Mary Tudor, Princess in Exile

19th of August, 1537: Anne of Cleves saves her husband when a man who tries to stab the Emperor but she pushes the man down the stairs where he is apprehended. Charles V was grateful.
 
1st of September, 1537: Lady Magdalen attacks Catherine Howard when she sees the young courtier walking with the King. Not happy with his maybe mistress Henry gives Magdalen a warning and sends her to her rooms for the rest of the day like a child. Catherine, meanwhile, runs to her rooms herself and refuses to see anyone.
 
16th of September, 1537: Francis I of France attempts to recall his Queen to court when it begins to get embarrassing that she isn’t there. But Eleanor refuses and also refuses to let Louis leave her sights.
 
30th of September, 1537: Henry VIII officially offers Prince Edward’s hand in marriage to Princess Mary of Scotland. At the same time King James proposed marriage between Princess Mary and either Prince Louis or Prince Charles. Queen Mary of Scotland meanwhile, hoped for her daughter to marry into Portugal, Austria or Spain. But the French Princes were better than the stupid English Prince of Wales.
 
1) A male heir! Could this be the start of a long line of Tudor-Valois monarchs?

2) So poor Henry still dies ITTL, just a few months after his death IOTL. Oh well, at least he left issue. I just hope those issue wouldn't be involved in a brewing succession crisis.

3) Twins! And so once again we have proved just how much unoriginal the French royals are in naming their children.

4) He'd probably end up losing Calais if he does that, tbh.

5) Ten bucks says it's Lady Magdalen.

6) Of course, Henry won't put his wife aside as long as wee Eddie is healthy as a horse. Although that last part worries me.

7) Would wee Mary end up between an axe and a block just like her OTL counterpart? I hope not. But I do hope she marries Charles Valois.

8) Also, would we get to see TTL's version of the Rough Wooing?

9) George just keeps on getting more and more powerful. This worries me somewhat.

10) Signs of aging show up once again on Harry's doorstep. Better fix the line of succession there, old chap.

11) Well, at least publicly. Wouldn't surprise me if Maud's relatives are plotting Queen Mary's downfall at the moment.

12) And we end with another baby! Would Charles and this kid continue Luis and Mary's rivalry?

1) Yes, it could be. But maybe not.

2) Well, at least he has children this time. Better?

3) Well, twins can happen. And yes, the French are rather unimaginative.

4) Yep. But this is Henry, so...

5) How did you guess? :eek:

6) Well, little Eddie isn't likely to die soon. So there's a clue.

7) No, Mary of Scotland is a very different character than OTL. For starters, she isn't being raised by Mary of Guise, so there's that.

8) Soon.

9) Why? George is nothing but rainbows and love ;)

10) No! Henry will never die! NEVER!

11) Surprisingly no, they actually see her as kind of a slapper. They're fine with Queen Mary.

12) Maybe...
 
10th of October, 1537: Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are brought back to court to be paraded in front of the ambassadors, who were told:

“Vie for their hands and win the most beautiful Princesses of Europe.”

When no one seemed to be interested, Henry raged and said that the richest Prince in all of Europe would be too poor for the two Princesses. But then the Danish ambassador approached the King about a match between Prince Frederick of Denmark and Elizabeth Tudor while the Swedish ambassador asked for a match between Elizabeth and Prince Eric of Sweden. No one asked for Margaret.
 
12th of October, 1537: Queen Mary of England sends for a playwright by the name of Micheal Small to write a production for the King. While initially Mary wanted to have ‘The King, The Queen and The Whore’ turned into a play but recognised that that was not a good idea for staying in the King’s good graces. So she instead asked for an original play. The working title was ‘The Faithful King’.
 
5th of July, 1537: Queen Mary of England gives birth to a premature baby boy, who is named Henry and given the title Duke of York.

Thus Mary is pushed farther in the line of succession.
Life is good when you're Mother of the Heir, but at what cost?


17th of July, 1537: Princess Louise of France dies. This leaves Queen Eleanor with only Louis as her child (with her), so she leaves the court again and takes her son to the country. Francis is not amused.

Aww. Mama Eleanor would very much prefer not to let her son out of her sight now, I presume?

29th of July, 1537: After long negotiations, Prince Henri de Valois: Duke of Orleans is married by proxy to Princess Isabella Jagiellon.

Somewhere in the Continent, someone is throwing fits of jealousy.

8th of August, 1537: King Henry of England is seen with a new, young courtier by the name of Catherine Howard.

Hello, Catherine. Now if you could somehow bring Anne of Cleves to England, we will have all of Henry's OTL queens in the same place at the same time. Diplomatic visit, perhaps?

19th of August, 1537: Anne of Cleves saves her husband when a man who tries to stab the Emperor but she pushes the man down the stairs where he is apprehended. Charles V was grateful.

Speak of the lady. Anne seems happy in the Habsburg court. Not to mention the Emperor is probably bestowing honour upon honour on her after she saved his life.

1st of September, 1537: Lady Magdalen attacks Catherine Howard when she sees the young courtier walking with the King.

Temper, dear. I hope Catherine's fine.

16th of September, 1537: Francis I of France attempts to recall his Queen to court when it begins to get embarrassing that she isn’t there. But Eleanor refuses and also refuses to let Louis leave her sights.

On the other hand, Eleanor being away leaves him plenty of time with satiating his lust. I wonder if Louis grows up to become a mama's boy.

30th of September, 1537: Henry VIII officially offers Prince Edward’s hand in marriage to Princess Mary of Scotland. At the same time King James proposed marriage between Princess Mary and either Prince Louis or Prince Charles. Queen Mary of Scotland meanwhile, hoped for her daughter to marry into Portugal, Austria or Spain. But the French Princes were better than the stupid English Prince of Wales.

Ah, there it is. The start of the Wooing. Henry will be pissed when he finds out Eddie's been dumped by wee Mary.

10th of October, 1537: Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret are brought back to court to be paraded in front of the ambassadors, who were told:

“Vie for their hands and win the most beautiful Princesses of Europe.”

When no one seemed to be interested, Henry raged and said that the richest Prince in all of Europe would be too poor for the two Princesses. But then the Danish ambassador approached the King about a match between Prince Frederick of Denmark and Elizabeth Tudor while the Swedish ambassador asked for a match between Elizabeth and Prince Eric of Sweden. No one asked for Margaret.

Poor Margaret. But, oh my, Elizabeth seems popular.

12th of October, 1537: Queen Mary of England sends for a playwright by the name of Micheal Small to write a production for the King. While initially Mary wanted to have ‘The King, The Queen and The Whore’ turned into a play but recognised that that was not a good idea for staying in the King’s good graces. So she instead asked for an original play. The working title was ‘The Faithful King’.

Queen Mary pulling the strings so the public will side with her in the affair? Seems very Machiavellian to me.

Also, can you please give us the line of succession to the current ruling houses?
 
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27th of October, 1537: Henry VIII releases the contents of the current act of succession.

Line of Succession of England

By the ruling of King Henry VIII

1- Edward: Prince of Wales

2- Henry: Duke of York

3- Princess Elizabeth Tudor

4- Princess Margaret Tudor

5- Lord Henry Charles Grey

6- Lady Anne Grey

7- Lady Margaret Clifford

As seen by Catholic Europe

1- Edward: Prince of Wales

2- Henry: Duke of York

3- Mary Tudor: Dauphine of France

4- Margaret Tudor: Dowager Queen of Scots

5- James V of Scotland

6- Lady Margaret Douglas
 
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27th of October, 1537: Henry VIII releases the contents of the current act of succession.

Line of Succession of England

By the ruling of King Henry VIII

1- Edward: Prince of Wales

2- Henry: Duke of York

3- Princess Elizabeth Tudor

4- Princess Margaret Tudor

5- Lord Henry Charles Grey

6- Lady Anne Grey

7- Lady Margaret Clifford

As seen by Catholic Europe

1- Edward: Prince of Wales

2- Henry: Duke of York

3- Mary Tudor: Dauphine of France

4- Margaret Tudor: Dowager Queen of Scots

5- James V of Scotland

6- Lady Margaret Douglas

Thank you! That was certainly helpful.
 
6th of November, 1537: Catherine Howard causes scandal when she walked in on Anne Bourchier with a lover. While the noblewoman was offended that the girl had dared to tell her off for misconduct but Catherine went with her gut and alerted Lord William Parr. As a reward Henry VIII gave the girl a new wardrobe and a set of 3 rings set with pearls and diamonds. Lady Magdalen meanwhile, was sent to smaller rooms than had been gifted to her previously.
 
17th of November, 1537: Francis I of France sends people to get Queen Eleanor to at least come to court to have Prince Louis presented with his Dukedom and put on a brave face. Eleanor sends the messengers back to say:

“Let one of your whores pretend to be Queen, I’ll stay right here with my little angel. Louis shall be a Duke either way.”

So it is decided that Francis will go to her.
 
21st of November, 1537: Princess Isabella Jagiellon arrives in France and refuses to show her face until she reaches her husband. When she does though, she is found to have tanned considerably over the journey and as such feels like an ugly woman. Prince Henri begs to differ, finding her skin colour quite beautiful and exotic.
 
2nd of December, 1537: Charles de Valois: Duke of Upper Aquitaine is made the full Duke of Aquitaine in a ceremony where his baby brother Louis is made Duke of Anjou.
 
9th of December, 1537: Madeleine de Valois: Duchess of Beja gives birth to a baby girl who is named Catalina.
 
20th of December, 1537: Princess Elizabeth of England falls ill at court and is sent away to Hatfield with Henry: Duke of York, leaving Henry to dote on little Margaret and Edward without the distraction of little Anne look-alike Elizabeth. The Princess reportedly cried very hard and was said to have ‘been very angry to her baby sister’.
 
25th of December, 1537: The court is treated to a play when, as a Christmas treat, ‘The Faithful King’ is performed. The first performance of the Michael Small written play, it follows the fictional King Gallant as he wards off temptation to be unfaithful to his beloved wife Queen Grace by the evil Lady Tempest. While most find the play delightful, Lady Magdalen finds the play not-so-delightful and storms out of the court, closely followed by George Boleyn.

In France, King Francis is sick and as such the Dauphin and Dauphine lead the festivities. While some are worried for the French monarch, most are happy that Prince Francis is showing the ability to lead the court independently of his father. Prince Henri, meanwhile, busies himself with the pretty Isabella, ignoring his mistress for the sweet Princess.

In Spain, there is much celebration as Empress Anna of Cleves announces her first pregnancy by her royal husband. This delays a royal trip to have been made to France the next year and instead makes Charles adore ‘his sweet rose among the weeds’.
 
27th of December, 1537: Queen Mary of Scotland is happy to announce that she too is pregnant again, to the joy of King James. While Princess Mary is great and most likely will be an excellent Queen (for another country) or Duchess (again, of another area) someday, Scotland needs a Prince to stop the old English Git from eyeing the country like a well-cooked beef roast covered in gravy.
 
11th of January, 1538: Anne Bourchier and Lord William Parr are officially divorced at the King’s agreement. In this time he requests to the King to marry the Lady Catherine Howard, as she gave him the chance to leave the heinous and despicable marriage. The King agrees, but not without whining that she is too pretty to waste on someone who is not ‘royal enough’. The Queen however, endorses the match fully.
 
20th of January to the 30th of January, 1538: Lord George Boleyn happily announces that he is married, but refuses to announce the name of his bride. However, many guess the name of the bride and the truth comes out ten days later when the King is sent a letter by his ‘good friend’ Lady Magdalen saying that they were married on Christmas night. The King is angry and end up breaking a chair.
 
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