Daughter of Richard III

Instead of the sickly Edward of Middleham, Richard III and Anne Neville have a healthy daughter who is still very much alive in 1485. (If this has come up before, sorry for the repetition). Would Henry VII prefer to marry her instead of Elizabeth of York? If not, what other marriage prospects would make sense?
 
Well, if she's still young like her otl brother, not an ideal wife anyway.

Honestly, there's a good chance she'd share the fate of Juana la Beltraneja - put away in a convent. Henry cannot risk her marrying and he can't marry her; while it may not have lasted one of the forces that got him to the throne was disaffected Yorkists who saw Richard as a usurper. To get them, he needed the marriage to Elizabeth.

Now, if you make the daughter very young - a younger sister rather than a counterpart to Edward of Middleham, best case scenario being her birth and not illness kills Anne Neville - then she's betrothed to little Prince Arthur.
 
Born on 16 March 1485, Princess Anne, is the last child of King Richard III and Anne Neville, with Anne's father, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, acting as protector of his Grandaughter.
 
Born on 16 March 1485, Princess Anne, is the last child of King Richard III and Anne Neville, with Anne's father, Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick, acting as protector of his Grandaughter.

Both of these people are dead in 1485. Granted, the POD could be they're both alive, but if that happens I doubt events will always go as OTL.
 
Would the existence of an heir of Richard's body (albeit a female one) change the behaviour of the de la Poles post-Bosworth? IOTL Lincoln decided to support the (dubious) claim of "Edward Earl of Warwick"/Lambert Simnel rather than claiming the throne himself.

Would Richard even name his daughter as his heir? There's the unhappy example of the Empress Matilda, and unlike in 1553 there's plenty of male relatives around.

Wouldn't Richard have been bartering around his daughter's marriage (especially if the daughter is a replacement for Edward of Middleham, in which case she'd be either 9 or 12 by 1485) during his time on the throne? That could (minutely) change his position at home- it's an extra bargaining chip to try and shore up his regime.
 
Both of these people are dead in 1485. Granted, the POD could be they're both alive, but if that happens I doubt events will always go as OTL.
sorry forgot that Richard Neville died in 1471. however the date of birth for this Anne is the date of Queen Anne's death.
 
Why though? She offers no great level of support and is the daughter of an acknowledged usurper - he has already cut his deal with disaffected Yorkists in terms of his own marriage to Elizabeth of York - Catherine of Aragon offers him and his budding dynasty international acceptance and respectability - Anne of Gloucester offers him nothing of value - she is probably going to end up married to a minor noble in the same way Henry dealt with his wife's sisters.
 
I do not think a daughter of Richard III can have any value, while a stepdaughter (aka a daughter of Anne Neville by her first husband) is a much more interesting choice and a more useful tool for Richard's ambition (something who will keep him in full power but as regent and not as king). Mary or Margaret of Lancaster will be an ideal bride for young Edward V with Anne of Brittany engaged to either Richard of Shrewsbury (instead of Anne of Mowbray or after her death) or to Edward of Middleham. For Henry VII Elizabeth of York is the only logical choices between all the Yorkist princesses (and Cecily after Elizabeth)
 
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If he has only a daughter and no likelihood of future children, he may be content to use his Protectorate to arrange her marriage to Edward V (which would require a dispensation from the Pope, but it's doable), rather than going for a full usurpation.

If not, and she is still unmarried when Henry Tudor comes to the throne, she definitely ends up in a convent.
 
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