I'm unsure, would James try to have William killed?What happens to Mary?
What happens in the Netherlands? Do they enter a new stadtholderless period?
I think either they'd go without the stadholder or name Williams cousin as stadholder
I'm unsure, would James try to have William killed?What happens to Mary?
What happens in the Netherlands? Do they enter a new stadtholderless period?
What happens to Mary?
I'm unsure, would James try to have William killed?
Shorter nine years war would be good, something that would make things for the Spanish war easier.I could see a shorter war, with the french early sucess and the English in the same side that the french, the Grande alliance would be easily broken, If french are in peace in 1693-1694, they could avoid a great part of the famine that killed one million and half people, also a shorter war would avoid the explosion of their debt. with the english in their side they could avoid the Battle of Barfleur and La Hougue that was a disaster for their navy.
Charles II and James II wanted to have Marie married with a heir of the trone de france to secure the alliance with the french but the parliament refused and he accepted to marry her with Williem II but if William killed, he could try again.
All depend of the event if he's captured alive he would not kill him, but he will forces him to sign a humiliating peace, i'm not sure that the Dutch would like him after that, after if he's killed i think that a William cousin would be corwned, they are in a war and if the dutch proclaim a republic, they would risk to scare their allies or the dutch need them to protect them against the french and the English.
Mary doesn't seem as though she can have children though so that might not happen, plus the dauphin isnakready married.
What would be more interesting, William alive or dead?
If i remember Louis of France, was married with Marie-Adélaïde of Savoie, that died in 1690
From what I understand the union was likely going to be there at some point, Scotland might still embark on the Darien scheme and will need bailing out and the Stuart's always wanted to unire the realmsHaving a Stuart on the throne removes some of the motivation for the Acts of Union. Are the other motivations like Scottish merchants wanting access to English colonies enough being the Acts about?
Interesting so a tenptoeary marriage then?If i remember Louis of France, was married with Marie-Adélaïde of Savoie, that died in 1690.
In my opinion if William is killed, because it would mean the netherland would stay in war longer, so the french will crush their opponent less easily, a longer war would also reduce the growth of the pro-french force in Europa making things more balanced, avoiding a kind of French hegemony, France will still come out strengthened, with the annexion of strategic territories and country in their orbit, like Savoy and some german principalty, ... so you will see the appartion of a new block led by the French, it would be really interesting to analyze.
Scotland might still embark on the Darien scheme
Interesting so a tenptoeary marriage then?
I think Anne and her husband would wait to see what happens. I'd their role in the revolution us discovered then I can see them fleeing not before thoughBTW, has anyone mentioned Anne? Maybe she flees to Denmark?