dynasty

  1. WI:Merovingians Survive as Rulers of Francia

    The Merovingian dynasty which was founded by the legendary Frankish warrior Merovech had ruled the Franks for about three centuries, from 450 to 750 AD. This dynasty as I've read was far different in its practices than it's successors, the Carolingians. The Merovingians had based their rule...
  2. What might a Qing dynasty successor look like?

    Let's say the Qing dynasty comes to an end in the 19th century or earlier and is replaced by another dynasty. What might this dynasty look like? And would it have any better luck dealing with the Western world and Japan?
  3. The_Russian

    AHC/WI: Nepotistic Presidential Ticket

    America has many political dynasties, but I can’t remember a time where two members of the same political dynasty were on a presidential ticket of a major party, let alone won. So, how could there be a winning ticket with both the President and VP being related. Ie: ‘Kennedy/Kennedy’ or...
  4. Continuous Dynasties In an Europe with old regime

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  5. Why were European kingdoms ruled by branch families instead of rotating dynasties (like China) or collapsed (like the Gupta/Mughal empire?

    Why were European kingdoms ruled by branch families with relations to the main family; instead of rotating dynasties like China or being overthrown by a powerful military(dukes) leader like Tipu Sultan; and or Saladin; or collapsing like the Gupta and Mughal empires?
  6. GameBawesome

    AHC: More “Shogunates” around the world

    The title is misleading, but it’s basically this Challenge: In different parts of the world, from Europe, to Africa, to the Middle East, to other Asian Counties, and to even America (Pre-Columbian or Post) Have prominent and influential Noble families of various, different kingdoms and...
  7. GameBawesome

    Could Royalty rename their Dynasty/Royal House?

    I’ve always had an interest in Royal lineages. About how different Royal houses rule different countries, and some inherited titles and kingdoms due to Marriages and Succession laws, like the Bourbons or the Habsburgs. But what I’m curious about, is, in the past, could the Monarch legally...
  8. How strong House of Stuart could be without Cyvil War?

    I strongly believe that till english that during the reign of king James I and VI, after aquruing the throne England, Stuart Dynasty had plans with their newly gained prestige. They had aspirations to be a house more or less equal to Habsburg and Bourbons. And they were partially succesful with...
  9. Gukpard

    How to make Yuan Shikai empire succed?

    To quote wikipedia: And a video about it: The last chinese empire (or at least the last that ruled all China, since Manchukuo only controlled manchuria) Was Yuan's Shikai chinese Empire that lasted from 1915 to 1916, until it was crushed in the national protection war. I already made some...
  10. ArchimedesCircle

    AHC: A conquest dynasty... from the south

    China has had several 'conquest' dynasties, whose origins were foreign invasion. There were the Liao, the Jin, the Yuan and the Qing. All of these dynasties attacked and conquered China (or part of China) from the north. The challenge here is to have a scenario where a non-Han dynasties is built...
  11. peanutman95

    Can a emperor Norton dynasty happen if he was serious??

    can it happen if he was serious like right after the American civil war or before? (Btw here's the wiki if you don't know who he was https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton)
  12. The Forty-Eighth Rōnin

    AHC/WI: A Mongolian European royal house/dynasty

    The challenge is have an actual Mongol royal house rule at least one European state. It doesn't have to exclusively be a direct Borjigin line. Bonus if they managed to survive to the present day.
  13. Suzon

    Dynasty (A Kennedy Lives TL)
    Threadmarks: Prologue

    Electoral Vote Turmoil November 6th, 1964 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Crowds gather to protest Tuesday’s election results after the Electoral College was split 269-269 between current President Kennedy and potential president Nixon. The addition of Washington D.C. to the Electoral College was make or...
  14. Sextus Munatius Piso

    WI: Southern Song survives

    What are the best chances of the Southern Song dynasty to survive the Mongol invasion and live in coexistence with the fledgling Yuan dynasty in the north? How will this affect Asian history?
  15. Crying

    AHC: Iranian Dynasty in China

    Your challenge is to have an Iranian people serve as the royal and noble family of a state in modern China, excluding Tibet and Xianjiang. They don't have to actually control China - they might simply be a claimant to the Mandate of Heaven during one of the country's many 'broken up' periods -...
  16. AeroTheZealousOne

    WI: Danjong never becomes king of Korea

    In OTL A.D. 1452, King Munjong of Korea dies due to a period of illness, and his sun, Danjong, takes the throne. King Danjong rules (with the help of a regent, he's young) until 1455, when a coup forces him to abdicate and have his uncle, Sejo, crowned King. Ministers and scholars who served...
  17. Jaguars4life

    Touchdown Urban. The Notre Dame Dynasty

    This is a TL where Urban Myer accepts the job to go to Norte Dame instead of Florida in 2005 and the revives the dynasty of Norte Dame.
  18. What if the Yorkists won the war of the roses?

    What would have happened if the House of York won the war of the roses and was installed in England?
  19. XFE

    WI: Qianlong dies/abdicates early

    IOTL, Qianlong, despite an accomplished man in the first 30 or so years of his reign would grow old and weary, placing his trust in corrupt official Heshen and generally dicking around and squandering everything Yongzheng--Qianlong's father had worked towards. But what if Qianlong had died...
  20. Why you should question Wikipedia or how Isaac I Komnenos offered the throne to his brother Ioannes

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