England could have had a King Arthur...

[caspar milquetoast]

It's interesting to speculate what would have happened had the elder
brother of England's King Henry VIII, Arthur Prince of Wales, not died
of unknown causes aged 15 on 2 April 1502.

Would he have ascended the throne on the death of his father, Henry VII,
and be crowned King Arthur, or would he have chosen an existing royal name?

His name was chosen deliberately by his father to legitimize his claim
to Richard III's throne, genealogists tracing his line back to Welsh
King Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon of Gwenydd, and thence, with considerable
invention, to King Arthur.

He would probably therefore have used the name Arthur to show the House
of Tudor's legitimate right to the throne of England.

England might have a very different course under King Arthur Tudor. He
is recorded as a reserved and studious youth, quite a different
proposition to his vainglorious younger brother.

There's an alternate history book waiting to be written, right there...

[Duggy]

Post by caspar milquetoast
It's interesting to speculate what would have happened had the elder
brother of England's King Henry VIII, Arthur Prince of Wales, not died
of unknown causes aged 15 on 2 April 1502.
Would he have ascended the throne on the death of his father, Henry VII,
and be crowned King Arthur, or would he have chosen an existing royal name?
His name was chosen deliberately by his father to legitimize his claim
to Richard III's throne, genealogists tracing his line back to  Welsh
King Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon of Gwenydd, and thence, with considerable
invention, to King Arthur.
He would probably therefore have used the name Arthur to show the House
of Tudor's legitimate right to the throne of England.
England might have a very different course under King Arthur Tudor. He
is recorded as a reserved and studious youth, quite a different
proposition to his vainglorious younger brother.
There's an alternate history book waiting to be written, right there...

True... but would the writer be able to keep away from writing
traditional King Arthur in a different era...

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[caspar milquetoast]

Post by Duggy

Post by caspar milquetoast
It's interesting to speculate what would have happened had the elder
brother of England's King Henry VIII, Arthur Prince of Wales, not died
of unknown causes aged 15 on 2 April 1502.
Would he have ascended the throne on the death of his father, Henry VII,
and be crowned King Arthur, or would he have chosen an existing royal name?
His name was chosen deliberately by his father to legitimize his claim
to Richard III's throne, genealogists tracing his line back to Welsh
King Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon of Gwenydd, and thence, with considerable
invention, to King Arthur.
He would probably therefore have used the name Arthur to show the House
of Tudor's legitimate right to the throne of England.
England might have a very different course under King Arthur Tudor. He
is recorded as a reserved and studious youth, quite a different
proposition to his vainglorious younger brother.
There's an alternate history book waiting to be written, right there...

True... but would the writer be able to keep away from writing
traditional King Arthur in a different era...

I wouldn't mind, as long as there was no bloody Lancelot.

[John W Kennedy]

Post by caspar milquetoast
It's interesting to speculate what would have happened had the elder
brother of England's King Henry VIII, Arthur Prince of Wales, not died
of unknown causes aged 15 on 2 April 1502.
Would he have ascended the throne on the death of his father, Henry
VII, and be crowned King Arthur, or would he have chosen an existing
royal name?
His name was chosen deliberately by his father to legitimize his claim
to Richard III's throne, genealogists tracing his line back to Welsh
King Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon of Gwenydd, and thence, with considerable
invention, to King Arthur.
He would probably therefore have used the name Arthur to show the House
of Tudor's legitimate right to the throne of England.
England might have a very different course under King Arthur Tudor. He
is recorded as a reserved and studious youth, quite a different
proposition to his vainglorious younger brother.
There's an alternate history book waiting to be written, right there...

You've forgotten another candidate, Arthur of Brittany, who succeeded
Richard I and set up the world of Lord Darcy.