Francis II has an heir.

Ok this is my first Timeline so sorry if it ends up being terrible.

OTL- Francis II ended up dying after an ear infection caused him to develop an abcess on the brain.

WI- Francis II never develops the ear infection and manages to have a heir sometime in the near future. The thing is the Future heir would be heir to both France and Scotland through his Mother Mary Queen of Scots,So we could have a future Franco-Scot union. What happens now.
 
Scotland was going Protestant under it's Hellfire leader John Knox, a man willing to do anything for his faith, the man lived as a French galley slave for 3 years, he's tough, any ways he was always against Mary's Catholicness and if any one tried to bring Scotland to heel under a Catholic Monarch (let alone a Most Catholic Monarch) Knox and his people would do whatever it takes to keep Scotland Protestant, they gave Mary, as Queen, a hell of a time over having private services
 
Would it be anyway possible that the future King does some kind of scottish Edict of Nantes? The Heir would also have a good claim to the thrown of England So if Elisabeth dies early in her reign we would have a War of English Sucession Between the Franco-Scot union and England.
 
Would it be anyway possible that the future King does some kind of scottish Edict of Nantes? The Heir would also have a good claim to the thrown of England So if Elisabeth dies early in her reign we would have a War of English Sucession Between the Franco-Scot union and England.

well if he didn't it'd be freedoms for Catholics not Protestant, by 1560 the Scottish Parliament had past Reformation into law
 
Scotland was going Protestant under it's Hellfire leader John Knox, a man willing to do anything for his faith, the man lived as a French galley slave for 3 years, he's tough, any ways he was always against Mary's Catholicness and if any one tried to bring Scotland to heel under a Catholic Monarch (let alone a Most Catholic Monarch) Knox and his people would do whatever it takes to keep Scotland Protestant, they gave Mary, as Queen, a hell of a time over having private services

Still it would be interesting to see his Most Christian* majesty Francis of France and Scotland. (*= the French king had the title most Christian Majesty. The king of Spain was the most Catholic majesty and the king of Hungary was later granted the title Apostolic majesty by the pope (well they claimed it a time before that).) Sure it would be an uphill battle in Scotland, but with French support his supporters might have a chance. Not to mention what would happen during the Contra-Reformation. The 30 years war may have found yet another theatre...

Furthermore black angel the other way around, freedoms for protestants not catholics is just as bad... OTOH with one group in power, such a just compromise could be seen as a loss by the group in power...
 
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So We would Have a King of France and Scotland (Who we will call Henry III) who also has a direct claim to the throne of England. Could we see a reverse Hundred Years War Happen.
 
Not terribly likely - France has enemies who can march to it. Leaving a force tied down in Britain for more than a season or so is an invitation to trouble...
 
https://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=157253

This was the first thread I ever posted on the board. The subject was roughly similar : Francis II living longer than 16 years (he was crowned king at the age of 15 and only ruled one year). Although there were only seven responses, I think it could be of some help.

When I proposed the topic, I talked about the possibility of Francis II and Mary, Queen of the Scots having a child called Henry who could inherit the Kingdoms of France by his father, Scotland by his mother and England if Elizabeth I died childless.

During the discussion, it was thought that the Religious strife would happen on a larger scale due to increasing tensions between the Catholics and the Protestants. This would have been due to the huge influence of the Guise family (arch-catholic) on Francis II and the Queen of Scots.

It was also thought that Elizabeth I would be more pressurized to marry if one of the main candidates for her succession was the son of the French king and the Queen of the scots. She had an heir in Lady Catherine Grey, but it is likely that Mary would have tried to take the English throne if she had the occasion (that's what she tried OTL).

Lastly, we said that the chances of a revolt in Scotland were still high because the Scots were pissed by the Auld Alliance at the time. The reason was the Guise family.

The last person who posted also considered that, if Francis II remained on the throne longer, his youngest brother (OTL Henry III of France) would remain on the Polish-Lithuanian throne.
 
Few thoughts

1) Mary consistantly refuses to ratify the treaty Edinburgh - but her hold on Scotland is weakened.
2) Power in Scotland remains in the hands of the Lords of the Congregation - who continue to force French troops out and probably refuse to remit cash to the Queen in France.
3) Elizabeth (however reluctantly) and her council (more enthusiastically) continue to supply pensions and cash to the Protestant Lords of the Congregations.
4) Phillip of Spain continues to support his heretical sister in law for far longer as he has no desire for England to pass under French control.
5) The Scots may at some point be pushed into open rebellion against the Queen in France. They have two alternate candidates for the throne (the hamiltons, and the Lennox Stewarts) both of dubious religious affiliations though.
6) Pressure on Elizabeth to be harsher on catholics probably decreases - the threat to her without a catholic alternative alive and well and in England reduces the threat somewhat. Even the most devout anglo catholic might balk at union with France.
7) Lady Catherine and Mary Grey come under greater scrutiny as does Lady Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox.
 
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