Lancastrian England

Given that his father married Margaret of Anjou of all possible brides, I suppose its plausible, but what is the reason for Bona?

you do know that the real Edward IV was betrothed to Bona before marrying Elizabeth Woodville, right?
 
Just butting in here, with an absurd thought. If you want to preserve the Lancastrian ?Dynasty, why not have Henry V live longer than he did? Married to katherine de Valois as he was, him living even ten to fifteen years longer could cause tremendous butterflies.

First, there's the chance of more children for Henry V. If you add more sons, a few younger brothers for Henry VI, there might be a chance he Henry VI dies young, before he gets a chance to inherit his father's crown, and maybe there will be a more capable younger brother-possibly named Richard-to take over when Henry V does die.

Second major butterfly will be this...

If Henry V lives to say 1442 instead of 1422, then Katherine de Valois will never end up marrying Owen-Owain?-Tudor...

So, no Jasper Tudor, and no Edmund Tudor.

Since no Edmund Tudor, Margaret Beaufort will end up marrying someone different, and Henry VII will never be born...
 
Just butting in here, with an absurd thought. If you want to preserve the Lancastrian ?Dynasty, why not have Henry V live longer than he did? Married to katherine de Valois as he was, him living even ten to fifteen years longer could cause tremendous butterflies.

First, there's the chance of more children for Henry V. If you add more sons, a few younger brothers for Henry VI, there might be a chance he Henry VI dies young, before he gets a chance to inherit his father's crown, and maybe there will be a more capable younger brother-possibly named Richard-to take over when Henry V does die.

Second major butterfly will be this...

If Henry V lives to say 1442 instead of 1422, then Katherine de Valois will never end up marrying Owen-Owain?-Tudor...

So, no Jasper Tudor, and no Edmund Tudor.

Since no Edmund Tudor, Margaret Beaufort will end up marrying someone different, and Henry VII will never be born...

Thanks but I don't want a HYW TL at the moment. Maybe later....
 
you do know that the real Edward IV was betrothed to Bona before marrying Elizabeth Woodville, right?

The real Edward IV had Warwick and King Louis (can't remember his number) wanting him to marry Bona.

I'm not aware of him actually being betrothed.

But it still leaves the question of why that's appealing to this Edward - who is not the same man and not in the same political position as OTL's.
 
Just butting in here, with an absurd thought. If you want to preserve the Lancastrian ?Dynasty, why not have Henry V live longer than he did? Married to katherine de Valois as he was, him living even ten to fifteen years longer could cause tremendous butterflies....


Been done before.

For something more original, how about Anne Beauchamp marries someone on the Lancastrian side (maybe a Beaufort) instead of Richard Neville?

He'll still have a title (Earl of Salisbury iirc) but he won't be anything like as over-mighty as OTL. The Yorkists are probably defeated at the outset.
 
Another way is for Henry Beauchamp, the Duke of Warwick (and bro-in-law of the future Kingmaker) not to die at 21 in 1446.

Beauchamp had been a boyhood playmate of King Henry VI, and they remained close as they grew up. When Beauchamp became Earl of Warwick, Henry named him the "Premier Earl of England" giving him precedence over all other Earls. Later on, the King went even further and created him Duke of Warwick, with precedence of all magnates except the Duke of Norfolk. There is even a story (not sure how reliable) that he held a sort of Coronation at which Beauchamp was named "King of the Isle of Wight".

With such a history, it looks a pretty good bet that Beauchamp, had he lived, would have stayed a firm Lancastrian. Given that it took some heavy fighting to put the Yorkists on the throne, even with the vast Warwick affinity on their side, his loyalty should pretty well ensure a Lancastrian win.
 
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