WI: Henry VIII looks Northwards?

Hi, just curious about something. OTL, Henry VII was quite determined to reclaim the lands held by England prior to the Hundred year war, he was unsuccessful and did little more than waste lives. Would attempting to re-establish the North sea empire make more sense and see some success? Denmark was veering away from Catholicism at this point and is weaker than France, especially as Scotland wouldn't necessarily invade at the onset.

Is this viable?

Thanks in advance.
 
Hi, just curious about something. OTL, Henry VIII was quite determined to reclaim the lands held by England prior to the Hundred year war, he was unsuccessful and did little more than waste lives. Would attempting to re-establish the North sea empire make more sense and see some success? Denmark was veering away from Catholicism at this point and is weaker than France, especially as Scotland wouldn't necessarily invade at the onset.

Is this viable?

Thanks in advance.

Except Denmark and England had a strained relation due to Denmark's Franco-Scots alliance. The duke of Suffolk's youngest son, Richard de la Pole was proposed for an alt-king of England/to cause trouble by the king of France and to marry a Danish princess. So it would be tricky. Not undoable, IMO, just very difficult
 
Before 1523, Denmark-Norway was aligned with the emperor on account of Christian II's marriage to Charles V's sister Isabella. Furthermore, the reformation was only established in Denmark in 1536, after Henry's break with Rome. So I don't see that as being a cause for conquest.

Besides.. why would Henry want to go on a conquering spree in Scandinavia when he has intransigent Scots on his borders and the French and the Empire to deal with on top?
 
Before 1523, Denmark-Norway was aligned with the emperor on account of Christian II's marriage to Charles V's sister Isabella. Furthermore, the reformation was only established in Denmark in 1536, after Henry's break with Rome. So I don't see that as being a cause for conquest.

Besides.. why would Henry want to go on a conquering spree in Scandinavia when he has intransigent Scots on his borders and the French and the Empire to deal with on top?

I was actually referring to the plausibility of an Anglo-Danish alliance rather than an English conquest of Denmark
 
Besides.. why would Henry want to go on a conquering spree in Scandinavia when he has intransigent Scots on his borders and the French and the Empire to deal with on top?

The same reason he attacked France in the first place, power. The Danes have a significant level of trade under lock and key through the Baltic. Furthermore, the main reason for Henry was determined to reclaim the lands held by England prior to the Hundred years war, this was the cause of many of his attacks on France, and Scotland too, especially at Flodden field. At no point was England truly ready to fight the French in this way, even with significant aid from others on the continent.

Henry VII was very much a fool in this regard.

I understand that the reformation took place in Denmark after the English had already turned protestant, but England was very much a forced event. Henry enforced it and any who opposed died. In Denmark I believe this was less true, with a much more natural process leading to reformation. I may be wrong about this, but Denmark was starting to stray from the Catholic church at this time.

My main question is not about the why, quite frankly, if Henry VII wanted to invade he was willing to make up a reason for it, and as he was a favourite of the pope before his departure from the church, he could get away with it quite often. Pretext for war could range from trading rights and privileges to religious differences, especially as Fredrick 1 claimed religious freedom from Rome in 1523. The question I want answered is whether it would change anything.

Thank you very much for the help you're providing.
 
The same reason he attacked France in the first place, power. The Danes have a significant level of trade under lock and key through the Baltic. Furthermore, the main reason for Henry was determined to reclaim the lands held by England prior to the Hundred years war, this was the cause of many of his attacks on France, and Scotland too, especially at Flodden field. At no point was England truly ready to fight the French in this way, even with significant aid from others on the continent.

Henry VIII was very much a fool in this regard.

I understand that the reformation took place in Denmark after the English had already turned protestant, but England was very much a forced event. Henry enforced it and any who opposed died. In Denmark I believe this was less true, with a much more natural process leading to reformation. I may be wrong about this, but Denmark was starting to stray from the Catholic church at this time.

My main question is not about the why, quite frankly, if Henry VIII wanted to invade he was willing to make up a reason for it, and as he was a favourite of the pope before his departure from the church, he could get away with it quite often. Pretext for war could range from trading rights and privileges to religious differences, especially as Fredrick 1 claimed religious freedom from Rome in 1523. The question I want answered is whether it would change anything.

Thank you very much for the help you're providing.
 
But.....Henry VIII was Catholic, he was just Pope in England, to use the formal church titles, he called himself Supreme Head, but it was really Pope. He hated reformers. He just wanted an annulment from Katherine of Aragon and when he didn't get it, he used a reformist idea to change the laws of the church for his own purpose, he was never a proponent of Lutheranism or anything like that. He essentially lived and died a Catholic, just under the English flag (so to speak).
 
It wasn't until Edward VI that the reformation really began in England. HE was the protestant reformer; his father merely built the machine, the son (and his advisors) are the ones who set it in motion and made it work.
 
My main question is not about the why, quite frankly, if Henry VII wanted to invade he was willing to make up a reason for it, and as he was a favourite of the pope before his departure from the church, he could get away with it quite often. Pretext for war could range from trading rights and privileges to religious differences, especially as Fredrick 1 claimed religious freedom from Rome in 1523. The question I want answered is whether it would change anything.

Sorry, I just don't think it's plausible for H8 to go reverse William the Conqueror on Scandinavia.

As for you question. Of course it would change things. Everything would change.
 
Okay, if the people of this forum don't think it is possible then I'll defer to that. Thank you all so very much for the help.
 
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