charles xii

Charles XII was one of the most famous or infamous (Depending on your view) Swedish kings. Already at a young age when the Great Northern War, he already defeated the Denmark-Norway, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under the King of Saxony, and finally turned his attention to Russia under...

December 20, 1710, at Azov Fortress (Russian Empire) The Russian soldiers waited while on patrol, waiting for a certain group of people to arrive while bracing themselves against the cold winter. Suddenly, a few of them saw a few men walking forwards. All but one of them were Ottomans, with...

Chapter 1: The King in the North! July 8, 1709, Poltava, Russian Empire It was the early morning. The army of the Swedish General Carl Roos was smashing through the Russian forces and overwhelming the first 2 redoubts, forcing the Russians back to the 3rd. This was the battle that was expected...

So what need to happen for GNW to look like it was expected by Danish-Saxon-Russian coalition? Danes, Saxons and Russians viewed Sweden as easy prey, ruled by young, unexperienced ruler and they were very, very wrong. Swedish king happened to be military genius (like many of his predecessors)...

That scenario IMHO deserves its own page, so lets say that Augustus does not hold title of Elector of Saxony due to his brother living longer (or having son), so there is no reason for Saxon involvement in a war against Sweden, and, as result, Peter also is not willing to fight Swedes. So is...

In an alternate scenerio, where the Swedish Empire lost the Great Northern War, but Charles XII lived and was forced to make peace, and makes it to the 1740s, would he ally himself with Frederick II of Prussia?

What if Charles XII of Sweden was never killed, and was captured by the enemy, and was forced to make peace. What would his later life be? What would his Empire be like? Let's say if he stays a healthy life, and survives more wars, he survives to the around 1750s-1760s

In 1718, While inspecting trenches close to the perimeter of the fortress, Charles XII of Sweden was struck in the head by a projectile and killed. But what if the bullet missed? What would Charles do after coming close to death? Here are a few questions: Would he win the siege of...

1 November 1700, Augustus II ends his life as result of some nasty accident. Meanwhile his forces are besiging Riga, last Charles II, Spanish Habsburg dies in Madrid, his Swedish namesake beaten Denmark recently and is going to face Russians, who just started invasion of Ingria. So what is going...

What if during last stages of battle of Narva (19 November 1700) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Narva_(1700) young Swedish monarch is wounded by musket ball and dies from his wound short after the battle? Russian army is defeated but at the same time Sweden lost its king, who happened...

Could we get an alternate Great Northern Timeline rolling? One that involves Sweden somehow winning the Great Northern War and preventing Russia's ascension into a Great Power? Any members well versed in the subject?