An earlier King Richard III

Henry V was King of England from 1413 until 1422.
Suppose King Henry V reigns from 1413 until 1432.
Suppose he is an only child. Suppose he does not marry Catherine of Valois. He has no children. He dies in 1432.
Richard, Duke of York, the son of Richard, Earl of Cambridge, becomes King Richard III. He still marries Cecily Neville.
What happens then?
 
King Henry V is not marrying Catherine of Valois because of the defeat at Agincourt.

Then he will just marry someone else. No king is going to remain single for long. Also if Henry V has any say in it I doubt he will want the son of a man he executed for treason against him as a potential heir (that's just asking to be assasinated). The House of Lancaster by their very ursurpation had already shown they were prepared to throw out the strict line of succession out the window.
 
Even assuming he doesn't marry and father a legitimate heir (and to remain unmarried for that long would be unusual) his heir is not the Duke of York.

His surviving Uncles would succeed -
John Duke of Bedford (d1435)
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester (d1447)
 
Even assuming he doesn't marry and father a legitimate heir (and to remain unmarried for that long would be unusual) his heir is not the Duke of York.

His surviving Uncles would succeed -
John Duke of Bedford (d1435)
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester (d1447)

They might try harder to have heirs. But if that isn't successful, will the heir be someone with blood from the house of Lancaster (i.e. a Beaufort, Duke of Exeter, Duke of Buckingham) or a the Duke of York? I think a lot of it will depend on when King Humphrey expires.
 

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Even assuming he doesn't marry and father a legitimate heir (and to remain unmarried for that long would be unusual) his heir is not the Duke of York.

His surviving Uncles would succeed -
John Duke of Bedford (d1435)
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester (d1447)

Yeah assuming things go largely OTL which regards to marriages for those two men and the lack of legitimate heirs than York becomes king in 1447 and the WoTR as we know it is largely averted because....which other claimants are there at this point?
 
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