A Husband for Princess Elizabeth Stuart

I like the idea of Rupert

hank you all for giving me your thoughts.

I rather like the idea of a match with Rupert of the Rhine. Given the fact that they're both in the same straights, is there any chance they would marry before 1660?

I tend to think not but any thoughts are welcome.

David
 
hank you all for giving me your thoughts.

I rather like the idea of a match with Rupert of the Rhine. Given the fact that they're both in the same straights, is there any chance they would marry before 1660?

I tend to think not but any thoughts are welcome.

David
I think highly unlikely, as in 1650ies Rupert was a pennyless exile, landless second son and part-time pirate, and won't think about a marriage for a while. Romantic feelings is whole another matter.
 
Elizabeth Stuart (b.1635: d.1675) m. Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, Duke of Cumberland, Earl of Holderness (b.1619: d.1682) (a)

1a) Margaret Elizabeth Louise von Wittelsbach (b.1662: d.1739) m. Frederick I of Prussia (b.1657: d.1713) (a)

1a) Louisa Dorothea of Prussia (b.1679: d.1699) m. Charles XII of Sweden (b.1682: d.1718) (a)

2a) Miscarriage (c.1681)

3a) Frederick William I of Prussia (b.1684: d.1743) m. Sophia Dorothea of Hanover (b.1687: d.1757) (a) *divorced in 1729*

1a) Stillborn Girl (c.1707)

2a) Frederick Augustus I of Prussia (b.1710)

3a) Stillborn Boy (c.1711)

4a) Stillborn Girl (c.1713)

5a) William Charles of Prussia (b.1714: d.1717)

6a) Stillborn Boy (c.1716)

7a) Stillborn Boy (b.1717)

8a) Margaret Dorothea of Prussia (b.1719: d.1721)​

4a) Charles Louis of Prussia (b.1685: d.1689)

5a) Fredricka Charlotte of Prussia (b.1690: d.1707) m. John William Friso, Prince of Orange (b.1687: d.1711) (a)

1a) William IV, Prince of Orange (b.1706: d.1713​

6a) Sophia Ulrika of Prussia (b.1692: d.1697)

7a) Stillborn Boy (c.1695)​

2a) Miscarriage (c.1663)

3a) Stillborn Girl (c.1664)

4a) Miscarriage (c.1665)

5a) Charles Frederick Maurice von Wittelsbach, III of England, Elector Palatine, Duke of Cumberland, Earl of Holderness (b.1667: d.1721) m. Anne of York (b.1665: d.1726) (a)

1a) William Robert III of England (b.1684: d.1723) m. Henriette Albertine of Nassau-Dietz (b.1686: d.1754) (a)

1a) Anne Dorothea of England (b.1709)

2a) James Robert III of England (b.1710)

3a) Stillborn Boy (c.1712)

4a) William Charles, Duke of York (b.1715)​

2a) Miscarriage (c.1685)

3a) Miscarriage (c.1688)

4a) Anne Sophie von Wittelsbach (b.1690: d.1690)

5a) Charles III, Elector Palatine (b.1691: d.1754) m. Dorothea Sophie of Hesse-Darmstadt (b.1689: d.1723) (a)

1a) Charles IV, Elector Palatine (b.1711)

2a) Charlotte Fredricka of the Palatine (b.1718)​

6a) Miscarriage (c.1692)

7a) Stillborn Girl (c.1694)

8a) Stillborn Girl (c.1695)

9a) James von Wittelsbach (b.1698: d.1698)

10a) Mary von Wittelsbach (b.1699: d.1701)

11a) Miscarriage (c.1703)

12a) Miscarriage (c.1704)

13a) Edward von Wittelsbach, Duke of Cumberland (b.1708: d.1773) m. Elizabeth Capell (b.1706: d.1731) (a), Mary Godolphin (b.1723: d.1764) (b)

1a) Thomas von Wittelsbach, Duke of Cumberland (b.1722)

2a) Anne Sophia von Wittelsbach (b.1727)

3a) Jane Elizabeth von Wittelsbach (b.1730)​

14a) Miscarriage (c.1701)​

6a) Miscarriage (b.1669)

7a) Miscarriage (c.1670)

8a) Anne Charlotte Sophie von Wittelsbach (b.1672: d.1704) m. Frederick IV of Denmark (b.1671: d.1730) (a)

1a) Christian VI of Denmark (b.1690: d.1732) m. m. Christiane Charlotte of Württemberg-Winnental (b.1694: d.1729) (a)

2a) Frederick V of Denmark (b.1693: d.1741) m. Maria Anna Karoline (b.1696: d.1750) (a)

1a) Frederick VI of Denmark (b.1717)

2a) Ulrika Amalia of Denmark (b.1719)

3a) Augustus William of Denmark (b.1720)

4a) Christian Johann of Denmark (b.1722: d.1722)

5a) Wilhelmine Maria of Denmark (b.1723)

6a) Theresa Charlotte of Denmark (b.1724)

7a) Dorothea Maximilianna of Denmark (b.1726: d.1728)

8a) Sophia Anne of Denmark (b.1730)​

3a) Elisabeth Amalia of Denmark (b.1695: d.1698)

4a) George Charles of Denmark (b.1697: d.1720)

5a) Stillborn Boy (c.1698)

6a) Anne Christiana of Denmark (b.1701: d.1708)​

9a) George Robert Frederick von Wittelsbach (b.1675: d.1677)​
 
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Also, wouldn't Frederick William I of Prussia try and get more high-ranked bride (somebody like Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden or the OTL Hannoverian match), instead of VERY cadet branch of Nassau?
 
Also, wouldn't Frederick William I of Prussia try and get more high-ranked bride (somebody like Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden or the OTL Hannoverian match), instead of VERY cadet branch of Nassau?

Yeah I realised that I could have probably chosen better and have adjusted accordingly.
 
Also, why such an odd choise of brides for Edward of Cumberland? Did he took after his grandfather the Duke of York? None of the girls he married were even heiresses of something.
Also, instead of Dorothea-Sophia of Hesse-Darmstadt I'd have the Charles III of Palatinate (should be Charles IV, since his father would be III somewhere in between 1685 and gaining the English throne, after which he'll abdicate in favor of second son) to marry Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (OTL Princess of Orange) - ancient dynastic ally of Palatinate and all this.
 
Well, this could blow open the eighteenth century wars of succession if the Elector Palatine is King of Great Britain and Ireland....
 
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