Plausibility of a Don John & Mary Queen of Scots marriage?

raharris1973

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Inspired by G.K. Chesterton's short speculation in 1930 in "If, or History Rewritten", what is the plausibility of his basic premises, that a) Don John of Austria and Mary Queen of Scots could have married, b) Don John could have arranged for a successful rescue mission for Mary when she was imprisoned and c) the two of them could effectively exercise political power over England?
 
a)is possible but probably wouldn't happen due to other suitors etc etc
b)Marriage to Don John butterflies away imprisonment.
c)I don't think it'll happen while lizabeth lives, and they're not going to kill her.
 
Mary herself was keen on the match - she had a high view of her own importance and liked the idea of a match equal to what she had had with her marriage to Francis II.
Without the Darnley marriage it is exceptionally unlikely that she will fall into the situation in Scotland she did which necessitated her flight to England and imprisonment.
With a much higher chance of a Catholic heir to Mary the pressure on Elizabeth to produce her own will be much higher, the threat from Spain/Scotland is also going to be a real issue for England, Elizabeth may well be forced to stick with her father's will if she remains single and that racks up the importance of the alternates - Catherine and Mary Grey, Lady Margaret Douglas, and the Countess of Derby and her children.
 

raharris1973

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If it happens,does Chesterton's further speculation that

England would aid an anti-Ottoman coalition under Donny & Mary? Chesterton was fantasizing about lesser intensity of intra-Christian war and a Turk-stomp by a larger European coalition against the Sultan.
 
Don Juan or Don Carlos? If you mean Juan, then it would be far from a marriage equal to François.
 
Don Juan or Don Carlos? If you mean Juan, then it would be far from a marriage equal to François.

Don John is of high prestige but illegitimate(but she can make him King like she did for Darnley) and Don Carlos is seriously crazy.
 
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