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So I posted something similar to this a while ago, but there's one thing I've been mulling over recently. Edward IV only had a son in 1470, six years after his marriage to Elizabeth Wydeville, and nine years after winning the throne at Towton. And obviously the age of his son Edward V negatively affected the Yorkists when the boy came to the throne. Edward's younger brother, Richard, Duke of York was only ten when his brother ascended the throne as well, another blow, especially given fears over a child King.

The thing I am wondering is, what might the consequences be if say Edward IV and Elizabeth's issue list went something like this:

Edward, Prince of Wales b. 1466
Richard, Duke of York b. 1467
Cecily of York b. 1469
Anne of York b. 1470
George, Duke of Bedford b. 1473
Catherine of York b. 1479

How might having two sons who are of a reasonable age should he die in 1483, affect the Yorkist succession, politics in the country, who might these sons marry. And furthermore, how might it influence things regarding Tudor, and if Edward of Westminster was still alive? Would Warwick rebel? Would Clarence?
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