great northern war

Whenever people talk about Sweden winning the Great Northern War, they talk about either the immediate effects or the fact that unless something changed, Sweden would never remain a true great power long-term. However, I want to look at the medium-term in this thread. So first off, what is the...

In the real world Karl XI died of cancer leaving his young son, Karl XII, in charge of the soon to be at war empire. Based on what we know about Karl XI and Karl XII's respective styles, if the war still begins in roughly the same way, how do you think Karl XI would handle the war? What would...

I got inspired by this threads central topic: Link So apparently King Frederick William 1(The Soldier King) of Prussia was intended to marry Queen Ulrika Elenora of Sweden at the start of 1700, but on the verge of certification Charles XII pulled the plug on these plans for reasons unknown...

Charles XII was one of the most famous or infamous (Depending on your view) Swedish kings. Already at a young age when the Great Northern War, he already defeated the Denmark-Norway, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth under the King of Saxony, and finally turned his attention to Russia under...

From what I've read about the Great Northern War, Sweden's defeat was as hard as it got without the capital being conquered and explains their massive losses and death of their empire but also that Peter I of Russia was quite the vacillating and shy thing when it came to attacking and such and...

When Charles XII of Sweden invaded Russia, he happened to invade during the coldest winter in centuries. The Great Frost as it was known claimed the lives of roughly 20,000 Swedish soldiers and was certainly a major factor in Charles losing at Poltova. But what if Charles didn't invade during...

Quoting the much-maligned Wikipedia: I'm aware that the Cossacks weren't major fans of the Turks, but for the sake of a thought exercise, let's suppose that the Cossack Hetmanate becomes a Turkish vassal without too much trouble. What are the effects on Ukraine's and Russia's developments as...

Prologue Part 1; The War of Spanish Succession and the Great Northern War King William IV and III of England and Scotland, and King Charles XII of Sweden were, in many ways, similar men. Both skilled warriors who spent the early period of their reigns at war, and who greatly expended their...

While at first glance, even i thought this was a nonsensical idea, reading through Nasci num Harém by Fatema Mernissi it seems that the Haseki Sultan Gulnus Sultan, the mother of Ahmed III and basically the real ruler of the OE during Ahmed III's reign, was very taken with Charles XII. When she...

admittedly this a very unlikely scenario, but let's say it goes ahead in 1710 when Charles XII was in the Ottoman court. They have a single son who survives through the normal dangers of childhood in the era. The family returns to Sweden in 1715 with Charles XII and Charles XII is still killed...

Handwaving a (unlikely) scenario in which Peter I stays in Narva and is captured/killed in the battle, followed by a Swedish attack at the Duna river against the Saxon-Polish Army resulting in another Swedish victory, allowing a general victory of the Swedes in the Great northern war by 1705...

The great northern war cemented that Mother Russia is here to stay, something that wouldn't be possible without Tsar Peter the Great. Now there are countless threads asking what if sweden won. This is ultimately something of that question, but I have two scenarios, both involving the death of...

I've heard it suggested that had Charles XII not been wounded, Sweden might have won the Battle of Poltava due to him being able to take operational command. How true is this?

Chapter 1: The King in the North! July 8, 1709, Poltava, Russian Empire It was the early morning. The army of the Swedish General Carl Roos was smashing through the Russian forces and overwhelming the first 2 redoubts, forcing the Russians back to the 3rd. This was the battle that was expected...

So what need to happen for GNW to look like it was expected by Danish-Saxon-Russian coalition? Danes, Saxons and Russians viewed Sweden as easy prey, ruled by young, unexperienced ruler and they were very, very wrong. Swedish king happened to be military genius (like many of his predecessors)...

That scenario IMHO deserves its own page, so lets say that Augustus does not hold title of Elector of Saxony due to his brother living longer (or having son), so there is no reason for Saxon involvement in a war against Sweden, and, as result, Peter also is not willing to fight Swedes. So is...

What if the marriage between King George and his cousin doesn't go through. And instead in 1701 he marries Hedvig of sweden. How would this affect north European politics?

Hello! I will be starting a new timeline about what if Sweden won the Great Northern War. The timeline will be told through a series of fictional articles and book excerpts from this timeline. To be honest I am not an expert on this war but I hope that doesn't impede my writing. I am a very...

1 November 1700, Augustus II ends his life as result of some nasty accident. Meanwhile his forces are besiging Riga, last Charles II, Spanish Habsburg dies in Madrid, his Swedish namesake beaten Denmark recently and is going to face Russians, who just started invasion of Ingria. So what is going...

The ill-fated king of Poland and later duke of Lorraine only had two daughters, Anna (b.1699, d.1717), and Maria (b.1703), who became queen of France, that I'm aware of. Maria seems to have either been deeply grieved by Anna's death or resentful of Anna being their dad's favourite child, since...