WI: Lucia Visconti marries Olaf II of Denmark?

Lucia Visconti was one of the many daughters of Bernabo Visconti, one of the more infamous Counts of Milan, first cousin to Gian Galeazzo Visconti, the first Duke of Milan, and sister to Gian Galeazzo's second wife, Caterina. The thinking for this thread was actually partly inspired by The Undead Martyr's excellent TL "The Iron Serpent: A Visconti Italy timeline".

Anyway, of Bernabo's daughter, Lucia married fairly late and was the only one to produce no children, partly because her husband, Edmund Holland, 4th Earl of Kent, was unfaithful. IOTL, she was previously betrothed to Louis II of Anjou, claimant to the throne of Naples, John of Gorlitz, third son of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV (and would later marry Richardis Catherine, Albert of Mecklenburg's daughter), and even Henry Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV of England.

How does this tie into Olaf II of Denmark? Well, some time ago I launched, and rebooted, an ATL where Olaf survives and removes Albert of Mecklenburg from Sweden. Well, I'm kinda thinking about rebooting it again. I'm also debating about at least mentioning Gian Galeazzo and his efforts to recreate the Lombard Kingdom.

Initially, I chose for Olaf to marry Sophia of Lithuania after her father, Vytautas, became Grand Duke of Lithuania. However, now I think that even in the event of Olaf's survival, Vytautas would see Moscow as a better, and closer, ally to help him in his struggle against Skirgaila, brother of the King of Poland. And, at the time, he was also allied to the Teutonic Order, and I believe that Olaf would eventually begin viewing their lands as potential conquests.

So what could Milan and the Scandinavian kingdoms offer each other? The Visconti were supposedly extremely wealthy, so could probably offer a nice dowry for Lucia. The Visconti had already married as far north as Bavaria, Austria and England (though admittedly Lionel of Antwerp went to Italy for that marriage and died almost immediately afterwards).

One thing that concerns me might be Lucia's health. I haven't been able to find out much of how she dealt with the climate of England, but I know that her eldest sister, Taddea, had trouble adjusting to the climate of Bavaria. How much worse would the climate of Scandinavia have been for a noblewoman born and raised in Northern Italy?

But I'm probably just rambling at the moment. Any thoughts?
 
Bumping for interest. I've explained all I know of this potential pack of PODs, and if no one thinks it can be/is worth discussing, then I understand.
 
Some of it might well depend on exactly how far up the Alps that she've been used to. Other than that, I don't actually think the Climate as such is the primary cause of contention, but the long winter nights and the depression that people from significantly closer to Equator seem to be much more likely to get, pair this with Denmark being a cultural backwater, at least in comparison with Northern Italy, well ... while the climate in it self probably wouldn't be enough, it might well be what breaks the camels back, and sending her tumbling into a deep depression
 
Some of it might well depend on exactly how far up the Alps that she've been used to. Other than that, I don't actually think the Climate as such is the primary cause of contention, but the long winter nights and the depression that people from significantly closer to Equator seem to be much more likely to get, pair this with Denmark being a cultural backwater, at least in comparison with Northern Italy, well ... while the climate in it self probably wouldn't be enough, it might well be what breaks the camels back, and sending her tumbling into a deep depression

Ick. I didn't think it was that bad. Perhaps Sophia of Lithuania is the more appropriate choice after all.
 
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Given that you're in Australia, i don't think you quite appreciate exactly how short the days is in Denmark in the Winter ... shortest day (Copenhagen) clocks in at 7 hours, while Milan is at 8h45m (Canberra which is your listed location, by comparison is 9h45m) ... and ~66 days where the day-lengths is shorter in Copenhagen than it ever is in Milan
 
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I'd definitely be interested in reading a TL where Olaf survives. Another thing that the Visconti could offer the Scandinavian realms is their connections to the Wittelsbachs. Now, the Imperial Crown was sort of being tossed back and forth between the Wittelsbachs and the Luxemburgs at the turn of the century. Maybe a connection between the Wittelsbachs and the Scandinavian king leads to the Wittelsbachs walking off with a more permanent imperial title (instead of the Habsburgs as OTL).

As to the depression et al, Lucia could just as easily have it as not. Yes, she's being exported to the backwaters, but she could just as easily pine for Milan as what she could inject Italian culture into Scandinavia and prompt an early Northern Renaissance. I could see poets lauding her as a sort of Minerva/Semiramis of the North. She'll obviously be bringing a household with her (maybe it's part of the marriage contract) so probably everything from tailors to artisans to literatti.

An interesting question would be how would she get on with her formiddable mother-in-law? OTL Philippa of England made a reasonably good impression on her, and basically continued to emulate her after Margarethe's death.
 
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