That circumstance derived from the fact that several possible matches were thought and D.Pedro was the last choice.
The closest she was of having a foreign groom was her uncle Infante D.Luis, her mother's brother.
Another possibility had been the Duke of Cumberland, the infamous Cumberland Butcher, to strenghten the british alliance.
My question is, being Cumberland an anglican, would he ever convert to catholicism or would he put his foot on the fact that being The husband, he could have the priviledge of remaining an anglican ?
Would he have considered that "Lisbon was worth a mass ?"
I guess negotiations never went so far that this matter would have been considered but even so, if someone will have his/hers two pence...
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