I do love what-iffing, particularly when it comes to Tudor history, and this was a wonderful “what-if” question from Katie Wicklund: “what would have happened to the succession if Jane Seymour had died giving birth to a daughter and not a son, but the rest of history would remain the same. Henry would’ve married the same three other women, but had no more children. Do you think Jane’s daughter would’ve been named heir since she probably couldn’t be declared illegitimate, or do you think he would’ve made Mary heir since she was older. Or could he have named someone else entirely?”
Here are my thoughts, but please do share yours too…
