King Alexander, or What if Victoria was born a boy

Woman can too be regent. So either Alexander's mother or his wife can be regent.

Not in England. There is a history of the mother of the heir (Joan of Kent for Richard II, Catherine de Valois for Henry VI) being excluded from the regency. Only having custody of the child-king AFAIK. Granted, William IV and Victoria both introduced bills to have their spouses serve as regent in the event of a minor heir AIUI.

As far as him being an invalid is concerned, I don't think that this would necessarily be the case. Victoria's great-grandsons, Alexei Nikolaïevich, Gonzalo of Spain, Leopold of Battenberg, Waldemar and Heinrich of Prussia all led fairly active lives. Sure, the activity alternated with periods where a minor injury laid them up for longer than normal. But they weren't being pushed around in a wheelchair 24/7
 
Something much earlier to address; 1848.
How is this going to play out in Hannover? and what will be the relation of the Kingdom of Britain-Hannover to the German Confederation?
ITTL the 1833 constitution won't be recanted by 1837 as Ernest Augustus did so Hannover may come rather unscated through but what about the Confederation action upon Denmark - will the kingdom of Britain-Hannover contribute to the Confederation troops moving into Holstein and Schleswig as it did OTL?
Or will Britain seek the easy way out severing the two kingdoms?
;)
 
Probably there will be Great War in some form altough quiet different as in OTL. It was caused by rivalring great power policy not somne madman.

Yeah, I'd argue that a Great War analogue will happen as soon as you have the Congress of Vienna anyway.

And as for Hanover, didn't the government of Britain increasingly see it as a millstone round their neck? Or am I mistaken there?
 
Something much earlier to address; 1848.
How is this going to play out in Hannover? and what will be the relation of the Kingdom of Britain-Hannover to the German Confederation?
ITTL the 1833 constitution won't be recanted by 1837 as Ernest Augustus did so Hannover may come rather unscated through but what about the Confederation action upon Denmark - will the kingdom of Britain-Hannover contribute to the Confederation troops moving into Holstein and Schleswig as it did OTL?
Or will Britain seek the easy way out severing the two kingdoms?
;)

And as for Hanover, didn't the government of Britain increasingly see it as a millstone round their neck? Or am I mistaken there?

Seems to have been the opinion on other such threads on subject and hence my post..
 
And as for Hanover, didn't the government of Britain increasingly see it as a millstone round their neck? Or am I mistaken there?

Until the 1760s (George II's death) an easy way of knocking Britain out of a war (or rather, forcing Britain to the negotiating table) was to hold Hannover hostage. Had this remained the case into the 19th century (George III/IV), Napoléon's seizure of Hannover might've meant a very different course of events for those wars. However, those Georges had no great attachment to Hannover (or at least, a smaller level of attachment than the first two Georges), which meant that they weren't overly interested.
Had the Georges been interested, they might have gobbled up a bit more territory for Hannover than they did.

So, come 1840s, I don't know if anyone in Westminster will be overly concerned with what's going on in Hannover any more than what those in Hannover care about what's going on in London (unless it affects both of them). Likely that the duke of Cambridge will stay on as viceroy (Cumberland will stay in England until Alexander's first child is born most likely).
 
Interesting discussion, enjoyed reading it

IF Alexander is sickly then Ernest is going to be causing all the same trouble as he was OTL

IF Alexander is healthy, then he will have more say in family councils (see Edward V), even as a minor before his accession. Sussex and Cambridge are relatively sensible people

He won't get the chance to form his own court around him, like how Henry Frederick (James I's eldest) did, but will inherit whatever is left of William IV's.
 
How about Alexandrine of Baden as his wife?

IOTL, she married his cousin, Ernest, later Duke of Saxe-Coburg. They had no children, but this is put down to an STD that Ernest had contracted rather than anything to do with Alexandrine herself.

Alexandrine is devoutly religious. Supposed to marry Alexander II of Russia, he was on his way to meet her but met and married Marie of Hesse instead. She was fiercely devoted to Ernest - to a baffling extent, so a marriage to Alexander/Victor/Edward here may bring the same fierce devotion which would be interesting.

If Alexander and Alexandrine have children, and there's no reason to believe they won't, unless Alexander is sterile or has already taken after Cousin Ernest, then she seems destined to bear the same fierce loyalty to them - unless, she hates them for breaking the devotion Alexander showed her. A reversal to OTL Victoria/Albert.

So, instead of the V&A Museum, we might see the E&A Museum?
 
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