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After the death of the 17th Earl of Warwick the only legitimate line of the Plantagenets left was through Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester. He was a Beaufort, his father being the legitimised bastard of the 3rd Duke of Somerset. They are also the most senior Lancastrian claimants to the throne with the exception of Henry VII.
While looking at their family for another thread I happened upon a very interesting marriage. Henry Somerset’s first wife was Margaret Courtenay but they produced no issue.
What is interesting about Margaret is that her mother is Catherine of York, the daughter of Edward IV. So if this match did produce issue, they would not only be the most senior Lancastrian claimants but Yorkist claimants too, if we exclude the Tudors.
But of course, Margaret had a brother named Henry Courtenay, whose only child Edward Courtenay was posited as a potential domestic match to Mary I instead of the Spanish one.
This thread proposes the possibility of Edward Courtenay marrying Elizabeth after being rebuked by Mary. However, what if Henry Courtenay died without issue and instead a hypothetical son of Henry Somerset and Margaret Courtenay married her?
Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (1499-1549) m. Margaret Courtenay (1499-1562)
Catherine Somerset (b. 1518)
William Somerset (1520-1527)
Anne Somerset (b. 1522)
Eleanor Somerset (b. 1525)
Thomas Somerset (b. 1529)
Thomas Somerset would then take the place of Edward Courtenay and marry Elizabeth.
While looking at their family for another thread I happened upon a very interesting marriage. Henry Somerset’s first wife was Margaret Courtenay but they produced no issue.
What is interesting about Margaret is that her mother is Catherine of York, the daughter of Edward IV. So if this match did produce issue, they would not only be the most senior Lancastrian claimants but Yorkist claimants too, if we exclude the Tudors.
But of course, Margaret had a brother named Henry Courtenay, whose only child Edward Courtenay was posited as a potential domestic match to Mary I instead of the Spanish one.
This thread proposes the possibility of Edward Courtenay marrying Elizabeth after being rebuked by Mary. However, what if Henry Courtenay died without issue and instead a hypothetical son of Henry Somerset and Margaret Courtenay married her?
Henry Somerset, 2nd Earl of Worcester (1499-1549) m. Margaret Courtenay (1499-1562)
Catherine Somerset (b. 1518)
William Somerset (1520-1527)
Anne Somerset (b. 1522)
Eleanor Somerset (b. 1525)
Thomas Somerset (b. 1529)
Thomas Somerset would then take the place of Edward Courtenay and marry Elizabeth.