hanover

Are there any scenarios where someone other than the Hanovers ascend to the British throne in 1714? Presumably it would involve one of the 56 people skipped over to get to George I having a change of heart. If you ignore George altogether and have the Union split apart, then I believe the Duke...

It's always boggled my mind how the United Kingdom, one of the largest colonial empires in history barely controlled any territory in Europe with the exception of Cyprus and Malta. So, what if the British actually, say had more colonies or territories on mainland Europe? My first idea is a...

Early in World War I, it seemed possible that an Entente victory would result in a balkanization of Germany. Russian Tsar Nicholas II and French President Raymond Poincaire both supported the idea, various civilian and military leaders proposed such schemes, and in both countries the media...

Here Lies Fred: A Hanoverian Timeline Frederick I, King of Great Britain, Ireland, and Hanover In the history of the Early Hanoverian Period, the ascension of Frederick I was the greatest political and cultural event of greatest significance since the Glorious Revolution almost 70 years...

Her uncle Ernest Augustus would become King, re-establishing a Union between UK and Hanover. What do you think would happen?

There was an actual attempt in 1840 on the lives of the newlyweds then expecting their first child. Assuming the child is lost too, the king of Hanover was next in line for the throne at that moment. One supposes an earlier George V means no Prussian conquest of Hanover, which completely blows...

Otl, what could be called "germany" never really united. Oh the Holy Roman Empire provided protection, but that was a double-edged sword, since it meant there wasn't internal pressure to unite the region under one banner. Your challenge is to create a strong unity amongst the german people and a...

Mostly self-explanatory as per the title. Would it stay in PU with Britain? Would it be awarded to a German noble allied to France? Would it be partitioned?

Given that I already made a thread regarding a partition of a smaller DDR before, i'd now like to discuss what would be the effects of an opposite scenario. What if the Soviet army had been luckier in its drive to the west during WW2 (perhaps Horthy oversees a more successful defection of...

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?

For much of its history England/Britain have had significant continental territories which it had to defend. Throughout the eighteenth century British possession of Hanover necessitated that it became a major participant in the land campaigns of the Cabinet Wars. The coronation of Queen Victoria...

On the 10th June 1840 Edward Oxford attempted to assassinate a four month pregnant Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert, however he missed and all three survived. There are seven possible ways the assassinated attempt may have played out. 1.Queen Victoria, Prince Albert, and their four...

I was once reading a children's book that had an interesting cover and to my surprise, it was not historical fiction but actually alternate history. Apparently, King James II never gets overthrown by his younger daughter thus keeping the Georges out of power. For some reason, a giant Chanel...

I was recently reading about the life of King William IV of England and was interested to find that he had a lucky escape at the 1813 Battle of Antwerp. How, in your opinion, might history have changed had he not dodged this particular bullet?

Let's assume that Queen Victoria does not ascend the UK's throne and a male heir does so (be it through George IV, any of his brothers, or let's say Vicky's ATL-brother is born instead of her) and the personal union between the United Kingdom and Hanover does not dissolve. How would it affect...

The Only Man in Prussia. North Germany 1803 The Electorate of Hanover had not yet recovered from the deep financial wounds which the French revolutionary war, the support of the Empires army on her frontier, and, above all, the occupation of her territory by Prussia, had inflicted upon the...