Recently, I posted a thread asking what might have happened if William of Orange's invasion of England had failed, only to find an older thread asking the same question. I've thought a bit more about it and read a few more threads on the subject, mainly from the Historum forums, and I've come up with a new scenario. On other forums, it was agreed that James II had already made too many enemies, and that if he hadn't been captured or tried to escape, he might have been killed by his own soldiers. Here's my scenario:
In 1688, an ill wind sinks all/part of William of Orange's fleet and William with it. Fearing that they might be exposed, Princess Anne and her husband flee to Denmark or the Netherlands. James plans reprisals against those who plotted to depose him, but before the year is out he is assassinated by a Protestant soldier or group of Protestant soldiers.
Now James' eldest daughter is in the Netherlands, the second in Denmark or the Netherlands with her busband, and his baby Catholic son in England surrounded by Anglicans. What happens now? Would Parliament ask Mary, Anne and George to come back to England? Would they name Mary as Queen or name James Junior as King after having him rebaptised as an Anglican and clearing up the warming pan myth? If the latter, who would be the regent? Obviously, Parliament wouldn't want Mary of Modena.
What are your thoughts? Is this scenario possible?
In 1688, an ill wind sinks all/part of William of Orange's fleet and William with it. Fearing that they might be exposed, Princess Anne and her husband flee to Denmark or the Netherlands. James plans reprisals against those who plotted to depose him, but before the year is out he is assassinated by a Protestant soldier or group of Protestant soldiers.
Now James' eldest daughter is in the Netherlands, the second in Denmark or the Netherlands with her busband, and his baby Catholic son in England surrounded by Anglicans. What happens now? Would Parliament ask Mary, Anne and George to come back to England? Would they name Mary as Queen or name James Junior as King after having him rebaptised as an Anglican and clearing up the warming pan myth? If the latter, who would be the regent? Obviously, Parliament wouldn't want Mary of Modena.
What are your thoughts? Is this scenario possible?