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  1. Titulus Princeps: Bessie Blount Has A Girl

    The most likely option is going to be opening up negotiations with Portugal for Mary's hand and negotiations with Spain for a Hapsburg Infanta or Archduchess of the right age. The other option is that if Portugal seeks Mary's hand for the new king. Then we could get a double marriage. The young...

  2. Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    It really is fascinating how high the Woodvilles managed to rise in the court of Edward IV. I wonder if it was in part due to the fact that Edward's relationship with his brothers was so fraught half the time. Especially George.

  3. Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    I have a question for anyone familiar with the court of EIV. I'm slowly making my way through some books on EoY, her dad, and H7 but haven't seen what I'm looking for yet. Does anyone know who were the ambassadors of France, Portugal, Castille/Aragon/Spain and others like Scotland and the HRE at...

  4. Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    Ooh. And also oof. I'd forgotten about the Mowbray inheritance. That means I'll need to probably re-adjust some dates. The Prince of Wales would be reserved for a royal match (especially in the wake of his father's domestic choice) and thus the little Duke of York is the most likely to be...

  5. Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    The idea is that through a series of unfortunate events, Elizabeth of York becomes England's first Queen Regnant. Her sisters Margaret and Anne live to adulthood and Princes Edward and Richard die of an illness/in infancy respectively as their sisters otherwise would have. Gloucester likewise...

  6. Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

    Is this the thread where we can share snippets of ideas as well as scenarios and the like? I don't want to make a story thread for something since I'm not entirely sure yet that I'm going to actually make a full fledged story out of it. So I'm curious if we can share story snippets here. I've...

  7. WI Juana's son marries Princess Mary

    The really fun part will be if Henry and Catherine still have reproductive issues here. Because this means that the Stewarts won't be the only ones with a decent claim to the English throne but the Hapsburgs will too. The Stewarts will have the senior female claim of course but that doesn't mean...

  8. Francis III, Duke of Brittany and Mary I of England?

    Hortense is right. Henry's only going to allow Mary to marry as high as the Dauphin of France if he's got at least one healthy son. Catherine's position as Queen needs to be relatively (or completely) secure as well. France wouldn't react well to any shenanigans over the Dauphine's legitimacy...

  9. Anne of Brittany dies in 1499

    Out of curiosity. If Elizabeth of York and Margaret Tudor were to both put the stop on Henry VII planning little Margaret's marriage to Louis XII. Is there a possibility of Henry bringing up Elizabeth's last remaining unmatched sister (Bridget of York, she became a nun iOTL) as a last-ditch...

  10. Anne of Brittany dies in 1499

    That would be fascinating. And would likely make Mary's marriage a matter of extreme interest.

  11. Anne of Brittany dies in 1499

    Henry VII's probably going to want a bride with English blood for Arthur too. If Catherine's not available then he might need to look elsewhere for potential brides with the necessary requirements.

  12. Anne of Brittany dies in 1499

    This probably depends on whether or not the Catholic Monarchs can get over their distaste/hatred of the French enough to break off the engagement with England to marry Catherine to Louis XII. Weren't they also trying to form a series of marriage alliances against France at this time?

  13. Anne of Brittany dies in 1499

    Yeah. I do believe Anne's marriage contract said that Brittany would go to her husband in the event of her childless death. Even though Anne has a few relatives who should inherit the French court's not going to allow Brittany to pass out of the French king's hands at this point. It would be...

  14. WI: Margarethe of Austria Born Male

    If Anne of Brittany's marrying Edward, Prince of Wales then it might be in both England and France's best interests to forge an alliance. France will likely be surrounded by the Habsburgs so they're going to want to secure England as an ally before the Trastamaras/Habsburgs can move in =...

  15. Henry VII and Henry VIII dead in 1509

    Very true. I forgot that the main impetus for the Stewart's alliance with France was as an assurance against England. It's likely then that we'll see Catalina de Austria as the bride of the Prince of Wales with perhaps a daughter of Manuel I and Mary Tudor, given that Mary's child would have...

  16. Henry VII and Henry VIII dead in 1509

    I wonder which sphere of influence England will fall under during Margaret's reign. If James is advising Margaret then it's possible that we'll see England developing a closer relationship with France during the early part of her reign. There'd be a betrothal of the Prince of Wales (Arthur) to a...

  17. Henry VII and Henry VIII dead in 1509

    Would he fight for the title of King Regnant though? What other's are saying is that he's likely to end up the power behind the English crown because of his being older and more experienced than Margaret anyway. His son(s) will inherit England. Fighting the English nobility over a title will...

  18. Henry VII and Henry VIII dead in 1509

    Catherine of Austria might be the most logical option but the Prince of Wales/Duke of Rothesay's marriage probably depends a lot on who has the most influence during the betrothal/marriage negotiations. James will favor a French match because the Stewarts and Scotland have a historical...

  19. Henry VII and Henry VIII dead in 1509

    On second thought. I don't think the Spanish have anyone that they can offer at the moment. Catherine of Austria is the closest in age to James but she might still marry into Portugal. Infanta Maria of Portugal was born in 1521 and might be more suitable for a second marriage given that she's 9...

  20. Henry VII and Henry VIII dead in 1509

    What's interesting is that with Margaret as Queen of England her surviving son (if it's James V here as OTL) will be born Prince of Wales and Duke of Rothesay. He's likely to inherit both England and Scotland upon his parents deaths. Here James IV might live longer given that there won't be a...
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