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WI: Von mercy survives And won the Second battle of nordlingen.
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I'm not sure. But its probably safe to say that he would fair better than anyone who succeeded him. Geleen wasn't terrible but I don't...
Saturday at 7:45 PM
Vitruvius
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WI: Von mercy survives And won the Second battle of nordlingen.
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Well it would help the Bavarians, though in the near term French gains were so modest after the battle that I don't think it changes...
Saturday at 6:13 PM
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List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II
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Well, I'm on the record as being very skeptical of a continued Austro-Spanish alliance but if we assume that does occur then this is...
Saturday at 10:38 AM
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WI: Maria Theresa of Austria married Charles III of Spain?
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Its unclear what the alliance system would be by 1740. Really you need to work out how the War of the Polish Succession plays out. That...
May 5, 2024
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WI: Maria Theresa of Austria married Charles III of Spain?
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I guess that's the bottom line, right? We need to preserve a very tenuous alliance structure. Its not so much that Spain-Austria and...
May 5, 2024
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Why did Poland-Lithuania not splinter in a similar way to the HRE
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Still its an important distinction, no? If the question is about fragmentation in one state but not another. Where as in Poland the...
May 5, 2024
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WI: Maria Theresa of Austria married Charles III of Spain?
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I'm skeptical that the match could have been carried forward. It was one thing for Austria and Spain to normalize relations after the...
May 5, 2024
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Why did Poland-Lithuania not splinter in a similar way to the HRE
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My understanding was that the magnates didn't have the ability to field substantial private armies indefinitely because they lacked the...
May 4, 2024
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PC: More Battenberg-type families?
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Karl of Burgau is the best one I can think of. Or maybe the Counts of Wartenberg, if that line continued it could inherit something down...
Apr 29, 2024
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WI: Two More catholic German house in 17th century
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I don't know that its a rivalry with the Wittelsbachs specifically so much as with whomever is Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim who IOTL...
Apr 15, 2024
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WI: Two More catholic German house in 17th century
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I think the Welf line is the more impactful of the two. A Catholic dynasty anchoring the counter reformation in the NW could have major...
Apr 14, 2024
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well first of all we can safely say that the small pool of brides deemed suitable for a Habsburg ( whether imperial or Spanish branch )...
Apr 14, 2024
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No Iberian Union; Effects on Spanish and Portuguese Empires?
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I generally agree with this and I would add one additional wrinkle. From the 1620s on and especially in the 1630s as Spain's military...
Apr 14, 2024
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Independent Silesia in the HRE
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This is not implausible. But since this would likely require a 13th century POD its hard to say how things would actually look in the...
Apr 7, 2024
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Consequences of a Habsburg Spain after the war of spanish succession but which loses its Italian possessions?
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I agree Spain is weaker without the reforms. And Charles won't implement any of his own. At the same time if Spain retains the Spanish...
Mar 8, 2024
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