Henry VIII’s earlier annulment

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What if Henry VIII decided to effectively ask for the annulment of his wedding to Catherine of Aragon at the end of 1514?
 
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    Henry VIII, King of England (b. 1491) married a) Catherine of Aragon (b. 1485) in 1509 ann 1515, b) Renee of Bourbon (1494-1524) in 1516, c) Anne Boleyn (b. 1507) in 1526
    1. a) stillborn daughter (1510)
    2. a) Henry, Duke of Cornwall (1511)
    3. a) stillborn son (1513)
    4. a) stillborn son (1514)
    5. b) Henry, Prince of Wales (b. 1518)
    6. b) Mary (b. 1522)
    7. b) Edward, Duke of York (1524-1526)
    8. c) William, Duke of York (b. 1527)
    9. c) George, Duke of Richmond (b. 1529)
    10. c) miscarriage (b. 1530)
    11. c) Edmund, Duke of Somerset (1532-1534)
    12. c) Elizabeth (b. 1533)
    13. c) Thomas, Duke of Somerset (b. 1535)
    14. c) stillborn daughter (b. 1537)
    15. c) Anne (b. 1538)

    Mary Tudor (b. 1496) married Louis XII, King of France (1462-1517)
    1. Charles IX, King of France (b. 1515) married a) Charlotte, Duchess of Brittany (1517-1536) in 1529, b) Mary of England (b. 1522) in 1537
    2. Louis, Duke d’Orleans (b. 1517) married Madeleine, Duchess of Brittany (b. 1520) in 1534
     
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    Cate13 said:
    What kicks off the change? Does he have an earlier bastard? Do he and Catherine quarrel?
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    In OTL he was seriously thinking to do that (Henry was really angry for the betrayals of Catherine’s father and willing to go fully in the French camp leaving Catherine and remarry to Renee of Bourbon). Here simply Louis XII lived longer and had children by Mary Tudor so Henry followed his plan.
     

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    isabella said:
    In OTL he was seriously thinking to do that (Henry was really angry for the betrayals of Catherine’s father and willing to go fully in the French camp leaving Catherine and remarry to Renee of Bourbon). Here simply Louis XII lived longer and had children by Mary Tudor so Henry followed his plan.
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    Gotcha. A more allied France and England will have a lot of interesting ripples.
     

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    Cate13 said:
    Gotcha. A more allied France and England will have a lot of interesting ripples.
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    Exactly. I have made also another scenario with the same POD (but Louis XII dying as OTL prompting Henry to renew the Habsburg alliance, replacing Catherine with Eleanor and with Mary remarrying to Maximilian I)
     
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    What happens to Catherine of Aragon, does she return to Spain and become Regent for her nephew Charles V when he’s not there? Or is she remarried for some other alliance by her father?
     

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    RedKing said:
    What happens to Catherine of Aragon, does she return to Spain and become Regent for her nephew Charles V when he’s not there? Or is she remarried for some other alliance by her father?
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    Catherine is already 30 and had no surviving child so she would definitely NOT remarry. She will go back to Aragon and likely will later return in Castile
     
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