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“The death of Arthur, Prince of Wales in April 1502 at a mere fifteen years of age was a devastating blow for the fledgling Tudor dynasty, and the prince’s heartbroken parents. But all hope was not lost, for Arthur’s widow, Catalina, was with child and had thankfully not caught her husband’s...

Edward, Prince of Wales dies of quartan fever/malaria in October 1541,and King Henry VIII is dead by 1542 along with James V due to shock/grief/infected leg ulcer. Anyway, with no male heirs sired by Henry left, Mary seizes the throne and in 1543, marries Philip, King of Naples and Sicily...

Dragon King The Many Wives, Mistresses and Children of King Henry VIII (1491-1577) The series’ title Dragon King derived from one of Henry VIII's badges, the Red Dragon of Cadwaladr. In 2015, History Channel 2 launched Dragon King, an ambitious TV series about the life of England's...

I would like to have opinions on the form that a regency takes on England at the very beginning of the 17th century. Based on a POD where James VI is killed during the Gowrie Conspiracy in August 1600, I imagined a sequence of events that would bring young Henry Stuart to England to flee his...

Anne of Brittany would give birth a surviving daughter named Anne(1498) to Charles VIII and two surviving daughters named Isabella(1499) and Renee(1510) to Louis XII. Anne II of Brittany would marry Francis, Duke of Angouleme, later Francis I of France, Isabella of France would marry Charles and...

Hey everyone! Recently I've been looking through the British royal family tree, looking for any curiosities in the many lesser known children low down on the lines of succession. It has been quite interesting, and has gotten my mind wandering about a few scenarios (one of which being the Henry...

On this day, Henry VII passed away at the age of 52. He was succeeded by his son, Henry VIII who broke his betrothal to Eleanor of Austria and married Catherine of Aragon instead. As we all know, this led to the King’s Great Matter and the split between the Church of England and the Catholic...

Just something fun I wanted to do, give the man obsessed with having kids and wives his wish. I challenge you to beat either number! I specifically went with higher born wives, so there is much room for the various lower nobles he married in our world, too. ------- 1 - Margaret of Angouleme...

The adult life of James VI and I was punctuated by plots against his person (assassinations or kidnappings) which all failed, most chronologies take the Gunpowder Plot as POD but none deal with the Gowrie Conspiracy, from the 5 August 1600, last plot against the King of Scotland before his...

This thread was mostly inspired by discussion about succesful. Let's say that Charles Valois, also known as Charles the Well-Served or King of Bourges(also, OTL as Charles the Victorious) concludes, that and all hope for his cause is lost. Before Joan is able to reach him, Charles is already...

Dutch and French colonization model in North America differed from English one-number of settlers in their colonies was much smaller, making it more difficutl to overwhelm Natives with sheer numbers. What if simillar model is followed by England (less settlement, more trade with Natives)? If...

Let's say that at some point of her life (most likely relatively early) , Elizabeth Tudor, - a daughter of late king Henry VIII, decided that there is something about Catholic Faith, and converts to it by choice. I think that the most likely time for it is during early reign of her...

The PoD is in 1588 the Armada on its way decisivly defeats the english at Plymouth. The duke of Parma is made to take the invasion effort seriously and so he takes Calais where the boarding wont be a problem. His troops land in southern England without further issue, defeats the english forces...

Edgar Ætheling, as shown in an illuminated manuscript August, 1066: With favorable winds and good fortunes, Duke William “the Bastard” of Normandy sails out to the shores of Southern England with confidence that, should Harold II Godwinson meet him in battle, he could defeat him, and march on...

Catherine reportedly had three miscarriages between 1666 and 1669, so perhaps she has her first child in 1667, and her second in 1669? I don't want to push into being unrealistic, of course, since she obviously struggled to get pregnant and carry to term, but I think it's possible with a bit of...

On 1199, Constance of Brittany agreed to ally with Philip II and betroth her daughter Eleanor of Brittany to Louis, Prince of France as a condition of the Treaty of Le Goulet, later Louis VIII and support the decisions of Innocent III and Philippe Auguste for the good of her duchy, this would...

set colour scheme to black to see text best :) OUR LADY OF ARAGON: An Alternate History of "The King's Great Matter" A statue of Catherine of Aragon, imagined weeping as Mary, mother of God (c. 1599) "It's you, it's you, it's all for you, everything I do, I tell you all the time, Heaven is...

How different history of England would have been, if Anne Boleyn final pregnancy in 1536 resaulted in birth of a (physically) heathy son? However, this son will eventually grow into something... far from worthy succesor. Let's say that this Prince of Wales will never learn to read (he struggled...

In 1465 a League of Public Good is formed by great feudal lords against Louis XI led by his younger brother Charles, Duke of Berry and his (distant) cousin Charles of Burgundy, Count of Charolais and heir to the Duke Philip III of Burgundy. The only confrontation took place in Montlhéry, south...

As is well known, Henry VII was a paranoid King and understandably so (having spent years in exile and with his life at risk). But what if, for some reason, Henry VII was less or not paranoid at all? Let say this starts from the start of his reign and lasts through it. What changes? His early...