vasa

In this question, what if the Swedish warship Vasa never capsized and sank during its maidan voyage? How would it's career turn out as apart of the Swedish Navy?

Let's assume that, for some reasons, Clement VII accepts Gustav Vasa's candidate as Archbishop of Uppsala and that this is enough to keep Sweden Catholic. How would this PoD influence OTL's Swedish rise to power, involvement in the TYW and in the Baltic region?

Problems with menthal health were quite common in House of Vasa. So what if greatest member of that dynasty "Lion of the North" Gustav Adolf also is affected by these problems, like his uncles-Erik XIV and Magnus? Menthal ilness would develop gradually and over time would be gettting worse...

That is kind of challenge, as it is not one of these "it almost happened IOTL" scenarious, but still propability is bigger than 0% and time travel or UFO landing is not required for IT to happen. Of course, Romanov PLC is easily doable with late 18th POD (for example Konstantin Pavlovich...

Swedish King Eric XIV was obsessed about Liz IOTL, but all his attempts to marry her failed ,and the very fact, that he tried to get her hand caused lots of troubles for him, for example it ruined his other marriage plans, like when he tried to get hand of Hessian princess, but at the same time...

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...

Anna Vasa, daughter of John III of Sweden, sister of Sigismund Vasa, wanted to marry her cousin Gustaf Brahe, but match was opposed by her brother, who wanted someone higher born for his only sister (worth to note: Gustaf's niece Ebba Brahe also was in love with another Vasa-Anna's first cousin...

Anna Katarzyna Konstancja was only daughter of Zygmunt III, who survived to adulthood, but she wasn't very helthly. Death of her mother in 1631 followed by death of father one year later likely had negative impact on her health, so say death of Queen Constance is delayed few years and Anna's...

Maria Eleonora Hohenzollern, Daughter of Elector Johann Sigismund and Anna of Prussia married IOTL Swedish king Gustav II Adolf, but another Vasa was interested in her hand before-Sigismund III Vasa wanted her for his oldest son Władysław. Brother of Maria Eleonora, Elector Georg Wilhelm, was in...

Divergence from OTL starts with Magnus, Duke of Östergötland (born 1542), third surviving son of Gustav Vasa having different personality. ITTL he doesn't suffer from menthal illness, is more cunning, ambitious and religiously indifferent and keeps side of his brother John, Duke of Finland...

in Russia during the time of troubles when Russia was in a big mess the czar died whit out an heir and nobody knew who was the true czar(some boyars just said that they where the true czar and started fought each other) and false Dimitri who claimed to be the previous czars son and heir and...

The man was the eldest son of Gustaf Vasa, and despite pursuing marriage plans to various ladies (Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I among them) married to a commoner. He ended up deposed by his brother (and others who said he was crazy) imprisoned and presumably poisoned by a bowl of pea...

Gustav Adolf's younger brother, Carl Filip, duke of Sodermanland, Värmland and Närke, married (in spite of opposition) Elisabet Ribbing in secret in 1620. Unfortunately, Carl died in January 1622 of camp fever whilst at Narva. Elisabet gave birth to a posthumous daughter, Elisabet Gyllenhjelm...