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
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.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.