Well, but he doesn't have 100 percent certainty and I don't think Marie would agree to be essentially cuckolded, after all after Francoise de Foix Francis never had any mistress in your story.
A Queen Twice Over: Mary Tudor the Elder Marries Francis I of France
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Well, but he doesn't have 100 percent certainty and I don't think Marie would agree to be essentially cuckolded, after all after Francoise de Foix Francis never had any mistress in your story.
She might do. Now. Circumstances have very much changed since she was furious about Francoise at eighteen.
She might do. Now. Circumstances have very much changed since she was furious about Francoise at eighteen.
Well, she might or she might not. Personally I can see Marie risking her own life out of pride. It'd be such Tudor thing to do
This is also true. Hmm. I have some thinking to do.Well, she might or she might not. Personally I can see Marie risking her own life out of pride. It'd be such Tudor thing to do
So are mistresses lol. And a lot of things kings do.
Better than not pulling out at least
Mary? Rest? She has a handsome husband who is big horny for her...
True. But that womb deserves some rest so she can enjoy that handsome horny husband without getting knocked up lol. She’s got enough kids to deal with lol.
I am fairy sure there where condoms around in medieval Europe, just not made of rubber.
If King wants it I am sure someone will invent it.
Contraception of any kind is a sin in devout Catholicism, IIRC. Either Marie's fertility has to be ruined, Francis has to decide to abstain or one of them has to die. Pick your preferred option!
Umm, that's perceived as even worse by Catholics of the time, sodomy didn't just mean men having sex with other men...
Ruin the fertility then. She’s proven her fertility many times over! She’s done enough!
Claude of France, IOTL, had 7 children. How many outlived Francis I again...?
Tbf Francis and Claude were second cousins, which while not as bad as what later happened in Iberia couldn't have helped. Also Claude herself had some serious health issues.
In any cause I find it somewhat unlikely that Mary would willingly abstain for having too many children, she certainly doesn't mind having plenty of them, and I assume definitely wouldn't give up sex with her husband just to avoid having more of them. Still, it's just as likely that she has one or two pregnancies left considering her age.
Elizabeth Woodville was getting pregnant in her forties...