Mary Tudor

Had Henry VIII had a male heir by Catherine of Aragon, Mary's life would have been completely different. Her tite: Countess of Richmond, possibly inherited from her great-grandmother, Margaret Beaufort. Possible marriage possibilities for her?
 
English Princesses never received titles other than those they were born with so no she wouldn't have been Countess of Richmond - the Earldom of Richmond merged with the Crown on the accession of Henry VII (it was his title not his mother's - she was merely the dowager Countess of Richmond). It was recreated as a Dukedom (first creation) for Henry VIII's illegitimate son and on his death again reverted to the crown.

Mary's marital progress as a child was complicated but the likeliest options were Spain and France - she was at varying times betrothed to Charles V and the Dauphin Francis (eldest son of Francis I). To the widowed Francis I himself or his second son Henry Duke of Orleans (the future Henri II of France). Henry's own willingness to switch sides when his erstwhile allies as he saw it betrayed him its likely that even with a brother, Mary might have remained unmarried for some time - another option would have course been her cousin James V of Scotland but again Anglo Scots relations during James' minority and his eventual personal rule were fraught aswell.
 
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