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On 1186, after learning that Ida, Countess of Boulogne is widowed twice, Henry II would want his youngest son to marry Ida, Countess of Boulogne in order to give England closer ties with the county of Boulogne, the marriage would have angered the King of France, Philip II but the King of France...

In OTL, Margaret of York, daughter of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York and Cecily Neville had a childless marriage with Charles the Bold. But what if Margaret had given birth to a son in 1473, named Phillip (after Charles' father). What would be the butterflies of this occurrence...

Richard of Bordeux (The Last Plantagenet King from the main branch) has a son with either Anne of Bohemia or Isabella of Valois named Edward (After Edward the Black Prince). Will he still get deposed? Henry Boilingbroke won't have much of a claim as before being a son of Gaunt, or maybe it's...

What if Catherine of Aragon had given birth to a son in 1510 Anne, Duchess of Brittany, gave birth to a son (twin René). Germaine de Foix, Queen of Aragon, had a son, Juan

The death of Henry VIII, Catherine of Aragon, and Anne Boleyn because of Sweating Sickness outbreak of June 1528? What kind of butterflies could that have

The most recent idea that entered my head as of late involves keeping Scotland independent from England and making it a decent power in its own right. For this to happen, the accession of James VI (I) to the English throne in 1603 absolutely has to be avoided. Since Elizabeth I would probably...

Mary I lost Calais in a war with the French during her reign historically, with the English never to return to France territorially. What if it had been kept, or even regained later? What is the latest time that the English could reclaim it? Could a worse Napoleonic France be punished thus, as...

LA GASTONNADE ___________________________________________ What if Gaston d'Orléans become King of France ? “ Jamais règne ne fut plus doux, plus tranquille, ni plus heureux que l'a été le sien ; et, en vérité, de semblables princes devraient naître un peu plus souvent, ou ne point mourir...

Stephen of Blois was the 4th son of Stephen, Count of Blois and Adela, daughter of William I of England. He wasn't expected to be King but in 1120, his cousin William Adelin, Henry I's only legitimate son drowned in the White Ship Disaster. Henry I had no children from his second wife and so he...

Hi! I am trying to come up with a scenario that would keep England divided until the 16th/17th century. Suppose the PoD involves the aftermath of Edward the Confessor's death. In OTL, his death triggered a succession crisis, and Harald Hardrada, Harold Godwinson, and William the Conqueror were...

A few threads on this topic have been done some years ago, but they either derailed or focused on discussing England, so lets assume that William is killed at Hastings and the House of Godwin remains on the throne for a while. What would be the implications on continental Europe? The big one is...

Some time ago I posted a thread about the Tripartite Indenture, and asked what would have happened to the constituent parts (Wales, "Northumbria", and southern England) in the event that Henry IV had been defeated and killed by the allied factions of the Glyndwr Rising. The most reasoned...

Your challenge is to have a British or English monarch convert to Puritanism, and preferably make it the state religion... Looking forward to your ideas!

Just floating around an idea I randomly thought of for a possible TL (I’m not the best at creating but I just wanted to get some ideas down). In this ATL, Henry VIII died on schedule, however, his son Edward VI died in late October/early November 1547–forever known to historians as the "Nine...

Supposing that the protestant reformation still happens like in OTL around the same time in a Timeline where the Plantagenets formed an Anglo-French Union, what would the outcome be? May the Empire collapse or would it stay united, and would it/it's successor states follow the Pope or Martin...

Hie there i was reading about tudor england and came across the privy councils and all their different posistions like Lord Privy Seal and Lord Chancellor can anyone help me out by clarifying the responsiblities of all the different roles in the Prviy Council

To Delve and Spin – A Medieval English timeline "When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was then the gentleman?" - John Ball, 1381 “I am your captain, follow me!" - King Richard II, 1381 England in 1381 was a fractious place. It had endured great hardships throughout the century including a...

Say by OTL Acts of Union in the early 18th century the Churches of England, Ireland and Scotland become unified. This was a long term goal of the Stuarts which was never fulfilled, unlike the political unification of Scotland and England which did occur. What would this new Church look like...

This is a bit of a long winded one, but the idea came to me and I think it’s a really interesting one, so here we go: In otl, Philip of Bavaria, Duke of Palatine-Neuberg, tried to win Mary’s hand in marriage for some time, though he ultimately failed due to Mary’s reluctance and later Henry’s...

One thing that stands out to me about England and the English language is how relatively homogenous they are in terms of language. Yes, I know you have a variety of dialects and accents. But compare that to the continent or Asia, where (historically) travelling just a hundred km or so you find...