Charles II marries Sophia of Hanover

Regarding TTL Russia, I considered playing a bit with genders of children of Alexis I conceived post PoD (Feodor, Prince of Uglich, is quite a bit healthier TTL that his OTL counterpart, but I also wondered about having Tsarevna Feodosia (1662-1713) being born a healthy boy (TTL Tsarevich Peter, that name has to get into Romanov common names somehow) while Ivan is born a sickly Tsarevna Anna (named after her short living (1655-1659) sister).
 
Regarding Western Europe, I also proposed OTL second wife of Elector of Brandenburg marry Ernest Augustus of Hanover in Henry VIII-esque sort of deal (she was a widow of her brother), while Great Elector marries OTL second wife of Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayerth (who marries a different lady as his first wife to begin with due to Erdmuthe Sophia being Duchess of Gloucester TTL; the identity of a lady is not that important).
 
Regarding TTL Russia, I considered playing a bit with genders of children of Alexis I conceived post PoD (Feodor, Prince of Uglich, is quite a bit healthier TTL that his OTL counterpart, but I also wondered about having Tsarevna Feodosia (1662-1713) being born a healthy boy (TTL Tsarevich Peter, that name has to get into Romanov common names somehow) while Ivan is born a sickly Tsarevna Anna (named after her short living (1655-1659) sister).
Oh interesting why that option?
 
Regarding Western Europe, I also proposed OTL second wife of Elector of Brandenburg marry Ernest Augustus of Hanover in Henry VIII-esque sort of deal (she was a widow of her brother), while Great Elector marries OTL second wife of Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayerth (who marries a different lady as his first wife to begin with due to Erdmuthe Sophia being Duchess of Gloucester TTL; the identity of a lady is not that important).
I agree that sounds good, what changes might come from that he
 
Oh interesting why that option?
To have Alexis II + Natalya Naryshkina be more plausible arrangement/to guarantee Alexis I not remarrying anyone (two healthy spares are more than enough for this).
Also, while Alexis II will not suffer the aneurism (heard this theory of his death), that killed him OTL, he is unlikely to live past late 1680ies - early 1690ies (if the reason for his lack of physical training/interests was really not the neglect of the tutors but the high-functioning version of Ivan V condition; sources are scarce and no study of DNA was performed on remnants in Moscow Archangel Cathedral - probably due to lack of interest? But then, diagnosis of George III is much more important to historians, and there are conflicting theories about it as well), so Michael II may well ascend while still a early teen, and more stability compared to OTL regencies is needed.
 
To have Alexis II + Natalya Naryshkina be more plausible arrangement/to guarantee Alexis I not remarrying anyone (two healthy spares are more than enough for this).
Also, while Alexis II will not suffer the aneurism (heard this theory of his death), that killed him OTL, he is unlikely to live past late 1680ies - early 1690ies (if the reason for his lack of physical training/interests was really not the neglect of the tutors but the high-functioning version of Ivan V condition; sources are scarce and no study of DNA was performed on remnants in Moscow Archangel Cathedral - probably due to lack of interest? But then, diagnosis of George III is much more important to historians, and there are conflicting theories about it as well), so Michael II may well ascend while still a early teen, and more stability compared to OTL regencies is needed.
This is very true, so alexis II ruling from 1676-1690? With Michael ascending the throne aged fifteen?
 
This is very true, so alexis II ruling from 1676-1690? With Michael ascending the throne aged fifteen?
Yes. Contemporary/soulmate of Charles XII of Sweden. Not to degree of mental instability of OTL Peter I (with fairly normal childhood, but so did Karl XII, and reading on antics of his early teens it seems plausible that stuff like "attempting to dance with tamed bear after getting piss drunk at a party" (however cliche it may sound it was based on a real antic) will be the thing with him.
 
Yes. Contemporary/soulmate of Charles XII of Sweden. Not to degree of mental instability of OTL Peter I (with fairly normal childhood, but so did Karl XII, and reading on antics of his early teens it seems plausible that stuff like "attempting to dance with tamed bear after getting piss drunk at a party" (however cliche it may sound it was based on a real antic) will be the thing with him.
Aha aye, Michael I can see being slightly more wild compared to his father, perhaps feeling at home on the battlefield
 
II, I was his great-grandfather, first Romanov tsar of this name. And "slightly" is as much as you can go between agoraphobic man not liking public appearances and wild homronal teenager prone to partying, drinking and war games.
 
II, I was his great-grandfather, first Romanov tsar of this name. And "slightly" is as much as you can go between agoraphobic man not liking public appearances and wild homronal teenager prone to partying, drinking and war games.
Ah yes meant II, and yes aha, alexis ii is going to ha e a tough time of it isn’t he
 
Regarding "what condition the male children of Maria Miloslavskaya might have had", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becker's_muscular_dystrophy a variant of this was theorized when I spoke to geneticist, though none of the children seemed to have gotten completely paralyzed (with Feodor III it was possible that his treatment from accident of 1674 was sabotaged by Naryshkin sympathizers heading the Apothecary Department at the time (though the diagnosis DOES match with riding skills/archery skills - these things mostly require upper body strength, which is not damaged by the disease in question); Ivan developed paralysis only past the age of 27, late in the disease, so it might have been slowly progressing thing), but a version of this is common.

TTL I presume that while Alexis II is not having cramp/aneurism killing him OTL, he'll develop paralysis roughly at the age of 24-27 (like Ivan did OTL); and TTL Feodor and "Peter" (gender-bent Feodosia) simply will have no defective X-chromosome, instead getting a healthy one. It would be interesting to have high-functioning but handicapped ruler (and an adult at the time of ascension, not a teen).
Since a father can't pass the disease to the son, Michael II & his descendants will be OK.
 
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Regarding OTL descendants of Ivan V - Praskovia definitely was a carrier, Anna left no descendants OTL, Ekaterina's only child was a daughter, so in Anna Leopoldovna's descendants the mutation might have been lost.
 
Regarding "what condition the male children of Maria Miloslavskaya might have had", https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becker's_muscular_dystrophy a variant of this was theorized when I spoke to geneticist, though none of the children seemed to have gotten completely paralyzed (with Feodor III it was possible that his treatment from accident of 1674 was sabotaged by Naryshkin sympathizers heading the Apothecary Department at the time (though the diagnosis DOES match with riding skills/archery skills - these things mostly require upper body strength, which is not damaged by the disease in question); Ivan developed paralysis only past the age of 27, late in the disease, so it might have been slowly progressing thing), but a version of this is common.

TTL I presume that while Alexis II is not having cramp/aneurism killing him OTL, he'll develop paralysis roughly at the age of 24-27 (like Ivan did OTL); and TTL Feodor and "Peter" (gender-bent Feodosia) simply will have no defective X-chromosome, instead getting a healthy one. It would be interesting to have high-functioning but handicapped ruler (and an adult at the time of ascension, not a teen).
Since a father can't pass the disease to the son, Michael II & his descendants will be OK.
Oh that’s quite interesting
 
Oh that’s quite interesting

If female descendants of Alexis II will marry into European royalty TTL, they may well possible bring another "genetic doom of Royals" with them, that is muscular dystrophy.
Overall I plan for him and Natalya having 6 kids overall (marriage in 1672) in time window 1672-1681, before the disease starts progressing too much for funny happy bedtime (Ivan V's OTL issue being as example), Michael II being a firstborn (and having 2 to 3 surviving siblings, that is 3-4 surviving kids out of 6). Though that means that Michael II will likely ascend not in 1690 but in 1685, the country being de-facto under regency of his paternal uncles (Feodor, Prince of Uglich, Tsarevich Peter (a Princedom is under consideration), Karl of Courland, Prince of Tver) since 1682, and until 1690 when Michael II marries himself (to Charlotte Dorothee Sophie of Hesse-Homburg aka Sophia Feodorovna after Orthodox baptism/naturalization).
 
If female descendants of Alexis II will marry into European royalty TTL, they may well possible bring another "genetic doom of Royals" with them, that is muscular dystrophy.
Overall I plan for him and Natalya having 6 kids overall (marriage in 1672) in time window 1672-1681, before the disease starts progressing too much for funny happy bedtime (Ivan V's OTL issue being as example), Michael II being a firstborn (and having 2 to 3 surviving siblings, that is 3-4 surviving kids out of 6). Though that means that Michael II will likely ascend not in 1690 but in 1685, the country being de-facto under regency of his paternal uncles (Feodor, Prince of Uglich, Tsarevich Peter (a Princedom is under consideration), Karl of Courland, Prince of Tver) since 1682, and until 1690 when Michael II marries himself (to Charlotte Dorothee Sophie of Hesse-Homburg aka Sophia Feodorovna after Orthodox baptism/naturalization).
Oh very ibteresting with his uncle serving as regent things might be far more stable than they were otl
 
Regarding portrayal of TTL Peter (gender-bent Feodosia) I imagine him as Navy-loving as OTL Peter (and for the same reason of inheriting estate of Nikita Romanov with its collection of amusement boats), but complete opposite otherwise, being a pious and in general sober person (Feodosia OTL was one of the most if not the most pious of Alexis I children). Regarding hobbies, not much is decided on, though possible artistic gift towards painting/drawing is possible (along with love of falcon hunting inhered from father).
Feodor, while being into military TTL, will retain his OTL hobbies of being amateur composer (in OTL some of church hymns he composed are still performed) & patron of arts/architecture (not to mention the falcon hunting which he was rather fond of OTL). Another weird hobby of him OTL was collecting singing birds.
 
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