Would Victoria Marry Napoleon III ?

In my TL "Golden Eagle" where Napoleon I makes a Permanent peace with the Coalition in exchange of French Natural Borders + Piedmont and Catalonia, Louis Bonaparte became Emperor of Mexico, would his son Napoleon III be a suitable match for Queen Victoria ? What changes could be expected from this Union ? Would the British Nobility accept a Bonaparte King-Consort ?
 
(A) Napoleon III was his nephew, and (b) not unless he converts to Anglicanism. Catholic spouses for the British monarch was a no-no at this time.
 
How exactly would that Louis become Emperor of Mexico? Most of Latin America revolted already, as they even the Bourbon who took charge was pushed aside by the Bonapartes. If you have a Habsburg you might have a chance. Not giving to get a Frenchmen marrying Victoria, though.
 
How exactly would that Louis become Emperor of Mexico? Most of Latin America revolted already, as they even the Bourbon who took charge was pushed aside by the Bonapartes. If you have a Habsburg you might have a chance. Not giving to get a Frenchmen marrying Victoria, though.
I suggest you read in the TL, Louis Bonaparte was invited to be Emperor in 1821 by the Regency Council. And there was no Bourbon Restoration as the peace was made before Leipzig.
 
I suggest you read in the TL, Louis Bonaparte was invited to be Emperor in 1821 by the Regency Council. And there was no Bourbon Restoration as the peace was made before Leipzig.
I was thinking more of the position of the Spanish Americans, as they didn't all exactly like the Bourbons. Rio Plata seemed fine with them, which was why they had blue and white on their flag.
 
In my TL "Golden Eagle" where Napoleon I makes a Permanent peace with the Coalition in exchange of French Natural Borders + Piedmont and Catalonia, Louis Bonaparte became Emperor of Mexico, would his son Napoleon III be a suitable match for Queen Victoria ? What changes could be expected from this Union ? Would the British Nobility accept a Bonaparte King-Consort ?

No, not in a million years. For 500 years from the outbreak of the Hundred Years War to the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War France was generally Enemy number one and a reasonably triumphant Napoleon would be a large and intimidating presence across the channel. The marriage of the heiress to the British throne to any Frenchman would be an incredibly big ask, to a usurping Bonaparte who is extremely close to the French imperial throne is inconceivable.
The requirement for Victoria's OTL match was:
Safely Protestant from birth
No strong ties to any major power
Unlikely to inherit anything important.

Prince Albert met all three, Napoleon III meets none of them.
 
No, not in a million years. For 500 years from the outbreak of the Hundred Years War to the aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War France was generally Enemy number one and a reasonably triumphant Napoleon would be a large and intimidating presence across the channel. The marriage of the heiress to the British throne to any Frenchman would be an incredibly big ask, to a usurping Bonaparte who is extremely close to the French imperial throne is inconceivable.
The requirement for Victoria's OTL match was:
Safely Protestant from birth
No strong ties to any major power
Unlikely to inherit anything important.

Prince Albert met all three, Napoleon III meets none of them.
Thanks for your analysis.
 
If France had Britain over the barrel, Napoleon could force William IV and parliament to take his nephew as a suitor for the heir presumpt.

The 12 year age gap could be an is issue.
 
The Act of Settlement is pretty specific - and you are in the immediate aftermath of the long-running battle over Catholic Emancipation in Britain. You would need a genuine conversion ahead of any betrothal I suspect and even if the betrothal happens Victoria's age means it is unlikely she will be married on her accession (when she could be persuaded to drop it)
 
If France had Britain over the barrel, Napoleon could force William IV and parliament to take his nephew as a suitor for the heir presumpt.

The 12 year age gap could be an is issue.

If French troops are occupying London you could get a replica of the Marriage of Napoleon and Marie Louise but nothing short of that.
 
The Act of Settlement is pretty specific - and you are in the immediate aftermath of the long-running battle over Catholic Emancipation in Britain. You would need a genuine conversion ahead of any betrothal I suspect and even if the betrothal happens Victoria's age means it is unlikely she will be married on her accession (when she could be persuaded to drop it)

If Napoleon is Emperor of the French post-Hundred Days he needs (like any French monarchy basically) the support of French Catholics for survival and pledged his dynasty's adherence to the Faith (this was all but stated in the Concordat Napoleon arranged where it is basically explicit that if the successors of the First Consul are not Catholic, new arrangements would be made). In addition, if Napoleon III's own father was Emperor of Mexico (a nation that was and is more Catholic than France) to have his son and heir (unless Nap III's brother is alive) abjure the faith/pope to marry the Queen of England would not go down well at all. All you need to do is look at the Count of Paris's refusal to have his daughter Helene d'Orleans convert/abjure to marry Albert Victor (Victoria's grandson) because it would hurt his chances of any restoration and Helene wasn't even any eligible heir to anything (as Napoleon III would have been in any time line where his father or uncle still has a throne).
 
If Napoleon is Emperor of the French post-Hundred Days he needs (like any French monarchy basically) the support of French Catholics for survival and pledged his dynasty's adherence to the Faith (this was all but stated in the Concordat Napoleon arranged where it is basically explicit that if the successors of the First Consul are not Catholic, new arrangements would be made). In addition, if Napoleon III's own father was Emperor of Mexico (a nation that was and is more Catholic than France) to have his son and heir (unless Nap III's brother is alive) abjure the faith/pope to marry the Queen of England would not go down well at all. All you need to do is look at the Count of Paris's refusal to have his daughter Helene d'Orleans convert/abjure to marry Albert Victor (Victoria's grandson) because it would hurt his chances of any restoration and Helene wasn't even any eligible heir to anything (as Napoleon III would have been in any time line where his father or uncle still has a throne).

Indeed and agree - Helene's case in an excellent one to use - there was hesitation but it was made very clear that she had to convert to Anglicanism before the marriage and betrothal - my understanding is that she was willing the Queen liked her as did the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Eddie was told by his grandmother though that she thought it unlikely to happen despite their mutual affection - he certainly was so keen he offered to accept his loss of place in the succession to still marry Helene.
Victoria genuinely liked the match (as did the Wales') but she believed Helene would never get permission to convert from her father and that Parliament in Britain was likely to object (Salisbury then PM was very unhappy and told the Queen so)
 
Indeed and agree - Helene's case in an excellent one to use - there was hesitation but it was made very clear that she had to convert to Anglicanism before the marriage and betrothal - my understanding is that she was willing the Queen liked her as did the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Eddie was told by his grandmother though that she thought it unlikely to happen despite their mutual affection - he certainly was so keen he offered to accept his loss of place in the succession to still marry Helene.
Victoria genuinely liked the match (as did the Wales') but she believed Helene would never get permission to convert from her father and that Parliament in Britain was likely to object (Salisbury then PM was very unhappy and told the Queen so)

And this is in the 1890's after the Franco-Prussian War had changed things.
 
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