So, I'm sure this has probably been asked a lot before, but thought I'd go at this from a different angle:
In 1516, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and his wife Mary Tudor-sister to Henry VIII- had a son named Henry, unfortunately this lad died in 1522.
My question for you all is two fold:
1. Let's say Henry survives, what sort of upbringing might we expect for him, and how might he play into Henry VIII's wider plans?
2. Let's say that come 1536, Henry VIII has executed Anne Boelyn but is still only with one child to show for all his efforts in Mary Tudor the Younger, what does Henry do here? He's ageing, he's just suffered an accident and it's possible he mauy never have another child. Does he consider the succession and marry his nephew and daughter to one another, or name his nephew his heir?
In 1516, Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk and his wife Mary Tudor-sister to Henry VIII- had a son named Henry, unfortunately this lad died in 1522.
My question for you all is two fold:
1. Let's say Henry survives, what sort of upbringing might we expect for him, and how might he play into Henry VIII's wider plans?
2. Let's say that come 1536, Henry VIII has executed Anne Boelyn but is still only with one child to show for all his efforts in Mary Tudor the Younger, what does Henry do here? He's ageing, he's just suffered an accident and it's possible he mauy never have another child. Does he consider the succession and marry his nephew and daughter to one another, or name his nephew his heir?