Sons-in-Law for the House of York

So, for those of you that don't know, I started a thread a while back where Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales leaves a posthumous daughter, and she gets married to the future Edward V. This posthumous daughter also becomes stepdaughter to Richard, Duke of Gloucester (OTL Richard III), thereby butterflying away his treachery when EdIV dies.

That said, I'm busy scouting out possible foreign matches for the Yorkist princesses:

Elizabeth (1465-)
Mary (1466-)
Cecily (1469-)
Margaret (1472-)
Anne (1475-)
Catherine (1479-)
Bridget (1480-)

TTL the future James IV is not his OTL counterpart, but an older brother born in 1470; Margaret of York has a son by her husband and Juana la Beltraneja is pregnant by the duke of Lorraine, and Ferdinand and Isabella are having a slightly more difficult time uniting Castile and Aragon. Oh, and Henry Tudor is returned (being a nobody) and married off to the queen's niece, Elizabeth Herbert. Isabel Neville is deceased on schedule, Clarence is dangling by a very vague thread of loyalty (he might be marrying Princess Margaret of Scots here, so he's loyal to EIV solely for that reason - Mary of Burgundy's taken).

Any suggestions more than welcome.

NOTE: I'm aware of the OTL foreign matches considered for the princesses, but I was wondering if anyone has any other suggestions/mix-and-match OTL and ATL than those.
Also, I left the line up of princesses the same as OTL (partly because I'm too lazy to think up a new line up).
 
These were the proposed matches for all the York daughters in OTL

Elizabeth of York (proposed marriage to the Dauphin of France the future Charles VIII dropped when his father betrothed him to Mary of Burgundy's daughter Margaret - if Margaret of York gives Burgundy a male heir then that match won't happen of course)
Mary (in otl she died young but was initially proposed as a possible match to Hans of Denmark)
Cecily (betrothed in 74 to OTL future James IV it was dropped later and in 82 she was betrothed to the Duke of Albany the estranged brother of James III)
Anne (betrothed in 1480 to Philip the Fair Duke of Burgundy)
Catherine (at the time of Edward's death negotiations were in place for her to marry Juan Prince of the Asturias)
Bridget (may have been intended for the church from birth but she was only three at her father's death)

If as you suggest Margaret of York has a son - then forget Mary of Burgundy marrying Maximillian she isn't such a good catch anymore.

Another point - if Edward Prince of Wales is betrothed to the Lancastrian heiress then his brother Richard Duke of York will almost certainly be offered as a husband for Anne of Brittany if his first wife (anne mowbray) dies as in otl. (In OTL Edward wanted his heir to marry Anne of Brittany)

One issue with Edward IV was his tight fistedness when it came to betrothing his children - he didn't want to fork out a lot... which in part was why there were so few firm agreements made and agreed by his death (particular in relation to his eldest surviving daughters Elizabeth and Cecily)
 
hmm the duke of Burgundy might end up as the heir to the Yorkist claim. They'll definitely will use the title king of England in pretence in such an event, but will they be able to push their claim as a foreign dynasty? Will at least (most of) the Yorkists flock to their cause?
 
So, no Imperial Marriage for Mary of Burgundy - who's a good match for her and for Maximilian in such an event?

Well, for Mary (it would seem her marital value rested on her being heir) a match with the duke of Savoy or the Elector Palatine. You've already married off two other candidates for her hand - Ferdinand of Aragon and Nicolas d'Anjou. Maybe the duke of Clarence or the duke of Brittany - AFAIK her stepmom was in favor of the former.

As for Max, I can't say. I've never heard of any other match being considered for him - though perhaps a Portuguese cousin?
 
As for Max, I can't say. I've never heard of any other match being considered for him - though perhaps a Portuguese cousin?

Perhaps Elizabeth of York (becoming HRE is certainly prestigious enough for the oldest legitimate child of EIV). Another alternative is Ferdinand and Isabella's oldest daughter Isabella. In both cases there are age differences, but they aren't too bad.

IMO EIV came up with very grand marriage plans for all of his daughters even if the plans weren't firmed up. And I suspect that one or two would have gone through had he lived longer. IMO there aren't many other prestigious possibility for the son-in-laws of York.

Isabella of Aragon's OTL two husbands were good matches too. Afonso, Prince of Portugal might have been a suitable partner for one of EIV's younger daughters. Same with Manuel, Duke of Beja.

Distant possibilities might include heirs of either the Duke of Milan or the King of Naples.
 
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