List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage

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An update for something I'm working on, inspired by a convo with @isabella

Mary II of England and Ireland, I of Scotland (b.1542: d.1593) m 1.Francis II of France (b.1544: d.1560) 2. Philip II of Spain (b.1527: d.1587)

Issue:

2a) Mary of England (b.1561)

2b) Isabella of England (b.1562)

2c) James, Prince of Wales (b.1565: d.1570)

2d) Margaret of Scotland (b.1567)

2e) Philip II of England, Ireland and Scotland (b.1569)

2f) stillborn (b.1573: d.1573)

2g) Charles, Duke of York and Albany (b.1575)
 
Family of Bona Sforza.

Bona Sforza (1494-1560) m. Sigismund I (1467-1548) Grand Duke of Lithuania, King of Poland

1) Isabella (1519-1573) m. Louis II (1523-1568) Duke of Savoy*

1) Bona (1542-1600) m. Charles (1540-1590) Archduke of Styria​
2) Charles IV (1544-1583) Duke of Savoy, m. Joanna of Austria (1547-1578)​
3) Beatrice (1545)​
4) Isabella (1547-1602) m. Francis I (1541-1587) Duke of Tuscany​
5) Anna (1550)​
6) Sigismund (1552-1601) Duke of Bari and Rossano, m. Margaret of Mantua (1564-1621)​

2) Sigismund II Augustus (1520-1572) Grand Duke of Lithuania, King of Poland, m. Elizabeth of Austria (1526-1570)

1) Sigismund III Ferdinand (1547-1598) Grand Duke of Lithuania, King of Poland, m. Elizabeth of Austria (1554-1594)​

3) Sophia (1522-1575) m. John Zapolya (1490-1540) Anti-King of Hungary

1) John Sigismund (1540-1558) Anti-King of Hungary​

4) Anna (1523-1596) m. Charles Victor (1525-1576) Duke of Brunswick**

1) Sophia (1548)​
2) Charles Henry (1550-1555)​
3) Sigismund Augustus (1553-1600) Duke of Brunswick, m. Sibylle of Cleves (1557-1627)​
4) Charles Philip (1555)​

5) Catherine (1526-1583) m. Ferdinand (1529-1595) Archduke of Tirol

1) Ferdinand (1551-1554)​
2) Sigismund (1552-1609) Archduke of Tirol, m. Maria Anna of Bavara (1551-1608)​
3) Ferdinand (1554)​
4) Anna (1557-1561)​
5) Elizabeth (1559)​
6) Catherine (1561-1622) m. Philip II (1527-1598) King of Spain***​
7) Charles (1562)​
8) Anna (1564-1625) m. John William (1562-1609) Duke of Cleves​

6) Albert (1527)

* Son of Charles III of Savoy and Beatrice of Portugal, IOTL considered as Isabella's husband, but he died young. Bona looked for Italian husband for Isabella, whom she wanted to make heiress of Bari and Rossano.

** Son of Henry the Younger of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel, IOTL killed at Sievershausen.

*** She is Philip's fourth wife, their son inherits Spanish Netherlands

ITTL Bona has 20 grandchildren instead of 4 like IOTL. ITTL Catholic royal houses, especially Habsburgs, should be way less inbred (Archdukes Ferdinand and Charles would not marry their nieces, and there is Catholic Welf line in Brunswick).
 
An update for something I'm working on, inspired by a convo with @isabella

Mary II of England and Ireland, I of Scotland (b.1542: d.1593) m 1.Francis II of France (b.1544: d.1560) 2. Philip II of Spain (b.1527: d.1587)

Issue:

2a) Mary of England (b.1561)

2b) Isabella of England (b.1562)

2c) James, Prince of Wales (b.1565: d.1570)

2d) Margaret of Scotland (b.1567)

2e) Philip II of England, Ireland and Scotland (b.1569)

2f) stillborn (b.1573: d.1573)

2g) Charles, Duke of York and Albany (b.1575)
Question, what happens Elisabeth of Valois ITTL? Does she marry Don Carlos?
 
After CP victory in ww1 Kaiser Wilhelm II imposes his fourth son August Wilhelm as monarch of puppet Polish kingdom. (Quite weird scenario, considering the fact that later in life August Wilhelm sympatized with nazis and viewed Poles as subhumans).

August IV (1887-1935) King of Poland 1919, m. Alexandra Viktoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

1) Aleksander II (1912-1972) King of Poland 1935, m. Adelheid of Austria (1914-1971)

1) Jan IV (b. 1937) King of Poland 1972​
2) Kazimierz (1939-2018) Duke of Sandomierz​
3) Karolina (b. 1942)​
4) Bolesław (b. 1946) Duke of Płock​
 
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Quite weird scenario, considering the fact that later in life August Wilhelm sympatized with nazis and viewed Poles as subhumans).

Well, he was more like useful fool for Hitler, not die-hard noble nazi like for example, Josias von Waldeck-Pyrmont, so ITTL he might not adopt Nazi worldview.
 
POD: William, son of Henry the Young king is not born prematurely.

King Henry III "The Young" of England (b.1155 d.1200) m. Margaret of France (b. 1158 d. 1211)

A) King William III "Aurelius" of England (b. 1177 d. 1246) m. Helena of Denmark (b. 1177 d. 1243)

B) Eleanor of England (b. 1179 d. 1210) m. Denis II of Portugal (b. 1183 d. 1202)

C) Miscarriage (b. 1182 d. 1182)

Inspired by a conversation I had with @VVD0D95
 
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Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou have more children

Henry VI (1421-1475) m. Margaret of Anjou (1430-1482)

1) Edward IV (1446-1492) King of England 1475, m. Joanna of Portugal (1452-1490)

2) Henry (1448-1469) Duke of Clarence

3) Catherine (1450-1496) m. James III (1451-1488) King of Scotland

4) Margaret (1451-1505) m. Charles (1433-1477) Duke of Burgundy

5) John II (1453-1508) Duke of Burgundy iure uxoris 1477, King of England 1492, m. Mary of Burgundy (1457-1510)

6) Mary (1457-1458)
 
Maria of Castile has children with Alfonso V of Aragon

Maria of Castile m. Alfonso V OF Aragon(a)

1a. Ferdinand II of Aragon b. 1423 m. Radegonde of France(a)

1a1a. Alfonso VI of Aragon b. 1446 m. Hipolita Maria Sforza

1a2a. Eleanor of Aragon b. 1450 m. Ercole I of Ferrara

1a3a. Frederick of Aragon b. 1452 m. Anna di Savoia

1a4a. John of Aragon b. 1456 – priest

1a4a. Beatrice of Aragon b. 1457 m. Emperor Christopher I of HRE

1a5a. Radegonde of Aragon b. 1462 m. Vladislaus IV of Poland

2a. Eleanor of Aragon b. 1430 m. John II of Castile(a)

2a1a. Isabel of Castile b. 1448 m. Edward IV of England
 
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Different Catholic Monarchs
Catherine of France b. 1403 m. Alfonso V of Aragon

1a. Ferdinand II of Aragon b. 1423 m. Isabella of Scotland

1a?a. Ferdinand III of Aragon b. 1453 m. Isabella I of Castile

2a. Eleanor of Aragon b. 1430 m. John II of Castile

2a1a. Beatrice of Castile b. 1448 m. Henry IV



Blanche II of Navarre m. Henry IV of Castile(a)

1a. Isabella I of Castile b. 1452
 
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Henry VIII m. Catherine of Aragon(a) Anne Boleyn(b) Jane Seymour(c)

1a. Mary of England m. James VI of Scotland

1a1a. Catherine I of Scotland and England b. 1540 m. Francis II of France d. 1558(a) Erik XIV of Sweden(b)

1a2a. Mary of Scotland b. 1541 m. Philip II of Spain

2b. Elizabeth Tudor b. 1533 m. Ivan the Terrible of Russia

3c. Edward VI b. 1537 d. 1550

Surviving but Barren Jane Seymour
 
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POD: King James IV and Margaret Tudor's son Alexander Stewart survives.
King James IV (1473-1513) m. Margaret Tudor (1489-1541).
1. James, Duke of Rothesay (1507-1508).
2. Unnamed daughter (b and d. 1508).
3. Arthur, Duke of Rothesay (1509-1510).
4. James V (1512-1542) m. Madeleine of Valois (1520-1537) (a). Mary of Guise (1515-1560). (b).
1b. James, Duke of Rothesay (1540-1541).​
2b. Arthur or Robert, Duke of Albany (b and d. 1541).​
3b. Mary, Queen of Scots [1]. (1542-1587) m. Francis II of France (1544-1560) (a). Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545-1567) (b). James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534-1578).​
1b. James Stewart [2], Earl of Lennox (1566-1625).​
5. King Alexander IV of Scotland [3] (1514-1555) m. Helene Hamilton (b. around 1516-1519. d around 1540). (a). Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1527-1590) (b).
1a. King James VI of Scotland [4] (1532-1573). m. Anne of Denmark (1532-1585).​
1. Princess Margaret (1551-1553).​
2. Princess Elizabeth (1552-1590).​
3. King Alexander V of Scotland and I of England (1554-1615). m. Elizabeth Stafford (1556-1599) (a). Anne Stanley (1580-1647) (b).​
2a . Lord Alexander (1535-1537).​
3a. Lady Margaret (1539-1598). [5].​
4b. Prince Arthur (1550-1589). [6}.​
A work in progress list because I don't the energy to write or research the entire tree, but basically Stewart wank.

1. Disputed. Before she was sent to France, her uncle managed to piss the Scottish Lords off by fleeing to England in hopes of getting King Henry's help for the English throne. But by the time she came back from France, her cousin had managed to win several of her enemies over.
2. Although when he was born, he was called the Duke of Rothesay and heir to the Scottish throne, his mother cousin managed to oust her and send her to England where she would later be executed for treason. Despite this, James got along with his royal cousins and there were even rumors that he was in love with one of them. He would never marry and ended up leaving the Earldom of Lennox to the crown,.
3. Alexander of Scotland had never met his father and instead had a close relationship with his mother, even fleeing with her and his half-sister to England where he became familiar with the English court. Although he eventually would return to Scotland, he and his brother would never see eye to eye on anything. This came to a head when King James V named his infant daughter Queen over her uncle. Despite never actually ruling Scotland, Alexander would be refereed as fourth King of Scots by his supports.
4. King James had lost his mother at eight years old and then just under three years later, he was forced to flee Scotland to live in England while his father plotted to take the Scottish throne for himself. Although King Henry had suggested that his daughter Elizabeth for his sister's grandson's bride, Alexander wanted to make an alliance with Denmark and sucesfully convinced King Christian to wed his oldest daughter Anna to James. The young couple were very much in love and would go on to have fifteen children although only seven would survive to adulthood. Despite being jilted Lady and later Queen Elizabeth would remain on friendly terms with King James even going as far as to name him as her heir. His sister, Margaret was offered to King Edward. However the King would die before the marriage could happen.
 

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POD: King James IV and Margaret Tudor's son Alexander Stewart survives.
King James IV (1473-1513) m. Margaret Tudor (1489-1541).
1. James, Duke of Rothesay (1507-1508).
2. Unnamed daughter (b and d. 1508).
3. Arthur, Duke of Rothesay (1509-1510).
4. James V (1512-1542) m. Madeleine of Valois (1520-1537) (a). Mary of Guise (1515-1560). (b).
1b. James, Duke of Rothesay (1540-1541).​
2b. Arthur or Robert, Duke of Albany (b and d. 1541).​
3b. Mary, Queen of Scots [1]. (1542-1587) m. Francis II of France (1544-1560) (a). Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545-1567) (b). James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (1534-1578).​
1b. James Stewart [2], Earl of Lennox (1566-1625).​
5. King Alexander IV of Scotland [3] (1514-1555) m. Helene Hamilton (b. around 1516-1519. d around 1540). (a). Elizabeth Fitzgerald (1527-1590) (b).
1a. King James VI of Scotland [4] (1532-1573). m. Anne of Denmark (1532-1585).​
1. Princess Margaret (1551-1553).​
2. Princess Elizabeth (1552-1590).​
3. King Alexander V of Scotland and I of England (1554-1615). m. Elizabeth Stafford (1556-1599) (a). Anne Stanley (1580-1647) (b).​
2a . Lord Alexander (1535-1537).​
3a. Lady Margaret (1539-1598). [5].​
4b. Prince Arthur (1550-1589). [6}.​
A work in progress list because I don't the energy to write or research the entire tree, but basically Stewart wank.

1. Disputed. Before she was sent to France, her uncle managed to piss the Scottish Lords off by fleeing to England in hopes of getting King Henry's help for the English throne. But by the time she came back from France, her cousin had managed to win several of her enemies over.
2. Although when he was born, he was called the Duke of Rothesay and heir to the Scottish throne, his mother cousin managed to oust her and send her to England where she would later be executed for treason. Despite this, James got along with his royal cousins and there were even rumors that he was in love with one of them. He would never marry and ended up leaving the Earldom of Lennox to the crown,.
3. Alexander of Scotland had never met his father and instead had a close relationship with his mother, even fleeing with her and his half-sister to England where he became familiar with the English court. Although he eventually would return to Scotland, he and his brother would never see eye to eye on anything. This came to a head when King James V named his infant daughter Queen over her uncle. Despite never actually ruling Scotland, Alexander would be refereed as fourth King of Scots by his supports.
4. King James had lost his mother at eight years old and then just under three years later, he was forced to flee Scotland to live in England while his father plotted to take the Scottish throne for himself. Although King Henry had suggested that his daughter Elizabeth for his sister's grandson's bride, Alexander wanted to make an alliance with Denmark and sucesfully convinced King Christian to wed his oldest daughter Anna to James. The young couple were very much in love and would go on to have fifteen children although only seven would survive to adulthood. Despite being jilted Lady and later Queen Elizabeth would remain on friendly terms with King James even going as far as to name him as her heir. His sister, Margaret was offered to King Edward. However the King would die before the marriage could happen.
So I’m assuming that james V managed to convince parliament to repeal Robert ii succession entail due to Alexander pissing off the Scottish lords, and refusing to let him back in?
 
Eleanor I of Navarre m. Louis XI(a)

1a. Anne 1444 m. Edward IV

2a. Jeanne b. 1446 m. Charles the Bold

3a. Charles VIII b. 1447 m. Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine b. 1445[1]

4a. Francis, Duke of Guyenne b. 1450 m. Margaret of York

5a. Louise of France b. 1456 m. John I of Portugal

1.Daughter of John II of Lorraine
 
Constance of Swabia[1] b. 1252 m. Albert I(a)

1a. Isabella (1272) m. Charles Martel of Anjou

2a. Agnes (1278) m 1296 Andrew III of Hungary

3a. Rudolf III. (1280) m. Blanche of France

4a. Elisabeth (1285–1352) m. 1306 Frederick of Lorraine (1282–1328)

5a. Frederick (1289–1330) m 1314 Isabel of Aragon (1300/02–1330)

6a. Leopold (1290/93–1326) m. Katharina von Savoyen (um 1298–1336)

8a. Catherine (1295–1323) m. Louis X of France

9a. Albert (1298–1358) m. 1324 Johanna von Pfirt (1300–1351)

10a. Henry (1299–1327) Herzog von Österreich m. Gräfin Elisabeth von Virneburg (um 1303–1343)

11a. Conrad (um 1300–1301)

12a. Otto (1300) m. 1325 Elisabeth of Bavaria (um 1305–1330),

13a. Jutta (1302–1329) m. 1319 Ludwig VI. of Oettingen († 1346)
 
Karol I of Poland b. 1847(Karl Ferdinand)(House of Austria-Cieszyn) m. Margherita di Savoia

1a. Sigismund IV of Poland b. 1866

2a. Margaret of Poland b. 1870 m. Alfonso XII of Spain



Umberto I of Italy m. Mathilde of Austria-Cieszyn(Mafalda di Polonia)

1a. Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
 
Henry II of Champagne m. Isabella I of Jerusalem(a)

1a. Margaret of Jerusalem b. 1193

2a. Alix of Jerusalem b. 1195

3a. Philippa of Jerusalem b. 1196

4a. Theobald I of Jerusalem and Champagne b. 1198

Theobald I of Aquitaine m. Blanche of Navarre(a)
1a. Eleanor of Aquitaine b. 1198
2a. Henry I of Aquitaine and Navarre b. 1201

Eleanor of Brittany m. Louis VIII(a)
1a. Philip III of France b. 1203 m. Douce III of Provence b. 1198
2a. Robert I of France b. 1205 m. Margaret II of Flanders
 
The Children and Grandchildren of Louis XIII, in 1660
Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre (b.1601:1643) m. Anne of Austria (b.1601)
1. Anne of France, Regent (b.1619) m. Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (b.1621)​
1. Marie Adelaïde de Bourbon (b.1645) m. Afonso VI, King of Portugal (b.1643)​
1. Maria Francisca de Braganza, Princess of Brazil (b.1659)​
2. Marie Éthienne de Bourbon (b.1648:d.1652)​
3. Stillborn son (1650)​
4. Louis Henri, Duke de Bourbon (b.1653)​
5. Marie Anne de Bourbon (b.1655)​
2. Marie Louise of France (b.1622) m. Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b.1610)​
1. Cosimo de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (b.1639) m. Vittoria della Rovere, Heir of Urbino, Rovere and Montefeltro (b.1641)​
2. Stillborn daughter (1642)​
3. Francesco de' Medici (b.1646)​
4. Maria de' Medici (b.1652)​
3. Elisabeth of France (b.1626) m. Jean Louis d'Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier (b.1627)​
1. Anne Marie Louise d'Bourbon (b.1646)​
2. Louis Auguste d'Bourbon, Prince of Dombes (b.1649)​
3. Marie Juliette d'Bourbon (B.1653)​
4. Marie Anne of France (b.1631) m. Philip IV, King of the Spains (b.1605)​
5. Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre (b.1638) m. Maria Theresa of Spain (b.1638)​
6. Philippe, Duke of Anjou (b.1640)​

Before having Louis XIV in 1638, Ane of Austria gave birth 4 times to stillborn children (genders unknown), in this line, all four of those pregnancies result in the birth of daughters, while while probably disappointing for Louis XIII (seeing as he hated his brother Gaston and if he died without male heirs the throne would pass to him), the birth of surviving children makes the two of them have a better relationship, although Anne own personality and rivalry with Richilieu still makes her not have the best of standings in court (although the people like her better seeing as her infertility didn't win her any friends in OTL).
Now, about the marriages:
1. The first to be married is, in fact, Elisabeth, as she marries in 1628 (she's 4, he's not even 1) her first cousin, Jean Louis, ITTL son of Gaston, Duke of Orléans with his first wife, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (in OTL she died after giving birth to their daughter and only child, here she gives birth to a son) as an way of tying dynastic loose ends and have the line of Louis XIII on the throne (over a decade with only two daughters make this a rather wise decision). Currently he uses his mother's title (and his eldest son holds one of his subsidiaries) as Gaston is still alive in exile after his leading of the Condé (during which Jean supported the Crown due to the children of Anne and Louis being a strangely thight-knit sort and being very influenced by his wife), although the old duke is very near the deathbed
2. The second to marry is Marie, who on the advice of her grandmother (the births helped her relationship with her son and so she never leaves France even after losing her power) is married in 1639 to her first cousin once removed, Ferdinando II.
- Of not is also their eldest son's marriage. Basically, in OTL, Ferdinando married Vittoria della Rovere, Duchess of Rovere and Montefeltro, but, unlik OTL, she (who was born in 1622), was born a man (let's call him Guidobaldo III). This results on the della Roveres not losing the Duchy of Urbino (in OTL the Pope convinced their grandfather (the father died a year after their birth) to give him the duchy as he had no hope of having a male heir by that point) with Vittoria being married to the heir of Tuscany in 1658 in exchange for the Medicis to basically prop-up the bankrupt della Roveres​
3. The third is Anne, whom marries le Grand Condé in 1644 (his wife dies giving birth in 1643 to their OTL only surviving son) as a way of strenghthening her position (she gained the Regency of France in 1643 following Louis XIII's death by doing like OTL Anne of Austria and annuling his original will, with the Queen Mother being a supporter but not the head) and because the two actually like each other (had an affair before he was forced to marry his OTL wife). Because of that, when the Fronde occurs, Condé stays on the side of the crown instead of being one of the leaders of the rebellion
- Her eldest daughter, Marie Adelaïde, was married in 1658 to the King of Portugal, Afonso VI, due to the current alliance between the French and Portuguese (the French having supported the Portuguese in their war of independence during the Thirty Years' War, as in OTL, and being in war with Spain, also as in OTL). She gave birth in 1659 to a daughter, who is the current heir to the throne, and is conspiring with her brother-in-law to get rid of her weak and rather shitty husband in a coup​
4. Marie Anne was recently married to Philip IV of Spain following the Treaty of the Pyrinees which ended the Franco-Spanish War (it, like in OTL, also resulted on the marriage of Louis XIV to Philip's daughter from his first marriage) as the king really has gotten no luck in marriages. While Philip married his niece, Mariana of Austria, in 1649, the Austrian Archduchess dies after giving birth to their 4th child, infante Ferdinand Thomas (whom died less than a year later) in 1658. Currently, the two are still childless, but Marie Anne is well into her first pregnancy which will produce a much healthier Charles II (while the uncle-niece marriage is still very worrying in relation to the gene pool, Marie Anne is only closely related to Philip through her mother's side, while from her father's side she has a relatively healthy gene pool)
 
The Children and Grandchildren of Louis XIII, in 1660
Louis XIII, King of France and Navarre (b.1601:1643) m. Anne of Austria (b.1601)
1. Anne of France, Regent (b.1619) m. Louis II de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (b.1621)​
1. Marie Adelaïde de Bourbon (b.1645) m. Afonso VI, King of Portugal (b.1643)​
1. Maria Francisca de Braganza, Princess of Brazil (b.1659)​
2. Marie Éthienne de Bourbon (b.1648:d.1652)​
3. Stillborn son (1650)​
4. Louis Henri, Duke de Bourbon (b.1653)​
5. Marie Anne de Bourbon (b.1655)​
2. Marie Louise of France (b.1622) m. Ferdinando II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (b.1610)​
1. Cosimo de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany (b.1639) m. Vittoria della Rovere, Heir of Urbino, Rovere and Montefeltro (b.1641)​
2. Stillborn daughter (1642)​
3. Francesco de' Medici (b.1646)​
4. Maria de' Medici (b.1652)​
3. Elisabeth of France (b.1626) m. Jean Louis d'Bourbon, Duke of Montpensier (b.1627)​
1. Anne Marie Louise d'Bourbon (b.1646)​
2. Louis Auguste d'Bourbon, Prince of Dombes (b.1649)​
3. Marie Juliette d'Bourbon (B.1653)​
4. Marie Anne of France (b.1631) m. Philip IV, King of the Spains (b.1605)​
5. Louis XIV, King of France and Navarre (b.1638) m. Maria Theresa of Spain (b.1638)​
6. Philippe, Duke of Anjou (b.1640)​

Before having Louis XIV in 1638, Ane of Austria gave birth 4 times to stillborn children (genders unknown), in this line, all four of those pregnancies result in the birth of daughters, while while probably disappointing for Louis XIII (seeing as he hated his brother Gaston and if he died without male heirs the throne would pass to him), the birth of surviving children makes the two of them have a better relationship, although Anne own personality and rivalry with Richilieu still makes her not have the best of standings in court (although the people like her better seeing as her infertility didn't win her any friends in OTL).
Now, about the marriages:
1. The first to be married is, in fact, Elisabeth, as she marries in 1628 (she's 4, he's not even 1) her first cousin, Jean Louis, ITTL son of Gaston, Duke of Orléans with his first wife, Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier (in OTL she died after giving birth to their daughter and only child, here she gives birth to a son) as an way of tying dynastic loose ends and have the line of Louis XIII on the throne (over a decade with only two daughters make this a rather wise decision). Currently he uses his mother's title (and his eldest son holds one of his subsidiaries) as Gaston is still alive in exile after his leading of the Condé (during which Jean supported the Crown due to the children of Anne and Louis being a strangely thight-knit sort and being very influenced by his wife), although the old duke is very near the deathbed
2. The second to marry is Marie, who on the advice of her grandmother (the births helped her relationship with her son and so she never leaves France even after losing her power) is married in 1639 to her first cousin once removed, Ferdinando II.
- Of not is also their eldest son's marriage. Basically, in OTL, Ferdinando married Vittoria della Rovere, Duchess of Rovere and Montefeltro, but, unlik OTL, she (who was born in 1622), was born a man (let's call him Guidobaldo III). This results on the della Roveres not losing the Duchy of Urbino (in OTL the Pope convinced their grandfather (the father died a year after their birth) to give him the duchy as he had no hope of having a male heir by that point) with Vittoria being married to the heir of Tuscany in 1658 in exchange for the Medicis to basically prop-up the bankrupt della Roveres​
3. The third is Anne, whom marries le Grand Condé in 1644 (his wife dies giving birth in 1643 to their OTL only surviving son) as a way of strenghthening her position (she gained the Regency of France in 1643 following Louis XIII's death by doing like OTL Anne of Austria and annuling his original will, with the Queen Mother being a supporter but not the head) and because the two actually like each other (had an affair before he was forced to marry his OTL wife). Because of that, when the Fronde occurs, Condé stays on the side of the crown instead of being one of the leaders of the rebellion
- Her eldest daughter, Marie Adelaïde, was married in 1658 to the King of Portugal, Afonso VI, due to the current alliance between the French and Portuguese (the French having supported the Portuguese in their war of independence during the Thirty Years' War, as in OTL, and being in war with Spain, also as in OTL). She gave birth in 1659 to a daughter, who is the current heir to the throne, and is conspiring with her brother-in-law to get rid of her weak and rather shitty husband in a coup​
4. Marie Anne was recently married to Philip IV of Spain following the Treaty of the Pyrinees which ended the Franco-Spanish War (it, like in OTL, also resulted on the marriage of Louis XIV to Philip's daughter from his first marriage) as the king really has gotten no luck in marriages. While Philip married his niece, Mariana of Austria, in 1649, the Austrian Archduchess dies after giving birth to their 4th child, infante Ferdinand Thomas (whom died less than a year later) in 1658. Currently, the two are still childless, but Marie Anne is well into her first pregnancy which will produce a much healthier Charles II (while the uncle-niece marriage is still very worrying in relation to the gene pool, Marie Anne is only closely related to Philip through her mother's side, while from her father's side she has a relatively healthy gene pool)
Pretty unlikely who Anne’s eldest daughter would take the regency over her mother as a long standing French tradition gave that role to the mother of the underage King (and while Anne de Beaujeu was regent for her brother and had a much stronger will than her mother, I would point to two facts: a) her mother died just three months after her father and b) Louis XI leave instructions for a council of Regency who included his wife and sons-in law plus the elder brother of Anne’s husband but likely NOT Anne herself. I think likely who Anne had taken the regency for her brother only after her mother’s death)
 
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