I don't know if many people know this, but before Louis XI was married to Charlotte of Savoy, he was married to a Scottish Princess, Margaret Stewart. They didn't get along very well and she died very young at twenty. She was also the eldest daughter of James I of Scotland, and although her brother was King at the time, she was his heir until her death. He didn't marry and have issue until 1450, so it seems quite likely we could see a Franco-Scottish union like that of Mary Stuart a century later.
So, let's have Margaret not get sick and die at the age of twenty. Perhaps she gets along a little better with Louis XI, too. The main problem was she tended to side with his father over him, which caused problems. There was probably a clash of personalities there.
Add in James II dying childless in 1446, 1447. Margaret is now Queen of the Scots. Of course, she's also the Dauphine and in France. The Auld Alliance is still in effect and the Scottish proved quite helpful to France nearly twenty years before. But this would be totally different. Would the Scottish accept her? What is Henry VI going to do with the future Queen of France as the Queen of Scotland, with the possibility of any son being King of France and Scotland?
So, let's have Margaret not get sick and die at the age of twenty. Perhaps she gets along a little better with Louis XI, too. The main problem was she tended to side with his father over him, which caused problems. There was probably a clash of personalities there.
Add in James II dying childless in 1446, 1447. Margaret is now Queen of the Scots. Of course, she's also the Dauphine and in France. The Auld Alliance is still in effect and the Scottish proved quite helpful to France nearly twenty years before. But this would be totally different. Would the Scottish accept her? What is Henry VI going to do with the future Queen of France as the Queen of Scotland, with the possibility of any son being King of France and Scotland?