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Was there a possibility in the XVIII century? Please be as precise as yuo can.

Taken while reading an article from this site about the Jacobites, whose inheritance was later taken by the Bavarian Wittelsbachs... So, what if Held and von Aretin had been more bold about their defiance to Hitler and support for a restoration of the Bavarian monarchy? Could they pull off a...

OTL, the Wittelsbachs tried to get hold of the Southern Netherlands in the late 18th century. Unfortunately, Prussia and friends curbstomped that idea. I vaguely recall there may have been a suggestion that the Southern Netherlands go to a dispossessed Bavarian elector after the WotSS (Max II...

OTL, Maria Antonia of Austria, Princess of the Asturias in her own right, and Electress of Bavaria by marriage had three children who lived long enough to be named, and another three who weren't so fortunate. Miscarriages in 1687, 1688 and 1691, two shortlived sons (Leopold Ferdinand in 1689 and...

It's weird to think that all of Central Europe was one country for almost a century, united into a single 'Germany' that appeared to be a permanent geopolitical institution by the 1940s. It was then smashed into a dozen pieces by the Allies who wanted to ensure that such a state could never...

In the 18th century, three of the electors (Prussia, Hannover and Saxony) of the Holy Roman Empire ended up with kingdoms outside of the empire. The Wittelsbachs (both in Bavaria and in the Palatinate) tried for this on two occasions (the kingdom of Bohemia and resurrecting the kingdom of...

Louis X, Duke of Bavaria Landschut (1495-1545) was consideted as candidate for hand of Hedwig Jagiellon (born 1513), oldest daughter of king Sigismund I. IOTL negotiations were broken, because Louis wanted part of Masovia as Hedwig's dowry. Say in ATL his demands are more moderate and marriage...

Is there any possibility of having multiple German identities? Historically many German populations were quite distinguished from each other and lacked a single state to bind them together. Could this lead to different German dialects considering themselves different nations?

When John Sobieski died in 1697 he desired for his son, James Louis, to be elected King as his successor. However, James' mother refused to support him and instead supported her son-in-law, Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria. Historically, Maximilian's candidature was overshadowed by the...

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OK so this is something I've recently came across and it appears that no one has ever mentioned/explored the idea before. So during the Spanish succession war Emperor Josef I (1705-1711) sequestered a number of states whose Princes had sided with the French. These included Mantua, Montferrat...

A 'what if' that I've contemplated for a while, what if Maria Theresa von Habsburg had lost the War of the Austrian Succession? What would the consequences have been? For example, Maria Theresa secured the Hungarian throne independently of the Austrian inheritance, would the Franco-Prussian...

So, let's assume that, after winning the austro-prussian war or intervening in the franco-prussian war successfully, the Austrian Empire annexes the south german catholic states of Baden, Württemberg, and Bavaria. Would this be, in the long run: -A benefit? Considering that these regions were...

After WW1 the terms were pretty harsh for Germany. Would it have been possible that in order to weaken Germany even more, the allied powers could have decided to give Old Bavaria (Altbayern) to Austria? As far as I understand, Old Bavaria is culturally very close to Austria, so this might have...

The title says it all. Except find a way for Baden-Wurttemberg to be it's current size and separate from Germany.