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  1. WI: No Louis d'Outremer - Earlier Carolingian Extinction

    At his accession in 898, Charles the Simple was the last remaining (male) member of the West Francian branch of the Carolingians founded by his grandfather Charles the Bald. Upon the death of his kinsman Louis the Child and the extinction of the East Francian Carolingians in 911, he became the...

  2. WI: Isabella of Jerusalem born male

    So, what if Isabella, only child of Amalric of Jerusalem and his second wife Maria Comnene, was a boy? Assuming this doesn’t change Amalric’s movements too much, he’ll still die on campaign when the kid (...Amalric Jnr? Fulk?) is a toddler. Would there be any consideration of passing over the...

  3. WI: Charles and Buckingham die in Spain

    So, what if Prince Charles and George Villiers Duke of Buckingham die of illness during their trip to Spain in 1623? Does this break James I? The new heir is presumably James' last surviving child, Elizabeth, who is presently in exile in The Hague after being driven out of the Palatinate in...

  4. George V dies in 1892

    So, apparently at the same time his brother Albert Victor was dying, the future George V was recovering from a bout of typhoid. What happens if they both died? There'd obviously be major emotional trauma for the royal family to lose them both in quick succession, but what are the political...

  5. WI: Decisive Lancastrian victory at Blore Heath

    With Salisbury dying in the process. York, I presume, flees (to Ireland?)- they (the Yorkists) were outnumbered at Ludford Bridge even with their victory at Blore Heath, and now, in addition to not wanting to fight the king, the army will be demoralised (and possibly more defections and/or...

  6. WI: Dead Dudley. Effects on Elizabeth?

    So, Robert Dudley dies before Elizabeth comes to the throne. Either of an illness he contracts in the Tower, illness more generally, or he gets killed alongside his brother at Saint Quentin. What effect does this have on Elizabeth's reign? Power structures around the court will obviously be...

  7. WI: Henry VIII dies shortly before his father

    By a few months or so- long enough that Henry VII knows about it but not enough time for Henry VII to remarry and try to sire heirs. So... A) Who would Henry VII want to succeed him? B) Would anyone care who Henry wanted/who would actually succeed? Of the people with some degree of royal...

  8. WI: Darnley dies prior to marrying the Queen of Scots

    So, in early (April?) 1565 Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, fell ill with measles. Mary Queen of Scots famously nursed him back to health and they married shortly thereafter. Said marriage turned out to be very short and very calamitous. What if he had died? Lets assume Mary does not go into some...

  9. WI Margaret Douglas gets knocked up by a Howard

    Presumably Thomas rather than his nephew Charles, as her relationship with him seemed to be more serious. This may be out-of-character, but, I mean, she's young and in love. Now getting pregnant would probably involve a marriage of some kind- either because Margaret insisted on getting...

  10. WI Mehmed killed at the siege of Constantinople

    So, what happens if Mehmed the Conqueror is killed at the siege of Constantinople. I'm not sure how it happens- maybe one of his cannons explodes and kills him (a la James II, the Great Bombard obviously did explode)? Presumably the army, lacking a clear leader, disbands? Constantinople gets a...

  11. WI Edward and Robert de Brus die in Ireland?

    So, in 1316 Robert de Brus nipped over to Ireland to help his brother Edward, what if they both died there? A significant number of the Scots army, including Thomas Randolph (Robert's right hand man and OTL regent), are left in an uncertain position in Ireland. Back in Scotland there's...

  12. WI: Alexander dies at the siege of Malli

    So, Alexander is dissatisfied at the progress of the siege of the Mallian capital, and so personally scales the wall with just three dudes. This has the desired effect, and the troops try to follow him up, but the ladders break. Alexander is left isolated and jumps into the city, in the fighting...

  13. WI: Charles VII dies shortly after his father

    But after the birth of his son, OTL Louis XI in 1423. Now, both sides of the Hundred Years War are headed by an infant. This presumably strengthens the English position, with their French opponents just as bereft of an adult, competent king as they are. How does this effect the Burgundian...

  14. WI: James III/VIII, 'the Old Pretender', is born a girl?

    Does the glorious revolution still happen? People are still peeved about James' religion, but his properly Protestant elder daughters haven't been superseded. Will people just quietly chafe and wait for James to die so Mary (and William?- would he have been co-king if Mary inherited the throne)...

  15. WI: Lancastrian royal family captured after Towton

    So, what if Yorkist forces managed to capture Henry VI, Margaret of Anjou and Edward of Westminster before they fled to Scotland following the battle of Towton? What does Edward IV do? I presume out-and-out execution would cause too much disquiet (though Edward is still enraged by the death...

  16. WI: Henry VIII killed in 1513

    But after Flodden, say late September. So we have Margaret as heir, but Scotland isn't necessarily in a position to support her. However, Catherine is pregnant, with a stillbirth or similar in October/November. Is England averse to pulling a John the Posthumous? Richard de la Pole is...

  17. WI: Foures and Napoleon conceive in Egypt?

    What if Napoleon and his mistress Pauline Foures (or Bellisle) conceived during the Egyptian campaign. Say she is found to be pregnant relatively early on in 1799 (February, March ?- how long would it take?), what does this do to his departure date, which is August OTL. He will have to either...

  18. WI: Napoleon IV

    Okay, so there are many ways for the Prince Imperial to survive the incident in which he died, successfully mounting his horse; posting pickets; not going on ahead; the full escort showing; the Zulus missing or not being there etc. But what would life hold for him? I think a restoration is...
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