Christina of Denmark Is Forced to Wed Henry the VIII 1538

Why? Kitty Howard's been raised in a lax atmosphere where such things were considered "normal". Kristina has already been married (to someone that even Karl V was concerned about his sanity) and widowed. She's a princess of Denmark, with an Austrian archduchess for a mother and an emperor for an uncle. She's not gonna act like some provincial skank seeing the big city lights, whose dad is a younger son of a family that as they would've said at Versailles (like they did of Marie Lesczynska): "they do not even know who the grandparents are" (implying a parvenu). Kristina knows very well who she's descended from: Trastamara, Valois, Habsburg and Oldenburg (all dynasties older than the Tudors).

What would be his grounds for divorce? If it's adultery see above. Anne of Cleves never slept around so why would Kristina? And if he WERE to behead her, he'd unleash holy hell from all sides. The Habsburgs, Oldenburgs and Stewarts, because she was related to them; the pope would declare Henry deposed in favour of Mary. Which means the French might get involved since they might want a Valois/Stewart prince to wed her just to stop another crown being added to the Habsburg collection. And its not like Henry can rely on the Protestants, since as Mary said when they brought her news of the king's marriage to Anne of Cleves "I do not know what to make of the king. He burns one Lutheran and then marries another"

Her paternal grandmother was also a Wettin, she was pretty much closely related to everyone who mattered in in continental politics.
 
Me too. Mary would love her as step-mother.

I think Christina would treat Mary well, but Christina didn't care about Catholicism and if she need to she will embrace Anglicanism. She also cared very much about her claim to the Danish crown, but was on somewhat good term with the ursurpers (who kept her father in a comfortable imprisonment).
 
I think Christina would treat Mary well, but Christina didn't care about Catholicism and if she need to she will embrace Anglicanism. She also cared very much about her claim to the Danish crown, but was on somewhat good term with the ursurpers (who kept her father in a comfortable imprisonment).

Would be fun if Kristina influences Mary to take a softer line towards Protestantism than she did OTL. I don't know if it's likely, but it could be fun to watch
 
I can imagine this conversation:

(In Valley Girls Accents)
Mary: Hey girl.
Christina: Oh hey girlfriend? What's up?
Mary: I am so over my sister Elizabeth. She is such a Protestant.
Christina: Maybe I can do something about it.
Mary: Really?
Christina: Sure I will just seduce Henry and suggest he behead Elizabeth. You know he goes crazy over me in my linen shift.
Mary: The one with or without the saliva stains?
Christina: Without of course. Just leave it to me, I will have that little red head beheaded so fast it will make your head spin.
Mary: Awesome. Totes love ya girl!
Christina: Catholic besties forever!

Two of the most NOT Valley Girls in history......the mean girls thing to do would be to get her married off to a BARON.
 
Point of Divergence ... After Jane Seymour's death, Henry VIII remained a bachelor for a couple of years before he was convinced by his council that he needed to consider marriage again. He cast his net for potential brides, and one of them was Christina of Denmark. At the time Christina was sixteen years old, and she, along with many of her contemporaries, had heard what had befallen Henry's previous three queens. Although Henry was enraptured with her, Christina's remark was as follows: "If I had two heads, one should be at the King of England's disposal." Needles to say, Henry's wooing came to naught, and he ended up marrying Anne of Cleves.

What if, for argument's sake, Christina was forced to wed Henry, say at the order of her father King Christian the II. What would have been Christina's fate, and how does this marriage shape the future of England and Europe?

1) Christina is a Catholic, in the custody of Emperor Charles V, who doesn't like Henry much any more. (Catherine of Aragon was his aunt, and Henry is a heretic).

2) Christian of Denmark is a prisoner, held by his uncle and successor Frederick.

So I'm doubtful that this match is even plausible, and certain that Christian will have no hand in it.
 
During the time period, Christina was living with Dowager Queen Mary of Hungary, who also opposed the match. It was her interference/intrigue/dithering/whatever that made Henry break off pursuit of the pretty Christina in early 1540. (Of course it didn't help that Karl was letting her do it.)
 
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