AHC: Someone have all these titles at once.

Is it possible for somone to be crowned: King/Queen of the United Kingdom, Kaiser/Kaiserin of the German Empire, Emperor/Empress of the Russian Empire, Emperor/Empress of India and the Colonial Dominions?

Is it possible? Also I used Colonial Dominons for the Colonies in General.
 
If so, then all of Europe would team up against them to preserve the status quo and they wouldn't be King or Queen of those areas for long.

Unless through a quite far back POD the definition of 'Germany' became the area that the Teutonic Order had and the definition of 'Russia' became the area that the Kievan Rus had. Then 'Germany' and 'Russia' could be united into a 'United Kingdom' and possess a city or two in the 'Imperial' 'Dominion' of 'India'.
 
Dynastic union between A Teutonic Germany and Russia. Then another one between said union and Great Britain.
 
I suppose, ideally if the entities have come about differently than OTL, you could gain all of those titles, but not all at once.

And then as others said.

But assuming that the areas can be held together in the first place, what can the rest of Europe do?
 
I sincerely doubt that such a union would be stable enough to last longer than a year.

Unless through a quite far back POD the definition of 'Germany' became the area that the Teutonic Order had and the definition of 'Russia' became the area that the Kievan Rus had. Then 'Germany' and 'Russia' could be united into a 'United Kingdom' and possess a city or two in the 'Imperial' 'Dominion' of 'India'.

this sounds like the most reasonable suggestion.
 

archaeogeek

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I suppose, ideally if the entities have come about differently than OTL, you could gain all of those titles, but not all at once.

And then as others said.

But assuming that the areas can be held together in the first place, what can the rest of Europe do?
Support separatists en masse. I could see France and America funding nationalists heavily.

Unless through a quite far back POD the definition of 'Germany' became the area that the Teutonic Order had and the definition of 'Russia' became the area that the Kievan Rus had. Then 'Germany' and 'Russia' could be united into a 'United Kingdom' and possess a city or two in the 'Imperial' 'Dominion' of 'India'.
I bow to that suggestion. Well played, sir.
 
Support separatists en masse. I could see France and America funding nationalists heavily.

Oh aye. I'm just saying that if it isn't torn apart by separatism, the balance of power is so wildly swung in the favor of the Many Crowns that they can beat up any European opponents they like.
 

archaeogeek

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Finally, someone else who disagrees with the fetish for Personal Unions.

The whole "personal union means peace" thing is rather ridiculous. The personal union that was Scotland, England and Ireland didn't stop the English civil war, and it didn't stop all three countries from declaring war on each other during the same period.

The only way such a personal union would be a stable power bloc is if somehow one of the countries was dominant enough to take over politics, but none of these are. Germany is a massive economic powerhouse, Russia is the foremost land power, Britain is the foremost naval power, and India, while subjugated to London IOTL, will just add to the pain in the ass that is dealing with four wildly opposed agendas.
 
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