Bloody Mary was named as Isabella by her mother

What if Catherine of Aragon chose the the name Isabelle/Isabella as the name of her daughter to Henry VIII would this affect her relationship to Elisabeth if she were ever born.
 
She and Elisabeth will have the same spanish name Isabel.

Honestly i dont believe that a mere change in names changes History significantly... The only change i see is that on Monarch's lists we have Queen Elizabeth I (aka Bloody Mary in OTL) and Queen Elizabeth II (aka Elizabeth I in OTL) so that makes current Queen Elizabeth III...
 
Honestly i dont believe that a mere change in names changes History significantly... The only change i see is that on Monarch's lists we have Queen Elizabeth I (aka Bloody Mary in OTL) and Queen Elizabeth II (aka Elizabeth I in OTL) so that makes current Queen Elizabeth III...

Pretty much, though I don't think OTL QE2 will even exist TTL.
 
Pretty much, though I don't think OTL QE2 will even exist TTL.
Why not? The name "Elizabeth" would be redeemed by Elizabeth [I OTL = II TTL], so I think any butterflies would likely be very minor. And that's assuming Isabel chooses the English version of her name rather than just calling herself "Isabel". (All right, she might do that to win popular support, but I feel there's still a chance she wouldn't.)
 
What if Catherine of Aragon chose the the name Isabelle/Isabella as the name of her daughter to Henry VIII would this affect her relationship to Elisabeth if she were ever born.

Henry and Catherine named their first daughter to survive with the most Holy of names for women.

It is not surprising really given how pious Henry and Catherine were.

I don't think there was any liklihood of Catherine naming her child Isabella, she was the Queen of England and Isabella was not amongst the traditional English names associated with English princesses (albeit several foreign born queens had the name).

She did not name any of her sons Ferdinand either.
 
The world's most famous cocktail is either called the Bloody Bella or the Bloody Izzie, depending on what sounds better.
 
The world's most famous cocktail is either called the Bloody Bella or the Bloody Izzie, depending on what sounds better.

Bloody Bella is catchy. Bloody Izzie just sounds weird.

Welshroyalhistory: Why would being traditional determine whether or not it was used?
 
Given that Anne probably walked Henry back from his plan to call Elizabeth 'Mary' IOTL, ITTL--well, Elizabeth winds up being called 'Mary'.
 
The world's most famous cocktail is either called the Bloody Bella or the Bloody Izzie, depending on what sounds better.
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Bloody Bella?:D
 
Bloody Bella is catchy. Bloody Izzie just sounds weird.

Welshroyalhistory: Why would being traditional determine whether or not it was used?

Monarchies are traditionally tradition based.

Mary Tudor wasn’t named Mary because her parents liked the name (they probably did but that was irrelevant), they gave her that name because it sent out a message.

For a deeply pious Catholic couple like Henry and Catherine to name their daughter after the Mother of Christ sent out a powerful message especially after their struggles to have a living child.
 
Henry and Catherine named their first daughter to survive with the most Holy of names for women.

It is not surprising really given how pious Henry and Catherine were.

I don't think there was any liklihood of Catherine naming her child Isabella, she was the Queen of England and Isabella was not amongst the traditional English names associated with English princesses (albeit several foreign born queens had the name).

She did not name any of her sons Ferdinand either.

OTOH if Henry and Catherine would have been blessed with a large (and healthy (more survive)) family, some of the younger children might have ended up being named after Ferdinand and/or Isabella.
 
Monarchies are traditionally tradition based.

Mary Tudor wasn’t named Mary because her parents liked the name (they probably did but that was irrelevant), they gave her that name because it sent out a message.

For a deeply pious Catholic couple like Henry and Catherine to name their daughter after the Mother of Christ sent out a powerful message especially after their struggles to have a living child.

Monarchies are also prone to doing things for reasons that may or may not be purely in allegiance to tradition.

Witness the Byzantine princess Simonis, or John VI being named after his father's friend rather than his (father's) father.

I'm not saying they'd just randomly pick Elizabeth/Isabella, but they could pick it for a reason that made sense at the time - picking Mary for the theotokos might be replaced by something as "ordinary" as naming it after her grandmother, or perhaps after a saint.

So while I don't think they'd just change their minds for no reason, I don't think we can simply say they'd do Mary and that's that. Deeply pious or not.
 
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