Alternate history of Europe: What if England had a Habsburg King

Alternate History of Europe: What if Queen Mary's pregnancy were not false, and England had a
Habsburg King? Whom would he be, and how would he look?

This video is one of the first in our alternate history series to explore the "what if scenarios" which can happen if some pivotal point in our history changes. For example, how would the history and timelines of that parallel world look? Can we explore and guess the different scenarios?
We also want to imagine what the different characters might look like using AI.

In this scenario, we first looked at how Queen Mary I's children would look if her pregnancies were not phantom. We hope to follow the life timelines of these children. Please do help us steer the direction of where their stories may be going.

Chapters:
00:00 What if Queen Mary had a son
00:29 No Phantom Pregnancies
00:43 Baby Prince Phillip of Wales
01:06 Young Brother of Don Carlos of Asturias
01:32 Baby Sister for Prince Phillip, Princess Catherine
01:54 The Death of Queen Mary I
02:13 The Ascension of King Phillip I of England, England’s Habsburg King
02:30 The Three Years Old King with a mighty dad
03:13 Could Phillip I unite Great Britain?
03:24 An European Empire as big as Napoleon’s 200 years early
03:38 How do you think the story should unfold? Tell us your interest
03:56 You might be interested in these videos

Phillip I of Spain:

July 8 1555, London, England.
During Queen Mary I's reign in a parallel universe
Queen Mary I of England gave birth to a healthy boy.
This birth silenced the rumours that the pregnancy for the 39-year-old queen was false.
The boy was relatively small and shared his mother's delicate frame but had the distinctive strong jaws of the Habsburgs inherited from his father, King Phillip of Spain.
Phillip and Mary named the baby boy Phillip, and upon birth, he became the Prince of Wales, the heir to the English Throne.
Phillip was born on the tenth birthday of his older half-brother, the ten years old Don Carlos.
Don Carlos was the Prince of Asturias and destined to assume the Spanish Throne after his father, Phillip II of Spain.
Don Carlos would die when young Prince Phillip was thirteen, making him heir to the Thrones of Spain as well.
On April 22, 1568, When young Prince Phillip was almost three, Mary gave birth to a baby girl.
Queen Mary decided to name her baby girl Catherine, as the girl was as beautiful as her grandmother, Catherine of Aragon.
On November 17, 1558, Queen Mary I of England died during the influenza epidemic.
The Queen is Dead, Long Live the King

At three-year-old, Young Prince Phillip ascends to the English Throne as King Phillip I of England.
(His father, Phillip of Spain, was not considered Phillip I of England as he was only English King Jure Uxoris)
The young King Phillip would have been the most youthful King England ever had, the first whose father and regent was the King of Spain, a country more powerful than England at the time.
What do you think would happen to young King Phillip I of England?
Would his powerful father be able to look after him and his one-year-old sister the way his mother intended in her will?
We believe that if Queen Mary's pregnancy produced a son, especially a Habsburg Son, her son had an excellent opportunity to unite Britain more than 100 years before Queen Anne.
Moreover, he may be able to create a great European Empire in the 17th century, 200 years before Napoleon Bonaparte.
Do you think we are right?
Please tell us what you think would be the fate of Mary's son or daughter, and share your opinions or any alternate history timelines you may want to explore in the comments.

The Music is “Entrelacés” by Dominique Charpentier licensed via Music Vine: RB0HFT3H2UN3DPK0

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[MeetingHistoryTimelines]

Queen Mary of England suffered two bouts of phantom pregnancies. If her pregnancies were not false, her son and daughter would have been the start of the English Habsburg line. Based on the other historical events at the time, we believe that Queen Mary and Phillip of Spain’s children, especially if they had a son, would have a great opportunity not only to unite Great Britain a century before Queen Anne but also to create a Great European Naval Empire. Do you believe our predictions for King Phillip I of England?

[smdrmc]

Am I the only one that has watched this 4 times. I love seeing historical figures come to life. People look so different when they smile and it's amazing to see historical figures come to life. You are so talented. I appreciate you bringing this wonderful gift to us.

[smdrmc]

Would like to see what you would imagine if Henry V had lived longer and inherited France. Wonder what the course of history would have been.

[amandareza]

I would love to see a video about Anne Boleyn giving birth to a son with Henry The Eighth. I wonder what that alternate history timeline would look like.

[savagedarksider]

Great Job with the video. One thing is for certain in this alternative timeline(...) The Tudor Dynasty comes to an end because the child would take their father's last name and not their mother's.

[smdrmc]

I also didn't realize the religious implications this would have!! It's fascinating to think that how one birth could change the fate of an empire and nation.

[kathymckenna]

So interesting. How about if Anne Boleyn had a son??

[revinhatol]

*_Alternate history of Europe: What if England had an Orange King?_*

CHAPTERS:
*What if William and Mary have a son despite all the troubles?*
*Baby Prince Edgar Stephen*
*The Death of Mary II of England and Scotland*
*The Death of William III of England/II of Scotland*
*The Ascension of King Edgar Stephen of England and Scotland, Great Britain’s Dutch King*
*The Three Years Old King with a mighty dad*
*Could Edgar Stephen unite Great Britain?*
*An European Empire as big as Napoleon’s 100 years early*

(EDIT: fixing a typo)

[spiraman]

Do you think you can create an alternate timeline if the Spanish actually won when they invaded with the Spanish Armada?

[diamondinthesky]

I actually wrote a timeline of this on the alt history forum (I need to finish my next posts though)! I'm not sure if I inspired this video or not, but either way it's nice to know I'm not the only one who thought of this.

[elmaje]

According to the Marriage Contract, a son of Mary and Philip would have inherited England, Ireland and the Low Countries, the Franche Comté and Charolais. making England a ridiculously more powerful player in European players, England would be able to defend them better than Spain... Castile and Aragon with their overseas realms were not guaranteed, since at the time Philip had an older son, Don Carlos, . But Carlos, never very stable emotionally, is said to have gone insane after brain injuries following a fall from a horse. He was eventually put into the same ‘genteel confinement’ in which his great-grandmother Juana ended her life, and died at 23 in 1568. If this isn't butterflied away, the son of Philip and Mary would technically be the heir of all their possessions.

Of course, I doubt Philip would want such a thing. After Mary's death, he would probably remarry to have another son and split his possessions. But a son by Mary would have been older, and might very well have received that inheritance. In 1580 Philip II would add Portugal and its colonies to his holdings and the Mary and Philip's child could inherit it too.

With Portugal, Castile, Aragon along with all their overseas and Mediterranean possessions plus England and the Netherlands and all the fleets of all of them combined the son of Mary and Philip would be the most powerful man in history without anyone capable of challeging him in Western Europe. France being encircled to the north, west and east by the Habsburgs. Furthermore, if he would take advantage of the Wars of Religion in France, he could recover not only Calais but also Bologne with all of Picardy, the duchy of Burgundy and Upper Navarre. And if we go extreme, claim all of France.

[smdrmc]

The youngest king was King Henry VI I believe he was 9 months we he ascended the throne.

[mediocremaiden]

Both Dead from Pink Eye before age 20, Elizabeth I begins Reign at age 45

[harild]

El destino de Inglaterra ya estaba escrito para que el catolicismo nunca mas.