WI: Jeanne de Albret marries Henry VIII Tudor

What if Jeanne de Albret marries Henry VIII what would be the consequence of this marriage.

If (a very big if) this marriage happened it would be tulmultous and brief and end in Annulment - Jeanne, barely 11 years old when in 1540 (OTL) H-8 married Anne of Cleves, would be a most unwilling bride and Henry would quickly wish to be rid of her. Also, whoever arranged the match would probably lose his head.
 
If (a very big if) this marriage happened it would be tulmultous and brief and end in Annulment - Jeanne, barely 11 years old when in 1540 (OTL) H-8 married Anne of Cleves, would be a most unwilling bride and Henry would quickly wish to be rid of her. Also, whoever arranged the match would probably lose his head.

But if they had a son that succeeds to both Navarre and England then that means their son will have both England,Basque Country and Gascony, which will happen if his earlier son still dies as OTL thus the Hundred years war will restart.
 
Yes, if Henry VIII & Jeanne marry, if they have a son, if Edward VI dies as per OTL, and if Henry & Jeanne's son - of course named Henry - lives past childhood, that child becomes Henry IX of England and Henry III of Navarre. Then yes, England is drawn into France's Huguenot/Catholic wars.
 
Yes, if Henry VIII & Jeanne marry, if they have a son, if Edward VI dies as per OTL, and if Henry & Jeanne's son - of course named Henry - lives past childhood, that child becomes Henry IX of England and Henry III of Navarre. Then yes, England is drawn into France's Huguenot/Catholic wars.

...eventually. Said child Henry would inherit England a full 25 years before Navarre, assuming OTL death years for his parents. That's a long time to be in control of one country's foreign policy before inheriting another. As King of England, with a limited strike capacity, he may tinker in the Wars of Religion but not want to be press hard for the crown of France because he might well think as a 16th century Englishman by 1572 - that England is an island nation no longer suited to warfare on the continent, and that the French wouldn't accept him as an Englishman, even as a champion of Protestantism. Even moreso, it may be true - he might lose most of the Huguenot support because of his English background, which could mean a more crushing defeat for the divided-loyalty Huguenots.
 
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