tudor dynasty

Elizabeth of York, queen of England, is undergoing labor for the third time. She is young and healthy but this particular childbirth is different from her previous two. It is long, painful and she is losing lots of blood. Unfortunately the queen would die at the age of 25 giving birth to a...

Introduction: Gloriana and Hercules — A TL of Elizabeth and Francis' wedding I grieve and dare not show my discontent; I love, and yet am forced to seem to hate; I do, yet dare not say I ever meant; I seem stark mute, but inwardly do prate. I am, and not; I freeze and yet am burned, Since from...

7 September 1533 wasn't exactly the happiest day of Henry VIII's life, as King REALLY wanted healthy son to succed him - he married Anne Boleyn in the first place, because he hoped for a legit heir apparent. Yet he still had to wait for it, and his situation wasn't any better than before. Yet he...

Not gonna lie, this thread is inspired mostly by Margaret Beaufort having more children idea. The POD is a little tricky, since Edmund was captured after siege of the Carmarthen Castle... How about Edmund is captured like OTL, but somehow was able to escape soon after? I quess it requires guards...

Henry VII and Elizabeth had seven children: Arthur (19 September 1486 – 2 April 1502), Prince of Wales, heir apparent from birth to death Margaret (28 November 1489 – 18 October 1541), Queen of Scotland as the wife of James IV and regent for their son James V Henry VIII (28 June 1491 – 28...

So instead of OTL's Arthur, Margaret, Henry and Mary, we now have...let's say Agnes (fem!Arthur), Nicholas (male!Margaret), Alice (fem!Henry) and William (male!Mary). No, these are not likely names, but these names existed in the Tudor era, and I didn't want to use names similar to ones that...

Who is the mother of this child, you ask? And what is her age when she gives birth? Well...who the mother is, will be up to you

According to The First of the Tudors Henry VII during his youth while still in England, was extremely taken with his native roots in Wales, could speak rudimentary welsh and throughout his entire life, he was extremely pro-welsh. Indeed, Wales as a whole developed on a whole different level...

"With the blessing and guidance of the Lord himself, Harri Tudur, that plucky gallant Welshman whose blood is barely royal to that of the Sons of York, was destined to become King of England and Lord of Ireland, thus he had restored order and stability to the English realm on that very fateful...

We know that Henry VIII had a daughter, Elizabeth, who was a trailblazer and first of her name. What if she wasn't? What if her aunt, daughter of Henry VII born in 1492 who was also named Elizabeth, survived to become queen regnant instead of dying at the age of 3?

Naturally, the six wives don't necessarily need to be the six he had OTL (Henry and Katherine of Aragon cannot marry while Arthur is alive, though you could write of a scandalous secret affair if you wish), though it would be nice if you could fit some of them in.

Straight-forward. Henry gets his legitimate male heir at long last, Edward VI, unfortunately he dies right after this son is born. His third wife, Jane Seymour, becomes queen dowager and queen mother. What would change?

OTL, Henry VIII died in 1547, while his first son Henry Duke of Cornwall died in 1511. What if this was reversed? Katherine of Aragon becomes queen dowager, queen mother and presumably queen regent for her son's minority. What else changes?

Does Henry, Duke of York also fall for Anne? Up to you to decide. Either way, what does this change? We will say that this son of Arthur and Katherine is born in New Year's, 1503, and is named Ferdinand after Katherine's father. Ferdinand I of England is a child king when he succeeds to the...

inspired by: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-children-of-camelot.506739/ "In the last week of April 1555, Elizabeth was released from house arrest and called to court as a witness of the birth, which was expected imminently. Many physicians tended to the queen, and the king...

Katherine of Aragon was pregnant six times, with only one successful attempt that produced her daughter Mary I. What if they were all successful, but she only bore her husband daughters? Here are the girls (feel free to change the names if you feel they are unlikely): Isabella (b. 1510) Alice...

The two were betrothed as children before this arrangement was broken off. What if it hadn't been broken off? What if the two married in 1533, right before Mary was declared illegitimate? And because Francis' father and brother had seven and ten children, respectively, and Mary's mother was...

In the last months I have seen a lot of threat where Mary I either became queen earlier or survived longer (when I participate I tend to be among those who feel that it would take more for her policies to meet long term success then sometime assumed) but rarely do I see threads going the other...

What if Henry VIII's 1536 jousting accident kills him, and Mary becomes queen almost two decades earlier than IOTL? I assume England would stay a Catholic country ITTL. Who could be Mary's husband, and what could happen to Ireland if both countries are Catholic? What about Scotland, would the...

What if Mary Stewart, Queen of Scotland was captured by the English ahead of her departure for France and so raised in England and married to Edward VI? And if Edward VI still died young, but left children (including a son) who would prevent the succession of the OTL Mary I? Mary Stewart, here...