While William IV of the UK had several illegitimate children with his mistress Dorothea Jordan, none of his legitimate children with Queen Adelaide survived childhood.
The question is how would history have been affected if four of theses children survived. There would be not Victoria and Albert (and if Victoria existed she'd be a minor princess) and as such her many descendants would not exist. What would have been probable matches for the Clarence kids and how might having a born and bread Hanoverian on the throne, as well as the continuing personal union, have impacted the monarchy's position in the UK.
For reference William and Adelaide's kids are:
The question is how would history have been affected if four of theses children survived. There would be not Victoria and Albert (and if Victoria existed she'd be a minor princess) and as such her many descendants would not exist. What would have been probable matches for the Clarence kids and how might having a born and bread Hanoverian on the throne, as well as the continuing personal union, have impacted the monarchy's position in the UK.
For reference William and Adelaide's kids are:
- Princess Charlotte (March 1819)
- stillborn child (Sept. 1819)
- Princess Elizabeth (Dec. 1820)
- IOTL Stillborn twin boys who, for this thread, can be called the future Prince of Wales and Duke of York (April 1822)