A Braganza King of Poland

Manuel, Conde d'Ourem, infante of Portugal (1697-1766) was proposed in the 1730s as a compromise candidate for the Polish throne against the candidacy of Friedrich August III of Saxony or the pro-French Stanisław Leszczyński, father-in-law of the French king.

Although no one seriously considered supporting Ourem (when he went to St. Petersburg to offer himself as a potential husband for the Empress Anna, he was turned away with a nice sable coat) although he was well known to the courts of Austria and Russia, what if he had been accepted as a compromise candidate for the throne in Warsaw?
 
Really, I don't see it as a compromise, more as a non sequitur proposition.

If you pardon me the comparison, imagine that, in order to resolve the Crimean crisis and propose a compromise between Kiev and Moscow, Sarah Palin go in Russia to propose herself to put a new Ukrainian government.

While August and Stanislas had respective support in Poland-Lithuania, and support (or reject) from their neighbours, the infante was a political UFO.
Granted he was known in central European courts, especially in Austria, but that was the case of many other great nobles and doesn't give a great advantage in this crisis.
 
what if he had been accepted as a compromise candidate for the throne in Warsaw?

In the royal election to the crown of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Polish-Lithuanian nobility firmly opposed a foreign candidate, such as Portuguese Infante Manuel, Count of Ourem, who was supported by the Russian Empire and the Habsburg Empire. With the Treaty of the Three Black Eagles, Russia, Austria and Prussia agreed that they would oppose another candidate from the House of Wettin, as well as the candidacy of the pro-French Polish Stanisław Leszczyński, father-in-law of Louis XV. Instead, they chose to support either Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém, brother of the Portuguese king.

The three powers had several goals. None of the three parties were serious about their support for the Portuguese candidate. The agreement had provisions for all three powers agreeing that it was in their best interest that their common neighbour, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, did not undertake any reforms that might strengthen it, and that its elected monarch should be friendly towards them.
the Count of Ourém had no political clout, so it could also be fine.

But with the death of Augustus II on 1 February 1733, Austria and Russia distanced themselves from the Treaty of the Three Black Eagles: in that it was never ratified by the Empress of Russia. Their primary goal, disruption of the French-Saxon-Prussian alliance, had already been achieved, so they sought to secure support from various Polish and Saxon factions. Thus on 19 August 1733, Russia and Austria entered into the Löwenwolde's Treaty with Saxony in the person of the new Elector, Frederick Augustus II of Saxony. The treaty was named after one of the chief diplomats involved in the negotiations, Russian Karl Gustav von Löwenwolde.

The promised benefits with the election of the Elector of Saxony were greater than those of non-existent benefits with the election of the candidate Portuguese.

To elect the Infante Manuel, Count of Ourém, should be put on the plate some interesting advantage for Russia, Austria and Prussia, otherwise it would not make sense.

 
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