At some point towards the tail-end of the 1700ies, a match was spoken of between Carl XII, King of Sweden, and Louisa Maria Therese 'la Consolatrice' Stuart, the Princess over the Water. Unfortunately, the Swedish king was never interested enough in his own matrimonial prospects and it remained a match only on paper.
Now, recently, an idea I was toying with, was what if Louisa Maria had married Carl. The Bill of Rights states anyone who "shall marry a Papist" is barred from succession and heritance of the Crown (by the Bill of Rights 1688/9, Not the Act of Settlement 1701, as often said. The latter merely repeated the prohibition on Papist marriages ,and referred the penalties thereof to the earlier act). Any children of Carl-Louisa would be undoubtedly Protestant, and as such could be inserted into the succession ahead of Sophia's heirs.
Let's use handwavium to get them to the altar and see what happens if Louisa and Carl get married?
Now, recently, an idea I was toying with, was what if Louisa Maria had married Carl. The Bill of Rights states anyone who "shall marry a Papist" is barred from succession and heritance of the Crown (by the Bill of Rights 1688/9, Not the Act of Settlement 1701, as often said. The latter merely repeated the prohibition on Papist marriages ,and referred the penalties thereof to the earlier act). Any children of Carl-Louisa would be undoubtedly Protestant, and as such could be inserted into the succession ahead of Sophia's heirs.
Let's use handwavium to get them to the altar and see what happens if Louisa and Carl get married?
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