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19th to 20th of January. Ribeira Palace in Lisbon The pains of childbirth were starting in the late afternoon hours of the 19th day of the first month in the year of the Lord 1554. The young and newly widowed Dona Joana de Austria, wife of the late Infante Joao Manuel, was hopeful for a good...

We know that Kate isn't really barren, as she had a daughter named Mary after she married Tom Seymour. So what if instead of with Tom, she had a child by Henry? If she has a son (Henry? Owen?), that son will inherit should Edward die as scheduled. Would she be regent for her son, as she was...

“In late March 1502, the giddy aura of newly wedded bliss halted. Both the Prince and Princess of Wales had taken ill, likely with the sweating sickness that would plague England throughout the 16th century. Around the castle servants fretted, charged with saving the heir to the throne and his...

In 1502, shortly after the royal wedding, Arthur Tudor and his bride Catherine of Aragon both became ill with sweating sickness. IOTL Catherine of Aragon survived while her new husband perished, leaving Arthur's little brother Henry as heir to England. However, what if the young couple's fates...

Hi, just had a question regarding the designs Henry VIII had for France. He went to war with France, and due to this, Scotland, many times. I just can't seem to find out why. Most of his many, many, many detractors say he sought out glory in war against the French, or to reclaim the lands held...

In OTL, about the time that the Ottomans were besieging the (Hapsburg) Austrian city of Vienna (September 27 to October 15 1529), Cardinal Wolsey's fall from grace in the court of Henry VIII was reaching a critical turning point; on October 9th, the cardinal was charged with “praemunire”...

Perkin Warbeck attempted to claim the throne by claiming to be Richard, Duke of York, during the reign of Henry VII. Many believed Warbeck most notably, I believe, Richard's aunt the Duchess of Burgundy. If he had claimed the throne, typical 15th century logic dictates he'd remove all potential...

I recently read Alison Weirs biography of Margaret Douglas, Countess of Lennox, and it got me thinking. Throughout Mary I’s reign, she was pretty determined to see her cousin and closest friend, Margaret Douglas, and then her son, Lord Darnley, become her heirs. However, Parliament was very...

So, assume that king Edward VI of England, legitimate male child of Henry VIII by Jane Seymour, recovers from his illness in 1553 and goes on to reign for, say, around 40 more years. What are the effects on... -Religion in Great Britain? Had Mary never ascended to the throne, could Protestantism...

A while back I read something on the internet on Elizabeth of York's children: namely that the oft-included Edward in her list of progeny might have been a shortlived child born either early in the marriage 1487/88 (between Arthur and Margaret) or in the gap between Elizabeth and Mary. However...

Born after the death of his Father, who was the tenth child of a Grand King, for this young fatherless Boy his Future was full of Surprises. This boys father already had lost sons in three marriages and in his fourth one he was finally blessed with two living boys, one after another. The...

I did similar thread before but focused more on diferent Mary. So-during Henry VII last campaign in France in 1546 young prince Edward fell seriously ill, after hearing news about his son's illness Henry decided to make peace with Francis the same day Emperor Charles did and return to England...

Say Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VII dies in January 1499, due to grief after her son's death pregnant queen Elisabeth miscarried and also died. IOTL Arthur and Catherine of Aragon would marry by proxy in May of that year. Now Arthur is dead and his father widowed. Could you see Henry...

Since the rumor of the Bisley Boy (by Bram Stoker, no less) - that Elizabeth was replaced before puberty by a boy when she suddenly died and said boy was unlikely to have carried out the farce forever are highly unlikely, what if the rumor that she had a crush on Thomas Seymour and acted on it -...

This is totally AU but if Henry had 3+ children and betrothed them while they were in childhood (I.e while he was alive), who do you think he would marry them off too? As in the best choices (strongest allies, etc) obviously considering his break from the Catholic Church! Child 1 - Female...

If Mary were to have been with child at the time of Louis XII's death how might this have affected things? Likely Francis would have to hold off on becoming king for another nine months. Mary would not have had the chance to wed Brandon due to the fact that there'd be no reason for him to be...

Could Anne of Cleves marriage with Henry VIII have gone better than it did? If perhaps she'd been informed of the king's fondness of playing dress-up and surprising courtiers could their marriage have gone off with out a hitch and produced a living child?

It was late April 1536 and Queen Anne was finally well enough, and able to find the time, to take a stroll in the gardens with her brother’s wife, Jane Rochford, with only a couple of noble ladies following them at a distance. She’d suffered a bit of illness after her miscarriage in January...

What might have happened if Mary's phantom pregnancy in 1554 had proved true and she'd successfully carried a child to term? Specifically, I wonder what might have happened if she'd managed to give birth to a daughter. The sole product of their union and heiress to England itself even since I...

What if Lady Jane Grey had kept the throne, and the Dudleys had succeeded the Tudors as the new royal lineage of England? Let's say that, after Edward I’s death, everything had gone according to plan for the de-facto Regent John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland. On the 25th of May 1553, his second...