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You say you aren't answering the question, but continue to expand on the answer you already gave in the previously quoted post. Of course the Dreux would logically succeed to the French throne in this situation, and you just outlined all the reasons why: they're princes of the blood, the...

You know, you don't need to ask me questions which you've already answered yourself :P

Well, on top of inheriting Mary's claim (which made him Elizabeth's closest legitimate living male relative following her death and the extinction of the Tudors) James was Protestant, for starters. He also put in some real effort of his own to build relations with England's leading figures in...

Well I'd imagine the French would try mightily (even more-so than they did historically) to prevent such an outcome. Having an heir would probably harden Mary and Francis' resolve to resist the Treaty of Edinburgh, if their expedition to Scotland still gets placed in a tough spot, considering...

Yeah I guess, but the best ways to produce an England that stays Catholic than I can think of while still keeping the 16th century somewhat recognizable are 1) one of Mary's pregnancies isn't so phantom after all and she gives birth to an English Habsburg prince, 2) Henry VIII's first son...

Well that's quite temporally removed from the POD I was talking about but sure, sounds like at least the Scottish & French parts could work fairly smoothly. I think there'd be significant domestic opposition to a hypothetical *Jacques I of France & Scotland also becoming King of England and no...

Louis VIII 'the Lion' almost became King of England based on his wife's relation to the Plantagenets (she was a daughter of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine) and his opponent being, well, King John. Maybe if John hadn't died when he did and made way for a much more palatable Plantagenet...