Unexpected Heirs in Early Modern Europe

1. Introduction
Valerie Schutte

Part I. Securing a Dynasty

2. A Bastard and a Changeling? England’s
Edward of Westminster and Delayed Childbirth
Kristen Geaman

3. Margaret Tudor, Countess of Richmond, and Elizabeth of York: Dynastic Competitors or Allies?
Retha M. Warnicke

Part II. Preparing an Heir

4. Perceptions of Princesses: Pre-accession Book Dedications to Mary and Elizabeth Tudor
Valerie Schutte

5. Fit for a King? The Gendered Emotional Performances of Catherine de Medici as Dauphine of France, 1536–1547
Susan Broomhall

6. Never the Queen: Anne Stuart’s Formative Years
Troy Heffernan

Part III. Second Sons

7. Another Spare to the French Crown: Henry III of France’s Self-Representation, Reputation, and Royal Authority
Estelle Paranque

8. Losing an Unexpected Throne: Deposing Second Sons of the Stuart Dynasty
Cathleen Sarti

9. Expected, then Passed Over: Second Sons in the French Monarchy of the Seventeenth Century
Jonathan Spangler

Part IV. Unexpected Survival

10. A Queen in Constant Motion: Queen Christina of Sweden and the Unexpected Mobility of Sovereignty
Camilla Kandare

11. The Unexpected Virgin: The Perpetual Succession Crisis of Elizabeth I
William B. Robison

Keywords: History, History of Early Modern Europe, Gender Studies, History of Britain and Ireland, History of Medieval Europe