WI: Henry VII marries Joanna of Naples?

Just what the title says. What if Henry VII marries Joanna? In OTL the marriage negotiations seemed to be fairly serious and I can't find any specific reasons that the negotiations fell threw. So lets say they marry in either 1505 or 1506 what happens next? Does the marriage produce children and if so is it a daughter, a son or both? If a son, how does having a (much) younger half brother and equally young step mother effect Henry VIII's reign? Is he still obsessed with having a son? Would Henry VIII try to claim Naples on their behalf? Further down the road, would we see a person for the Catholic opposition to rally behind? Or would he be more protestant then his brother?
 
I think drama over Catherine's dowry/marriage and the death of Philip I in 1506 put an end to negotiations, as Henry decided to pursue the hand of Juanna la Loca instead.
 
I think drama over Catherine's dowry/marriage and the death of Philip I in 1506 put an end to negotiations, as Henry decided to pursue the hand of Juanna la Loca instead.

OK the dowry part makes since but there was no chance whatsoever that Henry VII would mary Juana. I mean crazy or not, she was a reigning sovereign and I doubt the Castillian Cortes would be happy if Ferdinand II tried to send her off to England. What if Henry and Joanna were married before Philip's death? Would that work?
 

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OK the dowry part makes since but there was no chance whatsoever that Henry VII would mary Juana. I mean crazy or not, she was a reigning sovereign and I doubt the Castillian Cortes would be happy if Ferdinand II tried to send her off to England. What if Henry and Joanna were married before Philip's death? Would that work?

How could Henry marry Joanna before her husband's death?
 
OK the dowry part makes since but there was no chance whatsoever that Henry VII would mary Juana. I mean crazy or not, she was a reigning sovereign and I doubt the Castillian Cortes would be happy if Ferdinand II tried to send her off to England. What if Henry and Joanna were married before Philip's death? Would that work?

I think so. However, you need to allow enough time for negotiations back and forth, which take a while. Have you read the report of his commissioners who he sent to visit the Queen?

OTL Henry VII for whatever reason was very very decided upon the marriage to Juanna, regardless of her mental afflictions, and was very shocked/upset by Ferdinand's delays and obstinacy to let go of Castille. When he finally realized it was never going to happen it drove a wedge between the two, which Catherine naturally bore the brunt of.
 
I think so. However, you need to allow enough time for negotiations back and forth, which take a while. Have you read the report of his commissioners who he sent to visit the Queen?

OTL Henry VII for whatever reason was very very decided upon the marriage to Juanna, regardless of her mental afflictions, and was very shocked/upset by Ferdinand's delays and obstinacy to let go of Castille. When he finally realized it was never going to happen it drove a wedge between the two, which Catherine naturally bore the brunt of.

Any idea why he was so fixated on Juanna? I mean sure she was supposedly beautiful and a sovereign in her own right but there was really little to no chance of a marriage between them. Surely Henry knew that.
 
Any idea why he was so fixated on Juanna? I mean sure she was supposedly beautiful and a sovereign in her own right but there was really little to no chance of a marriage between them. Surely Henry knew that.

Apparently not. I think he thought her pretty (she had visited England recently) and was encouraged by her fertility.
 
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