A surprising discovery - Who should be the King of England after Edward VI

Who should be the King of England after Edward VI

  • Mary, Queen of Scots

    Votes: 8 38.1%
  • Henry II of Portugal - Mary Tudor's son

    Votes: 5 23.8%
  • Jane Grey

    Votes: 8 38.1%

  • Total voters
    21
A surprising discovery - Who should be the King of England after Edward VI, since Edward VI still dies in my timeline although he is the son of Anne Boleyn ITTL, who do you think should be his successor?
 
If Edward's advisors are still as influential then I think Jane Grey will be the nominated successor in Edward's "will". Mary, Queen of Scots' claim would depend on who she is married / betrothed to.

If OTL Queen Mary is dead then the other choices would be a Catholic Portuguese infant, an Orthodox Russian infant (or some kind of Personal Union with Russia?) or the intended of the heir to the Catholic King of France. Politically none of these have a strong enough internal power base to combat the supporters of Lady Jane Grey in my opinion but it would open up a multitude of potential external players in an English Succession war
 
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