor.

The Emperor's sister became a widow and will return to Castile.

What better way is there to seal an alliance than a marriage?

No doubt, your proposal is precious.

But I have to think it over.

Add a dowry of 200 000 escudos to your reflections.

But mind that the time is working against everyone.

- Catalina... - Who is this?

I am his wife.

An Indian? Have you gone mad?

- I have a name. - Make her shout up!

May she never address me again.

Go.

No...

Calm down.

I didn't believe what I heard about you, and what I've seen is much worse.

Enough. I won't let you make me lift up my voice.

I am your husband.

I have conquered this world without you,

but I haven't forgotten you.

Leave your kisses to that savage. You disgust me!

Are you leaving?

I cannot stay here with that woman.

Are speaking like this about the one who is your wife by law?

- Does that bother you? - It bothers me more

that threw me out of my bedroom and I had to be in hiding to feed Mart�n.

You'll want for nothing. Be patient. She'll leave with the next ship, with the gold.

- Take me with you today. - I can't.

- We have to be prudent. - We? You only think about yourself.

Yesterday I was a queen, today I feel myself a servant.

None of these two things are true.

You are my lover, this should be enough for you.

This is madness.

Ma'am, try to understand your husband.

No. I need to know... I want to know everything!

Sometimes it is better to be reconciled to what you saw and not to investigate more.

That woman and her son must go away from here.

She has infected him, that boy is the fruit of shame.

You must know that Do�a Marina isn't any Indian. She's a very important woman here.

Well, that is over!

In the eyes of God, he can have only one woman.

Obey me, please:

go back to Castile and wait until all these things pass away.

That whatsoever savage has taken away from me what belongs to me by right.

No... None of that!

I won't go away from here neither give up what is mine!

You are the King of Portugal. You should act like that.

You have no heart.

I have a head.

You cannot let the rumours continue about what is growing in the Dowager Queen's belly.

You cannot understand.

I love her.

If you have never felt like that you don't know what I am talking about.

What can I do not to lose her?

Are you so decided to marry her?

- That is my wish. - Offer a deal to the Emperor.

Give him Mar�a Pacheco in return for staying with Eleanor.

The Emperor will be angry to know that I gave her shelter.

He will.

But this way you will inform him about it.

Just like about your liaison with his sister.

It is better if he learns it from you than from a third party.

Face him,

and he will appreciate the deed as goodwill.

You will forestall a greater bad, and you will have occasion to ask for his blessing.

He wants to compare that traitor with Eleanor? My sister is worth much more.

Especially that we have offered her hand to the Duke of Bourbon.

What the hell is going on in Portugal?

So much interest in marrying your sister...

Maybe who Eleanor is expecting is not Manuel's.

Maybe someone else is the fortunate one.

She refuses to come, and she will put all of us to shame!

Go for her and drag her here if you must. She should come back immediately!

My lord, please, be prudent. We need your sister,

but we also need Portugal.

- We cannot become enemies with King John. - Do as I say.

The Marquis of D�nia is waiting for you in the throne-room.

I hope your return to Castile has proved to be satisfactory.

Many of us wished for your return.

Don't waste neither my time nor yours. Tell me once what you want.

You know that the harvest was lost because of the revolts.

Have you come to ask for money? I know your accounts, my lord, and you get more than enough.

If the care for my mother and sister proves to be a too difficult task...

No, Your Majesty! For me, that is an honour I cannot renounce.

I personally care for that they get the treatment they deserve.

That is not what has come to my ears!

What happened between you and my sister?

Don't notice the malevolent rumours.

If I treated brusquely the Infanta, it was because she joined those traitor comuneros.

- How dare you? - Your Majesty,

I would not mention it if I had not seen it with my own eyes.

Is that what you came for? To ask and insult?

It is not my intention to offend you.

If you don't believe me, ask the Infanta.

Leave... Leave!

I have to entrust you with a mission. Because you are the most suitable man to do it.

I resort to your discretion.

- Because it is a delicate matter. - You can trust me, Your Majesty.

Find out as much as you can about Do�a Germaine's situation.

About her marriage?

Stop walking about, daughter.

Come closer.

The last time I still recognized the boy in your eyes, and now...

- So much time didn't pass. - When did you come back?

- I should have come earlier. - For what?

To relieve your conscience?

You are glad to see me, I see.

If you're going to lock us up for a lifetime, please, find another jailer.

That disgusting Marquis treats us worse than serves.

Does that justify that you conspire against me?

The comuneros made up to us, that is true. But we have always been loyal.

I am not speaking about you but about her.

- Do you believe the stories of that abject rat? - He says he saw it.

People say many things...

I was assured by my brother one day that he'd take me out of this castle, but his word's worth nothing!

- Do you deny it, then? - I would join the devil himself

- to go away from here. - Hush.

What are you afraid of, Mother? What else could he do to us?

- Think over your words. - No! I have been quiet enough.

Kill me if you think I deserve it, but have courage to do it with your hands.

Enough! Enough.

If you rule it is because I permit it.

- Ma'am... - Don't come closer!

- It is not my intention to offend you. - Go away, then.

You feel alone. Believe me, I understand.

You?

I let a husband go,

and you've demented him with God knows what kind of spells and words of serpent.

I wish it was true. I wish I could manage him.

I wish all of that were in my hands.

I am his, but he is not mine.

I am not enough for him. Nor you. There are many more.

I am not the reason of his madness but the power is.

Nothing satiates him now.

I have to look after our son while he goes out with anyone he wants.

He has a demon inside.

You, who knows him better..

do something.

Please.

Have you seen it, wife? This is what we do here.

The Emperor would be less of an emperor without us.

I won't go with that ship. Neither with the next, nor with the following one.

- You need my help. - Do you believe so?

Diego Vel�zquez would like to finish you off. He warned me about what was happening here.

That rat... The envy corrodes him from inside.

He was going to inform Castile about your licentious life. If he didn't do it it was because I impeded it.

He just wanted to turn you against me. You've never been an ingenue.

If he was going to tell Castile, we'd think he doesn't inform me, instead you came...

I will forget what I saw

if it ends here and now.

Otherwise, I'll inform the Emperor.

How do you wish to spend the remainder of your days?

As the Governor of New Spain or humiliated, in a Castilian cell?

At the stake, perhaps?

Are you threatening me?

We haven't reached so far to lose everything because of your flirts.

Choose:

do you want me to help you

or to ruin you?

She will never leave.

No! Not this way.

I want the man I love. Not the one I am seeing in her hands.

How can she dominate you who have defeated an empire?

- In the place I come from, there're other customs. - But you are great.

If that Charles is an emperor there, here...

you are much more.

You are a god.

Will you let that woman destroy what you got with sword?

With your determination, with your intelligence...

You are the pure incarnation of Quetzalcoatl.

You are the greatest.

Cort�s, the greatest of men.

My lord.

I keep my mother and sister locked up in that castle.

Do you think I am cruel?

You are... prudent, Your Majesty. Nothing more.

The governance brings annoyances. Sometimes to those who we appreciate the most.

- What did you want? - Johanna van der Gheynst has had a daughter.

Her name is Margaret.

You have become a father... again.

See to that they want for nothing. Ever.

Your Majesty, I have been thinking, and...

What happened in Portugal could be very beneficial for the Empire,

- if we can use it in our favour. - What do you mean?

King John wouldn't like to give up your friendship, but a scandal wouldn't be good for him.

We can gain much from him now.

Marry Infanta Isabella.

Or do you not feel alone?

For what else do you look for a shelter in the arms of women who can't give you anything

except unwanted descendants?

Think about that, too, that the dowry would give us what we need to end this war.

And should I break the alliance with Henry?

Portugal will be loyal to you. Can you say the same about the English?

I see you are not afraid of the plague to show yourself here.

- All of us are in God's hands. - It is very late.

The pontiff is resting. He will welcome you once it is possible.

I have not come looking for His Holiness but you.

The Most Christian King of France is worried.

He has always had a good relation with Rome.

Could it be otherwise?

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

The past of His Holiness doesn't make him a servant of the Empire.

Perhaps. But the Turks are on the watch, Your Reverence.

If that happens, God forbid,

to whom will Rome turn, begging for its salvation?

Your Holiness, you must leave Rome.

The plague infested the city.

The majority of the cardinals has gone. You should, too.

I will not leave my place.

Nor will I excommunicate the Emperor.

Your Majesty!

Rhodes has succumbed to the Turks.

The whole Christendom is threatened.

Rome is deserted, destroyed by the plague.

The cardinals have fled.

The few who remained here would like me to flee, too.

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

I should have never left Castile.

Here, I have no allies. Even less, friends.

Forgive me for the disruptions my departure could have caused you.

I am applying to you, in this terrible hour,

begging for your help.

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

Yours sincerely, Adrian.

My lady.

I had you in, but the matter is about your husband.

The position the Marquess accepted with your marriage is not an easy one.

He received many favours in return for taking care of you.

And of my child.

The Marquess's devotion and love, what such a high mission requires, are obvious.

And my wish is to recompense it.

Why did you not come to me?

Your Majesty, I know about your many tribulations...

I care for you!

Do you not know?

He dissipated the incomes I gave you,

sold your jewels when nothing remained in the chests,

- and lifted his hand against you! - My lord, I am also to blame...

Don't lie to me! That damned bastard!

Your Majesty, hold your horses! Think about that your daughter considers him a father.

For St. George!

- You look like Joan of Arc. - I hope to have a better end...

I want this.

To burn at the stake with you.

Son...

Your wife is very ill.

This is not new, Mother.

She is dying.

It could be a matter of days. Or hours.

The least you can do is to visit her in her deathbed.

- She will have the funeral she deserves. - No, Your Highness. Go and see her.

Before the Court, it is not enough to be king. You also have to appear one.

You have come...

As soon as I could. How couldn't I?

Don't make me laugh. I don't have the strength.

You have never loved me.

You deceived me and humiliated me before everyone.

Do you want the last thing I remember from your lips to be a reproach?

This is the truth.

Moreover, you have killed me.

- I never wanted to hurt you, Claude. - I know.

That is the way you are.

Drink...

I have done what was expected from me.

- I gave you descendants. - I have not asked more.

You have to promise me that you will take care of my children.

If anything happens to them, my life would not be good for anything.

- Promise me. - I promise.

What is your word worth?

I will. For my life, I will.

Now, go.

Let me die in peace.

I have not had a worthy life.

Let my life be that at least.

- Your Highness, I am very sorry... - Save the condolences with me,

because it is to be long.

And your son?

As you can imagine, he is very afflicted.

I have heard rumours that trouble me.

I know the King, driven by his caprices, has been unfair with you.

I don't remember the last time he demonstrated me his friendship.

Your cousin loves you well. I know.

I am sorry for your loss, Your Highness.

But I felicitate you.

It seems you got married, or you will, soon.

Is that not right, cousin?

- I don't know what you mean. - But yes, yes, you do.

I know about your wandering with the Emperor.

Withdraw that offence immediately.

Now you feel self-conscious. Do you fear that people will know who you are?

- This is not the moment. - No one betrays me, cousin. No one!

Remember well what I am telling you in front of my deceased wife.

- And may the Emperor remember, too. - Is it a threat?

Because if it is, I don't deserve such a treatment!

Marquess...

I have decided to name your wife Vicereine of the Kingdom of Valencia.

You will accompany her and advise her in the governance,

as Captain General of the said kingdom.

I grant you that rank from now on.

Do know that everything you have you owe to your wife.

Rank, fortune...

Even your mere existence.

Prove me you deserve her.

Stop!

Stop! Stop!

I want to give a toast. But before that, read my appointment again. Read it!

By the present and order of the Emperor, notice is hereby given

that Don Hern�n Cort�s Monroy Pizarro

the conquistador, is named Governor of New Spain!

Nothing of these would have been possible without you.

Without anyone of you!

Let us clink our glasses with this wine of the Old World...

- Cheers! - Cheers!

Cheers!

This victory is yours, too.

What are you doing?

Don't worry. I have for you, too.

You are possessed! This was the last time.

You will pay for what you have done to me.

How dare you speak to me like this in front of my people?

- You are the humiliated one? - Show me respect!

I am your husband! I am the Governor of New Spain!

Not for a long time. Everybody will know in Castile what you have become.

I have a world by my feet. I am a god here. A god!

You are a demon. A mad demon!

I will write to the Court. I will ask for the protection of the highest authority!

Don't you dare!

Help!

- Somebody, help me! - Sir!

Catalina...

Catalina.

Your Majesty... Your Majesty!

His Holiness... Adrian...

is dead.

Dead?

- How? - His body was found on the floor.

- Murder? - We cannot know for certain.

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

- Either France or the Roman Curia killed him. - We should not rule a sad coincidence out.

I forced him to take sides.

- His death is my fault. - Your Majesty, don't torment yourself.

Leave me alone.

Are you going to the war?

The imperials are encolsed in Pavia.

Pope Adrian can tell about his good works before God. The providence is smiling on us.

And should you go on the front of your armies?

It cannot be otherwise, Mother.

Will the Constable accompany you?

I don't want to know anything about my infamous cousin.

An infamous man who could gather 30 000 men. Too much to take it easy.

The difference between victory and defeat.

Even if it hurts us, you must count on him.

You are so sick you are not even getting up to welcome me?

Forgive me, Your Highness. I can barely move.

You do it correctly, my friend.

Nothing is like repose to recover the strength.

Now you are treating me as a friend?

Now and forever, Charles.

If I was a little harsh in our last meeting, it was

becauser I was distracted by the Queen's death.

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

Of course, Your Highness.

Let me recover and I will be with you, neck and neck.

I will wait 3 weeks. Enough for you to recover.

A great victory awaits us. The poets will speak about us in the future.

We will be a legend.

The Emperor wants to make me marry the Duke of Bourbon.

It is reasonable.

It could change the course of the war.

My brother shows it again how skillful he is... at the expense of his loved ones.

I respect you, Eleanor, but we cannot avoid our destiny.

What destiny?

Calm down. Think about your child.

Marrying and giving birth! That is our destiny!

And if we die, what does it matter? That is the only thing waiting for us.

Does it seem little to you to give an heir to a kingdom who assures its future?

- If the Emperor and I... - Ingenue!

My brother will never marry you! He would never do such a thing to insult England.

Politics may impede my wedding with Charles, but you will not marry my brother,

because you have put all of us to shame.

Help!

Say I am not going to die. Say it.

I cannot. We can just pray and trust in the providence.

Push, Eleanor. Push!

Push!

It is a beautiful girl!

- It is a beautiful girl... - Let me hold her.

Very well. Very well, Eleanor, very well.

Your Majesty, our ancestors wanted our kingdoms to walk hand in hand.

The mistakes of His Higness, my brother,

should not garble a plan inspired by the providence,

as well the interest of the Empire should not impede it.

Will you let misplaced affections and compromises break something

that the fatality have not got to wreck on so many occasions?

We will attack France on three fronts.

England, from northwest. We, from south.

Bourbon's troops will cross the Alps to attack Francis in the Duchy of Milan.

This is the moment. The French are expecting the Duke's troops, but they will not arrive.

If it goes wrong, there will be no more opportunities.

If it goes well, there will be peace between the Christians.

Peace, and Adrian always thought its search to be my first obligation.

- The Constable's troops are coming. - You should not lose faith.

- I gave him 3 weeks, and he needed only 2. - But they are coming against us.

- What? - They are attacking us.

- Your Highness, order the retreat. - Never! Let them prepare my horse.

I am not like that coward Charles. I fight on the front of my men in the battlefield.

- Honour or death. - What do you want to do?

I am going with my cavalry against his lines.

The artillery must stop firing the enemy!

The King is going to enter the battlefield!

Let me! I assure you I will survive!

Go and find Montmorency. Tell him where I am. Quickly!

Where is the great lord you are talink about?

Blessed ignorance...

Do you not know who we caught?

We could not have a better booty, gentlemen.

He is the King of France.

You succeeded. I could not have gone better.

With Francis as prisioner, this war has come to an end. Congratulations, Your Majesty.

England did not attack.

Henry...

My father...

My friend, my brother...

Henry has failed us!

- You warned me well. - Taste the victory, my lord.

I am going to send an emissary to Portugal.

I also have a proposal for King John.

I began to think you would not come.

Look, John. This is our daughter.

And she has your eyes. It is going to be difficult to conceal it.

Do you not want to take her into your arms?

I love you.

I have never loved before knowing you.

Know that I was always for you and you, for me.

- Forgive me. - Why should I?

You must leave for Castile.

God knows I have done everything I could.

You would not be worthy of the Crown of the most miserable kingdom on the earth.

- Give me my daughter! - No.

You cannot do this to me.

I will not forget you.

Do I scare you?

Now you don't seem to be the brother who came from Flanders.

How do I know that I can trust you?

Can you give me proof?

No.

I doesn't matter what I tell you.

You are distrustful like a good Fleming.

You will live surrounded by vipers who will try to make up to you.

Trust more in the blood.

I will fulfill my promise.

I will take you out of here.

You are hurting me.

Mother...

I pains me to leave you here.

- And if we will not see each other again? - Don't be silly!

You have a life in front of you.

Walk, walk, without looking back!

Is it true that Eleanor was taken away without saying goodbye to her gaughter if she wanted to?

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

And you will finally marry Charles.

You don't need to pretend surprise. You knew it.

Brother...

I am guilty of being in love.

But you...

You betrayed me.

She is here now.

You have made the best possible decision. Don't be troubled.

I wish you very much happiness in your marriage.

Because when you die, you will burn in hell.

Have they treated you well, Your Highness?

My men and I will accompany you to Spain.

- We will not leave you alone. - Listen to me, Montmorency.

You have to pass it to him whatever the cost, do you understand?

Only he can help us. Only he can.

Constantinople

Suleiman the Magnificent, sultan of sultans,

I turn to you in this desperate situation.

Please accept this present, my ring, as symbol of friendship,

to help me defeat a common enemy, the infamous Emperor Charles V.

Next time... That is why I need that a sovereign loyal to the Empire govern France.

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

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

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

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

I need a service of yours.

It is the Emperor's order. You cannot ignore it.

He is emperor in Europe. Here...

The only one thing the King wishes for

is a male heir who will strengthen his dynasty. And I have not given him that.

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

Who is that lady?

- The Dowager Queen of Portugal. - Are you in touch with the infidels?

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

- Who is there? - The Queen's nephew

has failed his compromise for the second time.

He will not share the booty.

You killed Moctezuma! With him I would have created a strong and rich empire.

I see myself obligated to deprive you of your rent.

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

- Here you have the seals of the Chancellery. It won't be me who legitimizes such a deceit. - You are my prisioner!

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

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

Your Majesty!

King Francis has fallen ill.