tudor dynasty

Just something fun I wanted to do, give the man obsessed with having kids and wives his wish. I challenge you to beat either number! I specifically went with higher born wives, so there is much room for the various lower nobles he married in our world, too. ------- 1 - Margaret of Angouleme...

Chapter 1 – The English Channel in October of 1532 It seemed like the storm had come out of nowhere. When the King of England had disembarked from Dover onboard the ship The Swallow the weather had been perfectly fine. The newly titled Marchioness of Pembroke, Anne Boleyn had come with him on...

Let's say that at some point of her life (most likely relatively early) , Elizabeth Tudor, - a daughter of late king Henry VIII, decided that there is something about Catholic Faith, and converts to it by choice. I think that the most likely time for it is during early reign of her...

In 1511 the prince of the new year survived to become a healthy and vivacious young man, King Henry VIII although fearful of having only one son and a daughter ended up legitimizing his bastard son Edward Fitzroy, but never sought to end his marriage. In 1527 the Prince of Wales would marry his...

This is basically the opposite version of my previous post, during the marriage of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII, Catherine ended up getting pregnant six times of which four resulted in stillbirths, one in 1511 which produced a baby named Henry who lived less than 2 months and another that...

How different history of England would have been, if Anne Boleyn final pregnancy in 1536 resaulted in birth of a (physically) heathy son? However, this son will eventually grow into something... far from worthy succesor. Let's say that this Prince of Wales will never learn to read (he struggled...

During the marriage of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII, Catherine ended up becoming pregnant six times of which four resulted in stillbirths, one in 1511 that produced a baby named Henry who lived less than 2 months and one that produced the future Queen Mary I. However, what would happen if...

What if all the daughters of Katherine of Aragon survived, with the queen herself dying in childbirth during her final pregnancy? And a surviving Katherine Tudor married John III of Portugal, while Mary Tudor the elder married Charles V as his first wife? We would have two generations of three...

Author's note: Because I could not resist. Based off of this post of mine. On September 20, the people of England held their breath as their queen pushed her first child into the world. The Tudor dynasty was new, having being won by conquest by the now King Henry the Seventh. Despite his...

Juana In August 1496 the second daughter of Isabella of Castille and Ferdinando of Aragon, Infanta Juana left from her homelands via the Port of Laredo in northern Castile on the Atlantic side of Spain. Infanta Juana began her journey to Flanders in the Low Countries on 22 August 1496 and she...

My spin on the "All of Katherine of Aragon's children survive", an AU where she also had the same child mortality rate as her sister Joanna. Here are their children: 1. Katherine b. 1510 2. Elizabeth b. 1510 3. Henry b. 1511 4. Edmund b. 1513 5. John b. 1514 6. Mary b. 1516 7. Margaret b. 1518...

What would happen? Of course this would require Elizabeth to not be sexually abused by Katherine Parr's new husband, in order for her to even consider marriage (and she still might not, who knows). What if Henry had arranged marriages/betrothals for Mary and Elizabeth before his death? Mary was...

The premise is Mary ascended to the throne after her father died in his 1536 jousting accident. She married her cousin James V King of Scots. Elizabeth had to take the veil as a child and died young. So, who would be safe matches for the Tudor/ Stewart claimants? Frances Brandon and the 2nd...

April 1555 Mary I of England's pregnancy was derided as a pipe dream of a middle-aged woman who longed for the glory days of her youth. She was nearing the age of forty and was considered by everyone to be too old to conceive. Yet she never lost hope that God had blessed her after decades of...

PROLOGUE "August 7, 1502. The day a great king was born. Katherine of Aragon, the dowager Princess of Wales had become pregnant shortly after her marriage to Arthur Tudor, the Prince of Wales. Though he died young at the age of fifteen, he had left behind his legacy in his son: Arthur, first of...

November 1537: Jane Seymour recovers from the ordeal of her childbirth and returns to court. Now secured in her position as queen, she is more confident than ever and lets nobody except her husband the king tell her what to do. She spends as much time as she can get away with, by the side of her...

19 September 1486 Henry Tudor, or King Henry VII gained not only one child when his wife gave birth in September 1486, just eight months after the wedding, but instead two. For when Elizabeth of York finally finished the hard work in the birthing bed, she had given her husband the hoped for...

Premise is the gender-flipped version of @HortenseMancini's "Six Roses, Red and White". Instead of six healthy daughters, Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon have six healthy SONS. (Yes, this butterflies away Mary I...shocker!) With such an overwhelming load of legitimate male heirs around...

"For he, Harri Tudur, the plucky gallant Welshman, under God's blessing, was destined to become King of England and Lord of Ireland on that faithful Year of Our Lord 1483." — Supposed Line from Henry VII (1593), George Shakespeare (1564 – 1634) [1] Hello dear reader, and welcome to my grand AH...

1516: Katherine of Aragon quickly recovers from a strenuous pregnancy. She has given birth to healthy twins, Henry and Mary, and she and her husband are overjoyed and utterly doting parents. Meanwhile, her young nephew Charles V marries his cousin Isabella of Portugal during that year's...