WI: Tudor Spain

What if all of Isabella and Ferdinand's daughters other than Catherina died while giving birth and their son passed away without issue resulting in Catherina and Arthu( or Henry) becoming King and Queen of Spain? How would Tudor Spain develop and how would this effect the colonies?
 
Well France may shit itself, the Austrians get a new ally, the question is how do the Cortes and Parliament work out. IF there is no Charles V, Enrique or Arturo are going to have to deal with managing Castile and Aragon, and maybe even Naples and Sicily.

Arthur if he is not like his brother might be a better choice by virtue of the fact that he might be less likely to go against the clergy or spend as much as his brother. Henry given all that went down in his reign would be really worrisome, especially if he covets the monasteries, but then again he has new world gold which might be worse.
 
I would actually want to think that Catherine will be Queen Regnant of Castille and possible Aragon and Henry will be King of England. And they will be the other's consort. The precedent will be Catherine's parents of course. Catherine unlike her sister Juana has a much better chance of claiming her inheritance due to her character. Negotiating with Ferdinand is going to be tricky though.

The Iberian countries were reasonably accepting of female heirs see the career of Catherine's mother. If Henry and Catherine do not have a son, it won't be a problem over there. If Catherine comes with this kind of an inheritance I doubt Henry will be rushing to have the marriage annulled.

If they have more than one child, you could have a division of the Kingdoms.
 
Let's say they have one son that lives to adulthood, has a long life and has offspring, and the rest of their children are daughters.

How would the New World be effected in terms of colonists and the like? What about the effect of Spanish gold on England?
 

Gian

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What a Tudor Spain might do is it will strengthen the Auld Alliance (That's all I can say).
 
What happens with the Habsburg territories in this scenario? Are we assuming that Joanna dies but Philip remarries, or both of them are childless?
 
What happens with the Habsburg territories in this scenario? Are we assuming that Joanna dies but Philip remarries, or both of them are childless?

Philip can remarry and have kids but none with Joanna. So Habsburgs don't get spanish gold.
 
I'm curious as to HOW much of Spain would stay with the crown if it went to the Tudors. After all 'Spain' in this era wasn't a united country but the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon united under one person, along with the crowns of Naples, and 'Burgundy' (future Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and bits of Germany).

If the Spanish Habsburgs go extinct, how would this be divided up?
 
I'm curious as to HOW much of Spain would stay with the crown if it went to the Tudors. After all 'Spain' in this era wasn't a united country but the Kingdoms of Castile and Aragon united under one person, along with the crowns of Naples, and 'Burgundy' (future Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and bits of Germany).

If the Spanish Habsburgs go extinct, how would this be divided up?

Well, since Joanna never has kids with Philip in this scenario there are never any Spanish Habsburgs to begin with and so Spain never has burgundy
 
Given that this is my thread, I think I'm allowed to resurrect it.

Tudor England appeared to me to be centralizing and absolutist, which was continued by the Stuarts, until they had to deal with Parliament. Would Tudor Spain act accordingly? What impact would that have on the growth of the Spanish colonies? Moreoever, what would happen with any English colonies?
 
Well France may shit itself, the Austrians get a new ally, the question is how do the Cortes and Parliament work out. IF there is no Charles V, Enrique or Arturo are going to have to deal with managing Castile and Aragon, and maybe even Naples and Sicily.

Arthur if he is not like his brother might be a better choice by virtue of the fact that he might be less likely to go against the clergy or spend as much as his brother. Henry given all that went down in his reign would be really worrisome, especially if he covets the monasteries, but then again he has new world gold which might be worse.
Honestly,we don't know a lot about Arthur to comment on him.Henry was a decent king(if you discount the deficit spending and excessive wars) until his middle reign.
 
Honestly,we don't know a lot about Arthur to comment on him.Henry was a decent king(if you discount the deficit spending and excessive wars) until his middle reign.

I think as long as Henry has a son, he won't go overboard. But he sure as hell won't be requesting a divorce from Catherine, Queen of Castille and Aragon.
 
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