William IV of Britain's daughter Elizabeth survives.

Except at this point the British nobility system was inherently patriarchal and the 'rank' of King - whether consort or otherwise - would have been deemed to outrank that of Queen. Out of the only three previous examples - Mary, Mary II and Anne - both Mary's are exceptional circumstances. Mary II and William III were both regnant in their own rights - neither was a consort in the sense of the title - and with Mary I, they weren't initially sure what title to give Philip but settles on King of England (for the duration of his wife's life) against parliamentary advice.

Anne's husband never used Prince Consort as a title, just his own Princely title and his ducal one. Going further, Albert wasn't even styled as Prince Consort for over a decade post marriage.

Looking at international cases, it looks like Prince Consort is the title usually given but Britain doesn't have an official title. In a case like this - I'm tempted to say that neither title gets used, and Henry just uses his Dukedom/Princedom as titles.
Hmm that does seem likely, though would parliament push for it, or would they simply,leave it for Henry and Liz to decide?
 
Except at this point the British nobility system was inherently patriarchal and the 'rank' of King - whether consort or otherwise - would have been deemed to outrank that of Queen. Out of the only three previous examples - Mary, Mary II and Anne - both Mary's are exceptional circumstances. Mary II and William III were both regnant in their own rights - neither was a consort in the sense of the title - and with Mary I, they weren't initially sure what title to give Philip but settles on King of England (for the duration of his wife's life) against parliamentary advice.

Anne's husband never used Prince Consort as a title, just his own Princely title and his ducal one. Going further, Albert wasn't even styled as Prince Consort for over a decade post marriage.

Looking at international cases, it looks like Prince Consort is the title usually given but Britain doesn't have an official title. In a case like this - I'm tempted to say that neither title gets used, and Henry just uses his Dukedom/Princedom as titles.

Oh, well the popular and all English Henry as King Consort (and also with the acception who he and not his wife was the true ruler) is something who the Parliament can very well accept and push because the groom is not a stranger unlike George of Denmak, Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Albert of Saxe-Coburg but an English royal prince with his own (lower but still present) place in the line of succession
 
Hmm that does seem likely, though would parliament push for it, or would they simply,leave it for Henry and Liz to decide?

Parliament would push against Henry being made King Consort imho in favour of him remaining Prince/Duke, and bring consort of the monarch.
 
Parliament would push against Henry being made King Consort imho in favour of him remaining Prince/Duke, and bring consort of the monarch.
Hmm interesting. In terms of Henry’s day to day activities, I’m thinking he’s very heavily involved with the military and would perhaps be quite a Tory
 
Parliament would push against Henry being made King Consort imho in favour of him remaining Prince/Duke, and bring consort of the monarch.
For what reason? I can not find a logical one for doing that and instead a lot for having a full british royal prince of the house of Hannover named as King Consort to a young Queen and the british patriarchal nobility system is a point in favour of having a King Henry IX as consort of Queen Elizabeth II
 
For what reason? I can not find a logical one for doing that and instead a lot for having a full british royal prince of the house of Hannover named as King Consort to a young Queen and the british patriarchal nobility system is a point in favour of having a King Henry IX as consort of Queen Elizabeth II

So, you are in favour of him gaining the title King Consort during the reign of his wife?
 
So, what else would people like to see in this timeline, for the record this is what we have so far:

POD: 1817, the birth of Henry William Frederick, only child of His Royal Highness William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh and his wife Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh.

May 1819: Birth of a son and daughter to Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, the boy is named George, the girl Alexandrina.

February, 1820: An assassination attempt on Charles Ferdinand, Duc du Berry fails, the assailant is captured and executed for attempted murder and treason.


December 1820: Birth of Elizabeth of Clarence, fourth in line to the throne and daughter of William and Adelaide, Duke and Duchess of Clarence and St Andrews.

March 1821: Princess Elizabeth avoids catching the illness that killed her otl, and develops into a healthy babe.

September, 1824: Two double blows for the House of Bourbon as King Louis XVIII and his heir and brother Charles Count of Artois die one from long term gout, the other a sudden serious ailment. Charles's son Louis, Duke of Angouleme ascends the French throne as Louis XIX.

1830: As tensions grow high in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, a plan is put forward for a division of the Southern Netherlands, known as the Talleyrand plan, it pleases nobody and is rejected. Revolt breaks out in the Southern Netherlands.

1832: HRH Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony (and former son-in-law of George IV) is offered the Greek throne after the London Conference. He is hesitant to accept due to concerns about the precariousness of the political situation following the War of Independence but following pressure from William IV he accepts and his appointment is later ratified in the Treaty of Constantinople.

1834: After the destruction of the Palace of Westminster in a fire, King William IV succeeds in selling the idea of Buckingham House to Parliament for them to sit and use as their place of debate. Renovations continue.

1837: His Majesty the King dies, and is succeeded by his daughter Elizabeth, as Elizabeth II under a brief regency controlled by her Mother and cousin the Duke of Kent and Strathearn who abdicates his place to the Duke of Sussex, to take control of Hanover as its King.

1839: Marriage of Elizabeth II to her cousin Henry William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh, Henry is granted the title King Consort by Parliament.

1840: After the conclusion of the uprising in the Southern Netherlands, infighting in the newly created Belgium leads to potential civil war, the Talleyrand plan is brought up once again, and this time there are serious considerations for it. However, war looms as Britain, France, Prussia - and Bavaria -, and the Netherlands all want a stake in the pie.


Alongside family trees for Britain and France:

Elizabeth II of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (b.1820: d. 1892) m Henry William, King Consort and Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (b.1817: d. 1892)

Issue:

William V of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (b. 1840)

Adelaide, Princess Royal (b.1841)

Frederick William, Duke of York and Albany (b. 1844)

Sophia (b. 1848)

Henry William, Duke of Clarence and St Andrews (b. 1855)

Like otl Edward VII, William V would have a brief tenure in the armed forces, never actually actively, serving. He would however unlike Edward, be a lot more studious and less philandering, working hard, and learning his duties. A decent politician, but slightly dour of humour.

His brother Frederick, would join the Army, at his father's insistence. And would rise to the rank of Field Marshal after a long and good career. He'd be the opposite to his brother, a bit of a womaniser, cheery, jovial and a natural born leader.

Henry William, would enter the navy and be a rise to be an Admiral of the Fleet, he'd spearhead reforms that would improve Britain's naval performance toward the end of the century.

Adelaide, Princess Royal would be like a combination of her mother and father, hard working, but also cheery and a bit of a flirt.

Princess Sophia, would be shy, fiercely so. But also very prideful.


And

As for the French royal family I think it'd look something like this:
Charles X of France (b.1778: d. 1846) m Marie Caroline of Naples and Sicily (b.1798)

Issue:

Louise Marie, Princess of France (b.1819)

Henri V of France (b. 1820)

Louis, Duke of Bordeaux (b. 1822)

Maria Clementina of France (b.1825)

Maria Theresa of France (b.1828)

Charles, Duke of Angouleme (b. 1831)

Louise Elisabeth (b.1834)
 
Anyone like the idea of Elizabeth only having daughters, thus setting up a century of women on the thrown.
 
To keep the crown st it’s then politicalmposition? She’d need to change how upper class families raised their girls

I think Lizzie having a son who succeeds her, but only lives for six months so the crown passes to his own daughter.

If Victoria had passed the crown to Vicky the Princess Royal (Dowager German Empress by that point) then Vicky would have been Queen for about six months before she died of cancer and her son followed her and became King.
 
I think Lizzie having a son who succeeds her, but only lives for six months so the crown passes to his own daughter.

If Victoria had passed the crown to Vicky the Princess Royal (Dowager German Empress by that point) then Vicky would have been Queen for about six months before she died of cancer and her son followed her and became King.

This is true. Still, I think will and his sons succeeding would be interesting to see, personal bias aha
 
So, what other events should happen? I’m toying with completely removing the July revolution in France and ensuring Frances monarchy maintains the powers of the charter of 1814
 
Oh yes - that was agreed.

If you want to divert Russia like you did with France - have Constantine fail to abdicate, so he possibly doesn't even become Tsar
 
Oh yes - that was agreed.

If you want to divert Russia like you did with France - have his uncle fail to abdicate, so he possibly doesn't even become Tsar

This does mean that the Romanovs might run the risk of getting haemophilia through Victoria, which will be an interesting roll of the dice.
 
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