WI: House of Palatinate-Simmern inherits Great Britain?

Valena

Valena

Kellan Sullivan said:
Was there ever a serious chance of her becoming duchess of Savoy as wife to VAII? Or would the powers-that-be have intervened to prevent such a match?
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Had the Portuguese better did her research she would have ended up Queen of Portugal instead of Neuburg princess.
 
Old1812

Old1812

I'm trying to find candidates for a different wife for Charles II (b. 1650), so far I've found two that might work:
- Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1650), OTL wife of Christian V. IOTL, her mother was a strict Calvinist, and this caused negotiations for the marriage to be somewhat lengthy. Here, the marriage fell through and she was married to Charles. I think this is the most likely option personally, though I'm not sure who Christian marries here.

- Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1652)
 

isabella

Valena said:
Had the Portuguese better did her research she would have ended up Queen of Portugal instead of Neuburg princess.
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I do not know about this as the Neuburg princess was the Austrian proxy and Portugal wanted and needed that alliance
 

Kellan Sullivan

Old1812 said:
I'm trying to find candidates for a different wife for Charles II (b. 1650), so far I've found two that might work:
- Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel (b. 1650), OTL wife of Christian V. IOTL, her mother was a strict Calvinist, and this caused negotiations for the marriage to be somewhat lengthy. Here, the marriage fell through and she was married to Charles. I think this is the most likely option personally, though I'm not sure who Christian marries here.

- Magdalena Sibylla of Hesse-Darmstadt (b. 1652)
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Both are too young if you want Charles to marry quickly at the restoration.
 

Kellan Sullivan

Valena said:
Charlotte's father was friends with Prince Rupert but the estranged wife of Karl Ludwig is an aunt of Charlotte Amalie, so this match has very little chance to happen.
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As to a Hesse-Darmstadt girl, Kassel was usually pro-French/Prussian while Darmstadt was more pro-Austrian, so I don't see much possibility.

IIRC there was a Mecklenburg-Güstrow candidate and a princess of Schwarzburg considered OTL
 

Kellan Sullivan

ByzantineLover said:
Charles II, Elector Palatine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_II,_Elector_Palatine) was the cousin of OTL George I of Great Britain, and (please correct me if I'm wrong) would have been the heir to Queen Anne Stuart instead of his Aunt, Sophia of Hanover.

IOTL, he died childless in 1685 at the age of 34. What if he had survived and he, or a son, lived long enough to succeed Anne? By Anne's death in 1714, Charles would have been 63 years old, as opposed to George who was 54 and who passed away at the age of 67. Another consequence of his death was that the Electorate of the Palatinate passed to his Catholic cousin, Philip William of Neuburg.

EDIT: Charles was married to Princess Wilhelmina Ernestine of Denmark, but the marriage was unhappy and Charles' father was considering divorcing the two before his death. I imagine, if not for his death, the younger Charles would have divorced her and married someone else. Three candidates I found were:

Elisabeth of Mecklenburg-Güstrow (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Mecklenburg-Güstrow)
Fredericka Elisabeth of Saxe-Eisenach (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredericka_Elisabeth_of_Saxe-Eisenach)
Anna Sophie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Sophie_of_Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg)
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Galactic Mercenary

You might be interested in this timeline where the son of Prince Rupert inherit Great Britain.

TLIAW: Steadfast in Loyalty: The Story of Prince Rupert, the Cavalier Elector

Steadfast in Loyalty: The Story of Prince Rupert, the Cavalier Elector ======= What's this then? What it says on the tin! A TLIAW covering an alternate life of Prince Rupert, everyone's favourite cavalier. A TLIAW? Didn't people stop writing those years ago? Well, maybe... But I had an idea...
www.alternatehistory.com
 
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