As it says on the label, what if Henri II and Catherine de Medicis start having kids earlier? OTL she only had her first kid at 25, and many of her children's health problems were ascribed to her use of remedies for her "infertility" such as drinking mule urine and ground up stag's antlers (amongst others). So, say her first pregnancy occurs in 1537 (when she's 16), and her obstetric history runs as follows:
Marie (b.1537)
Louis, duc d'Angoulême (1538-1540)
François II (b.1540)
Charles, duc d'Anjou (b. 1542)
Stillborn Daughter (1543)
Élisabeth (b. 1545)
Claude (b.1546)
Henri, duc de Berri (b.1547)
Stillborn Daughter (b.1550)
Marguerite (b.1552)
Louis, duc d'Alençon (b.1555)
How does France fare with a series of age monarchs? What does Catherine's future hold? Is she still a force to be reckoned within politics? Or does she get sidelined by her son(s)?
EDIT: I can see Marie being married to Edward VI as Élisabeth de Valois was OTL, only here there would be no wait, so if Eddie's health is the same as OTL, there is the prospect of a PoW being born before or shortly after he dies.
Also, alt-Mary, queen of Scots, would she still marry alt-François II or his younger brother, the duc d'Anjou?
Marie (b.1537)
Louis, duc d'Angoulême (1538-1540)
François II (b.1540)
Charles, duc d'Anjou (b. 1542)
Stillborn Daughter (1543)
Élisabeth (b. 1545)
Claude (b.1546)
Henri, duc de Berri (b.1547)
Stillborn Daughter (b.1550)
Marguerite (b.1552)
Louis, duc d'Alençon (b.1555)
How does France fare with a series of age monarchs? What does Catherine's future hold? Is she still a force to be reckoned within politics? Or does she get sidelined by her son(s)?
EDIT: I can see Marie being married to Edward VI as Élisabeth de Valois was OTL, only here there would be no wait, so if Eddie's health is the same as OTL, there is the prospect of a PoW being born before or shortly after he dies.
Also, alt-Mary, queen of Scots, would she still marry alt-François II or his younger brother, the duc d'Anjou?
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