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  1. A third French Restoration in 1873: effects on Spain?

    (appoligies for the wordy title, but couldn't figure out a shorter way to say it) So I've recently started work on a TL in which the French Monarchy is restored for a third time in 1873 (aka Chambord accepts the Tricolor) and have a hit a roadblock in how this would affect Spain. For those who...

  2. WI: A Palatine-Tuscan personal Union?

    In the late 17th century, Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (only daughter of the penultimate Medici Grand Duke, Cosimo III), married Elector Johann Wilhelm of the Palatinate as his second wife. The marriage was considered a happy one (the Electoral couple had a close relationship and shared love for...

  3. WI: François I of France killed at Pavia?

    I've recently been reexploring a TL I was working on set in the early 16th century and this thought struck me. First, some background; François I was King of France in 1515-1547 and was a contemporary-rival of Henry VIII of England and Emperor Charles V. Under his reign France challenged the...

  4. WI: Henri IV of France not assassinated?

    So this is an idea I've been toying around with for a bit and would love to get some perspective on. Henri IV, the first Bourbon King of France, was assassinated in 1610 right before intervening against the Austrians in the War of the Julich succession with the Protestant Princes of the Empire...

  5. WI: A longer-lived Emperor Kōmei and potential effects on the "Meiji" Restoration?

    I've recently became interested in the Meiji restoration and the events leading up to it, and in doing so learned more about Meiji's father, Emperor Kōmei. Komei was the first politically active Emperor in centuries, mainly thanks to the total political chaos within the Tokugawa Bakufu thanks to...

  6. WI: No August Coup and a surviving Soviet Union

    I've always found the idea of a successful New Union Treaty/surviving Soviet Union fascinating, especially in light of the current Ukraine-Russia crisis. From my (admittedly limited) research on the subject, the August coup attempt by Soviet hardliners is what finally killed the USSR, as it...

  7. Merovingian WI: Charles Martel killed at the Battle of Amblève?

    Hey all, this is kinda a niche WI, but I'll try to explain as best as I can. So I've recently became interested in the Merovingian dynasty (modern France's first ruling line) and came across something quite interesting to me. Chilperic II was the last of the strong Merovingian rulers (the last...

  8. WI: A surviving Mount Lebanon Emirate?

    Hey all, this is something I recently stumbled upon, and couldn't find any threads about, so I thought I'd make my own. So first, a little backstory: from 1516 to 1841 the mount Lebanon region of the Ottoman Empire was an autonomous iltizam, or tax farm, and known as the Mount Lebanon Emirate...

  9. WI/AHC: A far-right equivalent of communism?

    So I'm going to preference this by saying I don't know all that much about communism, Marxism or socialism, so anything I get wrong is an honest mistake. Anyway, the challenge is simple: create a far-right socioeconomic policy that's the equivalent of communism. By that I mean an exportable...

  10. WI: Mary the Rich of Burgundy died before her marriage?

    So I've recently become interested in the early Valois-Habsburg rivalry while researching ways to get the Burgundian inheritance into the hands of the Kings of France and came up with an idea that I don't believe has been explored before: What if Mary the Rich had died before marrying Maximilian...

  11. WI: Another ten years for Philippe IV of France?

    I've recently became interested in the late Capetian dynasty and am surprised to find that no one has (apparently) asked this before. So I think we all know who Philippe IV 'le Bel' is, but for those who don't know, he was the father of the modern bureaucratic state, the man who restored royal...

  12. WI: A reconquest of Haiti by Restoration France?

    This is something I've became interested in after reading about Napoléon's attempt to reconquer Haiti and the expedition send by Charles X to force the Haitians to pay a 150 million indemnity. So in the early years of the Bourbon restoration Haiti was divided into two nations, the northern...

  13. WI: Dmitri of Uglich, Ivan the Terrible's youngest son, survived?

    I can honestly say I'm surprised that I'm the first (or at least I think I'm the first) to ask about this topic, considering how many threads there are on the pretender/false Dmitris. Anyway, for those of you who don't know, Dmitri of Uglich was the youngest surviving son of Ivan the Terrible...

  14. What made the early Ottomans so successful?

    Basically what the title says. How were the Ottomans able to go from a minor Anatolian Principality to the Muslim Byzantine Empire in a century and a half? Was it a better military and administration? Skilled statesman and financiers? Luck? Or a combination of everything? Furthermore, could the...

  15. George III permenantly mad in 1789; long term consequences?

    So I've been reading Janice Hadlow's excellent A Royal Experiment, a biography on the marriages of the Hanoverian Royal line,just finished the chapter on George III's 1788-89 madness and its got me thinking; what if, instead of recovering, George III went permanently mad in 1789? How would...

  16. Concert of Europe question: How where the Congress sites chosen?

    I'm doing research for a possible TL with a longer the Concert of Europe and am trying to find out how the sites for the congresses were chosen. Of the five congresses one took place in Prussia (Aix-la-Chapelle) while the other four (Vienna, Toppau, Laibach and Verona) met in the Austrian...

  17. WI: Tsar Ivan V has a son?

    So I think everyone here basically knows who Peter the Great was but I don't know if all that many people remember his older brother and co-ruler Ivan V. Ivan was the youngest son of Tsar Alexei and his first wife Maria Miloslavskaya and was basically the Carlos II of Russia (physically and...

  18. No French Revolution; how long does European Absolutism last?

    Basically what the title says. Let's say the French revolution is butterflied somehow and the Ancien Régime continues onward. Without the Revolution to stoke the anti-Absolutist and nationalist fires, how long with European Absolutism last? To 1814? 1848? Could we see it survive intact into the...

  19. WI: A former Catholic for Queen Consort of Great Britain

    I've never actually seen a thread on this before, nor do I remember seeing such an idea mentioned. As we all know the British Act of Settlement banned Catholics and those married to Catholics from the throne. However it never mentioned former Catholics. So, assuming one can get a Catholic...

  20. Did the Great Reform Act start/cause the decline of the British Monarchy?

    So I've always heard that the passage of the 1832 Great Reform act is what started the decline of the British monarch's powers but is this true? I mean within two years of the Act William IV appointed a Prime Minister who wasn't from the majority party. The attempt failed, but that was due to...
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