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Valena reacted to alexmilman's post in the thread The “Magnificent Age” - Catherine II TL with
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Valena reacted to Charles III Stuart's post in the thread Why do you think there is more interest in the Tudors than the Stuarts among the general public? with Like.
Is it all because of Henry VIII and all of his marital drama? The Stuarts had just as much intrigue as the Tudors, what with Oliver...
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Valena replied to the thread List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II.That's as OOC as they come, I'm with Kellan on this. Also, I don't see Catherine being like her mom. Also, Cat as a regent would go for...
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Valena replied to the thread what would you change in the popes of the past.Agree to this.
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Valena replied to the thread what would you change in the popes of the past.Though "Christian Ulugh Beg" situation is still a risk, a Cardinal has more time to be occupied with science and no need to meddle in...
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Valena replied to the thread What if a different Louis XIV, Louis the Builder, not Louis the Fighter?.Mary II is of the same degree of relation as what he did marry (just a switch of second cousins around). Though Mary has some commoner...
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Valena replied to the thread What if a different Louis XIV, Louis the Builder, not Louis the Fighter?.In the scenario when the Prince of Asturias to ATL Carlos II is born in 1657, a designated wife for him for Austrian alliance would come...
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Valena reacted to Kellan Sullivan's post in the thread What if a different Louis XIV, Louis the Builder, not Louis the Fighter? with Like.
Even if Balthasar Carlos DID marry Mariana of Austria, they'd only be first cousins (where Louis XIV through Louis XV, all French kings...
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Valena replied to the thread what would you change in the popes of the past.A favorite WI of mine (Cusano is overlooked in favor of J.Bruno who plagiarized A LOT of Cusano ideas but can be sold to Enlightment...
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Valena reacted to alexmilman's post in the thread WI: Catherine the Great was never born? with Like.
Its a million $$$ question answer to which depends upon the definitions of “good vs. bad” and they are not something as objective as...
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Valena reacted to alexmilman's post in the thread WI: Catherine the Great was never born? with Like.
Thanks. This, actually, was explained multiple times in various TLs so I’ll be repeating the things which are already generally known...
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Valena reacted to alexmilman's post in the thread WI: Catherine the Great was never born? with Like.
Of course. The “classic” starting point is Peter I prior to whom “as everybody knows” Tsardom lived in the early stone age and the only...
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Valena replied to the thread WI: Catherine the Great was never born?.It was in a TL when he died in 1697:)
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Valena replied to the thread Mary of Burgundy born male?.I agree to this match. Though if Anne's issue is as OTL, this would be an OTL problem brought up a generation later.
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Valena replied to the thread WI: No Hannoverian Dynasty, or Queen Anne of Great Britain has surviving children.Better health definitely means longer life.