But we can guess. Otherwise, we wouldn't be theorising in this thread.
which she isn't. But, in trying to force the French to uphold the treaty of Rouen, he could approach his uncle about a match, only to find that his uncle won't let him out when the French do agree for Madeleine
I am pretty sure Henry would accept a daughter as queen of Scotland if the alternative was a French queen (especially as he has multiple surviving sons ITTL so her chances of inheriting England is lower)
Yes, but however fond Jane is of Mary, Henry isn't going to allow her to persuade him to make Mary legitimate again. He's too proud to go back on himself like that. Restore her to the succession, yes. Make her legitimate? No. Which means Beja is more than plausible, if the Portuguese will allow their second Prince to marry a legal bastard. Otherwise, a English Catholic is likely. Maybe Charles Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy, if his wife dies TTL. The Blounts were rich, well-connected, Catholic and high-ranking enough to be an acceptable match for the King's natural daughter
Failing that, Edward Clinton, Earl of Lincoln could work nicely.Catherine Howard might not fool around TTL. A mistress doesn't have the pressures of a Queen. Besides, Henry will tire of her within a year or two - she's not intelligent enough to hold his interest, I don't think, so she could well end up with a pretty dowry as a kind of 'goodbye' present in 1542 or thereabouts and end up marrying, maybe even to Culpepper.
Elizabeth is even less of a threat to Edward's line than Mary. If Mary's marrying, then so is she - especially with a more stable childhood not putting her off the institution of marriage for life. I suspect she'd get to marry Robert Dudley here (Edward would totally let her, especially if she's just his bastard half-sister and not his potential heiress...)
It’s not that Elizabeth is a threat but more that she will not be restored to the line of succession
If Felipe II is already married and Don Carlos is dead, what is the marriage concluded for the Peace of Cateau-Cambrésis?
If Charles IX has a legitimate son, his younger brother Henri never becomes king of France. Does he still become king of Poland? If so, he would stay there which also implies Stephen Bathory would stay in Transylvania and Sigismund Vasa would stay in Sweden.
Maybe an Austrian Habsburg?
For a king's daughter, that is far too lowly. Henry only married Englishwomen after no foreign princess wanted him...
Not for a bastard, which Henry and Edward both consider Mary. Katherine Plantagenet married the Earl of Pembroke while Richard III was King. Edward IV's bastard Elizabeth married the Baron Lumley's son. And don't forget Anne of York and Katherine of York were Lady Howard and Countess of Devon respectively. There would be absolutely b nothing wrong with Mary/Elizabeth marrying a Baron/Earl, especially not with their legitimacy in question.
