Assuming Arthur lives and especially if he and Catherine have a child then Henry is far less valuable for the top of the European Royal Marriage market.
If he is his brother's heir at Arthur's accession then he is more valuable especially if after several years Catherine and Arthur have remained childless.
Another question is what land and wealth has been bestowed on Henry? How much of a catch is he?
Edward IV had bestowed lands and titles on his brothers and his younger son - but the majority of their wealth came via marriages with wealthy heiresses. (though he did attempt a foreign marriage for George of Clarence on a couple of occassions) In effect Edward endowed his close male relations without alienating any lands from the crown.
Henry V's brothers had been endowed by the crown but mainly from lands taken from other people.
Given Henry VIII's age when he became heir to the throne he had not been vastly endowed by his father.
Assuming Arthur lives then apart from his title he is going to be dependent on his father and then his brother's financial generosity and that means either finding him a rich wife or giving him lands and property that belonged to the crown or where in its gift.
A domestic wife preferably an heiress is an easy solution to that issue the problem is their aren't many around:
Some thoughts on those mentioned already or the one's I think the most likely!
A Stafford match - Elizabeth Stafford was Henry's second cousin (both being a great grand child of Richard Earl Rivers) - she was betrothed to Westmorland first before her father opted for Norfolk - her dowery was around £2,000 so not to be sniffed at - failing her there is her two younger sisters (one of whom did marry Westmorland)
A Grey marriage - one problem is the family dispute that arose after Thomas Grey's death in 1501 over his widow's remarriage and her family's fear she would use her wealth to endow her young second husband at the expense of her children. As one of four daughter's Elizabeth would have a good dower but not an heiress by any standard - she is of course Henry's half first cousin.
Ursula Pole (b around 1504) - bit young but the granddaughter of George Duke of Clarence - and her dowery when she married Buckingham's heir was around 3,000 marks. Given that her mother was a close confidante of both Arthur and Catherine (and remained in Henry VIII's good books for years) I wouldn't rule out her at all. Henry Duke of York is a better match than the heir of the Duke of Buckingham. (In OTL she married in around 1518/19)
I would rule out Margaret Courtenay Henry's first cousin - her father was under attainder and the family were not wealthy even before that (given the numerous gifts to her mother and siblings by Queen Elizabeth of York).
PS there is no suggestion that Henry would have been "governor" of the north (there was no such position)
If he is his brother's heir at Arthur's accession then he is more valuable especially if after several years Catherine and Arthur have remained childless.
Another question is what land and wealth has been bestowed on Henry? How much of a catch is he?
Edward IV had bestowed lands and titles on his brothers and his younger son - but the majority of their wealth came via marriages with wealthy heiresses. (though he did attempt a foreign marriage for George of Clarence on a couple of occassions) In effect Edward endowed his close male relations without alienating any lands from the crown.
Henry V's brothers had been endowed by the crown but mainly from lands taken from other people.
Given Henry VIII's age when he became heir to the throne he had not been vastly endowed by his father.
Assuming Arthur lives then apart from his title he is going to be dependent on his father and then his brother's financial generosity and that means either finding him a rich wife or giving him lands and property that belonged to the crown or where in its gift.
A domestic wife preferably an heiress is an easy solution to that issue the problem is their aren't many around:
Some thoughts on those mentioned already or the one's I think the most likely!
A Stafford match - Elizabeth Stafford was Henry's second cousin (both being a great grand child of Richard Earl Rivers) - she was betrothed to Westmorland first before her father opted for Norfolk - her dowery was around £2,000 so not to be sniffed at - failing her there is her two younger sisters (one of whom did marry Westmorland)
A Grey marriage - one problem is the family dispute that arose after Thomas Grey's death in 1501 over his widow's remarriage and her family's fear she would use her wealth to endow her young second husband at the expense of her children. As one of four daughter's Elizabeth would have a good dower but not an heiress by any standard - she is of course Henry's half first cousin.
Ursula Pole (b around 1504) - bit young but the granddaughter of George Duke of Clarence - and her dowery when she married Buckingham's heir was around 3,000 marks. Given that her mother was a close confidante of both Arthur and Catherine (and remained in Henry VIII's good books for years) I wouldn't rule out her at all. Henry Duke of York is a better match than the heir of the Duke of Buckingham. (In OTL she married in around 1518/19)
I would rule out Margaret Courtenay Henry's first cousin - her father was under attainder and the family were not wealthy even before that (given the numerous gifts to her mother and siblings by Queen Elizabeth of York).
PS there is no suggestion that Henry would have been "governor" of the north (there was no such position)