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Hi, everyone. This is my second post sharing some lesser-known yet fascinating PoDs in European history. I stumbled upon a historical academic journal written by Frederik Dhondt, a history professor from the Ghent University in Belgium titled "So Great a Revolution’: Charles Townshend and the...

Edmund, Earl of Rutland. Born in Rouen, 1443, died near Wakefield, 1460. He was the second son of Richard, Duke of York - his older brother being Edward, Earl of March, later King Edward IV. Rutland died when he was 17 at the Battle of Wakefield, but what if he didn’t? I’ve been working on this...

On 1502, Henry, Duke of York would marry Margaret of Angouleme who would have a daughter named Louise on December 10, 1506, but she would succumb to sweat on 1507. Arthur Tudor would die on the end of 1503, Catherine of Aragon would say that her marriage with Arthur was unconsummated as her in...

How would the Pacific War change if France never fell to the Nazis and Britain didn't have their hands tied in the Battle of Britain - because both were butterflied by an alternate War in Europe caused by Germany invading Czechoslovakia without the Munich Agreement? For a POD, let's say that...

As part of a TL on the ascension of Gaston of France to the throne after the death of Louis XIII in 1630, causing Richelieu's fall from power, I would like to know what would be the consequences on the Thirty Years' War? The Cardinal brought France into the war in 1635 alongside Sweden, already...

The British took decades to conquer what would be the crown jewel of their empire in India. What if the French did the same thing with China?

On the Shoulder of Giants -Federation of Mali TL Chapter 1.0 Selected Passages From: My Life, My Honor, My Duty - Autobiography by Léopold Sédar Senghor This is my story, the world I tried to build. My successes, and my failures. I hope through me the future generation of leaders, and...

The League of Cognac was an alliance between France, the Papal States, the Republic of Venice, the Kingdom of England, the Duchy of Milan, and the Republic of Florence against the Habsburgs under Charles V, who recently became Holy Roman Emperor and King of Spain. However, it did not fair too...

‘It would require a greater philosopher and historian than I am to explain the causes of the famous Five Years’ War in which Europe was engaged; and, indeed, its origin has always appeared to me to be so complicated, and the books written about it so amazingly hard to understand, that I have...

“The death of Arthur, Prince of Wales in April 1502 at a mere fifteen years of age was a devastating blow for the fledgling Tudor dynasty, and the prince’s heartbroken parents. But all hope was not lost, for Arthur’s widow, Catalina, was with child and had thankfully not caught her husband’s...

Summary: in 1799, Napoleon dies in battle against the Royal Navy when he is on his way back from the Nile. Sieyès is able to successfully conduct his coup d’état and establish the constitution he had in mind fully. The country is more amenable to moderating constitutional arrangements, and even...

Edward, Prince of Wales dies of quartan fever/malaria in October 1541,and King Henry VIII is dead by 1542 along with James V due to shock/grief/infected leg ulcer. Anyway, with no male heirs sired by Henry left, Mary seizes the throne and in 1543, marries Philip, King of Naples and Sicily...

On 1196, surviving a violent fight, remembering his engagement with Berengaria of Castile the angry Conrad II of Swabia would see that she had annulled her betrothal with her that he would seek the hand of one of the nieces of Richard I of England aside from Berengaria and Eleanor would be...

After years of reading alternate historical discussions and stories on this board, I have decided to make my first post. I thank all of you for the marvellous historical insights and creativity. This scenario is rather specific, but lately, I have been reading about British foreign policy...

In 1314 a scandal known as the Tour de Nestle affair happened and the daughters-in-law of Philip IV were accused of adultery which would lead to women not being trusted on the French Throne. On November 29th 1314 Philip IV died and was succeeded by his son Louis X who was also King of Navarre as...

The admiral himself, like any self respecting Frenchman, he had facial hair of sorts. The establishment of the nascent French colony that would be know one day as Brasíl or La Antartique for much of its colonial history starts humble like any nation does, an certain French admiral by the name...

Supposing that France manages to come out of the Eighteenth Century in a stronger military position and manages to conquer Egypt how would things go? Prior to the Revolution France setup a commission detailing the feasibility of taking Egypt and/or the Levant from the Ottomans. France here...

The Franco-Prussian War of 1870 had many consequences in the history of Europe and the world at the end of the 19th century. This war poorly prepared by the French Empire cost him many men, the loss of Alsace and Lorraine, a military occupation and the collapse of the imperial regime then in...

Anne of Brittany would give birth a surviving daughter named Anne(1498) to Charles VIII and two surviving daughters named Isabella(1499) and Renee(1510) to Louis XII. Anne II of Brittany would marry Francis, Duke of Angouleme, later Francis I of France, Isabella of France would marry Charles and...

Suppose Germany chooses an 'east first' strategy in 1914, i.e. attack in the east and defend in the west. France declares war on Germany, as the alliance with Russia requires. Soon the offensive in Lorraine ends in disaster for the French. The only hope for a quick victory is to flank the...