Hmm this is true, and when they've decided she'll be marriedShe. The dowry is delicious, but Spain, France or even friggin' Savoy may grab her earlier while British parliament squabbles over religion issues.
Hmm this is true, and when they've decided she'll be marriedShe. The dowry is delicious, but Spain, France or even friggin' Savoy may grab her earlier while British parliament squabbles over religion issues.
I can see that happening, they’d likely be more amenable to a Protestant marriage or a Habsburg as you said before.France and/or Spain may even pay Whigs to filibuster the discussion on this particular issue.
This is true, which does mean that marrosge discussions are going to be long I thinkIt was common to be discussed in Privy Council.
Agreed with you there, Swedish princess perhaps Charles xii older sister?So Maria Elisabeth or Maria Anna of Austria it is, it seems, or one of great Protestant dynasties. A Swedish princess may be a possibility if Britain TTL gets militarily involved in Scanian war.
Hmm for Charles iii and Mary IIDepending on date of birth of the prince.
Agreed, I can see Henry and Maria getting on quite wellI think Maria Elisabeth of Austria will make a good bride. She is too old to be married to Portugal or to any children of Maria Antonia/Gian Gastone, fits well in double Austrian marriage idea, she is smart & intelligent, may come with trading preferences in what's now Austrian Netherlands/Brabant after the Great Swap.
Alright this is true, Maria I think would be fascinating, would Marfa still marry Feodor then?She is younger than Ivan so that may be a factor (Marfa would be 2 years older).
She also comes from powerful family with established powerbase.
Interesting. Not Catholic like Orleans, not "maybe fictional maybe not" like Charlotte de Dunois... Never figured in my analysis - I mostly used OTL Charles II rejects to diversify the alliances (Maria of Nassau/Erdmuthe of Saxony/a Danish princess).However, I've found a girl the French might put forward as a proxy if they can't get an Orléans girl to London: Christine of Baden-Durlach. Her mother's the eldest sister of King Carl X of Sweden, she's Protestant so no reason for the ministers to get their backs up about ANOTHER Catholic match. She's from a pretty fertile family (1 of 8 kids, of whom 3 died in infancy), plus it gives a chance for diversifying alliances in Germany. Christine's lack of kids OTL may be because husband no 1 died within 2years of the wedding (perhaps not enough time) and husband no. 2 married her 14yrs later, when she was almost 40.