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One implication of retaining Serbia is that the second Serbian migration didn’t happen thereby reducing the Serbian population in Vojvodina. Austria can hang on to Serbia if it extends privileges in return for serving as border guards. The church hierarchy in Serbia was an ally of Vienna...

How do we feel about a Virgin Queen? Her sister Margarita Teresa is born in 1651 so alive in 1656 she is still packed off to Austria to marry Leopold. Maria Teresa reigns well by herself with no French entanglements. Next Queen is Antonia in 1683. She’s 14. Who does she marry?

Possibly. But maybe not. The Bavarians and Austrians are similar culturally, linguistically and especially religiously so why not just leave them out?

This war could have rather explosive ramifications! It is not the war Bismarck desired in Denmark but it may very well provide Germany with the results it got in 1864, 1866 and 1870 all in one war. All three enemy combatants are beaten handily. Prussia can likely handle France and Denmark...

Weren’t they in an alliance...the Quadruple Alliance...for a while? France did some good by Austria. Having itback during the Second Morean War is an example. But what if it continued? There could be some interesting horse trading. Lorraine for Tuscany as in OTL. Austrian Netherlands for...

I agree with the comment that the result of a victory would be a compromise peace and not much different than the OTL settlement. The Hungarian political elite was largely satisfied with the reigns of Charles and then Maria Theresa. Hungary needed this period of political stasis to repopulate...

No she can not be ruler of Prussia. I’m trying to make sense of the succession. Because of multiple predeseaces by 1888 I think the next in line is a certain Prince Albert born in 1837.

In the short term things are looking pretty good for Austria and MT. Among her adversaries, there is a loss of appetite for any war over the succession as FS is elected HRE and all territories are maintained with little fuss. Without Prussia, the alliance with London is likely sound. France...

Very much this. Quick peace to forestall outside intervention. Force Prussia back in to the Confederation. Schleswig-Holstein to Augustenburg. A favorable economic treaty. Implications are the failure of Prussia as the motor of German unification. Instead successive Prussian governments align...

I think it would require a war with Austria for full on annexation of both principalities and I don’t think that’s going to happen but here are two other cute options: Option one: Dacia! In a more successful concerted 1790 ish effort, Russia gets its client state in the principalities and...

Franco-German cooperation would be quite a thing. France-NGC-Austria-Italy as a Quadruple Entente? A proto EU? Hard to imagine Would depend a lot on France. What form of government does it have? How does it approach its new powerful neighbor? It’s likely hostile to it since it has eclipsed it...

Not much difference perhaps. NGC is on its own a powerful country that thwarts the ambitions of France. This is true even without the war and annexation of A-L. The Southern States are economic dependencies unable to align with Austria or France. They become bound by various agreements to the...

Yeah the funny thing here is that enhanced Bavaria and Saxony are immediately bad news for Prussia. Maybe the Queen of Hungary is an ally in the next war to reverse this a little bit. Britain, Holland, Prussia, Hungary, Russia vs France, Spain, Bavaria, Saxony?

Always wonder whether a more flexible, creative Leopold II could have negotiated an orderly exile of the Royal family as part of a renewal of the 1756 alliance with France. France takes the Austrian Netherlands. Austria takes Venetia and Dalmatia. Royal family in exile—I think they would have...

Didn’t he want to move to Trieste at one point and FJ said no? I don’t think it would be a boost to Austrian prestige, but rather a headache for both the state and church. There could be international innuendos about Austrian interference in church matters. On the flip side the Pope could be...

I’m in the camp believing that Austria will have a hard time pressing its advantage after a victory in 1866. That doesn’t mean it won’t have achieved its main objective—preventing the Prussian political domination of Germany. I think they go for a quick, lenient peace to head off any third...

Even in losing the 7YW they controlled Italy together. Bavaria was neutralized by the alliance. But.... Prussia still had a range of motion in Germany. Russian power was on the rise. So they win the war. On land anyway. I think the Netherlands/Parma swap was off the table. But maybe in victory...

That’s a great accumulation of power to France. But perhaps Austria can’t do much about it. Maybe the Dutch and Britain are being noncommittal. Can Austria get Bavaria, Venice (and it’s possessions) and Milan? That might work. A nice contiguous empire not bordering France. What of Lorraine...

How about Leopold II and his son Franz II hold the title of HRE and also serve as regent for the Young Franz in the hereditary kingdoms and lands during his minority? With this you have (probably) the Declaration of Pillnitz and the Napoleonic Wars. Young Franz reaches majority and rules as...

Good thoughts and yes, quite the headache. If Leopold dies on schedule in 1792 the empire is back in the soup. Still 8 years to go until Joseph’s son’s age of majority. And during a critical time as well.