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How feasible or possible is it for Moldavia & Wallachia to defect to the Holy League during the war, or perhaps proclaim Leopold I their sovereign so long as they attain certain guarantees like the Serbs.

Apparently both leaders of Wallachia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Șerban_Cantacuzino) and Moldavia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantin_Cantemir) did covertly assist Austria and Poland to balance out the Ottomans.

If they court Moldavia and Wallachia to defect, especially after their string of victories culminating in the capture of Belgrade in 1688, might the princes defect hampering the Ottoman war effort? There's some rather delicate timing here as well, within about a month the Nine Year's war begins with French assaults on the Empire.

How would the war progress if say they defect to the league before Leopold has to re-direct troops to the Rhine but after Belgrade falls alter the course of the war?
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