If William Duke of Gloucester had survived...

[FletcherofSaltoun]

Would the British union have occured? I say this as it was the issue of the succession that drove the Union into being. Would England and Scotland be independent entities until today?

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(Edit:In the sense of not being ill, as opposed to being frail and slightly outliving his mother)

[Gonzaga]

Sometime ago I've started a thread about this same possibility (the survival of William), but I didn't get many answers about the Union of Crowns. But the comments might help to create some new discussions. Here is it: http://www.alternatehistory.com/disc...d.php?t=114681