What if Edward VI was born healthy and didn't die at the age of 15? who would of he married? what would of his rule bean like? how many kids would he have? what would of happened to his cousins?
Definitely the Church of England will look much more Lutheran if Edward VI lives. In foreign policy he might be inclined to ally with the German Lutheran princes against the Hapsburgs. How much good this would do either side I don't know, since England was practically broke and the German Lutherans' fortunes were on the downswing in the early 1550s, IIRC. The upshot might be a marriage between Edward and some German princess, though, which could have interesting repercussions.
Was he born sickly? I always thought that he was a fairly healthy child, but his health problems came much later. Henry VIII certainly took strong measures to maintain his health.What if Edward VI was born healthy and didn't die at the age of 15? who would of he married? what would of his rule bean like? how many kids would he have? what would of happened to his cousins?
Was he born sickly? I always thought that he was a fairly healthy child, but his health problems came much later. Henry VIII certainly took strong measures to maintain his health.
I've heard about it too. It may have been the Kell blood mutation, although I don't know much about how it works, but there was an article about it. Remember the 2 sons of Mary Tudor, the sister of Henry VIII, also died young. Also, Henry VIII's illegitimate son.Re Edward's health, isn't there a theory that the Tudor males might have suffered from some kind of genetic disorder that only manifested when they reached their teens? Because Edward's uncle Prince Arthur died at around the same age, also despite not having a history of sickliness. I swear I've read this theory somewhere but I don't know the source...