James VI/I of Scotland-England's eldest son died at age 18, leaving the crown to Charles, whose tyrannical nature and questionable religious and financial reforms were major causes of the English civil war. according to Wikipedia, in addition to being quite bright and popular, he was a very devout protestant and had some level of interest in the irish crown (what this actually entailed wasn't elaborated on but he was noted as being in favor of reconciling with some Irish rebels.) Unfortunately, he died at age 18, and the crown would pass to his younger brother. So, I want to know, what might this Henry IX's reign look like? I imagine that, even if he were as authoritative as Charles, which I doubt, he would be smarter about it and able to not alienate the various protestant groups in the country, and with both a sympathetic king and no cromwell, Ireland will be far better off
WI: Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales Lived?
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nice. unexpected prince?Doing a timeline on this very premise if you’d like to have a read
Since he is devout Protestant, we could potentially see an austere court like Jane Seymour's. He could wed Luise Juliane of the Palatinate, daughter of Frederick IV. He won't be a tyrant since that wasn't in his nature. Perhaps he is a bit like Henry VIII in his youth, the athletic playboy king with many lovers. Cromwell won't rise to power
A marriage to the palatinate likelt won’t happen given his sister is the one married there. Either his Savoyard marriage goes through or james finds another princess for him to marry
Ah true I forgot about that. Let's say the Savoyard marriage goes through, not bothered to find another wife for him
Who was that princess of Savoy? I remember only an attempt to marry him to a Medici so a princess of Tuscany…