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Inspired by the Byzantine Scotland idea I decided that this idea is worth looking into.

Edward de Balliol, son of King John de Balliol, died without issue and the family name died with him. According to some sources, he was married to Marguerite of Taranto (daughter of Latin Empress Catherine II and Philip I of Taranto, sister of Giovanna I of Naples' second husband), while other sources make no mention of this match when speaking of Marguerite.

However, Marguerite had two kids by her "second" husband, Jacques de Baux/Giacomo del Balzo and Antonia del Balzo, future queen of Sicily. So clearly she's fertile(-ish).

If Edward-Marguerite were to have kids would Marguerite be a sort of "queen of last hopes"? Might the Baliols manage (by dint of the familial alliances - she's sister-in-law to the queen of Naples, cousin to the queen consort then the kings of France and Hungary, after all) to salvage some sort of royal court or mount a successful claim to the Scots throne? Or would they simply be the Stuarts come early?
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