Louis of Anglia (The Kalmar Union)

Louis ruled Anglia for 16 years in the latter half of the 17th century.

As John V outlived all his own children the Witenage was forced to looked further afield for a suitable successor. They had already dredged deep through the cousins of the Norfolk family to find John IV in the first place. Once again the nearest relations were Catholics or already firmly struck out of the succession. A neat solution would be found in Louis however. The grandson of the still wildly popular Anna II, he was young, politically astute and blessed with a small but growing family. Chancellor Marsdon massaged the legalese (in theory Louis was ineligible as his grandparents had married morganatically and had renounced any claims to the Anglian crown) while pamphlets loudly proclaimed the return of the Norfolk dynasty.

Louis and his family would travel to Anglia in late 1668. His father, William, had also been considered for the crown, but it was known he was infirm having been wounded during the Second Hesse War, and besides, had given his blessing. Louis in return abdicated his claim to what remained of the Battenberg estates in Hesse-Kassel to his younger brother William.

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