A Duchess for York

Suppose for whatever reason Charles II sides with his chancellor and family and prevents the marriage of his brother the duke of York to Anne Hyde. Who marries York instead? What happrns to Lady Anne?
 
Matrimonial variants
1.Cardinal Mazarin may see Duke of York as a candidate for Hortense Mancini as he wanted her to marry Charles II, even offering a dowry of five million livres, and King's brother is almost as good of a party as King himself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortense_Mancini#Marriage_proposals
2. Eligible French princesses that can be also proposed instead of Cardinal's nieces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Marie_Louise_d'Orléans,_Duchess_of_Montpensier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Louise_d'Orléans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Élisabeth_Marguerite_d'Orléans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Françoise_Madeleine_d'Orléans
Everyone of Gaston's girls is unmarried as of 1660. Anyone of them (except for Grande Mademoiselle, maybe) can be offered for York
 
Matrimonial variants
1.Cardinal Mazarin may see Duke of York as a candidate for Hortense Mancini as he wanted her to marry Charles II, even offering a dowry of five million livres, and King's brother is almost as good of a party as King himself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hortense_Mancini#Marriage_proposals
2. Eligible French princesses that can be also proposed instead of Cardinal's nieces
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Marie_Louise_d'Orléans,_Duchess_of_Montpensier
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marguerite_Louise_d'Orléans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Élisabeth_Marguerite_d'Orléans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Françoise_Madeleine_d'Orléans
Everyone of Gaston's girls is unmarried as of 1660. Anyone of them (except for Grande Mademoiselle, maybe) can be offered for York

Any non-Catholic possibilities?
 
Maria of Orange or Anna-Sophia of Denmark, possible.
Luisa-Maria of Palatinate is a Catholic and there are much more prestigeous Catholic brides.
 
I can't remember where I read this, but there was princess of Württemberg and a princess of Furstenburg? also considered. I'm not sure who they were, but both strike me as very low ranking royalty for the king of England's brother.

Maybe someone else can provide more info as to why these ladies were considered.
 
Thanks for the help Valena

Although I found the book where it's mentioned, and I remembered wrong - the princesses of Württemberg (Maria Anna Ignazia (1652-1693), daughter of Ulrich of Württemberg-Neuenberg and Isabella of Arenberg) and of Furstenberg were considered alongside Maria Sophie Elisabeth of Neuburg for a SECOND wife for James - probably why there was nothing in the wiki articles.

Sorry for the inconvenience, I should've checked before posting
 
Matrimonial variants

1. Cardinal Mazarin may see Duke of York as a candidate for Hortense Mancini as he wanted her to marry Charles II, even offering a dowry of five million livres, and King's brother is almost as good of a party as King himself.
Interesting. Any particular reason they were willing to shell out five million livres to try and arrange the match other than that she was one of the family and that a royal connection would be socially advantageous? There wasn't anything explicitly political about it was there I mean.
 
IDK, if Hortense Mancini has the same reputation as Duchess of York she had by the time she became Duchess of Sussex OTL, it might be a case of there will be those tongues in London wagging that the children can call the Duchess of York their mother, but who knows who their father might be.
 
Could he even have got Catherine of Braganza, and the King himself married differently? That could cause big-time changes.
 
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