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I'm in need of help as I plan out the future of my timeline, To Wear A Crown. While I have a pretty good idea of everything that will happen in the next 10 years of said timeline, I need to make sure I don't make decisions that will hinder some of my long term plans 30-50 years down the road.

Here's a brief synopsis of my TL: Henry VI of England dies in August 1453 and Margaret of Anjou suffers a miscarriage because of the circumstances of his death. Both Richard, Duke of York, and Edmund, Duke of Somerset, claim the throne and after a six-month war it is York, now Richard III, that emerges victorious.

1) What is the realistic maximum age difference of a royal marriage with the bride older than the groom? (For example, Margaret Beaufort, b.1443, and James III, b.1451/2)

Based on Henry VIII marriage to Catherine of Aragon, it seems to be six, however there were other circumstances say her dowry and alliance that seemed to have affected it. The eight year difference between Margaret and James III rules out my first idea, but leads to my second question...

2) Would a King of Scots, lets say James IV, marry a Scottish noblewoman if she were the heir to the Earl of Angus (the Red Douglas) and had a claim to the English throne?

Richard III is looking to diplomatically "get rid" of Margaret of Anjou from England so she doesn't marry someone in his realm like Catherine Valois (the Tudors) or Jacquetta of Luxembourg (the Woodvilles) had done in the last 30 years. He's about to arrange the marriage of Joan of Portugal to his son Edward, in OTL Joan wed Henry IV of Castile, so...

3) How would a marriage between Margaret of Anjou and Henry IV of Castile effect the Catalonian Civil War/War again John II?

4) And how would a child(ren) by this couple, legitimacy undisputed, effect the dynastic dynamics between Aragon, Castile, Navarre, and Portugal?

Any thoughts you have to these questions would be most welcome, especially those concerning the Iberian kingdoms since my knowledge is pretty bad. And don't hesitate to ask me questions either, though I don't want to give everything away so I might be a little evasive in my answers if it gets close to a major plot point.

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