Let another German state rise to become a powerful nation on its own. Bonus if it becomes a great power like Austria and Prussia.
Let another German state rise to become a powerful nation on its own. Bonus if it becomes a great power like Austria and Prussia.
Would Hanover somehow being formally incorporated into the UK count?
Um....sure. I haven't read it, so I don't know.Like in Look to the West?
What about Westphalia emerging as an alternate German power in the West?
What about Westphalia emerging as an alternate German power in the West?
What about Westphalia emerging as an alternate German power in the West?
Continued strong Luxembourg dynasty would probably be at the expense of the Habsburgs who sort of moved into the vacuum after Sigismund.
PoD that might do it (subject to lots and lots of butterflies) would be for Rupert King of the Romans to go for primogeniture instead of splitting his inheritance up four ways. Then have his descendants have a bit of luck with competent princes. A few more like Frederick I would do it. That could produce a strong state around Swabia and the Rhine.