John was the youngest child of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, born when Eleanor was 42 or 44 years old. How might history have changed if Eleanor and/or John had died during the birth?
Henry was in his thirties, he had time to re-marry, he certainly had time to have more children, as indeed he did.John was the youngest child of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, born when Eleanor was 42 or 44 years old. How might history have changed if Eleanor and/or John had died during the birth?
Henry was in his thirties, he had time to re-marry, he certainly had time to have more children, as indeed he did.
And now we get added competition between the 2 branches rather than full siblings![]()
He was betrothed once and married once, how much more pressure to marry would he need?There might be more pressure then for Richard to marry and reproduce, since in the OTL he seemed content to have John ad his heir.
Which sparked a thought. On checking, in OTL Arthur was the heir right up until Richard died. Arthur was 12. Which is why John was named as heir.He was betrothed once and married once, how much more pressure to marry would he need?
Having Philip sniffing around his borders, would suggest England wouldn't want any long minorities though.
Without Eleanor's influence you could see Richard acceding to Geoffrey being granted Aquitaine after young Henry's death