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Accursed not a Medieval timeline Verse 1 On January 1296, Margaret of Brandenburg, the Queen of Poland is revealed to be pregnant and sired by her husband Przemysl II, during that time, Margaret of Brandenburg would negotiate with her brothers and the Ascanian Brandenburgians for the marriage...

Bolesław V, Duke of Cracow, was last member of Piast line of Lesser Poland. He died childless, because his wife, Saint Kinga, took vows of chasity. Thus Bolesław V named his cousin Leszek the Black from Cuiavian Piast line as his successor. Leszek happened to be impotent, thus he also died...

Would it be possible for Poland, or any other Eastern European state, really, to have an area equivalent to Western Europe's highly urbanized area, full of manufacturies, in, say, High Middle Ages and beyond? How would it look like? Where would it be located? Pommerania, Prussia? What about...

Personal union between Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth wasn't easy to maintain. No surprise it ended with disaster. Catholic King of Sweden residing on the wrong side of Baltic, with treacherous, power hungry uncle as regent, had very little chance to keep both crowns. So what if such union never...

Your challenge: with a PoD no earlier than 1000AD, have Poland conquer the entire world. By this I mean, at minimum Poland has total domination over the globe, in a similar way to Britain in the 19th century. At maximum, Poland has completed a total conquest of all of the planet, either by...

1401: After death of his first wife, Hedwig d'Anjou, King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania Władysław Jagiełło was in need of new wife. Candidate choosen by him, Anna of Cili (who could pass her Piast blood to Jagiełło's descendants and would strenghten their claims to the Polish throne...

ITTL Vytautas' first wife dies earlier than IOTL, in 1413, just after Union of Horodło. Thus Vytautas could remarry earlier-to Uliana Holshanska, just few years earlier, or another woman from Holshansky family, or from some other boyar family, that is not the most important thing. What really...

This is mainly due to my renewed interest in my Polish heritage and fascination of the Winged Hussars*, I'm left wondering what would have happened if the Polish had managed to turn back the tide of the Nazi war machine. *Thank you Sabaton!

Casimir IV was most successfull (or most lucky) ruler of House of Jagiellon. After 150 years he regained Pomerelia for Poland and thanks to his marriage to Elizabeth of Austria he get additional two crowns for his dynasty-Czech and Hungarian ones. Although in the long run his dynastic policy was...

I did a search and didn't see much on this topic. If there is some info let me know on this thread. In any case I am presently playing a rather interesting game (US) on HOI II Doomsday. In it history has gone as follows. To summarize everything goes as it did in OTL up to March, 1939 then...

What are the possible results of Finland joining into the Polish-Soviet War on the Polish side? I know they already had some grievances against the Soviets already and were involved in skirmishes and battles on the borderlands. What benefit would the Poles and Finns have by coordinating? Is...

An Anomaly Boleslaw Rogatka’s second marriage In 1242, Bolesław married firstly Hedwig (d. 21 December 1259), daughter of Henry I, Count of Anhalt . They had seven children: 1 Agnes (born c. 1243/50 – died 13 March 1265, buried Stuttgart Stiftskirche ), married c. 1260/64 to Count...

With a POD later than 900 AD, how large could a Polish nation-state, federation, commonwealth or empire have become? Is there any plausible alternate timeline where Poland is both a great power, and the dominant power in Europe?

How possible is for the German invasion of Poland failing? Let's say Hitler invades Poland but somehow it fails or it just doesn't work according to his plans due to a better Polish performance in the beginning stages of the war thus making the Soviets uncomfortable to intervene and maintain a...

What would be the most likely (and useful) location for a hereditary Duchy that could ensure election of a dynasty and how would this alter the country’s growth? Would this lead to more dynastic struggles or a more stable Commonwealth? The POD should be after the Union of Lublin as before then...

So, until 1466, Poland didn't have an outlet into the Baltic, that area being occupied by the Teutonic knights. But until 1478, they had the vassalage of Moldova. What if, rather than reclaiming their Baltic coast, Poland had integrated Moldova the way it integrated Mazovia and Lithuania...

Original thread on the Russian AH site fai.org.ru (link) A very interesting scenario, in my opinion, which could have knock-on effects for all of Eastern Europe, especially since the Thirty Years War is only 30 years away at this point, and the Time of Troubles even nearer. Thoughts?

Independence and Counterrevolution - East Prussia after the Treaty of Versailles - A short timeline in five chapters by Zurirch Adankar - “Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind” Albert Einstein The city of Königsberg Chapters: Chapter I From Versailles...

Actually, my best timeline will get running soon... The Eagle and the Knight or How could I learn to save Byzantium Part I - Splintering Troubles and the Rebuild In the beginning, Ottoman Interregnum began to splinter apart as it starts to rip apart with Musa Çelebi's forces began to win in...

On 20 September 1527 Bona Sforza, Queen of Poland, fell from her horse during hunting party in Niepołomice Forest near Cracow. IOTL as result of that accident pregnant Bona lost her child and ability to have more. Queen herself also was close to death and was seriously ill for few weeks. So what...