WI | Mary Tudor marries Sigismund II, King of Poland

Not if Siggy falls in love with Mary; like he did with Barbara. Mary being innocent before marriage is one thing, for all we know, she'll be a horny little wife. If Mary falls in love with him as well, a lot of these concerns are going to be moot. Mary is his first wife, he's her husband and he's going to be king of Poland. She's not going to be another Katherine of Aragon, with a lot of political experience (raised on the campaign against the Moors, like Katherine). Mary's going to fall in love with her husband and be wifey. Until Edward VI dies. And then we're gonna have fun. Henry, having wed off one 'bastard' (no one else but England considered Mary one) daughter, will wed the other off as well. Look for Liz to wed around 1546, with step-mother Parr objecting (but not getting her way) to the husband Henry chooses for her. Will Jane Grey get to keep the throne or will the combination of Mary, Siggy, and HRE succeed?
 
Surel Mary would have little impact on politics. Siggy hated when someone told him what he should do, it was backlash against Bona's upbringing methods. Even Barbara had little impact on politics and hasn't used her position to secure lucrative offices for her cousins. Sigismund Augustus didn't want to have another Bona as wife. Barbara was different, it is why Siggy loved her so much.
I wonder how would Sigismund Augustus, who experienced himself being raised by overprotective mother, would raise his own kids? Neither Mary nor Siggy had kids IOTL, although in case of Siggy belived, that he fathered illegitimate daughter with his late mistress Barbara Giżanka (after death of Queen Barbara Siggy had tendency to choose for his mistresses women who resembled her physically, even better if they shared her name, like Giżanka), although hardly anyone except for King belived, that kid is really his. Still, legitimate offspring, that is another thing.
You have proposed 3 sons to divide crowns among them, so at least let's have:
-Sigismund Henry (Zygmunt Henryk), born 1540
-Casimir Charles* (Kazimierz Karol) born 1543
-Alexander Ferdinand* (Aleksander Ferdynand) born 1546.

* Charles and Ferdinand after godfathers, Siggy would not marry Habsburg girl, so let's choose Emperor and King of the Romans as godfathers of their cousin's kids.
 
Surel Mary would have little impact on politics. Siggy hated when someone told him what he should do, it was backlash against Bona's upbringing methods. Even Barbara had little impact on politics and hasn't used her position to secure lucrative offices for her cousins. Sigismund Augustus didn't want to have another Bona as wife. Barbara was different, it is why Siggy loved her so much.
I wonder how would Sigismund Augustus, who experienced himself being raised by overprotective mother, would raise his own kids? Neither Mary nor Siggy had kids IOTL, although in case of Siggy belived, that he fathered illegitimate daughter with his late mistress Barbara Giżanka (after death of Queen Barbara Siggy had tendency to choose for his mistresses women who resembled her physically, even better if they shared her name, like Giżanka), although hardly anyone except for King belived, that kid is really his. Still, legitimate offspring, that is another thing.
You have proposed 3 sons to divide crowns among them, so at least let's have:
-Sigismund Henry (Zygmunt Henryk), born 1540
-Casimir Charles* (Kazimierz Karol) born 1543
-Alexander Ferdinand* (Aleksander Ferdynand) born 1546.

* Charles and Ferdinand after godfathers, Siggy would not marry Habsburg girl, so let's choose Emperor and King of the Romans as godfathers of their cousin's kids.

Would it be unthinkable that one of them (or two, if one succeeds in England and one in PLC), might end up married to a daughter of Maximilian II? Can't get a Jagiellon-Habsburg or a Tudor-Habsburg match in the 1540s, at least we can get one in the 1560s?
 
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