stuart england

Let's say that the winds don't take a turn for the worst and the Royal Navy is able to intercept William's fleet before it can land in Torbay. After a slugging match between the two fleets, the English deal enough damage that William is forced to turn back. With James' downfall forestalled, in...

Queen Anne famously had 17 pregnancies, with none of her children surviving her. Only five of her pregnancies resulted in a live birth, and only three children lived longer than a few minutes or days after their birth. The remainder were stillborn or miscarriages. So here is the POD, Queen Anne...

In OTL, the Spanish Ambassador had proposed a match between the Stuart King, Charles II and Infanta Margaret Theresa (Ironically enough, her grandmother had been suggested as a bride for Charles II's father before Henrietta Maria). King Phillip of Spain rejected the idea, stating he should seek...

In OTL, Catherine of Braganza, Queen Consort of England was said to have miscarried three times at the very least, and the only surviving legitimate children Charles ever had were with his many mistresses. Thus after his death, Charles's younger brother, James Stuart, Duke of York succeeded him...

Referring to the Stuart Prince William not Windsor Prince William of Gloucester. To keep it short and sweet, a POD where William doesn't have basically Charles II level of health. How could William living until his 40s or 50s, change the Britain as the one we all known today? Also who would the...

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...

As the title says, on January 1, 1670, King Charles II of England and Scotland gets a little too carried away during New Year's Eve celebrations, getting so drunk that he mistakes an open window for a door and falls several meters high for a quick death, his brother succeeds him as King James II...

Between 1674 and 1692 the then Duke of York and future James II and his wife Mary of Modena had a total of 12 children, of which only James Francis and Louise Maria survived to adulthood, which would happen however if both were luckier and all the children born of this marriage survived? King...

POD: Charles II and James II of England died (in this order) instead of their sibling Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Mary, Princess Royal and Dowager Princess of Orange with great consequences for England and the whole Europe… I still blame (and thanks) @Valena and @VVD0D95 for the scenario…

Your challenge, if you accept it, is to have the English colonies rebel against the restored monarchy in England. Like have the Puritans be so upset that the Commonwealth is dissolved that they rebel and set up their own country in the Americas or Oliver Cromwell or his son (Lord, help the...

How different history of England, British Isles and and the entire Europa would have been, had William of Orange died before even reaching english shores? Let just say that in early november 1688, his ship named Brill was destroyed in terrible shipwreck, and instead of rulling England, Scotland...

The idea for a POD is simple - Charles I Stuart dies few months/years before 1642, leaving his oldest surviving -also name Charles as next king of England, Scotland and Ireland. So disastrous reign of King Charles was short, and England have (at least in theory) much more effective ruler...

So James marrying Anne Hyde was a mesalliance. Let's say he never gets her pregnant and doesn't marry her. Who do you think he would marry instead?

Before the Kalmar War of 1611-13 broke out Gustav II of Sweden nearly found himself in a marriage with Elisabeth of Bohemia, who was James I/VI's daughter. OTl, the wife of Friedrich V of the Palatinate Electorate. It was only the Kalmar War that made marriage impossible as Anne, who had been...

Basically between 1603 to 1625 James I otl tried to unify the English and Scottish churches and while he came close, he didn't manage to unify the Church of England and Scotland. How could James I accomplish this? What would be the repercussions of this? What would be the effects of it in Ireland?

This is the genderswapped family tree as of 1671: would look like this: James II (1633-1701) m. Anne Hyde (1637-1671) Mary Stuart (1660-1661) Charles Stuart (1662-1694) Anne Stuart (1663-1667) James Stuart (1665-1714) Elizabeth Stuart (1666-1667) Mary Stuart (1667-1671) James doesn't...

So, I've been thinking about this scenario and got stumped pretty quickly. Mary becomes second in line to the throne at 15, so who would she marry? Who would be the right combination of prestigious and safe? Denmark doesn't have any second sons available, and neither does Hanover or Prussia...

So I've been trying to figure out what would have happened if Henry Frederick Stuart didn't die prematurely. I have him marrying Catherine de'Medici (1593-1629) when he's still the Prince of Wales. When Catherine dies in 1629 he has the chance to remarry without his father's interference...

James I wanted to be seen as a peacemaker and married his children to spouses of different denominations. What if he married his son to a protestant and his daughter to a Catholic instead of the other way around? Who would be Elizabeth's Catholic groom? I've heard that Anne of Denmark wanted a...

What if Catherine had carried her pregnancies to term and had four daughters? Charles II of England m. Catherine of Braganza Catherine (1662) Henrietta Luisa (1666) Charlotte (1668) Elizabeth (1669) Would the eldest be educated like a prince and treated as an heir? I assume that politically...