A query.
So I was doing some reading on William IV and his wife Adelaide, and I saw that in 1822, they had stillborn twin sons. Now my question is say that these sons survive, I imagine that as they were born during the reign of George IV, one boy would likely be called George and the other would be titled William?
Now assuming Frederick Duke of York and ALbany, still dies as otl in 1827, when William IV ascends the throne in 1830, his eldest son would be Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay and later Prince of Wales, I assume his second son would be titled Duke of York and Albany. Who might these two royal princes marry?
Secondly, by the time of William IV it was increasingly becoming apparent that the power for the monarch to form a government against the will of the electorate was diminishing, but say something happens that reduces confidence in the politicians, would the King become the natural substitute for them?
I guess what I am asking is how might William IV having sons go onto change and shape British politics for the rest of the 19th century?
Especially if we were to have say his oldest son be in the centre when it comes to politics, whilst his brother is more liberal.
So I was doing some reading on William IV and his wife Adelaide, and I saw that in 1822, they had stillborn twin sons. Now my question is say that these sons survive, I imagine that as they were born during the reign of George IV, one boy would likely be called George and the other would be titled William?
Now assuming Frederick Duke of York and ALbany, still dies as otl in 1827, when William IV ascends the throne in 1830, his eldest son would be Duke of Cornwall and Rothesay and later Prince of Wales, I assume his second son would be titled Duke of York and Albany. Who might these two royal princes marry?
Secondly, by the time of William IV it was increasingly becoming apparent that the power for the monarch to form a government against the will of the electorate was diminishing, but say something happens that reduces confidence in the politicians, would the King become the natural substitute for them?
I guess what I am asking is how might William IV having sons go onto change and shape British politics for the rest of the 19th century?
Especially if we were to have say his oldest son be in the centre when it comes to politics, whilst his brother is more liberal.