WI: King Edward I of England remarries to Yolanda of Dreux?

IOTL, after the death of his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, in 1290, Edward I of England remained single until 1299 when, after some bungled diplomacy and fighting, he married Margaret, half-sister to the King of France.

I know Edward was eager for peace with France, but it seemed to me like there was another readily available match in 1290/1291 - Yolanda of Dreux, second wife of Edward's former brother-in-law, King Alexander III of Scotland. In 1290/1292, Yolanda was 27/28 to Margaret of France's 11/12, and Edward wanted to get more male heirs ASAP.

Basically, what if, after his first wife's death, Edward I had married Yolanda of Dreux instead of Margaret of France? Any thoughts?
 
IOTL, after the death of his first wife, Eleanor of Castile, in 1290, Edward I of England remained single until 1299 when, after some bungled diplomacy and fighting, he married Margaret, half-sister to the King of France.

I know Edward was eager for peace with France, but it seemed to me like there was another readily available match in 1290/1291 - Yolanda of Dreux, second wife of Edward's former brother-in-law, King Alexander III of Scotland. In 1290/1292, Yolanda was 27/28 to Margaret of France's 11/12, and Edward wanted to get more male heirs ASAP.

Basically, what if, after his first wife's death, Edward I had married Yolanda of Dreux instead of Margaret of France? Any thoughts?
Doesn't marrying a brother-in-law's wife violate a prohibition in Leviticus?
 
Yes, but it also fulfils Deuteronomy 25:5. Then again, I wouldn't really know. I'm not a theologian.
The problem is that the canonic law could prevent it, on basis of cosanguinuty and affinity : I'm not sure the modifications carried in 1215 wuld cover such in-law to in-law union, but I don't think so (IIRC, it focused on step-child to step-child).
Now, the situation is marginal enough for that a dispense could be obtained, but I don't think the simple need to breed would be worth the trouble, especially when it carries no political or diplomatical advantage.
 
The problem is that the canonic law could prevent it, on basis of cosanguinuty and affinity : I'm not sure the modifications carried in 1215 wuld cover such in-law to in-law union, but I don't think so (IIRC, it focused on step-child to step-child).
Now, the situation is marginal enough for that a dispense could be obtained, but I don't think the simple need to breed would be worth the trouble, especially when it carries no political or diplomatical advantage.

Okay, so there's a slim chance. I just find the idea intriguing. Yolanda was a member of a powerful/influential Capetian cadet branch, and while reading her Wikipedia article, I found this: "In addition to providing an heir for the Kingdom of Scotland, Alexander's marriage to Yolande represented a move to distance Alexander from his neighbour Edward I of England, and to emphasize Scottish independence from England."

If Edward viewed the marriage between Alexander and Yolanda this way, then I could possibly see him remarrying to Yolanda as another demonstration of dominance over the Scots. He had no qualms about making such overtures IOTL.
 
If Edward viewed the marriage between Alexander and Yolanda this way, then I could possibly see him remarrying to Yolanda as another demonstration of dominance over the Scots. He had no qualms about making such overtures IOTL.
As you said Yolande was relatively tied to Capetians, but it came more from her father and her grandfather's own ties, than the quite distant kinship with the royal house (the House of Dreux tended to marry with Francian nobility as Montforts). Count of Dreux were, while familiars of Capetians, not that of an important house : Alexander III eventually married Yolande because his previous diplomatic(and more prestigious) marriage ended without surviving child and that Yolanda was, so to speak, avaible.

Not that Edward wouldn't want a Capetian marriage, but he could benefit from actually marrying into the royal house directly : he could have either have stood for the planned marriage of Edward II and Blanche (which might have prevented her engagement to Rudolf I), or having married Margaret when proposed instead of refusing (to be honest, the question of Gascony was complex but we already discussed this in another thread).

I know that is often an aftertought in many "what if X married Y" threads, but nobiliar unions generally answered to political or diplomatical motives or treaties sealing.
On this regard, there was not much to be gained marrying to a lesser house, except marking him as more or less dominated by Capetians, or at least their ally (as Alexander III did).
 
Yolanda had no children with Alexander so there is no fear of step children's claim.

Edward (1239-1307) 1a) Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290) 2b) Yolande (1263-1323)

1a) Katherine (1264)
2a) Joanna (1265)
3a) John (1266–1271)
4a) Henry (1268-1274)
5a) Eleanor (1269-1298)
6a) Juliana (1271)
7a) Joan (1272-1307)
8a) Alphonso (1273-1284)
9a) Margaret (1275-1333)
10a) Berengaria (1276-1278)
11a) Mary (1279-1332)
12a) Elizabeth (1282-1313)
13a) Edward (1284–1327)
14b) Richard (1294-1345)
15b) Beatrice (1295-????)
16b) Matilda (1296-????)
17b) Alice (1297-1377)
18b) Blanche (1300-1302)
19b) Eleanor (1302-1366)

Richard is named after his uncle Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, as second surviving son, he was the spare heir. I'd imagine he is married to Elizabeth de Clare (1295-1360) She is the youngest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre (Richard's older sister) When Elizabeth's brother dies without heir, Elizabeth and Richard aquire the titles, creating the 1st Duke of Gloucester and Hertford.

The four surviving daughters are either married off to noblemen who are loyal to the crown or would become nuns.
 
Yolanda had no children with Alexander so there is no fear of step children's claim.

Edward (1239-1307) 1a) Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290) 2b) Yolande (1263-1323)

1a) Katherine (1264)
2a) Joanna (1265)
3a) John (1266–1271)
4a) Henry (1268-1274)
5a) Eleanor (1269-1298)
6a) Juliana (1271)
7a) Joan (1272-1307)
8a) Alphonso (1273-1284)
9a) Margaret (1275-1333)
10a) Berengaria (1276-1278)
11a) Mary (1279-1332)
12a) Elizabeth (1282-1313)
13a) Edward (1284–1327)
14b) Richard (1294-1345)
15b) Beatrice (1295-????)
16b) Matilda (1296-????)
17b) Alice (1297-1377)
18b) Blanche (1300-1302)
19b) Eleanor (1302-1366)

Richard is named after his uncle Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, as second surviving son, he was the spare heir. I'd imagine he is married to Elizabeth de Clare (1295-1360) She is the youngest of the three daughters of Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th earl of Gloucester and Joan of Acre (Richard's older sister) When Elizabeth's brother dies without heir, Elizabeth and Richard aquire the titles, creating the 1st Duke of Gloucester and Hertford.

The four surviving daughters are either married off to noblemen who are loyal to the crown or would become nuns.

OTL's Eleanor the Younger - as opposed to the daughter from the first marriage with the same name - was betrothed to the duke/count of Burgundy, whose sisters married the king of France and ended up caught up with the Tour de Nesle Affair. The duke/count died young and without issue, and his heir was the repudiated queen of France. So I could see Edward pushing for such a match. Maybe Richard gets one of his older half-brother's cast-off matches: like Philippine of Flanders or somesuch.
 
Yolanda had no children with Alexander so there is no fear of step children's claim.

14b) Richard (1294-1345)
15b) Beatrice (1295-????)
16b) Matilda (1296-????)
17b) Alice (1297-1377)
18b) Blanche (1300-1302)
19b) Eleanor (1302-1366)

Richard is named after his uncle Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall, as second surviving son, he was the spare heir.

I'd reckon any son of Edward and Yolande would be named either Henry (after Edward's father), Robert (after Yolande's father), or Thomas (after Thomas Becket. Apparently, it had become a custom to pray to him during difficult births, which is what Margaret of France did IOTL when she gave birth to Thomas of Brotherton.)
 
I'd reckon any son of Edward and Yolande would be named either Henry (after Edward's father), Robert (after Yolande's father), or Thomas (after Thomas Becket. Apparently, it had become a custom to pray to him during difficult births, which is what Margaret of France did IOTL when she gave birth to Thomas of Brotherton.)
These three makes sense just picked Richard to make it different.
 
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