This started out as me wondering about the POD of Edward VI of England surviving. Before his death, there were talks about a marriage between him and Elisabeth of Valois as part of a peace treaty between England and France, and I initially considered this, but I see three problems with it:
1. Edward was zealously Protestant and Elisabeth Catholic, so the marriage would be strained if not an outright disaster.
2. While France was less Anti-Protestant and more Anti-Hapsburg, Mary, Queen of Scots was married to the heir to the French throne, thus threatening England's nothern and southern borders.
3. Elisabeth was 8 at the time of Edward's OTL death, and I'd imagine his advisors would be very keen to get him breeding ASAP, so they'd search for someone who was closer to Edward's age, a year or two older or younger.
Instead, I decided that Edward might marry a younger sister (listed here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Count_of_Nassau-Dillenburg) of William the Silent, Prince of Orange and leader of the Dutch Revolt. I also decided that Edward would marry his half-sister Elizabeth to the future Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, one of her OTL suitors, possibly to counter Scotland.
Could such an alliance be effective, and for how long?
EDIT: I just remembered something along these lines happened IOTL, with the marriage of Mary II and William III of England and the marriage of Queen Anne and Prince George of Denmark.
1. Edward was zealously Protestant and Elisabeth Catholic, so the marriage would be strained if not an outright disaster.
2. While France was less Anti-Protestant and more Anti-Hapsburg, Mary, Queen of Scots was married to the heir to the French throne, thus threatening England's nothern and southern borders.
3. Elisabeth was 8 at the time of Edward's OTL death, and I'd imagine his advisors would be very keen to get him breeding ASAP, so they'd search for someone who was closer to Edward's age, a year or two older or younger.
Instead, I decided that Edward might marry a younger sister (listed here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I,_Count_of_Nassau-Dillenburg) of William the Silent, Prince of Orange and leader of the Dutch Revolt. I also decided that Edward would marry his half-sister Elizabeth to the future Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, one of her OTL suitors, possibly to counter Scotland.
Could such an alliance be effective, and for how long?
EDIT: I just remembered something along these lines happened IOTL, with the marriage of Mary II and William III of England and the marriage of Queen Anne and Prince George of Denmark.
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