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On the 10th June 1840 Edward Oxford attempted to assassinate a four month pregnant Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, however he missed and all three survived.

There are seven possible ways the assassinated attempt may have played out.

1.Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their four month pregnant baby are killed.
2.Queen Victoria and her four month pregnant baby are killed.
3.Queen Victoria and Prince Albert are killed.
4.Prince Albert and his four month pregnant baby are killed.
5.Prince Albert is killed.
6.Queen Victoria is killed.
7.Their four month pregnant baby is killed.
8. All three survive, OTL

Frieda Mangold born in 2014 in Germany was 21 weeks and 5 days, her twin brother Kilian died however, Frieda is the earliest baby born, so Victoria daughter Victoria would be born three to four weeks earlier at seventeen to eighteen weeks, and Frieda was born with modern medical techniques

So in any case the baby would only survive if Queen Victoria survived so 3 and 6 would most likely not happen

So then if Queen Victoria survived but a family died, her husband, daughter, or both, how would this affect the rest of her reign and would how would this change in style affect history

Then there is if Queen Victoria was killed. If she is killed then her Uncle, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, would be King. How would his rule play out. And if Prince Albert survived how would he affect Ernest's reign, would be still a prominent member of British politics or would he be forced out of Britain, if so who would force him out, the pubic, parliament, or the monarchy.

Therefore there are five possible ways this timeline might go.

1. Queen Victoria survives but loses Albert.
2. Queen Victoria survives but loses her daughter.
3. Queen Victoria survives but loses both.
4. She and Albert are killed and her Uncle is king.
4. She is killed and her Uncle is king and Albert is forced out of British politics.
5. She is killed and her Uncle is king and Albert remains a prominent member of British politics.

So how would history change?

If Ernest Augustus was king, and probably unpopular, might it be possible that civilians, military personal, and politicians might band together to overthrow the King of Hanover and turn Britain into a republic. How would such a change affect Britain and the rest of the world? Might it be that without a figurehead like Victoria the British Empire might collapse as there may be a lack of morale since there is no popular monarch anymore. Perhaps this collapse might mean other empires may try and take colonies off the now weak British Empire. Or perhaps if Prince Albert survives he may be placed on the throne as the new King meaning a new line of succession may unfold, perhaps he never remarries and so his nephew or cousin or someone may take the throne after him. How would the reign of Albert turn out?
 
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That list of variables is mildly annoying. Insofar as I am aware, who would've wanted her dead to begin with?
Well there is theory that Edward Oxford may of been part of a group called Young England whose members may of included the King of Hanover and Lord Palmerston and so Edward Oxford may have been on direct orders from them to assassinate the Queen.
 
It's unlikely Albert would remain in England if Victoria died without issue. He'd likely leave like Princess Charlotte's husband Leopold.
Well there is theory that Edward Oxford may of been part of a group called Young England whose members may of included the King of Hanover and Lord Palmerston and so Edward Oxford may have been on direct orders from them to assassinate the Queen.
If the conspiracy is true and exposed, Uncle Ernest will be replaced by a succession of brothers without lawful issue. Eventually Augusta Cambridge (OTL Queen Mary's aunt) and her line succeed. This might butterfly her grandson shooting himself.
 
A four month pregnant baby? I take it RNG means that Victoria is four months pregnant.

Edward Oxford didn't have loaded pistols - at least no bullets were found (he fired two pistols and hit nothing). He said he hadn't loaded them with anything other than gunpowder. He was found to be a mental case. He ended up at Broadmoor before being sent to Australia, where he actually led a fairly normal life. Later in life, he claimed he made the attempt for notoriety.

There were eight attempts on Victoria's life during her reign. Oxford was the first.

Right now, RNG has posited 8 (eight, not seven) ways for the attempt to come off and 6 (with two #4's) options for a further scenarios - including the preposterous ones where widower Albert, a German national with no living children remains in England and either becomes involved in English politics or gets put on the throne as King Albert.

Well there is theory that Edward Oxford may of been part of a group called Young England whose members may of included the King of Hanover and Lord Palmerston and so Edward Oxford may have been on direct orders from them to assassinate the Queen.

The Young England that Edward Oxford believed he was a part of was an imaginary militia group. The Young England RNG is confusing with Oxford's delusion was at one time headed Benjamin Disraeli, who later became Prime Minister. It was not a military organization, but a social one and I seriously doubt that the King of Hanover would be asked to join a group of young social justice warriors (to use today's terminology) in England.
 
Well, Parliament can decide to pass over Ernest in favor of somebody else if they like. His eldest younger brother was Augustus Frederick, who married illegally without the Crown's permission, so he'd be skipped most likely. It would then devolve to Adolphus. He seems fine - he's 66 with three children all under 21, his eldest a male - so the succession issues of the last few decades would be in the past. After King Adolphus/King Adolph/King Frederick I's reign (waving butterflies he rules 1840-1850), it would then go to his son, TTL's George V. If you want to wave butterflies again - hard, I know - he would rule for 54 years (through 1904).

George, son of Adolphus, has an illegal wedding of his own of course, but that didn't occur IOTL until 1847.
 

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Nope, see attachment :winkytongue:

Not lowering my firewalls - but, let me guess: this is that baby whose twin gestated inside her that I heard about a few years back?

Not the same thing, Jonas - that was still a pregnancy of the mother, not the baby. Just a sibling wanting to be TOO close. ("Lisa's so shy she stayed inside of her sister inside of her mother!")
 
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