James IV of Scotland.

WI: He does not marry Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. In stead he opts for a French princess. Could this permanently end all hopes of union with England or merely delay it?
 
I think that it could but it is all about how firendly the french and Scots get and if England is messing around issues to the south
 
WI: He does not marry Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York. In stead he opts for a French princess. Could this permanently end all hopes of union with England or merely delay it?
It ends any chance of an Anglo-Scottish union, seeing as James VI claim on the English throne rested on Margaret, and the odds of another virgin queen being very small.
 
Scotland might staay catholic as well. Might get them some more influence if they're in with France and Spain.
 
Scotland might staay catholic as well. Might get them some more influence if they're in with France and Spain.

Would never happen, you cannot butterly the reformation away as the causes would remain. That happened pre-union anyway.

You would need some sort of Scottish inquisition to stop it, and that would be bloody awful.
 
Would never happen, you cannot butterly the reformation away as the causes would remain. That happened pre-union anyway.

You would need some sort of Scottish inquisition to stop it, and that would be bloody awful.

Yes I guess you're right.

I wasnt saying a Catholic Scotland would necessarily be better btw.
 
Would never happen, you cannot butterly the reformation away as the causes would remain. That happened pre-union anyway.

You would need some sort of Scottish inquisition to stop it, and that would be bloody awful.
David Beaton did try something like that, and got murdered for his troubles. Scotland might have a longer and bloodier religious conflict, but I don't think protestantism can be put back in the bottle, so to speak.
 
It ends any chance of an Anglo-Scottish union, seeing as James VI claim on the English throne rested on Margaret, and the odds of another virgin queen being very small.
Not necessarily. There might not be a virgin queen, but a marriage between heirs of both countries had been a diplomatic goal for certain factions for years (centuries even). It's not at all unlikely that a Scottish princess could be married to an English prince (for example), and the countries could unite that way. It would be a very different union, but still probably just as likely as closer alliance with France, which became increasingly untenable as Scotland shifted into the protestant camp.

Make France Huguenot by the late 16th century, and things might go very differently.
 
Not necessarily. There might not be a virgin queen, but a marriage between heirs of both countries had been a diplomatic goal for certain factions for years (centuries even). It's not at all unlikely that a Scottish princess could be married to an English prince (for example), and the countries could unite that way. It would be a very different union, but still probably just as likely as closer alliance with France, which became increasingly untenable as Scotland shifted into the protestant camp.

Make France Huguenot by the late 16th century, and things might go very differently.
Quite true and sommit I never actually thought of. Perhaps I should think posts through more!
 
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