Queen Victoria's sister

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, married Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield.
Their daughter Alexandrina Victoria was born on May 24, 1819.
Prince Edward died in 1820. Suppose he lives until 1822.
Suppose he and the Duchess of Kent have a second daughter. Her name is Henrietta. She is born in 1821.

Victoria becomes Queen of England in 1837.
Who does her sister, Princess Henrietta marry?
 
I imagine she's beloved and a great comfort through the trials and tribulations of dealing with mum and with the early reign. Victoria would want to keep the marriage in the family but also keep her sister close.

A marriage to Ernst II could work, but them she's have to move to Germany. Perhaps Auguste of the Kohary line? It would necessitate a conversion but, from his perspective, it would be worth it.
 
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Somehow, I don't think this fictional kid sister will fare that much better than Vic's actual older half-sister Feodora did re the marriage market. Ironically, one of Feo's granddaughters would marry Vic's notorious grandson the Kaiser so maybe the two lines would have econnected re later generations to everyone's detriment.
Also, consider that in Spain in near the same time period, Queen Isabel II's kid sister Maria's union to one of King Louis Phillipe's sons helped bring down the French Bourbons. However; it should be noted in that case, it was believed that Queen Isabel's betrothed cousin Francisco de Asis was homosexual and impotent. Hence, any offspring of Maria's would be the likely eventual heirs. However; Isabel fooled everyone by having five children after her otherwise unsatisfactory union happened. Point being is that a union of any kid sister of a reigning queen would only be considered vital IF said reigning queen either was fated to be unwed or have a barren union.
 
First off I don't like the name Henrietta, sounds to old and catholic, especially, the last Henrietta of England, was daughter of Charles I and wife of Philippe, Duke of Orleans, who Jacobite claims to the throne of Great Britain following the death of Henry Benedict Stuart, descend from her through her daughter Anne Marie, Queen of Sardinia.

What about naming the sister after both her grandmothers, Augusta Charlotte of Kent, and like her sister using the more British of the two as her preferred name :)

What about marrying her cousin Prince George, 2nd Duke of Cambridge?

It is believed that King William IV, who had been his godfather when Duke of Clarence, had George brought up at Windsor in hope of his eventual marriage to his cousin Princess Victoria of Kent, who was two months younger. This prospective match was favoured by George's own parents, but was forestalled by her uncle Leopold I of Belgium.

With this King William IV, proposed he married her sister, who was two years younger, again the match is favoured by George's own parents and can not be faulted by King Leopold I of Belgium.

Making her Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Cambridge.
 
Princess Henrietta marries Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha in 1841.
Their children are:
George August
Antonia
Francis Edward
 
Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is Catholic, why would a Church of England Princess marry a Catholic monarch?

Not even a Monarch. Prince August was from a cadet branch. Chances are she'd marry the Duke of Cambridge or the Crown Prince of Hanover.

Also, I think we're missing a key factor: the Duke of Kent living longer. OTL he signed a will while dying giving guardianship of Victoria to his Duchess. That might not be the case here, especially if he's living at court or in London, where his relatives would have easy access. If so then Victoria and her sister would be wards of the King and raised as Hanovarians. Such a change would completely transform the Victorian era, especially who the Kent sisters would marry.
 
Not even a Monarch. Prince August was from a cadet branch. Chances are she'd marry the Duke of Cambridge or the Crown Prince of Hanover.

Also, I think we're missing a key factor: the Duke of Kent living longer. OTL he signed a will while dying giving guardianship of Victoria to his Duchess. That might not be the case here, especially if he's living at court or in London, where his relatives would have easy access. If so then Victoria and her sister would be wards of the King and raised as Hanovarians. Such a change would completely transform the Victorian era, especially who the Kent sisters would marry.

Oh well, if they are being raised by King George IV, these girls will be completely different.
 
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