Alternate History
An exploration of alternate and divergant histories of our world.
Tracing the royal line of descent of Alfred the Great - England's kings if the Norman Conquest had never happened.
What if the English crown had passed to the eldest child, not the eldest son? Tracing the descendents of the Empress Matilda.
A different Glorious Revolution - what if James II of England had changed the succession to allow the eldest child, not the eldest son, to inherit?
In 1216, Prince Louis of France claimed the English throne. What if he had kept hold of it?
In 1328, the French declared that not only could no woman rule France, but inheritance could never pass through a woman. If they had chosen otherwise, Edward III of England would have been king of France...
In 1100, on the death of William Rufus, his brother Henry claimed the throne on the grounds that he was "born in the purple" - after their father's ascent to the throne.
