I was doing some research for my time line (*insert plug here*) and I came across a very interesting man who fought for the French, falling unfortunately at the Battle of Pavia: Richard de la Pole, who declared himself Earl of Suffolk and was the last head of the House of York to publicly claim the English throne. Louis XII saw him as useful tool against Henry VIII, as did François I when he was at odds with Henry.
Is there any chance of this man possibly claiming the throne, or is he just going to cause a ruckus? The Tudors are firmly entrenched in my timeline and aren't going anywhere anytime soon, but I was just curious -- there was no Battle of Pavia, so he still lives presumably, but I don't see him as a useful pawn, as François' eldest son, the Dauphin, marries Princess Mary in 1533 -- a much greater way to gain a useful ally in England, if your daughter-in-law might one day be it's Queen. He could easily find himself handed over to Henry VIII, or simply banished from France and forced to find someone new to finance his pretensions.
Is it possible he may just fade into the French nobility, accorded some title in the French Peerage to appease his pretensions, like Duc de York, or Suffolk? I could certainly see the French de la Poles becoming essentially like the Guises and other Princes Ètranger.
Is there any chance of this man possibly claiming the throne, or is he just going to cause a ruckus? The Tudors are firmly entrenched in my timeline and aren't going anywhere anytime soon, but I was just curious -- there was no Battle of Pavia, so he still lives presumably, but I don't see him as a useful pawn, as François' eldest son, the Dauphin, marries Princess Mary in 1533 -- a much greater way to gain a useful ally in England, if your daughter-in-law might one day be it's Queen. He could easily find himself handed over to Henry VIII, or simply banished from France and forced to find someone new to finance his pretensions.
Is it possible he may just fade into the French nobility, accorded some title in the French Peerage to appease his pretensions, like Duc de York, or Suffolk? I could certainly see the French de la Poles becoming essentially like the Guises and other Princes Ètranger.