AHC: England inherited by Slavic kings

Some English princess marries a Slav (my inclination is a Pole). Her brothers' descendants die out.

The first part I think is the hard one.
 
Some English princess marries a Slav (my inclination is a Pole). Her brothers' descendants die out.

The first part I think is the hard one.
Perhaps the Jagiellons form a giant 'empire' (really just the combined holdings of the house) of the Slavic states besides Russia, and they're so prestigious that an English king is willing to marry one of his daughters to one of the Jagiellons despite their foreignness and distance?
 
I wasn't sure the Jagiellons would count, given their Lithuanian origin.

My plan was to give Casimir III a son who goes on to unite the Luxemburgs with the Piasts, who then establish some sort of a "We hate the French" marriage alliance with the Plantagenets. Acquiring territory in Germany would make marriage with England a bit more reasonable.
 
After swedish rebelion against danish rule (supported by Poland/Poland-Lithuania) younger son of polish king is choosen to be king of Sweden. Some times later his son married oldest daughter of english king. King of England has only one son, who unfortunately died at young age, so his sister (also qeen of Sweden) became succesor of english crown-so we have personal union between England and Sweden like Castilian-Aragonese union from OTL with english princess as Isabel of Castillia and swedish prince as Ferdinand of Aragon. Let's say they have two sons-one of them inherited swedish crown, second-english crown, and we have slavic dinasty ruling England.

(sorry for bad english, but I couldn't watch Poland-Czech match without a lot of beer:) and alcohol unfortunately makes me monolingual;))
 
Ivan the Terrible and Elizabeth I's marriage idea doesn't fall through, perhaps?

The key would be for Henry, Duke of Cornwall to survive past his infancy in order for him to become King of England, leading Princess Elizabeth to possibly marry Ivan IV. How? Since Henry VIII's son would survive to become king, then there is no need for a successional crisis in England.
 
Actually, this is amazingly simple. It takes just three divergences:

1) Henry VI of England dies early, avoiding the Wars of the Roses*.
2) Henry VI's uncle Humphrey doesn't leave descendants, either.
3) King Erik III/VII/XIII of Norway/Denmark/Sweden has a son who continues his line.

Why is this?

Let's look at the descendants of Henry IV of England.

I. Henry V of England
---A. Henry VI of England
------1. Edward, Prince of Wales (rid of whom we're getting)
II. Thomas, Duke of Clarence (no legitimate children, d. 1421)
III. John, Duke of Bedford (no children, d. 1435)
IV. Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester
---A. Arthur (no children, d. 1447)
---B. Antigone (had children--but we're getting rid of this line, too)
V. Blanche
---A. Rupert of the Palatinate (no children, d. 1426)
VI. Philippa (who married Eric)
---A. That new line of sons, by (3)

So, without the deposition of the Lancasters, the heirs to England are also the rulers of the Kalmar Union.

And the ruling house of the Kalmar Union is that of Pomerania, i.e. the house of Griffins--originating among the Slavs!

*At least one hopes so for the purposes of this mini-TL.
 
How can a Slavic dynasty rule England for more than fifty years?

If Anne of Bohemia and Richard II have a son, Anne of Bohemia is a grand-daughter of Casimir III actually, I think a son of Anne of Bohemia could marry Jadwiga and be a Polish King or be elected as the King of Poland, starting a Plantagenet Poland or a brief Anglo-Polish union.
 
If Anne of Bohemia and Richard II have a son, Anne of Bohemia is a grand-daughter of Casimir III actually, I think a son of Anne of Bohemia could marry Jadwiga and be a Polish King or be elected as the King of Poland, starting a Plantagenet Poland or a brief Anglo-Polish union.
Of course, that's a French dynasty ruling Poland, not a Polish dynasty ruling England.
 
"Vladimir II Monomakh, was married three times. His first wife was Gytha of Wessex, daughter of Harold of England". They married about 1075.
Mstislav I Vladimirovich the Great was a son of Gytha.
The father or the son can try to return England. E.g., Vladimir can help Earls in 1075.
I don't sure, that they can win. :rolleyes:
 
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