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  1. WI: Third line of Plantagenets in XV century

    Ironically, that could help Yorkist claim in the long run, as without RoY leading the opposition, there's no reason for Lancaster Kings to try to limit his position, or question his right to succed potentially childless Henry VI. But again, if relation between Lancasters and "Gloucesters" will...
  2. WI: Third line of Plantagenets in XV century

    Thomas of Woodstock was the youngest son of Edward III that survived until the adulthood. He married and had issue, including son Humprey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham. After the dispute with Richard II, Thomas was arrested and murdered in 1397, and his son didn't outlived it by much. He first was...
  3. A different Queen Elizabeth of England

    But why him exactly? Why not some foreign prince or king instead? You think that in this scenerio Richard will just accept that he can't fight Elizabeth?
  4. WI: Richard, Duke of York doesn’t become Lord Protector in 1454?

    With or without York, Lancaster will have to deal with effects of loss of (almost) all of holdings in France. With financial problems of the crown, and so many english vetarans returning from France without any form of reward, people were looking for what for. Funny, I was just thinking about...
  5. WI: Viking France

    I'm affraid that it can't be done without giving franks reason to support Rollo over Charles the Simple. You need either some civil war or feudals ignoring royal authority.
  6. European politics with catholic England and Scotland

    You see only part of the problem - like it was said, Crown didn't gained that much from this - Henry had to buy supporters to Act of Supremacy for something, and England was on a brink of another Civil War anyway. Plus, many monarchs had constant financial problems in XVI century - it's not like...
  7. European politics with catholic England and Scotland

    I think that this depends from personalities of british monarchs, sentiments among both english and scottish subjects, behaviors of Spain and France etc. It was always problematic for english kings to keep good relations with France, elites in England believed that you can't leave France alone...
  8. European politics with catholic England and Scotland

    In scenerio where Stewards are taking over England i early 1510's, we should have completly different personal union than OTL. And completly different style of rule than either Tudors, or Darnley line of Stuarts.
  9. European politics with catholic England and Scotland

    Well, potential catholic son of Henry VIII could always be Edward Confessor 2.0 or be infertile. He could also die relatively young, without any kids, or have only daughter, that would decide to marry King of Scots.
  10. WI: Cadet, catholic branch of Tudors

    Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset was third son of King Henry VII and his wife Elizabeth York, born in 1499. He died 15 months old, obviously before they could give him proper titles, find spouse or have estabilished personality. With no younger brother, after death of Prince Artur, Henry VIII...
  11. WI: All of Henry VIII's and Catherine of Aragon's kids are boys?

    Very likely, I also expect some tempering with succesion laws - Henry VIII did it OTL, but in exactly the opposite direction. Here I can expect him trying to do something similiar to what Robert II of Scotland did 150 years ago - order of succesion favoring his direct descendants in male line only.
  12. European politics with catholic England and Scotland

    Frankly, it sounds like it could create more problems for Tudors and their succesors than solve problems for Habsburgs. It's always possible that Tudor will die out in 3rd or 4th generation though. And while OTL Henry VIII did everything to exclude Margaret's descendands, his daughters both...
  13. European politics with catholic England and Scotland

    True - but on the other hand, during Henry VIII reign' England tried to prevent Spain from becoming too strong. I can totally see change in next kingd politics, assuming that Spain will have too much adventage.
  14. European politics with catholic England and Scotland

    I doubt it - Without Acts of Supremacy, there's no real reason for Tudor to call parliament so often - after all the main reason why Henry started to do so was because he needed all support he could find. Before it - during the Wolsley era - the crown could get away without it. Also, most what...
  15. European politics with catholic England and Scotland

    Assuming that both England and Scotland will stay catholic, and enter XVII century as major catholic powers (I think the best POD is to have Henry XVIII beign succeded by his son by Catherine of Aragon - that should also change James V's fate and), how different the balance of power in Europe...
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