Stuart survival

The two infant daughters of Queen Anne, Mary and Anne Sophia, do not contract smallpox and die. They did not seem to have the infirmities the Duke of Gloucester did later. One or both of them survived to relatively healthy adulthood and had heirs.
 
The two infant daughters of Queen Anne, Mary and Anne Sophia, do not contract smallpox and die. They did not seem to have the infirmities the Duke of Gloucester did later. One or both of them survived to relatively healthy adulthood and had heirs.

Maybe the eldest could be married either to prince George of Hanover (IOTL George II) or to John William Friso. Probably William III would still be alive when the decision for her marriage is made, so he would have an important role in it.
 
Maybe the eldest could be married either to prince George of Hanover (IOTL George II) or to John William Friso. Probably William III would still be alive when the decision for her marriage is made, so he would have an important role in it.

Doubt either one of them. Anne hated the Hanovarians so she would resist any match to them. And John William Friso might be to low ranking. I mean the other two Dutch marriages were to the guaranteed heir to the Stadtholdership or to the Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. John William wasn't either of those things. A better match would be with Charles or William of Denmark. First cousins yes, but fitting for the heiress presumptive to the throne. Or the son of an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.
 
How unlikely was a match to someone in the British nobility at that time? I'm thinking of the offspring of one of Charles II's illegitimate children. Something like that would strengthen the Stuart connection.
 
Doubt either one of them. Anne hated the Hanovarians so she would resist any match to them. And John William Friso might be to low ranking. I mean the other two Dutch marriages were to the guaranteed heir to the Stadtholdership or to the Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. John William wasn't either of those things. A better match would be with Charles or William of Denmark. First cousins yes, but fitting for the heiress presumptive to the throne. Or the son of an Elector of the Holy Roman Empire.


To be fair, much of Anne's dislike of Sophia and George was because they had been declared her successors. She sort of felt that they were shroud-waving, hoping she would hurry up and die. If her own children were to succeed her, she might be less hostile.
 
To be fair, much of Anne's dislike of Sophia and George was because they had been declared her successors. She sort of felt that they were shroud-waving, hoping she would hurry up and die. If her own children were to succeed her, she might be less hostile.

True. its possible. Oh and just realized the Royal House wouldn't be Stuart, it would be Oldenburg. Well unless the Queen declares differently but I doubt it would happen.
 
True. its possible. Oh and just realized the Royal House wouldn't be Stuart, it would be Oldenburg. Well unless the Queen declares differently but I doubt it would happen.

Hm. Any chance of Oldenburg itself ending up in British union ? Weren't the Oldenburgs also married into the Russian royal house ?
 
Hm. Any chance of Oldenburg itself ending up in British union ? Weren't the Oldenburgs also married into the Russian royal house ?

Yep I think they were. A branch of the Oldenburgs ruled the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein and this branch married into the Russian Imperial Family. But IDK if they could get Oldenburg itself.
 
That rings bells. Holstein-Gottorp. Wasn't the Danish royal house from Oldenburg at one stage. That could be an interesting combination. And , for once, the damn Salic law isn't involved.

Yes, our Prince George was the second son (of two) of Fred. III of Denmark & Oldenburg. But the Oldenburgs seem to have been a prolific bunch, producing plenty of heirs and spares. So probably no likelihood of anything doing there.
 
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That rings bells. Holstein-Gottorp. Wasn't the Danish royal house from Oldenburg at one stage. That could be an interesting combination. And , for once, the damn Salic law isn't involved.

Yes, our Prince George was the second son (of two) of Fred. III of Denmark & Oldenburg. But the Oldenburgs seem to have been a prolific bunch, producing plenty of heirs and spares. So probably no likelihood of anything doing there.

Actually the Oldenburgs still rule Denmark to this day.
 
IIRC the 'Holstein-Gottorp' branch of the Danish royal family, the one that ended up in control of Oldenburg until WW1, actually acquired Oldenburg in exchange for surrendering their rights in Holstein to the Danish crown.
 
And John William Friso might be to low ranking. I mean the other two Dutch marriages were to the guaranteed heir to the Stadtholdership or to the Stadtholder of the Dutch Republic. John William wasn't either of those things.
If William III was still alive and had no children, he would have made it clear that Johan Willem Friso would be his successor to the stadholdership of Holland, Zeeland, Gelderland, utrecht and Overijssel. They wouldn't know that a second stadholderless age would arise after his death. Besides that Johan Willem Friso was (or at least would be) stadholder of Friesland and Groningen.
 
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