King Stephen of England

WI: He had had a daughter, his youngest child, who is about the same age or younger than the future Henry II. Would they marry, in order to bring peace to the feuding factions, such as what happened with Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York? Could this even prevent the marriage of Henry and Eleanor of Aquitaine?
 
WI: He had had a daughter, his youngest child, who is about the same age or younger than the future Henry II. Would they marry, in order to bring peace to the feuding factions, such as what happened with Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York? Could this even prevent the marriage of Henry and Eleanor of Aquitaine?

Stephen and Matilda were first cousins. Stephen was the son of Adela, a daughter of William the Conqueror, whom married her to Count Stephen of Blois. I don't know if the Church at this time would be persuaded to grant Papal Dispensation to two people related in the first degree.

Supposedly, anything less than the Seventh Degree of descent was forbidden, although William I of England (before he was king) was permitted to marry Matilda of Flanders, his fifth-cousin.
 
While unlikely, there are ways to get a Papal dispensation on such matters if the king feels the need for it. Silver and soldiers are great for getting all but the most obstinate church leaders (see St. Becket) to bend on issues such as that.
 
King Stephen

Stephen and Matilda were first cousins. Stephen was the son of Adela, a daughter of William the Conqueror, whom married her to Count Stephen of Blois. I don't know if the Church at this time would be persuaded to grant Papal Dispensation to two people related in the first degree.

Supposedly, anything less than the Seventh Degree of descent was forbidden, although William I of England (before he was king) was permitted to marry Matilda of Flanders, his fifth-cousin.
Edward the Black Prince and Joan of Kent evidently managed to get by. They were second cousins?
 
WI: He had had a daughter, his youngest child, who is about the same age or younger than the future Henry II. Would they marry, in order to bring peace to the feuding factions, such as what happened with Henry Tudor and Elizabeth of York? Could this even prevent the marriage of Henry and Eleanor of Aquitaine?

Such as Marie?
You'd have to stop her kidnap and marriage to Matthew of Alsace though.
 
I imagine the Church would more than willingly oblige for the sake of restoring peace in England. That said, as long as prince Eustace is alive, the whole point is moot.
 
Stephen and Matilda were first cousins. Stephen was the son of Adela, a daughter of William the Conqueror, whom married her to Count Stephen of Blois. I don't know if the Church at this time would be persuaded to grant Papal Dispensation to two people related in the first degree.

Supposedly, anything less than the Seventh Degree of descent was forbidden, although William I of England (before he was king) was permitted to marry Matilda of Flanders, his fifth-cousin.

Spain and portugal regularly married uncles to nieces. Ewww... which rather maade mockery of the whole prohibited degrees of consanguinity.
 
First cousin, once removed for the Black Prince and Joan of Kent.


And the problem with the feuding factions thing is that most people want peace - which is to say, there isn't anything that needs to be healed, it just needs to be ended.
 
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