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Prince William Duke of Gloucester was the only surviving son of Queen Anne of Great Britain and Prince George of Denmark. Threw-out his life, He was the second on line to the Thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. His early death at the age of 11 destabilized the protestant Succession and allowed the House of Hanover to inherit Britain after his mothers death. So what if he didn't die at 11 and instead succeeded his mother in 1714 as William IV of Great Britain? (before anyone asks, it is unknown what he died of. Some of the doctors thought scarlet fever while others thought smallpox.) What would be the long-term consequences of a surviving House of Stuart-Oldenburg? What would British policy look like without Hanover tying Britain down? Who would William IV marry? Would British colonial policy be the same as it was under the Hanovarians or would it change?
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