1871 England: The Queen and The Prince of Wales are dead and Albert Victor is King

In 1871 Britain came close to the brink of losing Both Queen Victoria and her Heir Prince Albert Edward The Prince of Wales, Both were seriously Ill and both nearly died that Year within a couple of months of eachother. Needless to say Britain weathered what could have been a Sad and Tragic Year.

What if They did both did not survive and died and Prince Albert Victor Of Wales became King? He would have been only Seven. Alexandra The Princess Of Wales would have became Queen Regent
 
Well, besides it perhaps being more difficult to finger Eddy for the Jack the Ripper murders as some conspiracy theorists do, England is going to have a pretty queen-regent (if that) who's not overly intelligent nor politically experienced, and a king who is going to require a massive boost in brainpower in general. Now if Edward VII had married Dagmar instead, that could be interesting, but Alix was more concerned with the consort's role.

Plus, a more likely regent would be the duke of Edinburgh. Or a la Henry VI, all 3 of Victoria's remaining sons. Obviously her younger daughters are not going to be married off to homebody princes to continue serving as Mama's handmaiden either. No John Brown and no Munshi either.
 
By this time, confidence had been restored in the monarchy, but if the new King Albert causes a lot of scandal he might well bring more questions bout it. I wonder if he could be called to abdicate after a while in favor of his younger brother, the future George V.

Or, if his health was bad enough, while his catching influenza in 1892 could be butterflied, he could die quickly of something else.

Wikipedia mentions 2 failed courtships - I wonder to whom those were. I doubt they fail if the woman knows she's going to be Queen of England.
 
By this time, confidence had been restored in the monarchy, but if the new King Albert causes a lot of scandal he might well bring more questions bout it. I wonder if he could be called to abdicate after a while in favor of his younger brother, the future George V.

Or, if his health was bad enough, while his catching influenza in 1892 could be butterflied, he could die quickly of something else.

Wikipedia mentions 2 failed courtships - I wonder to whom those were. I doubt they fail if the woman knows she's going to be Queen of England.

Alix von Hessen-Darmstadt
Hélène von Orléans

The first one married Tsar Nicolas II, the later was stopped by her father's insistense that she would not convert.


http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hélène_von_Orléans
 
Alix von Hessen-Darmstadt
Hélène von Orléans

The first one married Tsar Nicolas II, the later was stopped by her father's insistense that she would not convert.

Hélène also had the fact that the Pope would not grant the necessary dispensation. Another paramour of Eddy's was the future Countess of Westmorland, Sybil St. Clair. England getting an English queen might be interesting. I think Margaret of Prussia was also considered by Victoria for a time. Alix wouldn't agree to either the Prussian or the Hessian (for the same reasons as her sister, Marie Feodorovna, disliked the idea of them as future empress-consort of Russia - they were German), and finally they settled on Mary Victoria of Teck, German, but born and raised in England.
 
Hélène also had the fact that the Pope would not grant the necessary dispensation. Another paramour of Eddy's was the future Countess of Westmorland, Sybil St. Clair. England getting an English queen might be interesting.
Even if she was British and the daughter of an Earl would it not be considered marrying down? This seems to have been a period when marrying other royal families was still very much the norm.
 
Alix of Hesse was considered partially because Victoria was fond of her but at the time she was discussed she had already met Nicholas of Russia and it seemed her affections had been engaged.

Helene of Orleans was the real serious contender partly because Eddy (Albert Victor) considered himself in love with her - Victoria was relatively supportive and despite Helene's religion it seems it was believed at court he could marry her and still become King - as long as she converted - she was willing but her father and the Pope were fiercely opposed.

The family settled on May of Teck (the future Queen Mary) in part because Victoria liked her (she was the daughter of a very popular British Princess and her obscure husband)

In this scenario it might be less likely.

As has been pointed out though any scenario which has Alix of Denmark as regent or exercising any control over Eddy then forget a German match (despite Alix's own essentially German background) she like her sister were both fiercely anti-Prussian.

Interestingly - there will probably be different matches for most of Eddy's aunts and uncles.
In order
Alfred Duke of Edinburgh - married 1874 Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna of Russia (he remains heir to Saxe Coburg Gotha in this scenario so remains a catch) - certainly if it goes ahead then expect fireworks between Marie and Alix (as in otl Marie resented playing second-fiddle at court to Alix)
Princess Louise married the heir to the Duke of Argyll in March 1871 so that might still go ahead
Prince Arthur married Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia in 1879 so that might not happen
Prince Leopold married Helena of Waldeck in 1882 again might not happen (he had a number of woman in mind before he married)
Princess Beatrice married Prince Henry of Battenburg in 1885 but without her mother's reluctance to see her married - she could marry earlier.
 
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