“In the end, James Hamilton Earl of Arran would be regent for little King John II. Additionally, he and his new bride would take custody of the two princesses: Princess Margaret at age five and newborn Princess Isabella. Lady Arran, Margaret Douglas the King’s Aunt, would take the two princesses to the Isle of Arran where they would be raised with her step children.
Dowager Queen Christina would remain in court where she would have some measure of control of her son’s education.”
“Initially, it looks like Arran may have tried to weasel out of granting any betrothals to the English. He would refuse to betrothal King John to Princess Cecily. But after some rather dramatic posturing by both sides, little Princess Margaret was betrothed to Prince Edward.”
On the other hand, James Hamilton, Regent of King Jon was reaching out to King Christian III of Denmark (as this was the son of the man who dethroned her father, Queen Christina was rather cross) offering Princess Isabel for his heir Prince Frederick. For King John, Lord James was courting the Swedish who had two princesses, one two years older the other three. (Since King Gustave of Sweden had also benefited from her father’s dethronement, Queen Christina was really cross).”
[1] The only non-problematic princess, Princess Marie Claude, was six years older than King Jon, and her parents weren’t really fond of having to wait that long. The younger two: Princess Diane de Valois de Orléans and Marie de Valois de Angoulême were both merely two years older, but both of their mothers’ were problematic.
Dowager Queen Christina would remain in court where she would have some measure of control of her son’s education.”
Christina of Denmark by Helen Olsen
“Initially, it looks like Arran may have tried to weasel out of granting any betrothals to the English. He would refuse to betrothal King John to Princess Cecily. But after some rather dramatic posturing by both sides, little Princess Margaret was betrothed to Prince Edward.”
The Tudor Rose Garden by Gerald Wells
“Marriage arrangements for the younger two Royals weren’t so quickly resolved. Queen Christina preferred one of the French princesses for her son (though there were complications there [1]) and either an Italian Duke or German Prince for her daughter.On the other hand, James Hamilton, Regent of King Jon was reaching out to King Christian III of Denmark (as this was the son of the man who dethroned her father, Queen Christina was rather cross) offering Princess Isabel for his heir Prince Frederick. For King John, Lord James was courting the Swedish who had two princesses, one two years older the other three. (Since King Gustave of Sweden had also benefited from her father’s dethronement, Queen Christina was really cross).”
The Tudors: A Real Life Soup Opera
[1] The only non-problematic princess, Princess Marie Claude, was six years older than King Jon, and her parents weren’t really fond of having to wait that long. The younger two: Princess Diane de Valois de Orléans and Marie de Valois de Angoulême were both merely two years older, but both of their mothers’ were problematic.