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* TangledFamilyTree: The Hapsburgs have an extra-tangled one. [[RoyallyScrewedUp The results have not been pretty.]]
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* TangledFamilyTree: The Hapsburgs have an extra-tangled one. [[RoyallyScrewedUp The results have not been pretty.]]]][[note]]The previous sentence is an ''enormous'' understatement.[[/note]]
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-->The young Danish nobleman cuts his classes at Wittenberg to meet the young Anna, who he then wins over by a burning revelation of his passion to her in a small secluded forest. He follows this up by a burning revelation of his passion to her in her dressing chamber, then in her bedroom, and then he manages a quick one in her uncle's bedroom.
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-->John William, like his brother, married a Princess--in his case, Anne of Denmark. And while his brother has been galavanting all over the Empire, John William has been staying at home, galavanting all over her.
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** Suleiman's son Prince Selim is hinted to be an incipient one, though he demonstrates that [[FunctionalAddict he's still quite a dangerous man despite that]].
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** Suleiman's son Prince Selim is hinted to be an incipient one, (in both timelines he became known as "Selim the Sot"), though he demonstrates that [[FunctionalAddict he's still quite a dangerous man despite that]]. that]].
--->After witnessing [an impostor's execution by torture], Selim goes off to [[INeedAFreakingDrink have a stiff drink]]. He does that with increasing frequency these days.
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Arthur Fitzroy is born at the same time his father is dying in another room.
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** Anne Boleyn can cow her sons well into adulthood. [[Spoiler: Henry IX rebels against her influence as a teen and an adult, but he's uncomfortable when she calls him out on his elopement. Anne also convinces Edward to fulfill his betrothal to Madeline of Navarre.]]
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** Anne Boleyn can cow her sons well into adulthood. [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Henry IX rebels against her influence as a teen and an adult, but he's uncomfortable when she calls him out on his elopement. Anne also convinces Edward to fulfill his betrothal to Madeline of Navarre.]]
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* SpoiledSweet: Margaret Tudor is the baby of the family and the family beauty, but her most notable character trait is her piety, which takes the form of promoting religious tolerance and believing that her husband is destined to be king of... a lot of places.
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* SpoiledSweet: Margaret Tudor is the baby of the family and the family beauty, but her most notable character trait is her piety, which takes the form of promoting religious tolerance and tolerance, believing that her husband is destined to be king of... a lot of places.Bohemia and Hungary, and quoting the Bible in letters.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Averted. Almost every character wants more power, influence, and/or glory, and it is not, in and of itself, portrayed as a bad thing.
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* MommasBoy: Prince Henri Valois is described as his mother Catherine de' Medici's favorite. His father's interference in his life makes things worse whereas IOTL Catherine managed.
** Charles, Earl of Lennox, [[spoiler:loses the respect of his rebel leaders when a brief conversation with his mother convinces him to flee.]]
** Anne Boleyn can cow her sons well into adulthood. [[Spoiler: Henry IX rebels against her influence as a teen and an adult, but he's uncomfortable when she calls him out on his elopement. Anne also convinces Edward to fulfill his betrothal to Madeline of Navarre.]]
** Charles, Earl of Lennox, [[spoiler:loses the respect of his rebel leaders when a brief conversation with his mother convinces him to flee.]]
** Anne Boleyn can cow her sons well into adulthood. [[Spoiler: Henry IX rebels against her influence as a teen and an adult, but he's uncomfortable when she calls him out on his elopement. Anne also convinces Edward to fulfill his betrothal to Madeline of Navarre.]]
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* William Paulet: A long-standing member of the Privy Council whose primary distinction is his lengthy tenure. That and the fact that, like [[{{Casablanca}} Captain Renault]], he blows with the wind - which always keeps him on the Royal Family's good side.
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* William Paulet: A long-standing member of the Privy Council whose primary distinction is his lengthy tenure. That and the fact that, like [[{{Casablanca}} [[Film/{{Casablanca}} Captain Renault]], he blows with the wind - which always keeps him on the Royal Family's good side.
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[[AlternateHistory But what if, instead of Elizabeth, Anne had given birth to a boy?]]
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But, of course, anyone with the tiniest piece of knowledge of English History knows this. However, what we do not know is this: [[AlternateHistory
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The House of Stewart (Protestant/Anglophile) vs. the House of Stuart (Catholic/Francophile). [[spoiler: For example, the two daughters of James V, who find themselves more or less on opposite sides of the debate: Mary Stewart vs. Antoinette Stuart.]]
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The House of Stewart (Protestant/Anglophile) vs. the House of Stuart (Catholic/Francophile). [[spoiler: For example, the two daughters of James V, who find themselves more or less on opposite sides of the debate: Mary Stewart vs. Antoinette Stuart. Oddly, this is presented as Mary changing her name to snub the French, whereas OTL it was her counterpart who first started using the 'u' spelling.]]
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* TheSoundOfMartialMusic: The House of Hapsburg plays [[SarcasmMode a bit of a role...]]
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: A great deal of attention is devoted to the rather colourful and questionably-competent reign of [[spoiler: Frederick II of Denmark]]. He dies suddenly after getting drunk and drowning in a full suit of armour.
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: DroppedABridgeOnHim:
** A great deal of attention is devoted to the rather colourful and questionably-competent reign of [[spoiler: Frederick II of Denmark]]. He dies suddenly after getting drunk and drowning in a full suit ofarmour.armour.
** After an astonishing winning streak in Hungary, with their usually-formidable adversary hamstrung by logistics, [[spoiler:Margaret Tudor, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, dies of typhus. Her husband soon follows in an act of grief-induced recklessness]].
** A great deal of attention is devoted to the rather colourful and questionably-competent reign of [[spoiler: Frederick II of Denmark]]. He dies suddenly after getting drunk and drowning in a full suit of
** After an astonishing winning streak in Hungary, with their usually-formidable adversary hamstrung by logistics, [[spoiler:Margaret Tudor, Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, dies of typhus. Her husband soon follows in an act of grief-induced recklessness]].
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* CallBack: Two years after Princess Margaret Tudor pleads with her mother to "please, please let her marry the Prince of Transylvania," Princess Antoinette Stuart pleads with her older sister to "please, please let her marry Lennox."
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* CallBack: Two years after Princess Margaret Tudor pleads with her mother to "please, please let her marry the Prince of Transylvania," Princess Antoinette Stuart pleads with her older sister to "please, please let her marry Lennox." Then, years after ''that'', Margaret pleads with her husband to "please, please, PLEASE become the [[spoiler:King of Bohemia]]."
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: The sons of Prince Bayezid are much better at this than their father, despite one of them being twelve.
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* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: The Duke of Alba is very good at killing people, even when he really shouldn't.
-->'''Author commentary:''' When you are one of the best damn hammerers in the world, able to hammer things in and have other people say 'Damn! Look at that guy hammering!' the temptation is there to WANT to see every problem as a nail.
-->'''Author commentary:''' When you are one of the best damn hammerers in the world, able to hammer things in and have other people say 'Damn! Look at that guy hammering!' the temptation is there to WANT to see every problem as a nail.
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* ComfortingTheWidow: Done by Edward, Duke of York, of all people. [[spoiler: The widow in question is Diane de la Mark and he's even responsible for the death of her husband.]]
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* ComfortingTheWidow: Done by Edward, Duke of York, of all people. [[spoiler: The widow in question is Diane de la Mark Marck and he's even responsible for the death of her husband.]]
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* DeadGuyJunior: Edward Tudor names his eldest son after his prematurely-deceased younger brother Thomas. [[spoiler:And then ''he'' dies too.]] John Christian's eldest daughter is named [[spoiler:Mary, presumably after his mother]].
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* DeadGuyJunior: DeadGuyJunior:
** Edward Tudor names his eldest son after his prematurely-deceased younger brother Thomas. [[spoiler:And then ''he'' dies too.]] ]]
** John Christian's eldest daughter is named [[spoiler:Mary, presumably after hismother]].mother]].
** Guildford Dudley's second son is named [[spoiler:Robert, presumably after his older brother]].
** Edward Tudor names his eldest son after his prematurely-deceased younger brother Thomas. [[spoiler:And then ''he'' dies too.
** John Christian's eldest daughter is named [[spoiler:Mary, presumably after his
** Guildford Dudley's second son is named [[spoiler:Robert, presumably after his older brother]].
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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Invoked after Henri II suffers a (non-fatal) jousting accident, when one of the young women being promoted as a new mistress is sent to take care of him.
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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: FlorenceNightingaleEffect:
** Invoked after Henri II suffers a (non-fatal) jousting accident, when one of the young women being promoted as a new mistress is sent to take care ofhim.him.
** Prince Charles takes care of his new bride Elizabeth after she's stricken with smallpox, and she takes care of him when he falls ill himself.
** Invoked after Henri II suffers a (non-fatal) jousting accident, when one of the young women being promoted as a new mistress is sent to take care of
** Prince Charles takes care of his new bride Elizabeth after she's stricken with smallpox, and she takes care of him when he falls ill himself.
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* WrongInsultOffence: Regarding the belief that Magnus Vasa is so RoyallyScrewedUp he thinks he's Jesus Christ:
-->The rumors are completely wrong. Magnus merely believes he's the prophesized First Horseman of the Apocolypse who rides a white horse and comes conquering and to conquer. He is deeply--DEEPLY--offended when people get it mixed-up.
-->The rumors are completely wrong. Magnus merely believes he's the prophesized First Horseman of the Apocolypse who rides a white horse and comes conquering and to conquer. He is deeply--DEEPLY--offended when people get it mixed-up.
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* StopHelpingMe: Thomas Trilby, Bishop of Westminster, "assists" Edmund Grindal, Bishop of London, with a minor dispute in such a way as to turn the entire thing into a national controversy over the proper forms of worship.[[invoked]]
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* UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor: As the title suggests, their family is at the heart of this epic tale.
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* KarmicDeath: The fate of the bishop who [[spoiler:has Wilhelm von Grumbach abducted and gruesomely killed]], as he's [[spoiler:dragged from his horse and dismembered by an angry mob during his triumphal parade]].
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* SeriousBusiness: The "Dispute of the Hymnals", fought between the "Libertine" and "Puritan" factions of the Church of England over... how to sing in church.
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** The "Dispute of the Hymnals", fought between the "Libertine" and "Puritan" factions of the Church of England over... how to sing inchurch.church.
** The escalating argument between the young kings of Sweden and Denmark over the number of symbolic crowns on their national coats of arms, leading to, quote, "YET ANOTHER WAR SCARE."
** The "Dispute of the Hymnals", fought between the "Libertine" and "Puritan" factions of the Church of England over... how to sing in
** The escalating argument between the young kings of Sweden and Denmark over the number of symbolic crowns on their national coats of arms, leading to, quote, "YET ANOTHER WAR SCARE."
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For various reasons, ThePope would not grant Henry an annulment from his wife, so he decided to [[StartMyOwn separate from the Church and declare himself Supreme Head]] in order to do so. Anyone who stood in the way was [[OffWithHisHead summarily dealt with]], and Henry married Anne and made her his Queen. All along, she had promised that ''she'' would give him the son he desperately wanted.
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For various reasons, ThePope UsefulNotes/ThePope would not grant Henry an annulment from his wife, so he decided to [[StartMyOwn separate from the Church and declare himself Supreme Head]] in order to do so. Anyone who stood in the way was [[OffWithHisHead summarily dealt with]], and Henry married Anne and made her his Queen. All along, she had promised that ''she'' would give him the son he desperately wanted.
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* IdleRich: Ercole d'Este, brother of the Duke of Ferrara and nephew to ThePope, is an honest-to-goodness RichIdiotWithNoDayJob. [[spoiler:He is however [[TookALevelInBadass getting better]].]]
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* IdleRich: Ercole d'Este, brother of the Duke of Ferrara and nephew to ThePope, UsefulNotes/ThePope, is an honest-to-goodness RichIdiotWithNoDayJob. [[spoiler:He is however [[TookALevelInBadass getting better]].]]
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* KnightTemplar: The Society for Purity and Correctness in Doctrine, aka the Cathars, a bunch of [[PrinciplesZealot dedicated Catholics]] so reactionary, they think ThePope has it wrong. [[{{Irony}} Part of what they are protesting is said Pope's approach to people who think he has it wrong.]]
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* KnightTemplar: The Society for Purity and Correctness in Doctrine, aka the Cathars, a bunch of [[PrinciplesZealot dedicated Catholics]] so reactionary, they think ThePope UsefulNotes/ThePope has it wrong. [[{{Irony}} Part of what they are protesting is said Pope's approach to people who think he has it wrong.]]
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* ThePope: Thanks to the ButterflyEffect, Ippolito d'Este is elected Pope in the Conclave of 1550, and takes the name Pius IV; he becomes a central character. [[spoiler: His strong modernizing tendencies make him a lot of enemies among the hardliners - including, most notably, the man who would in RealLife go on to become Pope Paul IV.]]
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UsefulNotes/HenryVIII, the King of England, wanted nothing more than continue [[TheHouseOfTudor his family line]] by siring [[HeirClubForMen a male heir]]. But his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was proving ''very'' uncooperative. Their only child to survive infancy was a daughter, Mary; Henry was able to father a son with one of his mistresses, but he was illegitimate and could not inherit the throne.
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UsefulNotes/HenryVIII, the King of England, wanted nothing more than continue [[TheHouseOfTudor [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfTudor his family line]] by siring [[HeirClubForMen a male heir]]. But his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was proving ''very'' uncooperative. Their only child to survive infancy was a daughter, Mary; Henry was able to father a son with one of his mistresses, but he was illegitimate and could not inherit the throne.
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* NeverMyFault: Played up in an in-universe dramatization--after his cousin Prince Vladimir dies dramatically proving his innocence, Ivan IV is grief-stricken and repentant for all of two minutes before blaming the rest of his court for leading him astray and starting another round of executions.
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* AgentPeacock: Henry Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Essex is a man as deadly as he is fashionable.
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* AgentPeacock: Henry Cromwell, 3rd Earl of Essex is a man as deadly as he is fashionable. Very, basically.
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* FemmeFataleSpy: [[spoiler: Catherine Howard]]
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* MataHari: [[spoiler: Catherine Howard]]
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* InsufferableGenius: Anne Boleyn is implied to be this at times.
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HenryVIII, the King of England, wanted nothing more than continue [[TheHouseOfTudor his family line]] by siring [[HeirClubForMen a male heir]]. But his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was proving ''very'' uncooperative. Their only child to survive infancy was a daughter, Mary; Henry was able to father a son with one of his mistresses, but he was illegitimate and could not inherit the throne.
Eventually, a clever, charming, and manipulative young courtier named AnneBoleyn caught his eye. Henry had already bedded her older sister, but Anne was more prudish; she would ''not'' sleep with him unless and until they were married. For that to happen, Henry would have to end his marriage to Catherine. Thus began what history remembers as his "Great Matter".
Eventually, a clever, charming, and manipulative young courtier named AnneBoleyn caught his eye. Henry had already bedded her older sister, but Anne was more prudish; she would ''not'' sleep with him unless and until they were married. For that to happen, Henry would have to end his marriage to Catherine. Thus began what history remembers as his "Great Matter".
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* HenryVIII, King of England: Pretty much every bit the man he was in our history, as aptly described by the Dickens quote on his own page. He is viewed better in that he only had two wives, and didn't kill either of them. [[spoiler: Is injured and incapacitated, then dies, earlier in his reign than in reality, resulting in his son taking the throne as a minor.]]
* Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort [[spoiler: later Dowager]] of England: A very learned and cunning woman, a committed Protestant, a devoted mother, and a dangerous opponent.
* Mary Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, viewed by Catholics as the legitimate Heir to the throne. [[spoiler: Reconciles with her father after the death of her mother, and is married off to a Protestant prince. Dies in childbirth.]]
* Anne Boleyn, Queen Consort [[spoiler: later Dowager]] of England: A very learned and cunning woman, a committed Protestant, a devoted mother, and a dangerous opponent.
* Mary Tudor: Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, viewed by Catholics as the legitimate Heir to the throne. [[spoiler: Reconciles with her father after the death of her mother, and is married off to a Protestant prince. Dies in childbirth.]]
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* HenryVIII, UsefulNotes/HenryVIII, King of England: Pretty much every bit the man he was in our history, as aptly described by the Dickens quote on his own page. He is viewed better in that he only had two wives, and didn't kill either of them. [[spoiler: Is injured and incapacitated, then dies, earlier in his reign than in reality, resulting in his son taking the throne as a minor.]]
*Anne Boleyn, UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn, Queen Consort [[spoiler: later Dowager]] of England: A very learned and cunning woman, a committed Protestant, a devoted mother, and a dangerous opponent.
*Mary Tudor: UsefulNotes/MaryTudor: Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon, viewed by Catholics as the legitimate Heir to the throne. [[spoiler: Reconciles with her father after the death of her mother, and is married off to a Protestant prince. Dies in childbirth.]]
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* Reginald Pole: Chosen by Charles V as a [[PuppetKing figurehead Catholic claimant to the throne of England]]. Though there's no love lost between Pole and [[HenryVIII the present monarch]], he has no interest in the job. [[ButThouMust Charles V won't hear of it, and places him under house arrest to prevent him from doing otherwise]].
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* Reginald Pole: Chosen by Charles V as a [[PuppetKing figurehead Catholic claimant to the throne of England]]. Though there's no love lost between Pole and [[HenryVIII [[UsefulNotes/HenryVIII the present monarch]], he has no interest in the job. [[ButThouMust Charles V won't hear of it, and places him under house arrest to prevent him from doing otherwise]].
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In 1533, Anne gave birth to [[TheVirginQueen a girl]].
This was the beginning of the end for Anne; the profound stress of failing to live up to the demands of one of the most petulant and impatient men in history resulted in all of her subsequent pregnancies ending in miscarriage. Henry quickly tired of her, and she, too, [[OffWithHisHead was executed]] just three years after they were married. Henry, of course, went on to remarry four more times, having a grand total of ''one'' son. [[TheVirginQueen Their daughter]] eventually became Queen and went on to reign over a GoldenAge.
This was the beginning of the end for Anne; the profound stress of failing to live up to the demands of one of the most petulant and impatient men in history resulted in all of her subsequent pregnancies ending in miscarriage. Henry quickly tired of her, and she, too, [[OffWithHisHead was executed]] just three years after they were married. Henry, of course, went on to remarry four more times, having a grand total of ''one'' son. [[TheVirginQueen Their daughter]] eventually became Queen and went on to reign over a GoldenAge.
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In 1533, Anne gave birth to [[TheVirginQueen [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI a girl]].
This was the beginning of the end for Anne; the profound stress of failing to live up to the demands of one of the most petulant and impatient men in history resulted in all of her subsequent pregnancies ending in miscarriage. Henry quickly tired of her, and she, too, [[OffWithHisHead was executed]] just three years after they were married. Henry, of course, went on to remarry four more times, having a grand total of ''one'' son.[[TheVirginQueen [[UsefulNotes/ElizabethI Their daughter]] eventually became Queen and went on to reign over a GoldenAge.
This was the beginning of the end for Anne; the profound stress of failing to live up to the demands of one of the most petulant and impatient men in history resulted in all of her subsequent pregnancies ending in miscarriage. Henry quickly tired of her, and she, too, [[OffWithHisHead was executed]] just three years after they were married. Henry, of course, went on to remarry four more times, having a grand total of ''one'' son.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: James V, King of Scots, once again leaves [[MaryOfScotland his daughter]] to reign as Queen of Scots. Here she's slightly older than six days, however. [[spoiler: Also, Henry VIII dies in 1545, leaving behind his eleven-year-old son to take the throne as Henry IX, with Anne Boleyn serving as Regent. And the sudden deaths of his father and grandfather bring King Leander of Portugal to the throne as a toddler, as was the case with the original timeline's King Sebastian.]]
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* AChildShallLeadThem: James V, King of Scots, once again leaves [[MaryOfScotland [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland his daughter]] to reign as Queen of Scots. Here she's slightly older than six days, however. [[spoiler: Also, Henry VIII dies in 1545, leaving behind his eleven-year-old son to take the throne as Henry IX, with Anne Boleyn serving as Regent. And the sudden deaths of his father and grandfather bring King Leander of Portugal to the throne as a toddler, as was the case with the original timeline's King Sebastian.]]
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** Also averted by [[spoiler: Henry IX]], who is often described as ''far'' less experienced with women than he lets on, and never has any serious dalliances during his bachelorhood, to the point that [[spoiler: he ''might'' even still be a virgin by the time he finally marries Mary, Queen of Scots, at the age of 26 (giving him something in common with [[TheVirginQueen his historical sister]])]]. This is actually in keeping with the men of his dynasty, [[spoiler: apart from his father]].
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* NamesTheSame: A few historical figures have "siblings" in this timeline with the same names, but who are different people. This includes Elizabeth Tudor (here said to be a brunette who strongly resembles her mother); Charles, first son of Philip II; [[MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]]; and most of Henri II's children. [[invoked]]
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* NamesTheSame: A few historical figures have "siblings" in this timeline with the same names, but who are different people. This includes Elizabeth Tudor (here said to be a brunette who strongly resembles her mother); Charles, first son of Philip II; [[MaryOfScotland [[UsefulNotes/MaryOfScotland Mary, Queen of Scots]]; and most of Henri II's children. [[invoked]]