Something that I did have on my mind for quite some time and I have been wondering about the effects for some time.
Other than the obvious no Hapsburg Spain, the King of Spain will face a lot less hostility with Aragon, with the Habsburg focusing on the HRE and I do have the feeling that Catherine of Aragon might have another fate for her. Since Juan's daughter (stillborn and premature OTL) will have been brought to term and chances are she might survive. And when Arthur dies, he might have more children which means that it is alright for him to offer her.
Although I agree that the age gap is rather large since she was born in 1498, being seven years younger than Henry. But I feel that with the death of Arthur, and with his daughter alive and well he might offer her instead of Catherine marrying to Henry. (Age gap aside, it was against Church Law, and he might feel that his daughter will be a better option since he has them in the first place unlike OTL where it was Catherine or Eleanor of Austria.) As for Henry VII, I'm just debating on whether he'll accept this only to play games (since he did that with Catherine and Henry OTL and betrothals usually meant nothing until the real marriage took place) while looking for other offers for a better aged princess. (As I heard there were a dearth of princesses and his daughter was slightly older than Eleanor of Austria). Since the latest as I predict will be in July, which is still four months ahead of Eleanor.
Another thing is how their relations might be later on. Especially with Phillip's indifference to Joanna. And who he will be more partial to, considering that his wife is Phillip's sister.
Some things that I doubt will change, Maria might still marry Manuel (Isabella didn't want to, and the only reason why she was really forced into the marriage was to keep it out of Habsburg hands). In this situation with Juan being directly inheriting Spain, she might not marry and become a nun and Maria will still marry Manuel.
I still have a lot more to ponder but these are the general
Other than the obvious no Hapsburg Spain, the King of Spain will face a lot less hostility with Aragon, with the Habsburg focusing on the HRE and I do have the feeling that Catherine of Aragon might have another fate for her. Since Juan's daughter (stillborn and premature OTL) will have been brought to term and chances are she might survive. And when Arthur dies, he might have more children which means that it is alright for him to offer her.
Although I agree that the age gap is rather large since she was born in 1498, being seven years younger than Henry. But I feel that with the death of Arthur, and with his daughter alive and well he might offer her instead of Catherine marrying to Henry. (Age gap aside, it was against Church Law, and he might feel that his daughter will be a better option since he has them in the first place unlike OTL where it was Catherine or Eleanor of Austria.) As for Henry VII, I'm just debating on whether he'll accept this only to play games (since he did that with Catherine and Henry OTL and betrothals usually meant nothing until the real marriage took place) while looking for other offers for a better aged princess. (As I heard there were a dearth of princesses and his daughter was slightly older than Eleanor of Austria). Since the latest as I predict will be in July, which is still four months ahead of Eleanor.
Another thing is how their relations might be later on. Especially with Phillip's indifference to Joanna. And who he will be more partial to, considering that his wife is Phillip's sister.
Some things that I doubt will change, Maria might still marry Manuel (Isabella didn't want to, and the only reason why she was really forced into the marriage was to keep it out of Habsburg hands). In this situation with Juan being directly inheriting Spain, she might not marry and become a nun and Maria will still marry Manuel.
I still have a lot more to ponder but these are the general
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