WI James I and VI was born a girl?

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It may be a wild card, but I think that is an interesting option: IOTL Elizabeth supported Henry of Navarre in his conflict against the Catholic League for the throne of France. So, what about the future Henry IV pushing further this alliance by offering his cousin Henry I of Condé as the husband of the young "Mary"? Between 1574 and 1586 he was a widower, and available to be married. Also, he was strongly Protestant, other point in favour of him. This way we would have a Protestant Bourbon England.

That's a cool idea.
 
Someone else whose marriage would have impact on young Mary (tho she might be also be named Margaret ;)) would be her cousin Arbella Stuart since she is also in line for the English throne. OTL she ended up being imprisoned by her cousin James for marrying William Seymour (6th in line) without his consent. If Mary-Margaret also fails to have any male children but Arbella does then...
 
Someone else whose marriage would have impact on young Mary (tho she might be also be named Margaret ;)) would be her cousin Arbella Stuart since she is also in line for the English throne. OTL she ended up being imprisoned by her cousin James for marrying William Seymour (6th in line) without his consent. If Mary-Margaret also fails to have any male children but Arbella does then...

Those Seymour men must have really had something...
 
If James VI is born as Princess Mary (given Mary Stuart's growing obsession with the English throne I think Margaret or even Elizabeth might be more likely) then you have a number of issues to consider.
1) The revolt that finally removed Mary (largely through her own bad luck and bad management) may well not happen as quickly.
2) If the above does happen as in otl then little changes - the child is declared Queen and the regency of her half uncle Moray then probably her grandfather probably continues.
3) Queen Mary's fate was sealed with her deposition unless her character changes she will continue to conspire from her English prison and eventually Elizabeth's council are going to push her to kill her. The young Scots Queen is likely to have like James VI been taught that her mother was the great jezebel and heretic and therfore the same reaction is likely public protest private relief but nothing to worry either nation.
3) Elizabeth's relations with Scotland are going to be no different - James' regents relied heavily on her as did James VI and were fastidious in avoiding offending her and more importantly Scotland's historic allies were Catholic. James' marriage in OTL was approved of by Elizabeth although she had little to do with it.
4) The Scots government are not going to allow yet another Queen to marry without their full approval - so expect a Protestant Prince preferably a younger son.
5) Domestic marriage is exceptionally unlikely - it would cause dissent as the young Queen's mother's second and third marriages had done and might undermine the power enjoyed by those aristos already in the young Queen's favour.
6) The only real threat to her chances of succeeding to England are a) a catholic marriage or b) the birth of a son to her uncle Lord Charles Stuart who would in this tl succeed his grandfather as Earl of Lennox wich would give the English and english born male heir (to be used as Elizabeth in OTL used his daughter Arabella as a potential threat to James VI but not a real one - Elizabeth was pretty clear in her view of who should succeed even if she never spelt it out).
7) COme 1603 unless Margaret/Elizabeth of Scots dies in childbrith in the 1590's succeeds in England.
 
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