I'm curious, how big can we get France and her empire without getting into wank territories? Bonus points if you start with a POD between Charlemagne's death and Louis XIV's birth
Well theorically with that POD anything could count as a wank anyway.I'm curious, how big can we get France and her empire without getting into wank territories? Bonus points if you start with a POD between Charlemagne's death and Louis XIV's birth
For achieving these goals you don’t even need to provide Francis with the imperial crown, just make him (or his predecessors) to modernize the French army up to the contemporary standard or better to get slightly ahead of it (without extravagant technological innovations) and provide it with the competent generals instead of the aristocratic nincompoops. Replacing his personal chivalry with the generalship would be a good start. No need to make him pre-incarnation (is there such a word?) of Napoleon, level of Turenne or Villars would be just fine.Francis I outbids Charles V and becomes Holy Roman Emperor. War ensues and France wins - directly annexing the Burgundian inheritance and Northern Italy.
For achieving these goals you don’t even need to provide Francis with the imperial crown, just make him (or his predecessors) to modernize the French army up to the contemporary standard or better to get slightly ahead of it (without extravagant technological innovations) and provide it with the competent generals instead of the aristocratic nincompoops. Replacing his personal chivalry with the generalship would be a good start. No need to make him pre-incarnation (is there such a word?) of Napoleon, level of Turenne or Villars would be just fine.
For achieving these goals you don’t even need to provide Francis with the imperial crown, just make him (or his predecessors) to modernize the French army up to the contemporary standard or better to get slightly ahead of it (without extravagant technological innovations) and provide it with the competent generals instead of the aristocratic nincompoops. Replacing his personal chivalry with the generalship would be a good start. No need to make him pre-incarnation (is there such a word?) of Napoleon, level of Turenne or Villars would be just fine.
Doing it this ay also makes him, and likely his heirs, emperors in title and not just effect. Better POD: Hapsburgs never inherit Spain.Yes, but Mega-France + Imperial Crown seems like something which down the line could translate into a Paris-led unified France-HRE. If we're gonna go for a wank, that's a pretty big wank.