WI: William II of England marries Edith of Scotland

William II famously didn't marry, leading to accusations in history that he was homosexual. One potential bride, that he might historically have considered, was Edith of Scotland, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland, whom he is said to have visited in 1093, possibly to judge her suitability as a wife.

A marriage between the pair would have made sense. It would have countered accusations that William was homosexual, cemented the new alliance between Malcolm III and William II, it would have provided William with a link to Edmund Ironside and the House of Wessex, and at the time William was ill and needed an act of penitence - a marriage would have been a sacrifice he could make.

At the time Edith was only 12, so she would either have been a young bride, or it would have been a long engagement. Let's say that she's a young bride, to secure the alliance there and then, or because he William is more ill than OTL, and feels he might be meeting his maker a little sooner than he might like.

If they have a son, then this child will be heir to the throne, but having a child is not guaranteed. First there is the issue of William's supposed homosexuality. It is hard to adjudge the veracity of claims of his sexuality, given that claims of sodomy were written by the monastic chroniclers, who were not fans of William, and disapproved of the fashions popular in the court at the time, arising from a mixture of Norman and Anglo-Saxon fashion. It is possible that he was homosexual, but for a man not to marry until later life was not unusual for the time, and William did not have male favourites, and his closest advisers were all married men. He may have been simply a heterosexual man who never married, or bisexual. Secondly there has also been the suggestion that William was impotent or sterile: which would explain a lack of illegitimate offspring, such as those fathered by his brother Henry. But it's also possible that instead of having mistresses he resorted to the employ of prostitutes, and any children resulting from these unions went unknown. Thirdly, there's the issue that he died in 1100, when Edith would have only just reached an age where she would have been expected to bear children. We can either handwave his death a little - not impossible, as being a married man at the time was expected to curtail one's fun activity, such as hunting, so he might never have gone on the hunt which killed him - we could say that he does not have any children before his death, and Henry succeeds as normal, or we could say he manages to have a child, or at least conceive one before his death in 1100.

Looking in turn at each scenario: if he does not die in 1100, he might not not have been long for the world anyway. He had been seriously ill in 1093, and was known for his portly figure. Being in his mid-40s at his death, he might have only had another 10 years alive anyway. While he could have a few children in that time, none of them would have been very old when he died. His brother, Henry, would almost certainly have acted as regent for a son, and either himself or Robert Curthose would probably have inherited the throne instead of a daughter. While it is possible that Henry or Robert might have tried to usurp the throne from a young son, presumably William would have secured their loyalty before his death, and the barons would have had little interest in having either Robert or Henry on the throne instead of William's son. How do people see the reign of this child (called William III, perhaps?) developing? Assuming he is regent, Henry would have been a good ruler until the child reaches majority. But would this son learn administration from Henry, or would he take after his father William II, and be prone to excess and flamboyance (though William II was supposedly a decent warrior)?

If he dies childless, then Henry becomes king, and we get his administrative reforms. Given that Henry would not have married Edith of Scotland in this timeline, who would he have married instead? Presumably the daughter of a French noble? Does this allow him to produce a longer-lived heir, avoiding the anarchy of OTL?
 
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