Henry VI of England

WI: His only son, Edward of Lancaster, was born in 1446 or so, not long after his marriage to Margaret of Anjou. This means that he would have been 14 or 15 in 1460, when Edward IV came to the thrown. Could this prevent the Wars of the Roses, and only mean that Edward becomes king but with Yorkists demanding a strong role in his government?
 
Henry having a son earlier doesn't really alter the principal causes of the crisis in the 1450s.
Henry VI/Margaret of Anjou still favour Somerset, York still feels excluded from in his view a rightful role in the government and is still owed a fortune by the crown, the Neville/Percy arguement still exists, the collapse of English hopes in France still happens.
Assuming events continue as in OTL (with the sole exception of an older Prince of Wales) the big question is what kind of military commander might he make and will it mean that if Edward IV wins as in OTL will there be a greater Lancastrian threat in the 1460s that could unseat him earlier.
 
Didn't York change the succession laws? Making himself the heir to Henry VI and cutting out Edward of Westminster? So maybe with an older heir Parliament won't back this blatant power play fro the Yorkists.
 
The Act of Accord in 1459 came after Richard formally advanced his claim the settlement was that Richard and his heirs would follow Henry VI.
It was far more a reaction to his claim and the hope it might stop the ongoing fighting between the varying factions.

It was never more than a temporary settlement because Henry's Queen would never really accept York displacing her son.
 
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