frederick ii

Friderick II of Prussia is accidentally killed in August 1759 during the battle. Prussia is completely demoralised and begs for peace, and eventually ends up being reduced to Brandenburg and Pomerania, with Russia taking East Prussia and Austria taking back Silesia. I seriously doubt it would...

Frederick's opening moves in the Seven Years War put the Austrians in a tough spot, removing a major ally and shutting their main army in Prague. However, their victory at Kolin forced him to relinquish his siege and the whole position in Bohemia. However, if Frederick had won at Kolin, could...

In 1424, Europe was seeing a surprising amount of change. In the west, King Henry V of England had perished before he could become King of France, as was laid out for him in the Treaty of Troyes in 1420. Instead, he was succeeded by his 10 month old son Henry VI with his uncle John, Duke of...

What if Conradin won against Charles of Anjou in the battle of Tagliacozzo and managed to establish himself in Sicily. Would he go north to claim the Emperorship? Would Aragon still invade Sicily in the name of Constance, or would the Sicilian Vespers be butterflied. Additionally, who would the...

What if instead of Charles of Anjou winning the Battle of Benevento, Manfred of Sicily did? What if Manfred himself also managed to live for say another 40 years, giving him ample time to stabilize his kingdom. Additionally, would Conradin attempt to invade Sicily to claim his birthright or...

In an alternate scenerio, where the Swedish Empire lost the Great Northern War, but Charles XII lived and was forced to make peace, and makes it to the 1740s, would he ally himself with Frederick II of Prussia?

When you mix these two together, what do you get? A German Balance of Power. TL Inspired by this thread but it'll have a POD one doesn't expect: https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-maria-theresa-marries-frederick-ii.442790/

Threads, which were playing with this idea are pretty old, therefore I hereby open a new one. So, what do you think about an union of the Habsburg and the Hohenzollern dynasties?

Even after years of battle and attrition, by the end of the Seven Years War, Prussia occupied most of Saxony and Silesia, but lacked the strength to take Dresden or Glatz, and thus traded Saxony for Glatz so ensure the future security of Silesia. If Prussia hard performed better in some...

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...

Historically, the War of the Austrian Succession broke out when Frederick II brazenly invaded Silesia under false pretenses. From there French politicking expanded the bilateral war into a continental war. But what if Frederick II had not been king when Emperor Charles VII died? His father had...