A German Empress possible?

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I am not really knowledgeable about the succesion laws of the kingdom of Prussia, but at the absence of a son does a daughter or a brother suceed? Because if the former is the case as POD have Frederick III drop dead in 1857 childlessly from disease XY leaving his sister Louise as only child of the king of Prussia. How would this change things? Would Prussia's heir being female make the South Germans less likely to join the Empire? Or would her being the wife of the Duke of Baden make it more likely for them to join? How would her being married to arguably the most liberal of the German monarchs change the politics of Germany?
 

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JBO said:
I am not really knowledgeable about the succesion laws of the kingdom of Prussia, but at the absence of a son does a daughter or a brother suceed? Because if the former is the case as POD have Frederick III drop dead in 1857 childlessly from disease XY leaving his sister Louise as only child of the king of Prussia. How would this change things? Would Prussia's heir being female make the South Germans less likely to join the Empire? Or would her being the wife of the Duke of Baden make it more likely for them to join? How would her being married to arguably the most liberal of the German monarchs change the politics of Germany?
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Prussia was a German state. All German states followed Salic law, which means that Friedrich would be succeeded as Crown Prince by Prince Karl, his uncle. No chance whatsoever of a female ruler. The only reason that happened in Austria (the only German state that had a female ruler) was because the entire male line had died out.
 
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