Henry IX of England, 1625-?

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Say, Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales does not die of disease at 18 and succeeds his father James I/VI, rather than his younger brother, the would be Charles I. What are the effects?

Would the Spanish Match of Charles go through? It would require him to become Catholic, but not being the heir would make it slightly more palatable.
 
Would the Spanish Match of Charles go through? It would require him to become Catholic, but not being the heir would make it slightly more palatable.

I would think that any proposed Spanish Match would involve Henry, since he was the heir. It would be hard to see it going through given that he was strongly Protestant.
 
You might like to read Roy Strong's 'Henry...England's Lost Renaissance'.

It's been some time since I've read it, but one thing I remember is Strong thought Henry would marry whom his father told him to marry.
 
No offense, but IIRC there were plans to betroth Henry to Caterina de' Medici, which lead him to pass the comment that "he would not have two religions in his marriage bed".
 
No offense at all. You're at least as likely to be right as me - and thanks for your input.
 
Apparently there were some talks IOTL of marrying Charles I to Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg (who IOTL became the wife of Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden). If Henry would be married until 1619 then she or her sister Catherine could be very acceptable candidates. They were Protestants and daughters of a Calvinist ruler (as Elector John Sigismund converted to this fate) - it would please Henry - but their father accepted a religious tolerance towards both Calvinists and Lutherans - a pragmatic solution that would appease to James I and VI.
 
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