WI: Mary Tudor lives into her 60/70s?

What if she lived into the 1570s, say to 1576? Does she marry off Elizabeth to some Catholic when it's obvious she won't have an heir and then naming her nephew heir once he's born.
 
Henry VIII of England (b.1491: d.1547) m. Catherine of Aragon (b.1485: d.1536) (a), Anne Boleyn (b.1501/1507: d.1536) (b), Jane Seymour (b.1508: d.1527) (c), Anne of Cleves (b.1515: d.1557) (d), Catherine Howard (b.1524: d.1542) (e), Catherine Parr (b.1512: d.1548) (f), p. Elizabeth Blount (c.1500: d.1540) (g)

1a) Unnamed Daughter (b.1510: d.1510)

2a) Henry Tudor, Duke of Cornwall (b.1511: d.1511)

3a) Henry Tudor, Duke of Cornwall (b.1513: d.1513)

4a) Henry Tudor, Duke of Cornwall (b.1515: d.1515)

5a) Mary I of England (b.1516: d.1577) m. Philip II of Spain (b.1527: d.1598) (a)

6a) Stillborn Girl (c.1518)

7g) Henry Fitzroy (b.1519: d.1536) m. Mary Howard (b.1519: d.1557) (a)

8b) Elizabeth Tudor (b.1533) m. Emmanuel Philibert, Duke of Savoy (b.1528: d.1580) (a)

1a) Henry IX of England (b.1561)

2a) Charles IV, Duke of Savoy (b.1562)

3a) Mary of Austria (b.1564)

4a) Stillborn Boy (c.1567)

5a) Edward, Duke of York (b.1568)

6a) Margaret of Austria (b.1570)​

9b) Miscarriage (c.1535)

10b) Stillborn Boy (c.1536)

11c) Edward VI of England (b.1537: d.1553)​
 
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IIRC Philip planned to ship her off to Savoy not Austria.

Also, if Mary lives until 1577 Philip will desperately need a heir, assuming Don Carlos still falls.
 
IIRC Philip planned to ship her off to Savoy not Austria.

Also, if Mary lives until 1577 Philip will desperately need a heir, assuming Don Carlos still falls.

I would imagine that, even with Carlos' instability, the marriage of the Prince of Asturias and Elisabeth de Valois will go through circa 1560/1561. If a son or two can come from that, then even if he dies in 1568, the succession is secure.
 
This might also prolong the last Italian War; since England was brought into the war by the marriage to Philip, Calais was a legitimate target for the French, and they took it. OTL, she died before the end of the war, ending Philip's claim to Calais, so he had no problem signing it away at the peace. If she lives longer, the war will probably continue until it can be recaptured.
 
This might also prolong the last Italian War; since England was brought into the war by the marriage to Philip, Calais was a legitimate target for the French, and they took it. OTL, she died before the end of the war, ending Philip's claim to Calais, so he had no problem signing it away at the peace. If she lives longer, the war will probably continue until it can be recaptured.

How long realistically would it take to recapture Calais, or would it eventually be given up as a lost dream?
 
Not that long; Philip won the battle of St. Quentin in 1557, Calais fell and Mary died in 1558, and peace was concluded by 1559. Calais is just a hair's breadth from the edge of the Habsburg's Burgundian dominions, so it's not like they'd have to slog across the whole country to get it back, and IIRC it didn't really have modern fortifications, so capturing it wouldn't have been too weighty an obstacle for the prestige attached to it.
 
Calais was too much trouble to be worth of being kept by England.

Leaving aside questions of practicality, it was a source of prestige, and losing it really hurt Mary's standing. Recapturing it might give Philip's legitimacy among the English a boost, especially if he was leading English troops as at St Quentin.
 
If he really want persuade Mary and the english council to marry off Elizabeth aka the heiress presuntive to someone of his choice, Philip must try at least a couple of times to recapture Calais from the French.
 
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