Scotland in the Age of the Yorks:
James IV,
King of Scots [1488-1523] (1473-1523) 1m: 1485 Cecily of York (1469-1503); 2m: 1505 [1] Elisabeth of the Palatinate (1483-1522)
[1m.] Margaret (1489-1544) m: 1505 [2] John, 2e Duke of Albany (b.1484)
3e Duke of Albany
James, 4e Duke of Albany (1532-1596) m: 1562 Christine, Queen of Scots (1537-1600)
[1m.] James V, King of Scots [1523-1550] (1491-1550) 1m: 1508 Marguerite de France [3] (1494-1512); 2m: 1515 Amalie of Cleves-Ravenstein [4] (1495-1561)
[1m.] Stillborn Son (1512)
[2m.] James, Earl of Galloway [5] (1518-1520)
[2m.] Cecily (1521-1564) m: 1538 Philipp II, Elector Palatine of the Rhine [6] (1517-1580)
Sibylle (1540-1546)
Ludwig (1541-1543)
Rupprecht IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (1542-1591) m: 1560 Anne of York [10] (1541-1603)
Stillborn Daughter (1545)
Philipp, Count Palatine of Sponheim (1547-1599) m: Princess of Cleves
Elisabeth (1550-1609)
Cäcilie (1542-1612)
[2m.] Stillborn Son (1522)
[2m.] Robert, Duke of Rothesay (1524-1546) m: 1535 Kristina of Denmark, Sweden & Norway [7] (1521-1590)
Christina, Queen of Scots (1537-1600) 1m: 1550 Charles, Duke of Fife [8] (1529-1560); 2m: 1562 James, Duke of Albany [8] (1542-1596)
[1m.] Margaret (1554-1589) m: ?
[1m.] Stillborn Son (1556)
[1m.] Christine (1559-1591) m: England
[2m] James VI, King of Scots [from 1600] (b.1562) m: England
[2m.] Isabella (b.1563)
[2m.] Charles, Duke of Albany (b.1564)
[2m.] Christian, Duke of Fife (b.1569)
[2m.] Anne (b. 1573)
James, Earl of Galloway [5] (1538-1539)
Charles, Earl of Galloway (1540-1543)
Isabella (1542-1589) m:
Dorothea (1545-1600) m:
[2m.] Elizabeth (1527-1583)
[1m.] Mary (1494-1496)
[1m.] Isabella (1497-1557) m: 1513 Johann, Elector of Saxony [9] (1468-1532)
Ernst II, Elector of Saxony (1515-1569) m: 1535 Dorothea of Denmark, Sweden & Norway [7] (1520-1580)
Johann Christian, Elector of Saxony (1539-1599) m: 1558 Margaret of York [10] (1543-1606)
Stillborn Daughter (1541)
Isabella (1543-1586) m: ?
Dorothea (1544-1601)
Ernst Wilhelm, Duke of Coburg (1546-1588)
Stillborn Daughter (1548)
Christine (1551-1587)
Stillborn Daughter (1518)
Friedrich (1521-1543)
Johann Jakob, Duke of Weimar (1523-1586) m: ?
Elisabeth (1525-1577)
Stillborn Daughter (1528)
[1m.] Edward (1498-1500)
[1m.] Stillborn Son (1500)
[1m.] Cecily (1503-1549) m: ?
[2m.] Robert, Duke of Fife (1506-1541) m: 1522 ?
Charles, Duke of Fife (1529-1561) m: Christine, Queen of Scots (1537-1600)
[2m.] Annabella (1508-1553)
[1] Norman MacDougall mentions that James sought to extend Scots' influence in Europe, especially in the Rhineland and the Low Countries. The widowed landgravine of Hesse, sister of the pro-French Elector Palatine, Ludwig V. would be a coup. This would be before Ludwig marries Emperor Maximilian's niece, so he could still be viewed as a French proxy
[2] James decides this match after his younger son dies. The main reason is how "thin" the Stewart line is looking.
[3] daughter of Charles VIII and Elizabeth of York
[4] daughter of Philipp of Cleves, Herr von Ravenstein and his TTL wife
[5] James is the first male-line grandson of a king of Scots born since the reign of King Robert II, he's granted the title of "earl of Galloway"
[6] son of Ludwig V and Sibylla of Bavaria, his mom dies in childbirth
[7] How does OTL Isabella of Austria still exist here? Simple. The dowry required to get Anne of York to be duchess of Burgundy/future empress would've likely been staggering. Edward IV, when he died, left a near empty treasury. Chances are good that it was a while before they could make up that - meaning Anne and Katherine likely got much lower matches than planned OTL.
[8] slight explanation here: when left with only male-line granddaughters, James V does
not change the Succession Laws of Scotland by smashing King Robert's entail. Mostly because he knows that it will lead to nothing but civil war or an attempt by England to engage Christine to the prince of Wales. Instead, he takes a different approach. He summons the Scots parliament and has them acknowledge Christine as his heiress. He ties this acknowledgment to her marrying her to the duke of Fife's heir (i.e. the one who would inherit the throne after King James V's death anyway) to allay Scottish xenophobia. The lairds are perhaps not entirely happy about it, but James V is not the sort of man they want to piss off. Even when dead. So they grumble about it being "irregular" but most are just grateful that it's avoiding the civil war that will inevitably result if the king dies without such a proviso and his heiress is a daughter. The English might start getting ideas.
When the duke of Fife dies only leaving daughters, the Scots parliament "obliges" the crowned Christine to accept
their candidate: the duke of Albany's heir. "Rather that witless fool than an English prick", in the words of a contemporary. They realize afterwards that they should've taken the English dick. Because they deliver into their queen's hands not only a husband, but also a stick she can use to hit them back into line with. Due to Fife dying with no male heirs, his lands return to the crown- much to the grumbling of his relatives who feel they didn't get quite as much out of the royal connection as they hoped. United with Albany's own lands, Christine becomes the Scottish monarch with the largest footprint since James I's reign. And that Albany is a decent soldier, rigidly loyal to his wife- he's got a whole family history of backstabbing the crown, so he knows that any misstep is going to be seized upon- and, once his son is born...here to stay, scares enough Scots lairds into open rebellion. Where Albany shows them just how "witless" and ruthless he is in defending both his wife and both the crown his son will one day wear.
[9] Johann's eldest son dies of a childhood illness, and at Emperor Maximilian's "suggestion", the negotiations for Isabella to marry the duke of Guelders are broken off and the marriage to Johann arranged instead
[10] daughters of Richard of Shrewsbury's namesake grandson, the 3e Duke of York. The 3e duke is married to King Richard III (son of Edward V)'s daughter. The duchess' nephew, the prince of Wales (and future Richard IV) is the prince of Wales they were concerned about marrying Christine. It's Richard IV's kids who marry Christine's.
Edward V,
King of England (1470-1527[1]) m: 1487 Anne,
Duchess of Brittany (1477-1519)
Richard [4] III, King of England (1492-1552) m: 1510 Isabel of Portugal [6] (1496-1533)
Edward VI, King of England (1510-1556) m: 1530 Catherine de France [7] (1511-1569)
Edward (1532-1534)
Richard IV, King of England (b.1534) m: ?
Elizabeth (b.1536)
Thomas, Duke of Gloucester (b.1538) m: 1552 Barbara of Hesse (b.1536)
Antony, Duke of Suffolk (b.1539) m:
Katherine (b.1540)
Cecily (b.1542)
Elizabeth (1512-1570) m: 1534 John, 3e Duke of York (1514-1569)
John, Duke of Bedford, Earl of Essex (1513-1560) m: 1533 Anne, 7e Baroness Bourchier (1517-1571)
Katherine (1536-1574)
Thomas, Duke of Bedford (1538-1579)
Stillborn Daughter (1539)
Mary (1541-1545)
John, Cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury (1544-1610)
Mary (1514-1515)
George, Duke of Kent (1515-1547) m: 1540 Katherine Grey [13] (1523-1568)
Stillborn Son (1540)
Katherine (1542-1586)
Anne (1545-1547)
Henry, Duke of Kent [14] (1547/1548-1585)
Stillborn Son (1516)
Elizabeth (1494-1537) m: 1509 João III, King of Portugal [6] (1493-1551)
Stillborn Son (1510)
Isabel (1512-1515)
Affonso, Prince of Portugal (1514-1534)
Duarte II, King of Portugal (1516-1579) m: 1532 Isabella of Savoy [8] (1519-1584)
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Ana (1520-1586) m: 1535
Francisco, Duque de Coimbra (1521-1538)
Antony [5], Duke of Brittany (1495-1529) m: 1515 Margaret of Ross [9] (1500-1525)
Marguerite (1517-1582) m: 1535 Jean, Duc d'Anjou [7] (1516-1577)
Stillborn Son (1519)
Jean VII, Duke of Brittany (1522-1564) m: 1540 ?
Antoine (1524-1528)
Margaret (1497-1500)
Francis (1498-1499)
Anne (1501-1559) m: 1516 Karl V, Holy Roman Emperor, Duke of Burgundy (1500-1558)
Anne (1518-1569) m: 1538 Juan III, King of Spain [17] (1518-1571)
Philipp (1520-1522)
Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1523-1575) m: 1548 Anna of Hungary (1530-1582)
Margarethe (1525-1579) m:
Eleonore (1526-1598)
Charles III, Duke of Burgundy (1528-1580)
Stillborn Son (1530)
Elisabeth (1531-1587)
Philipp (1534-1552)
Maria (1536-1579)
Stillborn Daughter (1504)
Mary (1506-1574) m 1525 Istvan VI, King of Hungary [15] (1501-1553)
Szigmond II, King of Hungary & Bohemia (1527-1582)
Erszebet (1529-1568) m: 1544 Sigismund II Francis, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania [16] (1517-1568)
Anna (1530-1582) m: 1548 Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor (1523-1575)
Istvan, Duke of Transylvania (1532-1609)
Stillborn Daughter (1535)
György (1538-1548)
Richard,
Duke of York & Norfolk (1473-1542 [2]) 1m: 1478 Anne de Mowbray,
Countess of Norfolk (1472-1494); 2m: 1496 Katherine Gordon [3] (1474-1534)
[1m.] Elizabeth (1488-1540) m: 1503 John, 3e Earl of Worcester [10] (1489-1546)
Anne (1509-1547)
Edward, 4e Earl of Worcester (1511-1559)
Stillborn Son (1514)
Eleanor (1517-1523)
Lucy (1521-1588)
Thomas (1523-1588)
[1m.] Edward, Duke of York & Norfolk (1490-1550) m: 1511 Katherine Broughton [11] (1492-1518)
John, 3e Duke of York & Norfolk (1514-1569) m: 1535 Elizabeth of England (1512-1570)
Elizabeth (1534-1564)
Richard, 4e Duke of York & Norfolk (1535-1582) m: ?
Stillborn Daughter (1537)
Stillborn Son (1539)
Anne (1541-1603) m: 1560 Rupprecht IV, Elector Palatine of the Rhine (1542-1591) [see tree above]
Margaret (1543-1606) m: 1558 Johann Christian, Elector of Saxony (1539-1599) [see tree above]
John, 5e Duke of York & Norfolk (1546-1614)
Katherine (1548-1550)
Stillborn Child (1516)
Anne (1519-1571)
Richard (1521-1525)
Katherine (1523-1581)
[1m.] Stillborn Daughter (1494)
[2m.] Edmund, Duke of Salisbury (1497-1557) m: 1516 Cecily, Countess of Salisbury [12] (1499-1540)
Dukes of Salisbury
[2m.] Stillborn Son (1498)
[2m.] Katherine (1503-1567) m: ?
[1] based on the death year ascribed to him in Leslau's theory about his survival.
[2] his half-brother, the Viscount Lisle made it this long, and Leslau's theory posits that he made it all the way to the reign of Queen Elizabeth! Which means he would've had his paternal grandmother's genes in longevity.
[3] this is one of those scandalous marriages that leaves Edward V spitting made because he was perhaps trying to arrange a decently rich bride for his brother. Not sure how exactly it happens, but let's go with it. The only reason Edward relents is because he has two sons by this point
[4] name chosen for a plethora of Richards in the family tree: his uncle, Dickon; his half-brother, Richard Grey, he and Anne's paternal grandpas,
[5] named for Antony Wydeville, Edward's surrogate father. The name choice raises some eyebrows, but most people just shrug it off as a "the boy's named for his mother" [Anne/Anne-tony]
[6] children of Isabel of Aragon and Affonso VI, King of Portugal
[7] children of Charles IX (son of Charles VIII and Elizabeth) and Catherine of Aragon
[8] daughter of Carlo III of Savoy and Bona Sforza. While the match seems low, at the time, Duarte is a second son
[9] elder daughter of the duke of Ross (James IV's brother) and Charlotte of Naples
[10] son of Edward Tiptoft, 2e Earl of Worcester (premier landowner in Wales), favourite of Edward and Lucy Neville [Lucy's OTL husband, Browne, was stepson/stepgrandson of
Thomas Vaughn)
[11] genderbent John Broughton, son of John Broughton (richest non-peer in England) and Katherine de Vere (illegitimate daughter of the 13e earl of Oxford that he named his heiress OTL). Hopefully this explains why Richard III marries his daughter to guy. In addition to France, Austria, Spain, Portugal's heirs being chronologically challenged, a match between his daughter and York gives him an excuse to keep an eye on them
[12] heiress of Edward of Middleham (and thus sole heiress to Dickon of Gloucester's estate) and Elinor Percy (Edward V re-evaluates many of his father's shadier legal dealings). The match is arranged by Edward V to avoid something like her marrying the Earl of Warwick or the Marquess of Dorset's heir (Dorset's son marries Anne St. Leger and Warwick marries Dorset's daughter, as planned here, making those two families suspiciously rich and interconnected).
[13] daughter and heiress of Henry Grey, 4e Earl of Kent (her brother, father of the 5th-7th earls) dies in infancy
[14] common legend ascribes that while his father was dying in one room, his mother was giving birth in another. However, given that the title was considered abeyant at the duke's death (pending the birth of his latest child), that and the name choice (Henry's otherwise conspicuously absent in the Yorks over the last fifty years) suggests he was born
after his father's death
[15] Istvan is the son of Wlad Bene, King of Hungary and Bohemia, and his third wife, Anne de France (eldest daughter of Charles VIII and Elizabeth of York). Mary is his second wife, his first, Karl V's sister, died in childbirth with their only child in 1523, and Mary's suit is pushed by her brother-in-law, Karl V, since he has no more sisters available
[16] son of Sigismund Stary and Catherine of Mecklenburg
[17] our original POD. Maria of Aragon is born male (Fernando VI). Juan of Aragon, Prince de los Asturias, dies as OTL. Maria married Giovanna, Dowager Queen of Naples shortly before that, so Margarethe of Austria is sent onto Savoy as OTL
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