James II Fights Dutch Invasion in 1688

Because William and Mary had no children so Anne found more convenient using the "warming pan baby" for delegitimizing her newborn half-brother and trying to get the crown for herself and her descendants later instead of the regencyfor her half-brother now
True enough though given the number of sons hames had had who’d survived she could’ve banked on it aha
 
On 14 November, Viscount Cornbury deserted to William with 200 men from James' forces at Salisbury. Cornbury had been thought entirely loyal; after that, James saw traitors everywhere, and so did many of his erstwhile loyalists.

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James was incapacitated for three days by a violent nosebleed just when he was preparing to attack.

So there you found two very good PODs for making James fight the invasion.
 
Here's something of what I'm thinking:

Events proceed as otl up until the birth of the Prince of Wales in June, 1688. James insists on having his daughter Anne be present at the birth, demanding that she see her brother and future King come into this world. After the birth, Anne claims that some sort of sorcery happened to any who would listen to her. What follows is two months of back and forth, before James eventually takes heed of the threat to his throne and begins preparing for an invasion, ordering the navy to begin patrolling the coast and watch out for any ships. Eventually in late September, the Dutch fleet embarks for England,whilst James in a mad bid for clarity tries to find out who is going to side with William and who isn't.

As James begins this process, those known as the Immortal Seven begin trying to raise men for their cause, they find this to be harder than they had first imagined, for whilst there are those who are against James and support their cause, they are not willing to raise arms against the King without confirmation of outside support. That support eventually lands in early October, after a minor skirmish with the Royal Navy, with William landing at Torbay as initially planned. William disembarks and sends out a summons for those who are loyal to the Protestant faith to come to his banner to defend it. This sees a change of heart amongst the discontent, who soon rally to the call, causing panic in London.

James, seeing that the fleet had failed, begins to wonder if God is against him, but decides that he is too old to flee to another country once more, and begins summoning regiments to London to begin the march southwards to meet William in battle. He orders his guards to keep a close eye on his daughter and husband, and takes Lord Churchill and the Duke of Berwick with him as he marches southwards.
 
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And as for the Crown Prince? There is several fates I would expect of him:

1. House Arrest and raised as a Protestant.
Declared Illegitimate via the "bed pan theory", dies in obscurity. No Bonny Prince Charlie.

2. House Arrest and raised as a Protestant.
Maybe after the death of Queen Mary, he could be adopted as William's son in order to keep a viable line of succession. No Bonny Prince Charlie.

3. Some loyal men spirit him into Exile -> becomes "Old Pretender" as IRL -> Bonny Prince Charlie.

4. Unfortunate accident.

"Oh, dear me, the former Prince of Wales has fallen down a flight of stairs and suddenly died."

The Prince of Wales was an infant/toddler at the time. And they are going to kill him (or arrange his death)? William and Mary would turn into pariahs - even by those who hated James II.

As for number one that makes no sense. So they are going to behead James II, "arrest" a baby (JFES), AND "de-legitimatize" him with zero proof (unlike Edward V and Richard, Duke of York) except a rumor nobody (except possibly Mary whose mind had been poisoned by Anne) believed in AND forcibly raise him a Protestant even though he has been ruled out from the Crown. And where does Mary of Modena fit in this scenerio - William is just going to kill her husband, claim her child isn't hers, strip her child of all titles and his own name and take him away and raise him a Protestant (by who?). Mary of Modena was related to practically every Royal House in Europe (even the Protestant Brunswick Hanovers who were the senior branch of Este) - will Louis XIV really sit by and not just let his cousin be killed in a regicide, but also let number one happen? NOPE.

Because William and Mary had no children so Anne found more convenient using the "warming pan baby" for delegitimizing her newborn half-brother and trying to get the crown for herself and her descendants later instead of the regencyfor her half-brother now
Anne was a nasty piece of work. More even than William. She pretty much got whitewashed by the Whiggish "Glorious Revolution" view of history.
 
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The Prince of Wales was an infant/toddler at the time. And they are going to kill him (or arrange his death)? William and Mary would turn into pariahs - even by those who hated James II.

As for number one that makes no sense. So they are going to behead James II, "arrest" a baby (JFES), AND "legitimatize" him with zero proof (unlike Edward V and Richard, Duke of York) except a rumor nobody (except possibly Mary whose mind had been poisoned by Anne) believed in AND forcibly raise him a Protestant even though he has been ruled out from the Crown. And where does Mary of Modena fit in this scenerio - William is just going to kill her husband, claim her child isn't hers, strip her child of all titles and his own name and take him away and raise him a Protestant (by who?). Mary of Modena was related to practically every Royal House in Europe (even the Protestant Brunswick Hanovers who were the senior branch of Este) - will Louis XIV really sit by and not just let his cousin be killed in a regicide, but also let number one happen? NOPE.


Anne was a nasty piece of work. More even than William. She pretty much got whitewashed by the Whiggish "Glorious Revolution" view of history.
Would Anne dare do any of tbay it James had taken George with him to face William?
 
Another thought I've been having is where would James and William fight? South of London? North of London? Near London
 
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