The Last Hanover: The Life and Reign of Queen Charlotte
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Love this, I think I know want pirates of the Caribbean Conroy.
Also surprised Luisa wasn’t proposed as Afonso’s future wife to sweeten the deal.
Also surprised Luisa wasn’t proposed as Afonso’s future wife to sweeten the deal.
Given the mortality rate in the Spanish royal family, Luisa unfortunately has to stay in Spain and marry a cousin (this is the last generation of inbreeding for Spain for awhile, I promise) to avoid the whole Iberian Union thing.
(Also, Ludovika has laid down the law: Afonso is marrying one of her nieces. Miguel figures anyone who is even remotely related to and thus like his awesome wife is also going to be awesome, so he doesn't mind)
danielsantiago45
Banned
I sweat to God the Royal families of portugal and spain (the new bourbon one) have taken too much of a page of the Habsburgs: Any doubts of succession? Marry a relative! No princes or princesses worthy? Marry a relative! Doubt about anything? Marry a relative!
Hopefully, as you said, the gene pool will be refreshed with new DNA, wouldnt want another Charles II.
John Fredrick Parker
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I'm guessing there's a fair chance Otto I of Greece actually has children TTL -- which arguably may be a deciding factor in averting his overthrow thirty years down the line.
danielsantiago45
Banned
Or he could do a Charles XIII of Sweden and adopt an heir, remember that Happy said Bernadotte would appear.
In OTL they got much worse than the Habsburg Spanish (NOT a surprise, considering who also Trastamara and Avis had been pretty keen on intermarriages, specially the latter). And Habsburg Lorraine and other Bourbons were also quite in the ”game” but not at the same level (or well see also the Savoy with two first cousins marriage in a row)
danielsantiago45
Banned
Hopefully this time they Will seek outside the family tree before it collapses on itself
This line is hilarious!
Maybe if someone in the royal family has twins, one twin could be the patron for Cambridge, and the other twin could be the patron for Oxford?
Oooh, can't wait
Out of everyone in this TL, I'm Isabel Maria lol
Oooh, that could work!
If I've worked it out correctly, Isabel and Carlos are - due to both their mothers being the nieces of their uncles* - simultaneously first cousins, second cousins, and double first cousins once removed.
*And, naturally, Ferdinand and Carlos' brother Francisco also married a niece. And one of their sisters married their uncle. Apparently two creepy uncles was not enough for that family. You would think Spanish royalty would be more careful about incest after Charles II, but no. Hopefully this time they'll at least wait for the bride to be of age before performing the marriage.
Hurray! It's back!
I loved the chapter, squeaked at the mention of Governor Melbourne (thank you so much for going along with that ❤)
And don't think I didn't notice the mention of Baron Stuart de Rothesay and his wife and daughters arriving at Court 😉
Let's hope George enjoys his time in the Navy!
Looking forward to more, as always 😃
I loved the chapter, squeaked at the mention of Governor Melbourne (thank you so much for going along with that ❤)
And don't think I didn't notice the mention of Baron Stuart de Rothesay and his wife and daughters arriving at Court 😉
Let's hope George enjoys his time in the Navy!
Looking forward to more, as always 😃
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Thank you (and @VVD0D95 , @WillVictoria , and @Kellan Sullivan ) for all your help writing this installment and this TL! ❤️
... not me frantically writing a scene with Conroy, rum, and a zombie monkey lol
Ewww 🤢 my inner biology nerd is so very upset at this.
Yeah, the whole thing is just absolutely ridiculous. The family tree is just a very twisty stick at this point.
Isabel will be sixteen when she marries, and this is absolutely the last crazy genetic inbreeding generation for the Bourbons of Spain, pinky swear!
danielsantiago45
Banned
And even after the reality check that was Carlos II they all still do it! Honeslty do the idea of fresh stock on gene pool is so unappilling to them?!
The Avis and the Trastamara you mean… the Spanish Habsburg were NOT worse than their predecessors and successors, only more unlucky
Politics and diplomacy dictate the matches, and Carlos II was mostly back luck as he had a perfectly healthy full sister and an healthy niece with a worst gene pool than his own by the way…
danielsantiago45
Banned
Hopefully, even with politics ont he way, the new generation can marry both for love as best girl Lotte did and with someone they are nost as closely related as Isabella and her future Beau.