1669 Stuart luck

Hmmm... it is unlikely Mary would marry to Dauphin earlier than his OTL wife (in my drafts I pinned the year of marriage as 1680). Also, "James" for a French prince? Jacques was never a thing in House of Bourbon. It's all Henris/Louises/Philippes/Charleses...
 
Hmmm... it is unlikely Mary would marry to Dauphin earlier than his OTL wife (in my drafts I pinned the year of marriage as 1680). Also, "James" for a French prince? Jacques was never a thing in House of Bourbon. It's all Henris/Louises/Philippes/Charleses...
Ah alright 1680 it is. Perhaps this could be the exception?
 
Well, maybe. That would be the first Jacques in the House of Bourbon since 15th century and the first Jacques in Royal history of Bourbons.
I failed to find any Jacques de Bourbon after this guy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II,_Count_of_La_Marche
But then, Philippe as the Royal name was not a thing for a lot of time, so maybe Dauphine takes a page from her grandmother-in-law book and introduces long-forgotten name that happens to be the name of her father.
 
That could be quite good.

I do wonder what relations between Mary and her husband would be like. She was said to be quite of the opinion of following her husbands command
 
So amended list for Louis and
Mary:

Louis, duke of burgundy b 1681

Charles, duke of Anjou b 1684

James, duke of Berry b 1686

Ann, b 1688

Who might be appropriate marriage candidates
For these children?
 
Well, let's first consider other TTL Royal families - like offspring of Charles III and Queen Sophia, or William III and Amelia of Nassau (I think, given than no bastards are attributed to William, there may be one or two children for him born in 1677-1680, I'm not yet decided on gender - in A&D there were 3 children but William's wife there was not related to him as closely as OTL or TTL wives, who are his first cousins while in A&D he marries a second cousin).
 
Let me sum up in 1715, to see if I am not mistaken

1. Louis XIV (m. Maria Teresa of Spain)
1.1. Louis, grand dauphin m. Mary of York
1.1.1. Louis, duke of Burgundy (b. 1681)
1.1.2. Charles, duke of Anjou (b. 1684)
1.1.4. James, duke of Berry (b. 1686)
1.1.3. Anne, madame royale (b. 1688)
1.2. (ill.) Louis Auguste, duke of Maine (b. 1670)
1.2. (ill.) Louis César, abbé de Bourbon (b. 1672)
1.3. (ill.) Louise Françoise, mademoiselle de Nantes (b. 1673)
1.4. (ill.) Françoise Marie, mademoiselle de Blois (b. 1677)
1.5. (ill.) Louis Alexandre, count of Toulouse (b. 1678)
2. (Philippe, duke of Orleans)
2.1. Marie Louise, mademoiselle d'Orléans (b. 1662)
2.2. Anne Marie, mademoiselle de Valois (b. 1669)
2.3. Philippe, duke of Orleans (b. 1674)
2.4. Elisabeth Charlotte, mademoiselle d'Orléans (b. 1676) m. James of Cambridge

1. (Charles II)
1.1. Charles III (b. 1669) m. Sophie Charlotte of Hannover
2. James, duke of York m. Anne Hyde m. Claudia Felicitas of Austria-Tyrol
2.1. Mary m. Louis, grand dauphin
2.2. Anne, m. Friedrich, electoral prince of Brandenburg
2.3. Henriette m. Maximilian of Hannover, duke of Cumberland
2.4. James Leopold, duke of Cambridge (b. 1674) m. Elisabeth Charlotte of Orleans
2.5. Isabella (b. 1676) m. Charles of Austria

Given how both Louis XIV and Charles II were fond of their bastards, could not they play a role in the alliance system ?
 
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You forgot 2.5 Isabel of York (b.1676) (likely to marry Archduke Charles of Austria if not dying in infancy as OTL kids of Claudia were sickly so it's plausible her yougest daughter dies so James of York has the same number of surviving kids as OTL).

I used the bastard match in my first TL, Duchess of Cumberland, but this was a lot of ASB stuff in hindsight. I think though that even having a living legitimate son Charles II would try to have one of the bastards in line of succession. The easiest way to do this while not introducing major butterflies elsewhere is to legitimize match of Rupert of Rhine and his morganatic wife Peg Hughes. They had no male issue anyway, so that will not affect Palatinate succession, morganatic marriages under Holy Roman Empire definition are not a thing yet in Britain and Lady Ruperta Cumberland (b. 1671) is a nice match for Lennox (not important enough to marry abroad due to her low-born mother, but a great catch for a domestic market). That moves Charles Lennox, Duke of Lennox and Richmond, into British line of succession (or at least his issue) - and is not as objectionable as a match of a bastard to some York princess.
 
Also, just a quick query, with a protestant heir, I presume things such as the Rye House plot would be made redundant, or might they grow more in prominence, if Charles continues to support James and protect him?
 
I think they are more redundant, though for extra measure the Duke of Cambridge is also raised (a very High Church) Anglican.
 
If no 1678 Act, then James still lives in London, though he's unofficial leader of Pro-Catholic nobility. He MAY go into brief exile during Five Years Unrest, though.
 
If no 1678 Act, then James still lives in London, though he's unofficial leader of Pro-Catholic nobility. He MAY go into brief exile during Five Years Unrest, though.

Alright quality. Hmm, would Charles III spending some time in Scotland be interesting?
 
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