Get a German on the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
Get a German on the throne of the Ottoman Empire.
A Dutch sultan would work too, but if so they have to have a Dutch or German last name.
The Ottoman Sultan wanted a magnificent Habsburg jaw for his future heir, so a Habsburg wife was the only option.could the Hapsburgs be pressed to give up a princess as a condition of a serious defeat? granted why would anyone want to marry in that family is beyond me, but aside from the Sultan having a Germanic wife, a German Sultan seems impossible.
The Ottoman Sultan wanted a magnificent Habsburg jaw for his future heir, so a Habsburg wife was the only option.
A German boy, captured during one of the many Austro-Turkish wars, is inducted into the Janissaries and converted. Here he becomes a brilliant military commander and leader of men. When a Janissary revolt against the last in a line of corrupt and idiotic sultans begins, the German boy eventually takes the throne, marrying a daughter of the previous sultan and establishing a new dynasty.
Done.
It wouldn't really be the Ottoman Empire anymore, if a member of another dynasty got the throne.
Nobody would notice - they'd still call it Turkey
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Grey Wolf
I wonder what influence it would have within the realm. The Ottoman dynasty - not individual sultans, but the dynasty - was pretty deep rooted.
But presumably anyone in a position to try this is popular at least among the powerful.
Didn't the male line of succession dwindle to just one with Mahmud II? Considering the recent history of conservative coups, and his own moves against the Janissaries, its possible for the line to become extinct in upheaval, which could lead to a Janissary seizure of power. Legally the Giray were heirs to the Ottomans, but by this time they are exiles living on Ottoman largesse IIRC, and have relatively little public presence.
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Grey Wolf
Not 100% sure, but it was pretty thin I think.
And legally by what law, incidentally?