With a POD after 1788, make a royal marriage between the Netherlands and Denmark. If there is another option to make Holland and Denmark united, I am willing to hear it.
A personal union after 1788 is hard. Well, it is hard the moment the kingdom of the Netherlands is made, as personal unions are specifically outlawed in the Dutch constitution (except the one with Luxemburg).With a POD after 1788, make a royal marriage between the Netherlands and Denmark. If there is another option to make Holland and Denmark united, I am willing to hear it.![]()
since when was the Netherlands occupied by France?A personal union after 1788 is hard. Well, it is hard the moment the kingdom of the Netherlands is made, as personal unions are specifically outlawed in the Dutch constitution (except the one with Luxemburg).
So for a personal union you probably need to avoid the French revolution, or at least the Dutch occupation by France, so you can continue the Republic. A random marriage between someone from the Dutch Royal/Stadholderial family is certainly possible and I think it actualy happened at some point.
Most obviously at the end of the Napoleonic wars, but in the days of the Batavian Republic and the Kindom of Holland it effectively was too.since when was the Netherlands occupied by France?
since when was the Netherlands occupied by France?
annexed de jure or de facto?After the Batavian Republic and the rule of Louis Bonaparte the Netherlands were annexed into France, I believe.
In 1810 Napoleon annexed the Netherlands to France. From 1810 to 1813 there was no Netherlands.annexed de jure or de facto?
In 1810 Napoleon annexed the Netherlands to France. From 1810 to 1813 there was no Netherlands.
Besides that from 1795 to 1810 the Netherlands was basicly occupied by France, although officialy it was an independent country. But everytime they wanted to do somehing that would go against French general interest the French intervened, like Napoleon making his brother king of the Netherlands in 1806 or simply annexing the entire country in 1810.
In 1788 the Dutch republic was independent, sort of. A case could be made that in 1788 the Netherlands was more or less a Prussian vasal state. Although that would not be entirely correct. Dutch politics at the time was incredibly unstable and the year before Prussian troops had restored the stadholder in the Netherlands.what about 1788? would they still quite be independent or only precariously so?
A personal union after 1788 is hard. Well, it is hard the moment the kingdom of the Netherlands is made, as personal unions are specifically outlawed in the Dutch constitution (except the one with Luxemburg).
So for a personal union you probably need to avoid the French revolution, or at least the Dutch occupation by France, so you can continue the Republic. A random marriage between someone from the Dutch Royal/Stadholderial family is certainly possible and I think it actualy happened at some point.
Of course, Frederik VI had no sons, only two daughters - Caroline and Vilhelmina. Marry Arveprinsesse Caroline to Willem II of the Netherlands (then only a prince of Nassau) and one can get around the "no-personal union" clause since they can marry before the Dutch constitution (he only married in 1816 and she married in 1829 (at nearly forty)) is promulgated banning personal unions.
It's just an idea.