No women allowed on the English throne

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James V's own issue.

Any issue of his great uncle, possibly.

Both James V's sons were bastards. What great uncle did Henry VIII have?

Anyway, apart from being 2 and Scottish, Henry Stuart would be a pretty normal heir. He was the father of OTL James VI and I, although VI won't exist as he'd have a different mother.
 
Both James V's sons were bastards. What great uncle did Henry VIII have?

Anyway, apart from being 2 and Scottish, Henry Stuart would be a pretty normal heir. He was the father of OTL James VI and I, although VI won't exist as he'd have a different mother.

Point, forgot about that.

And Jasper Tudor. Not sure if he had issue.
 
The most realistic PoD I can see to establish an English throne, long-term, with female inheritance banned as part of tradition is to have Robert Fitzroy, the 1st Earl of Gloucester, seize the throne for himself, or, better, be named heir over his half-sister Matilda for after Henry I dies. What prevented him, of course, was his illegitimacy, and, in combination, his lack of ancestry from the Wessexes, which Matilda had (and Stephen did not, thus his being ruled out by Henry himself). If Henry had been more focused on his own heirs male rather than the magical confluence of his father's blood with that of Edmund Ironside, he could have named Robert his heir, though it would probably have caused a period similar to the Anarchy, as Stephen (and possibly even Matilda, or, at least, eventually her son OTL Henry II) would likely dispute the succession of a bastard.

However, if Robert firmly establishes himself on the throne, and establishes a reasonably longstanding dynasty based on the idea that male-line descent from William I is what is important (a rule which happily includes him while excluding both Matilda's heirs and Stephen), you could get this rule entrenched in English tradition.
 
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I once asked Lady Antonia Fraser about this. She said that Edward Courtney Earl of Devon would have been rightful King in 1553. In OTL, he died without an heir in 1556- which would have made Reginald Cardinal Pole King. Then in theory Geoffrey Pole 1558, the Duke of Norfolk 1562- then the Norfolks as our monarchs.
 

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I once asked Lady Antonia Fraser about this. She said that Edward Courtney Earl of Devon would have been rightful King in 1553. In OTL, he died without an heir in 1556- which would have made Reginald Cardinal Pole King. Then in theory Geoffrey Pole 1558, the Duke of Norfolk 1562- then the Norfolks as our monarchs.
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