A Marriage between England and Scotland query

So, I've got a random question here.

In regards to the relationship between England and Scotland during the War of the Roses, and the Tudor period, is it at all possible that either James III or James IV could marry an English Princess-a daughter of Edward IV- and then have their son marry Margaret Tudor?

Or would only one English marriage ever happen.
 
James III gained the Orkney and the Shetland Islands through his Marriage with Margaret of Denmark, no English marriage could give land and Estates like that to him.
 
James III gained the Orkney and the Shetland Islands through his Marriage with Margaret of Denmark, no English marriage could give land and Estates like that to him.

This is true. So, is it possible that James IV could be married off to a daughter of Edward IV as part of a peace deal say? And then a son through that marriage marries Margaret Tudor?
 
Maggie Tudor is sixteen years younger than James IV, so even if he became a father to a boy a early as possible, with say Anne of York ( agewise it works, but then no Howard Marriage), Maggie would be a little bit older than ATL James IV.
 
Maggie Tudor is sixteen years younger than James IV, so even if he became a father to a boy a early as possible, with say Anne of York ( agewise it works, but then no Howard Marriage), Maggie would be a little bit older than ATL James IV.

That works. I mean, three or four years ain't too big a deal, or even two years
 
This is true. So, is it possible that James IV could be married off to a daughter of Edward IV as part of a peace deal say? And then a son through that marriage marries Margaret Tudor?
It was actually contracted in 1474 - future James IV to Cecily of York. Provoked a rebellion by the Duke of Albany supported by Edward IV / Richard of Gloucester which showed how popular the idea was on both sides of the border.
 
It was actually contracted in 1474 - future James IV to Cecily of York. Provoked a rebellion by the Duke of Albany supported by Edward IV / Richard of Gloucester which showed how popular the idea was on both sides of the border.

Interesting, let's say that marriage option does stick, could provoke some interesting times
 
Well, let's think about it: Cecily's kids were born at the end of the 1480s OTL (Elizabeth in 1487, and Anne c.1490). So, here she marries Jamie in say 1484/1485 (don't think Henry VII will let her marry outside of England). James is 12yo when the marriage happens, and his eldest bastard is born in 1493 OTL. Ergo, if we trim a little of the edges, a 16yo royal father's not unheard of so let the duke of Rothesay be born in 1489/1490 and a marriage to Madge Tudor is possible.
 
Well, let's think about it: Cecily's kids were born at the end of the 1480s OTL (Elizabeth in 1487, and Anne c.1490). So, here she marries Jamie in say 1484/1485 (don't think Henry VII will let her marry outside of England). James is 12yo when the marriage happens, and his eldest bastard is born in 1493 OTL. Ergo, if we trim a little of the edges, a 16yo royal father's not unheard of so let the duke of Rothesay be born in 1489/1490 and a marriage to Madge Tudor is possible.
I imagine this marriage between James and Cecily would come after James III and Richard reach an agreement
 
frequently proposed and often ditched - James III negotiated for a marriage between his heir and a daughter of Edward IV during the 1470s - Cecily being the usual proposal - once that fell apart Edward was offering Cecily to Albany if he overthrow James III - again in 1486/7 Henry VII was offering his Yorkist sister in laws to James for his son and the widowed Elizabeth Woodville for the recently widowed James III.
It certainly wasn't popular with the Scots - although Margaret Tudor certainly enjoyed a measure of popular appeal once she was in Scotland. James IV was 14 in 87 so say he marries Cecily as part of a treaty of peace between James III and Henry VII that year - no reason why the couple wouldn't have produced a child within a year or two - who subject to a dispensation could in turn marry the daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York twenty years down the line.
 
frequently proposed and often ditched - James III negotiated for a marriage between his heir and a daughter of Edward IV during the 1470s - Cecily being the usual proposal - once that fell apart Edward was offering Cecily to Albany if he overthrow James III - again in 1486/7 Henry VII was offering his Yorkist sister in laws to James for his son and the widowed Elizabeth Woodville for the recently widowed James III.
It certainly wasn't popular with the Scots - although Margaret Tudor certainly enjoyed a measure of popular appeal once she was in Scotland. James IV was 14 in 87 so say he marries Cecily as part of a treaty of peace between James III and Henry VII that year - no reason why the couple wouldn't have produced a child within a year or two - who subject to a dispensation could in turn marry the daughter of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York twenty years down the line.

I like that, that'd be pretty good. And would be a change for Henry VII aha
 
Childern for James IV and Cecily of York:

James V (b. 1488)

Margaret (b. 1491)

John, Duke of Ross (b. 1495)

Sophia (b. 1499)
 
Was 12 legal for boys as marriage age?
I thought boys had to be 14!

I don't think the law, if it existed, was particularly strongly enforced prior to the 20th c.. What is the country/timeframe/context, anyway - you could look at actual period documents to find out.
 
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