Weird Dream AHC

Last night I dreamt that there was a dark skinned (as in brown) European king during the late 17th/early 18th century

Your challenge is to make that true without altering the fundamental nature of European civilisation (no Islamic or Mongol conquests beyond OTL)
 
Make the Spanish rulting dynasty being more linked with formers rulers of islamic and post-islamic Al-Andalus, having more arabo-berber blood; instead of being burgondo-germanic sovereigns.
It's far from being implausible, i know at least two nobles in Tarn that descent respectivly 7 and 4 times from Muhammad (or at least from nobles islamic families tht claim descent to him).
 
Last night I dreamt that there was a dark skinned (as in brown) European king during the late 17th/early 18th century

Your challenge is to make that true without altering the fundamental nature of European civilisation (no Islamic or Mongol conquests beyond OTL)

If we can't alter the fundamental nature of European civilisation, can we alter the fundamental nature of civilisation outside of Europe. If for example Northern Africa remains Christian, I assume they will be considered equal to European christians and there will be marriages between North African and European rulers/kings and possibly including mariages between rulers of Christian nations in other parts of Africa, like Ethiopia. That way I could see one of their rulers on a European throne, just like Britain got Germans as its kings.
 
It's actually easier than that. Have two white parents give birth to a black baby. While genetics wasn't really understood back then, make the father (the king) believe his wife (the queen) she hasn't been with anyone else and recognize the child as his heir.
 
There was a story about a French noblewoman who gave birth to a very brown child because she had drunk too much chocolate - at least that is what her physician said. She also had a black servant, but honni soit qui mal y pense:D

Let's say that some European queen becomes very fond of chocolate (let's say Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel, queen of Denmark) et voilà

Another possibility are the Bourbon of Bhopal. Due to an epidemic, they become the only legitimate heirs to France or Spain.
 
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