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Will we see a new Super France (With Spain) .
Also, will France get Genoa, Milan and Sardinia .
That would be awesome .
Won't he inherit France and Spain both ?
Won't he inherit France and Spain both ?
Title .
Will we see a new Super France (With Spain) .
Also, will France get Genoa, Milan and Sardinia .
That would be awesome .
No super France. Louis XIV never intended to have the same heir as king of France of Spain. He was too aware that it was not possible. This was not only a matter of foreign opposition but resulted to what had been the relations between France and Spain for the 2 previous centuries. They had been arch-enemies and Spain was a world power that ruled the biggest world empire.
But France will be able to get Piedmont, Genoa, retain Lorraine once and for all, and to have Bourbon Spain give it the « Spanish » Netherlands as a repayment for its political and military support during the war of Spanish succession to secure Philip of Bourbon Anjou access to the Spanish possessions.
And probably a few minor arrangements at the expense of the United Provinces : Dutch Brabant.
Sounds quite reasonable to me. Now, what would be the way for France to achieve a complete and, preferably fast victory? Propose a single change in the earlier actions of Louis or any other relevant ruler which would guarantee (or almost guarantee) a favorable outcome for France while not removing any of the participating countries from the list.![]()
Not an action but a personal factor.
Just have France have the best or the 2 best generals of the time. Some kind of previous avatar of Napoleon which would completely outsmart John Churchill and prince Eugene.
Very close but too complicated and not something that Louis could do differently.
He would not need any miracle or avatar, the only thing he had to do was, to grant in February 1683 a very modest request by the "little abbot of Savoy" to grand him command of a company in French service. As a result, by 1700 he would have on his service 3 of the best European generals: Prince Eugene, Villars and Duke of Vendome.
The opposite side would have only Marlborough (who in all major battles had Eugene as his second in command) and, on the top of the above, Austrian army, which in OTL was not falling apart (as a result of not being paid) to a great degree due to the personal prestige of Eugene, may not even be operational.
Eugene was important in a couple of battles with the Turks in a couple of wars,
so Austria might very well not be in much shape to prosecute in the nine years war or advocate the WoSS.
You may end up with butterflies that alter the scope or occurrence of WoSS. Alternatively, he may end up buried in obscurity in the French Army, so you can't automatically project him to a great credit on France's account sheet.
But France will be able to get Piedmont ...
Was Piedmont part of the Spanish inheritance, or does France simply take it as right of conquest?