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What if in 1501 or 1502 Juana of Castilla died without having produced a male heir for Maximilian? (Charles V being a girl or stillborn, although I'd prefer the former)
Would Ferdinand look at the recently widowed Catalina and point out to Maximilian that there's still an unmarried infanta, and didn't both poor Juana and her mother show themselves most fertile?
Since Catalina is below Maria in the line of inheritance of the spanish crown, I'm not sure if she would be as attractive to the emperor, but even if she was, would Henry VII actually release Catalina, if the pressure came not only from her parents but also from the Emperor?
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