Yeah, been more active myself over the last few years and have noticed that change as well. I guess it was bound to happen as the original members become more informed, and educate newer members.
Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread
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I had this idea based off the Black Templars from Warhammer 40,000. It is an "Eternal Crusade" world where the Crusades never ended since many of the European nations swore an oath of eternal crusade. Not sure how feasible it is, though. (The Black Templars from Warhammer 40,000 swore an oath of eternal crusade. I was thinking could the same be feasible for the original crusaders?)
Could this be a thing? I know it's more of a tongue-in-cheek timeline than a serious alternate.
Could this be a thing? I know it's more of a tongue-in-cheek timeline than a serious alternate.
Likeliest candidates in my opinion, considering Balthasar‘s age are either Anne Marie Louise of Orléans-Montpensier or Marie Leopoldine of Austria-Tyrol if she is not already Empress. Also Luisa Christina of Savoy could work, if she had not yet married her uncle
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I mean, minimum, the realm he builds survives and he is succeeded by a son.
Gender-flip his daughter into a boy, for that latter one, or have his wife give birth to fraternal twins. Italian unification is near-impossible, but I suppose he should invest more in the alliance with Louis XII, asking his help in overthrowing Julius II.
Not helping Julius to be elected would be likely enough…
And keeping alive longer either Alexander VI or Pius III a much better way for getting the same result
Not familiar with the source material, but I don't see this as too unfeasible. I guess the question would be: an eternal crusade against what?
For Christian Anatolia, have Byzantines defeat Seljuks at the Battle of Manzikert. For Muslim Iberia, have Umayyads win the Battle of Covadonga.
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Well, the "traditional" scenario for alternate history writers is for al-Andalus to survive (most likely via a stronger Umayyad Caliphate) while the Byzantine *cough* Eastern Roman Empire manages to keep the Turks at bay. However, you could also achieve this without saving the Byzantines by stopping the Seljuk Turks from converting to Islam, so they could either be Nestorian Christians or remain Tengrist until they assimilate into the local culture and convert to Eastern Orthodoxy.
How can Jesus' descendants the Merovingians unite all the Catholic realms?
And how would a Frederick Augustus, Duke of Warsaw(known as Frederick VI in this alternate timeline) who instead lawfully rules the HRE(Maria Josepha of Austria remained the Habsburg heir and still married Augustus III of Poland), Austria, Bohemia, Saxony, Hungary, Bavaria(Frederick VI had a strong claim to Bavaria through his mother and won the War of Bavarian Succession), Poland-Lithuania(was not completely partitioned due to being part of the Wettin mega-empire) and the Spanish Empire(the Austrian Habsburgs won the War of Spanish Succession) fare against Napoleon?
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Pure ASB. First some matches would be drastically altered, second NOBODY would EVER accept a quarter of that union….
You can NOT put a POD who totally change EVERYTHING and ignoring the MOST DIRECT consequences (as Charles VI’s politics and the matches of his nieces and daughters would be DRASTICALLY altered by the choice of Charles to keep Josepha as his heiress presumptive). Plus if Charles won the War of Spanish succession before Joseph’s death, he would need to leave either Spain or Austria to Josepha
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