Thanks all for the fine words, it is one of the reasons I enjoyed writing the timeline, which overall I can only describe as positive endeavor. I think I will finish my Master (just one year left) and then we will see what happens
I've plenty of ideas for new timelines, all centered around Denmark of course, because I am a bit of a fan boy. Though there is still much I want to do with this timeline, such as go back to fix the first posts. We will see. I will post my thoughts on how Dania (and some other stuff) would develop, in case that does not happen.
I have deeply enjoyed your timeline, and are sad to see it end, but you have taken this timeline farther and deeper than most timeline authors can claim, and I think it's a bad idea to burn out, so I prefer you end it or put it on hiatus rather than burn out.
I really have to thank especially you Jürgen, but also all the other people that have helped shape the timeline, without peoples knowledge about religion and other subjects I would not have gotten the timeline to where it is now. So thank you to you and all those people!
Rough timeline development:
Early 17th century:
I was building up for a big European War (how long it would last I had not decided). It would future Dania, France, Scotland, Halych-Volhynia, Savoy, Venice and Naples on one side and the majority of the remaining European nations: Moravia, Saxony, Russia, Lotharingia, England, Spain, Portugal, Genoa, Florence Milan and (later) The Papal States on the otherside.
The aggressor of said war would have been Moravia, which in an alliance with Saxony, Russia and England wanted to stop Danish dominance. From here the alliance network would take effect, when Lotharingia decided to throw in their support.
It would be a war that would be remembered as the first war where the war is also fought outside the European continent.
The rough results of said war:
India; Portuguese victory, The fledgling Danish trading posts taken or burned. The Danish presence is gone in the Indian ocean
West Africa; Danish victory, The Portuguese trading forts in OTL Nigeria (Lagos) and Kongo is taken over by Dania. Danish presence in West Africa is undeniable the strongest.
OTL South America;
Status Quo, Danish-French expedition attacking the Lotharingian colony of New Holland (at OTL Magdalena River/Río Magdalena) is a failure. generally Dania and France is surprised about how well developed said colony is.
OTL Brazil little happens, besides a Portuguese-Danish treaty allowing non-Portuguese merchants to sell and trade wares in the colony. This will prevent OTL Brazil from being hurt by the loss of Portuguese forts in West Africa.
Caribbean / OTL Central America; Dania takes control of the eastern part of OTL Cuba, Hispaniola is taken by France, French expedition attacking New Spain ends in failure.
Markland/ OTL North America; The French colony of ?Sylvanie? ( I think it was something like that..) is victorious over New Flanders, OTL Delaware River becomes the agreed border between the two.
Europe;
England takes control of Ireland, exept for the four "fortress cities"
Dania losses control over the former duchy Brunswick-Lüneburg, it retains several enclaves west of the Elbe. Brunswick-Lüneburg is once again a independent Duchy.
Dania losses control over Novgorod, which it had taken control of, in the previous Russian war.
Dania is acknowledged by Russia as the "owner" of the White Sea coastline.
Naples conquers the island of Sicily from Spain.
Various other territorial concessions. That I never decided exactly upon.
In general the idea was to have a Status Que of sorts, but still have some emerge as clear winners in their respective theaters. Dania itself needed to loss some territoy in Europe, it was pushing too many neighbours buttons.
Mid-late 17th Century:
Dania now having lost its presence in India will throw significant amount of money into West Africa, to try to develop it. it is not only very expensive, but the Europeans that arrive to do the job, seems to drop like flies, generally considered a complete failure. It nevertheless helps Dania cement its place as the principal power in West Africa.
Irish followers of the Nordic church leaves Ireland due to the heavy handed measures of their new English & Catholic overlords. Some go to Scotland but most go to either the Danish colonies or what becomes known as "New Ireland" (OTL Alabama-West Floria) said colony is under Dania, and will eventually form the western part of Nymark (Otl Georgia-South Carolina)
Lotharingia establish a presence in the Indian Ocean.
Dissatisfaction in Kronmark about Dania favouring France and ?Sylvanie? in the matters of border. (Danish settlers pressing into the Appalachian mountains from the east. While the more established parts of of Kronmark is not effected [OTL Quebec & The Great Lakes etc.], more newly established parts south of the great lakes rebels. Dania emerges victorious, but the cost is higher than expected. It is decided that Kronmark, in its entirety should pay for the cost of the rebellion. The extra tax will alienate the previously loyal parts of Kronmark.
By now OTL South America should have been colonized, but I did not have any specific plans. I was toying with the idea of both having France or Dania in position of OTL Venezuela and Argentina, though I'm leaning towards little or not Danish presence in OTL South America.
Early 18th century;
Lotharingia attacks its former allies, takes the last Portuguese trading posts in Western Africa (Included the cape), furteremore the English presence in OTL Maine is Incorporated into New Flanders.
English conquest of Scotland, the Lowlands will be integrated, the highlands very much not so.
The emergence of "The Irish Free State" or some name like that. A rebelion in the western part of Ireland spirals out of control, as Dania supports it. Dania only needing OTL Cork, hands over the three other "Fortress cities"/enclaves to the new Irish state. the capital of the Irish state is the former Danish enclave of Derry.
The reason for Cork remaining as part of Dania, is that it is the last harbour danish ships leave in Europe before going its colonies across the world.
Danish plans to establish a presence in the Indian Ocean reemerges after the failure of developing West Africa
Brazilian colony is cut off from Portugal, will in general enter a period of decline.
Mid-late 18th century;
Ambitious plan from Portugal sees Egypt fall into the control of Portugal, this will help Portugal keep contact with India, even though it lost control of its West African presence.
Large/Huge civil war in Dania, led by a fabolous wealthy descendant of Valdemar II (one of the Estridsen cadet branches) a charismatic but disillusioned man that believes he should be king. It is eventuelly defeated
Kronmark in its entirety rebels in the late 18th century, Dania unable to regain the former colony, (undecided about government form)
Danish plans in the Indian Ocean scrubbed, Danish plans in the spice islands where there is less European presence instead used. (I was thinking OTL Philippines)
19th century;
Revolution? probably not, but somekind of national awakening, so nationalism becomes a thing.
Generally I liked the idea about European wars being fought in the colonies and not so much in Europe.
Industrilisation of Lotharingia, later England and then rest of Europe. Dania have insane amount of natural resources but little coal, and what coal it have is in inhospitable places. It need to import coal from England and Moravia (OTL Rostock will benefit massively from the Silesian coal fields) eventually Dania will shift to water power as one of the first nations.
Race for Africa, Dania well located with by far the largest presence in west Africa.
20th century;
World Wars? in my mind I would be avoiding massive world wars, instead have several colonial wars instead.
Colonialism is probably gonna last longer, I like the idea about Europe developing their colonized areas more, but probably unlikely.
Three European nations will have over 100 million people at the end of the 20th century. France, Russia and Dania.
Lotharingia and Hungary will also have substantiel populations.
One of my goals was to not only to get Denmark with a much larger population, but to do so, I decided that I needed to do the same with Europe. if Possible, I'm unsure. But I like the idea. As you can see in the later centuries it got a lot less specifik.