succession

A fun one a day V2. As the title might suggest, I wanted to know what would have happened if Leopold (cousin of Wilhelm I of Prussia) accepted the Spanish crown?

In a scenario where Joseph Stalin died during the Battle of Tsaritsyn (say a stray artilery shell kills him during said battle), how does succession to Lenin proceed without the prescence of Stalin? Who would be the most likely person to take over the USSR if Stalin had died during the Russian...

Louis II of Hungary was the only son of the previous Vladislaus II Jagiellon. He's mostly notable for his unfortunate reign, during which Hungary suffered from feudal chaos and foreign meddling, ultimately resulting in a military defeat at the hands of the Ottomans in 1526 at Mohacs and the...

In thinking about the success and failings of the Capetian Anjou family in Southern and Eastern Europe, I don't know that this has been discussed before. A Hungarian noble, angered at his king over advances the future Casimir III of Poland makes towards his daughter, attempts to kill the family...

So the heir to Denmark lives and sires heirs. What are the repercussions? Is a Kalmar equivalent still possible? How is the Swedish succession impacted? What happens to Norway? What possibilities do you see ahead for Denmark?

Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to put a member or descendant of the House of Medici on the thrones of say England, France, Scotland, or one of the Iberian countries, for as long as possible. Ever since I show the PBS Empires Special "The Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance"...

IOTL, during the Polish royal election of 1697, there were two (of a total of eighteen) candidates of most importance among the Sejm. One of them was Frederick Augustus I, Elector of Saxony, who converted to Catholicism to make a run for the crown, and the other was François Louis, Prince of...

What if Prince Augustus William of Prussia, and his family die of a house fire. Leading Gustav 3 of sweden to lay a claim on the Prussian throne, After Fredericks death in 1786.Due to being Frederick nephew. After rumours that Austria and Russia intend to interfere in Prussian susuccession...

I saw Philippa Gregory's book, The Last Tudor about the great-nieces of Henry VIII, the Grey sisters, today in a bookshop, which got me to thinking. Much has been made of Jane being successful in holding the throne, but what would her and her sisters' fates be if they had simply kept their heads...

Without Caroberto ascending to the Hungarian throne, who would become the King of Naples after Charles II's died? Would it be his eldest living son Robert as in OTL, or would it be Caroberto, the son of the eldest son of Charles II? What could be the further implications of this sceniario?

On looking at the family tree of the Palatinate for alternatives to the Hannovers (specifically I was trying to find a Catholic son to convert early and provide an interesting discussion for Parliament on whether he would count etc) I noticed Sophie's elder sister Henriette Marie married the...

Point of Divergence ... As Elizabeth Tudor approached the time of her death, people began to speculate as to who would succeed her to the throne. The assumption was that Elizabeth would name James the VI of Scotland as her successor. But there was another possible successor to the throne...

In February 1712, while the War of the Spanish Succession raged across Europe, the entire family of Louis, Duke of Burgundy, the Petit Dauphin, heir to the French throne, contracted the measles - he himself, his wife, and his two children. He and his wife died, and soon afterwards also the...

This is the rarest of what-ifs: a personal union that (I think) hasn't been suggested before. But it's actually rather simple - let's say that King Frederick III of Denmark dies early in 1645 (horse trips, or something equally inconsequential), three years before he becomes king, and before...

With a skilled military leader, what are some countries (during any time in human history from the invention of agriculture to the 20th century) that could have "pulled an Alexander"; that is, conquering a larger empire in its near-entirety during one ruler's reign, and then collapsing into...

Ignoring the unlikeliness of this situation, because I personally can't think of a way for it to happen right now, what might have happened had Louis, Duke of Burgundy, ascended to the Spanish throne instead of Philip V? Would the War of the Spanish Succession still take place? How would Spain...

Although the late 17th century is well known for the fact that the Spanish Hapsburgs were dying out. But as the Spanish Hapsburgs were dying out so were the Austrian Hapsburgs. By 1673 the only remaining male of the Austrian Hapsburgs was Emperor Leopold I of Austria. He eventually did get an...

James V dies leaving a infant daughter, Mary, by his wife, Marie de Guise. He has no surviving sons. His cousin, John, duke of Albany died in 1536. However, John (either through having kids by his first wife, Anne de la Tour d'Auvergne (aunt of Catherine de Medicis) which according to his wiki...

Considering there are many threads discussing succession in a victorious Third Reich, I'd ask a different question for a change: In a scenario where Fascist Italy survives WW2, who would succeed Benito Mussolini as leader of Fascist Italy and why? Scenario A: Fascist Italy survives by virtue of...

In a Fatherland-esque scenario with a POD of 1941 where the Third Reich manages to knock out the USSR and cause the Anglo-Americans to sign a peace of exhaustion, who do you think would succeed Hitler once he succumbs to either drug problems or Parkinson's Disease?