Caroline Consort

Any ideas who would make a good wife for Carl XII of Sweden? I've read about one of James Sobieski's daughters being offered but most are strangely silent about any other possible candidates.

And if his regency (led by his dominating grandmamma) had been longer (i.e. his father dies earlier) might Hedwig Eleonora have forced a marriage through and sort of forebade him to go off soldiering until he had a son.
 
Granted Carl is more likely to do his duty by her, but unless her grandpappa finds another husband for Elisabeth too (not unlikely since AFAIR she didnt want to convert) Sweden might end up being dragged into the WotSS. And also, France might not take too kindly to the idea of their traditional ally and enemy being brothers-in-law.

That said,Pyotr I will be needing to find another young lady for Alexei to marry.
 
Well, my five cents, is George I offered George II as a marriage for the widowed duchess of Holstein (Carl's sister), she turned him down. So, if George I offers Sophie Dorothea (OTL Queen of Prussia, mother of Fritz) instead as queen for Carl, then Ulrika Eleonora can get married to Friedrich Wilhelm I of Prussia instead of Frederik I of Kassel

Also the Margrave of Baden was likewise proposed for Hedwig Sophie, which would free up his OTL wife, Johanna Elisabeth of Wurttemberg.
 
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