In 1572 Marguerite de Valois, daughter of the late Henri II, King of France and Catherine de Medicis, married Henri III and IV, King of Navarre and later of France. Henri III divorced her in 1599, to marry Gabrielle d'Estrées, who died before they could marry. So he married Marie de Medicis instead.
What is interesting to me is that there is no recorded bastards (that I could find) for King Henri before he became king of France, only after.
If Henry had had children by Marguerite (who were raised as Catholics), would the succession to France have bypassed him and crowned their son king? (As what they wanted to do with his uncle, Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon), or would Henry have been king?
Can we give them children? Or is it a case of incompatibility?
And can anyone tell me of any other ROYAL brides proposed for Henry besides Marie de Medicis?