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  1. WI- English Brittany in the 1500s

    It is worth bearing in mind that there was no real Woodville faction at this point - it is Ricardian propoganda. Irrespective of Edward IV's will (and the evidence is purely what Hastings is reputed to have written to Gloucester) - it had no bearing in law and it was clear the council or the...

  2. Mary I died in 1553 what next?

    it is a bit of a complex issue: The Third Succession Act - was explicit Edward, any issue of the King by Queen Katherine Parr, Mary, Elizabeth - after which the King was free to dispose of the crown to whom he wished by his will - it named no other members of the King's family beyond his issue...

  3. Who would the children of Arthur, Prince of Wales and Catherine of Aragon marry?

    Far too many children - Elizabeth of York had seven over 17 years, Isabella of Castile had seven over 15 years, and Katherine's sister Joanna had six in 9 years, while Maria had 10 in 14 years. I think 12 in 16 years is stretching it a bit especially if all survive birth and infancy - in otl she...

  4. Jasper Tudor has two daughters

    It is interesting that Catherine Wydeville did not have children by Jasper - her last child from Buckingham was born in 1483. She is one of the few Wydeville's that we have a pretty accurate year of birth for and she wasn't quite 30 when she married him - however he was in his very late 50s when...

  5. WI Spain declares war on England over Henry VIII Divorce in 1533

    Well technically the succession in most people's eyes in 1533 is Mary Tudor Margaret Tudor James V of Scotland Lady Margaret Douglas Mary Tudor Duchess of Suffolk (died June 1533) Henry Brandon (d1534) Lady Frances Brandon Lady Eleanor Brandon After them well There are numerous surviving...

  6. What if Nicholas II died in the Otsu Incident?

    Actually Marie Feodorovna was born Princess Marie Sophie Frederikke Dagmar - she was known in Denmark as Dagmar - but her family used the diminutive of Minny.

  7. Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon have more children

    The issue is that because Henry's split with Rome was largely personal and political than doctrinal and England's enforced Henrician form of Protestantism was essentially one of convenience to ensure he was able to get out of his first marriage it is easy to state England would have over the...

  8. WI: Mary dies before Edward VI

    Yes very - which for an essentially Conservative man like Henry would not have been pleasing

  9. WI: Mary dies before Edward VI

    Frances was only 30 in 1547 - her last daughter had been born in 1545 - while she had no more surviving children by Grey - she did during her second marriage have three pregnancies - two stillbirths and a daughter assumed to have died very young. The removal is sometimes thought that the King...

  10. WI: Mary dies before Edward VI

    1) Edward's device was specifically to remove Mary from the succession and settling it on a preferred Protestant successor. 2) He was also concerned that both his sister's were illegitimate by law and therefore should not succeed him. 3) He like many of his faith believed a woman should not have...

  11. WI: Alexander II was not assasinated

    I think from memory it is quite unlikely - he was pretty determined to marry Alix despite the fact his parents weren't keen. They'd met when she was 12 at her sister's wedding to Nicholas' uncle. She herself had been pressured to marry her cousin Albert Victor which their grandmother Queen...

  12. WI: Queen Elizabeth I Born A Man?

    Highly likely that a male child born instead of Elizabeth ensures Anne Boleyn remains Queen. Delivering a son means the pressure on her is considerably less than in otl which means its highly likely she produces one or two more children - the chance of Henry wanting to end the marriage simply...

  13. Who do you think would have married Henry VIII if Arthur had lived?

    Oh I agree I just don't see much advantage on the English side - perhaps a betrothal that never gets to the altar - once Arthur is King of course the issues become their relationship as brothers (given they were not raised together that could go either way), Arthur's relationship with Catherine...

  14. Who do you think would have married Henry VIII if Arthur had lived?

    I don't know what actual advantage it offers England to tie the Duke of York to a woman who might or might not be the sister of the French King one day unless Louis offers an enormous financial settlement or you get a change in English foreign policy. You've a gap of seven years between the...

  15. Who do you think would have married Henry VIII if Arthur had lived?

    I think in any scenario with a living Arthur possibly with an heir by Henry VII's death - then for Henry its likely a domestic match unless a foreign match is offered in an attempt to persuade Henry VII or King Arthur to an alliance. The older Henry gets the more likely his foreign value...

  16. WI: No Edward VI?

    you have numerous issues - Henry with no male heir is a very different beast than Henry with one surviving and undoubtedly legitimate male heir. Legally the second succession act conferred the succession to the King's issue by Jane Seymour. Mary and Elizabeth remained illegitimate and incapable...

  17. George V and May of Teck only have girls/daughters?

    I think the treatment of Marion C was perfectly understandable - she was told in no uncertain terms that she should not give her name to publications about the family (though the then Queen did suggest she could do so anonymously) - by all accounts she was probably a victim of her greedy husband...

  18. What if Henry VIII's children by his first three wives had had children/gotten married?

    Henry will never give Mary to Reginald Pole - there relationship collapsed pretty thoroughly in the late 20s and early 30s over the Boleyn marriage - and Pole fled abroad where his continued public opposition to the King was largely responsible for the arrest of the rest of his family in England...

  19. What if Henry VIII's children by his first three wives had had children/gotten married?

    To be fair that wasn't the intention of the match at the time of the marriage Francis' eldest son was still alive - so Catherine was not expected to be Queen of France just Duchess of Orleans - the dauphin died three years after Catherine's marriage - however it was certainly considered that she...

  20. Why did Richard III want to marry Joanna of Portugal?

    John was already married by this period to the Earl of Arundal's granddaughter (and niece of Queen Elizabeth Woodville) - his claim was exceptionally weak and his support would be even less than Richard's and you have a number of stronger claimants - all it takes is a clever marriage and perhaps...
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