Well after giving up her younger son Richard, Dowager Queen Elizabeth was stopped from trusting anymore her brother-in-law by a message of her eldest daughter who implored her to remain in the sanctuary with her sisters and wait for help from Maximilian.Less smart, but also suffering a double dose of grief if Anne and Edward of Middleham died very close together - that's not going to be helping his state of mind either...
But excellent, Elizabeth is being sensible and staying put in sanctuary for once...
I wonder whether Richard will make more of an effort to marry again here, if there aren't the months between Edward's death and Anne's that there were historically...
Well Richard can try to marry Joanna of Portugal as OTL but he the truth is who no ruler will marry his daughter/sister/niece/cousin to him before the end of the inquiries about “King Edward’s great matter” as that was already called in all the European courts...
Is not a case who Richard is trying to blame a curse from Elizabeth Woodville as cause of the deaths of his son and wife, because in the back of his mind he know who their deaths were a divine punishment for the killing of his nephews...
Plus is not like who the Iberian kingdoms want Frederick and Maximilian as enemies so Richard has no chance to get a bride in short time and in any case his time is running out...
Well he is definitely dumber than OTL so he is unable to see the plotting who are going on under his nose as Max, I think for the surprise of nobody, is almost ready to invade England and as he know what happened to his brothers-in-law (and knew that shortly after it happened and well before the birth of his son), he had called back Elizabeth and their son (whose name is NOT casual at all) as he need them close as he plan to crown her and rule England in her name if he will win England...Yes...deciding to come forward with Stillington's revelation when Elizabeth had already married to a powerful Continental prince with legitimate Lancastrian blood...very poor choice indeed.
Does Dickon really have a choice in this scenario? He needs allies who can stave off Maximilian/Burgundy
He would try to get Joanna of Portugal but he would be unsuccessful and in any case his time is running out so I am not sure he will be able to make a tentativeI wonder if he'll get Joanna of Portugal ITTL. Though Maximilian also happens to be Joanna's cousin sooo