Historian Peter B. Levy viewed Agnew as a precursor to Reagan - 'It is not a far stretch to imagine that if Agnew had contested corruption charges half as hard as Nixon denied culpability for Watergate – as Goldwater and several other stalwart conservatives wanted him to – today we might be...
If Erik had won his conflict in Schleswig I think alot of his later issues would disappear or he would be in a much stronger position to deal with them
I am curious who Crown Prince Hans will be engaged too - I feel like the leading options are Mary Tudor, Madeleine Valois, or even Maria Hapsburg for a continuation of the familial ties. It's a shame that Vasilii doesn't have a daughter. Who Christian II decides to align with will have a...
The benefit for the Bonaparte Dynasty from a marriage alliance with the Romanovs comes after Napoleon's fall. Tsar Alexander is in a far greater position to allow his nephew to reign than Franz Joseph was for his grandson in OTL
I am going to go with The House of Knýtlinga or Jelling which for a brief time ruled England, Denmark, Norway and parts of Sweden. The North Sea Empire was a fascinating period and this dynasty even married into the Salian Dynasty briefly
I remain blown away by the quality of each update & I found the Via Media an interesting and fascinating divergence from OTL that feels completely in character for Christian II. I wonder what Christian II's historical legacy will be in this ATL - In Scandinavia, he will for sure be among the...
Penda of Mercia, who died in 655 was the last Pagan King of the Heptarchy and all of his children ended up devout Christians and Southern England was already fairly Christianized by that point so I really don't see Christianity being delayed much past OTL
During Canute's reign you were seeing a mixture of land grants in Denmark to English Nobles and Danish Nobles being granted large holdings in England but it's important to remember Danelaw and Anglo-Danes were already a major influence on England so long term I think Danish/Nordic would dominate...
It's reported by contemporary sources that Richard was fond of his young Ward and personally knighted him
Additionally Henry V reburied Richard II upon taking the throne, which seems to indicate the feelings were reciprocated in my eyes
Plus he's not a very useful hostage once Henry IV made...