First thread on the site, very excited! Without further ado...
Philip, King of Spain, Portugal, and the Two Sicilies, marries Mary, Queen of England and Ireland. With their union, much of the power of Europe is united under their crowns. Mary died in 1558 without giving Philip an heir, but if she had, this child could have been the monarch of much of Western Europe, and possessed the largest colonial empire in history. How would this have changed the dynamics of the late sixteenth century?
Would this Anglo-Spanish Habsburg monarch have tried to make good his claim on the French throne?
Could he have returned England to the Catholic Church?
Could he have been named Holy Roman Emperor?
I seek your input!