Why? Switzerland had francophone, germanophone and italophone. Then again France has a good record in integrating the popullation. Why it is so troublesome for a country to own "german" territory?France also annexes Baden in Direwolf22's TL "Disaster at Leuthen" after several years of occupation. But generally I find this idea to be just weird: More German-speakers and they are across the Rhine no less... That just spells trouble.
I don't get why the French would want Baden. The Palatinate is surely far more attractive.
Have Louis XIV be far more successful in his wars, so that he begins to annex deeper into the HRE? Very difficult, as there'd be so many coalitions against him, but not entirely impossible.
He was after the Palatinate though, rather than Baden.
True, but Louis might be willing to compromise and 'only' take Baden, perhaps with future plans to attack the Palatinate still.He was after the Palatinate though, rather than Baden.
True, but Louis might be willing to compromise and 'only' take Baden, perhaps with future plans to attack the Palatinate still.