In the event of the Spanish Armada succeeding...

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The Spanish Armada, the Spanish fleet sent to England in order to get an army on the ground and depose (and most likely execute) Queen Elizabeth I, was defeated near the Dutch city of Gravelines, and successfully prevented an English invasion...

...But what if the Spanish invasion of England was successful in deposing Elizabeth? Who will become the next King or Queen of England? The next in line was Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary I Stuart), but was executed in 1587. Does this mean an earlier union of the crowns under James VI/I? Would it mean that Philip could force a Personal Union with England in addition to the territories of Castile, Spain, Portugal and the Two Sicilies? Who else would be qualified here?
 
The Spanish Armada, the Spanish fleet sent to England in order to get an army on the ground and depose (and most likely execute) Queen Elizabeth I, was defeated near the Dutch city of Gravelines, and successfully prevented an English invasion...

...But what if the Spanish invasion of England was successful in deposing Elizabeth? Who will become the next King or Queen of England? The next in line was Mary, Queen of Scots (Mary I Stuart), but was executed in 1587. Does this mean an earlier union of the crowns under James VI/I? Would it mean that Philip could force a Personal Union with England in addition to the territories of Castile, Spain, Portugal and the Two Sicilies? Who else would be qualified here?

I read somewhere that he was planning on making his daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia Queen of England, thanks to his very distant claim to the throne from his Lancastrian Ancestress.

Edit. Perhaps Isabella would marry James VI and combine England and Scotland into one Catholic Nation? IDK if its realistic but it sounds like something the Habsburgs would try. However James VI would have to convert.
 
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Razgriz 2K9

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I read somewhere that he was planning on making his daughter Isabella Clara Eugenia Queen of England, thanks to his very distant claim to the throne from his Lancastrian Ancestress.

Edit. Perhaps Isabella would marry James VI and combine England and Scotland into one Catholic Nation? IDK if its realistic but it sounds like something the Habsburgs would try. However James VI would have to convert.

I dunno, considering he was raised Protestant since birth and was deeply against Catholics during his OTL reign...an England under a Catholic Queen Elizabeth II (or Claire or Eugenia, dunno which would be the primary name) would probably be against Protestant Scotland.
 
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