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We know that Kate isn't really barren, as she had a daughter named Mary after she married Tom Seymour. So what if instead of with Tom, she had a child by Henry?

If she has a son (Henry? Owen?), that son will inherit should Edward die as scheduled. Would she be regent for her son, as she was during Henry's final French campaign?

If she has instead a daughter (Margaret? Catherine?), would this daughter be proclaimed Queen after Edward's death, as the only one of his sisters whose legitimacy would not be contested by either Catholics or Protestants? Or would her youth make Edward pass her over as well, and still leave the throne to Jane?

What happens to Mary and Elizabeth in these scenarios? Would Catherine still be allowed to remarry to Tom? Also, as Catherine wouldn't die of childbed fever, how much longer would her life be in this case?

We also know that Catherine was a devout Protestant, considering the incident of her near arrest due to accusations of heresy. What happens to Anglicanism in this case?
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