queen anne

Queen Anne famously had 17 pregnancies, with none of her children surviving her. Only five of her pregnancies resulted in a live birth, and only three children lived longer than a few minutes or days after their birth. The remainder were stillborn or miscarriages. So here is the POD, Queen Anne...

Hey everyone! Recently I've been looking through the British royal family tree, looking for any curiosities in the many lesser known children low down on the lines of succession. It has been quite interesting, and has gotten my mind wandering about a few scenarios (one of which being the Henry...

As the title says, on January 1, 1670, King Charles II of England and Scotland gets a little too carried away during New Year's Eve celebrations, getting so drunk that he mistakes an open window for a door and falls several meters high for a quick death, his brother succeeds him as King James II...

William, Duke of Gloucester was the only surviving child of several pregnancies, the future Queen Anne, he was born with several health problems, his death in 1700, at the age of 11, precipitated a succession crisis, as his mother was the only person left in the Protestant line of succession...

what would be the effects of the duke of Gloucester living to become king in his own right? Assuming Anne dies at the same time, the new king would be 25 years old at the time of his ascension to the throne. Despite being sickly it's not implausible for him to have survived into his 40s or 50s...

The POD is that Philippe Charles, Duke of Valois survives. He is the eldest son of the Duke of Orleans, Louis XIV's brother. His mother is Henrietta of England, daughter of Charles I. This means that if the Old Pretender dies before the death of Queen Anne in 1714, this alternate Phillippe II...

"The Queen is dead, long live The Queen!" OTL, Queen Anne outlived her heir-presumptive Sophia of Hanover by about two months, and so she was succeeded by Sophia's son, George I. But what if Sophia squeaked out a few more years, with Queen Anne still dying on schedule? I was unable to find a...

Queen Anne famously had 17 pregnancies but no children who survived to adulthood. I often see WI scenarios where William of Gloucester survives but what if Anne was actually able to have a brood. I know there are theories as to why Anne and George's children had such a low survival, but for the...

The idea of this thread is simple. James II has a slightly stronger backbone and never converts to Catholicism. I know this might be almost ASB, but he was stubborn when he should've been pliant - so let's extend this to his religion as well, he's friendly to Charles II, and Anne Hyde still...

It is well known that the future of the British monarchy hung in the balance during the reign of James II. The man who had converted to Catholicism during the reign of his illustrious brother King Charles II, had initially been popular with the people, but his increasing descent into...

Edward I, Edward III, Edward IV and George III had some of the largest families of any English monarchs. A close contender might have been Queen Anne, however, many of her kids died in the womb or shortly after birth. There were at least five births that produced live children (the Princesses...