what if Henry FitzRoy didn't die in 1536 but lived to be old? would he have been king? and what would his Kingship look like?
Henry VIII actually planned to make him King of Ireland at one point...
there's a thought, the Kingdom of Ireland a free country with it's own king![]()
Don't get me started on the Americans' bizarre definition of "free"but, while this Ireland would have been united and independent, it would have basically been a puppet of England.
Though that might change if Henry VIII still breaks with Rome.
by the time of POD he already had, and if he wants his Bastard to be king he'll have to stay split from Rome
But then when he did get Edward VI, Henry FitzRoy died - some people say he was bumped off by Henry VIII.
FitzRoy died 18 June 1536, Edward VI was born 12 October 1537
Evidently "some people" are talking bollocks, then
There was a history of unexplained illnesses in the family.
So this looks like a good POD.
I think Henry would have married her anyway, he seemed to be genuinely in love (of course, he was with Anne Boleyn as well at the time, and look what happened to heri'd imagine that given how sickly the Tours were that the butterflies would kill off "Edward VI" or make him a herin fact if FitzRoy never got consumption would Henry VIII even marry Jane Seymour? (he married her on May 30, 1536, 18 days before FitzRoy died)
there's a thought, the Kingdom of Ireland a free country with it's own king![]()