So someone floated the idea of Anne Boleyn dying early. That made me think of a variation.
Suppose Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, and Cranmer died in 1533 within a week by dysentery. First Anne dies, and Henry is worried about his new daughter (or appears to be, he's acutally probably still disappointed by the lack of dong). Most of the attention is on the King, who isn't very well himself. Crammer dies, which nearly goes unnoticed due to, you know, the King being sick. Let's say four servants also die and a good 1/4 of the household gets it. Outhouse must be very stinky. I suppose this might make people suspicious of poisoning since while dysentery is possible, people usually don't die of it inside a castle and getting lots of fluids and food.
They usually die of it while travelling, which saps their energy. That's on top of food going in out end of the body and coming out the other. I guess this must be a really bad Salmonella strain.
So... anyone looking for the "poisoner"?
Let's say infant Elisabeth gets picked up by a daughter of an earl and she and her husband use Liz as a replacement of a recently dead newborn. No I don't mean raise her in secret and then try to put a puppet on the throne when she grow up. I literally mean in place of their own. If that sounds outlandish, there are actually modern (although rare) infant kidnappings for just that purpose (perhaps since we don't have orphanages anymore?). Point being, she's like Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn, except her new adoptive parents are doing the best to conceal her origins while Gwenllian knew where she was from.
The others have mentioned that Mary Tudor's marriage would greatly affect the future of England, which is true. However, suppose that she's barren (or her consort is barren and she has no affairs... bottom line no royal children from this line). This means Mary Stuart is heir presumptive.
What happens to England and Europe?
Suppose Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII, and Cranmer died in 1533 within a week by dysentery. First Anne dies, and Henry is worried about his new daughter (or appears to be, he's acutally probably still disappointed by the lack of dong). Most of the attention is on the King, who isn't very well himself. Crammer dies, which nearly goes unnoticed due to, you know, the King being sick. Let's say four servants also die and a good 1/4 of the household gets it. Outhouse must be very stinky. I suppose this might make people suspicious of poisoning since while dysentery is possible, people usually don't die of it inside a castle and getting lots of fluids and food.
They usually die of it while travelling, which saps their energy. That's on top of food going in out end of the body and coming out the other. I guess this must be a really bad Salmonella strain.
So... anyone looking for the "poisoner"?
Let's say infant Elisabeth gets picked up by a daughter of an earl and she and her husband use Liz as a replacement of a recently dead newborn. No I don't mean raise her in secret and then try to put a puppet on the throne when she grow up. I literally mean in place of their own. If that sounds outlandish, there are actually modern (although rare) infant kidnappings for just that purpose (perhaps since we don't have orphanages anymore?). Point being, she's like Gwenllian ferch Llywelyn, except her new adoptive parents are doing the best to conceal her origins while Gwenllian knew where she was from.
The others have mentioned that Mary Tudor's marriage would greatly affect the future of England, which is true. However, suppose that she's barren (or her consort is barren and she has no affairs... bottom line no royal children from this line). This means Mary Stuart is heir presumptive.
What happens to England and Europe?