AHC: Wank The Dutch
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A full victory in the Dutch War of Independence and William IV having children would basically give the Netherlands much more land.
it is what they did otl - the glorious revolution was pretty much a successful invasion
True, still surprising to see, as while I am aware there were a bunch of Protestant/Orthodox dynastic weddings both ways, I don't think I ever heard of a Catholic/Protestant one.
The only official national Stadhouders were Willem IV & V after 1747, their predecessors simply wore the multiple hats of Stadhouder van Holland & Zeeland, Utrecht, Overijssel and Gelderland at once. You would have to create one from the start for this to work, at which point whoever does it is likely strong enough to get away with calling himself a king anyway.
In theory it could be Marie Thérèse de France, aka Madame Royale. 17 years younger than Willem and died in 1672 when 5 years old, but Willem didn't marry Mary until 1677.
As already mentioned, they kind of did that in OTL, the personal union just didn't last due to a lack of heirs. More troublingly from the Dutch POV is that any sensible ruler would take London as his seat of power and treat the Netherlands as a bonus, just like Willem III did OTL. So this would do nothing to keep the Dutch more powerfull, on the contrary, as long as it lasts this makes England more powerfull.
Charles I of England married Henriette Marie of France. His son Charles II likewise married Catherine of Braganza.
The Dutch were more than capable of defeating the English on the high seas until they had to divert more of their resources to their land defenses. England is not the key variable here.
The alliance with France was a huge part of the success of the Dutch, because it meant that they could concentrate on their navy. The breakdown of that alliance was a geo-strategic disaster for them. France in this era had 10 times the population of the Netherlands and wanted to expand to the northeast. There is basically no way you can wank the Dutch if they are enemies with France.
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Ah yes, their enmity with a more populous, and richer power who cannot be invaded by land and has the same overall ambitions definitely isn't a key variable.
The "a" is important because there are multiple key variables, France and England/Britain are both key variables
If it‘s just a question about the Dutch language doing better, just let the Hohenzollern successful convert their domain to Calvinism instead of the Estates forcing them to accept Lutheranism staying the state religion of Brandenburg, Prussia and later Pomerania. If they had been converted they would adopted the Dutch Bible and these three states would have ended up Dutch speaking.
Charles I and Charles II of England both married Catholic princesses (and some Protestant princesses were married in the Habsburgs (mostly, but NOT all, converting to Catholicism): Charles VI’s wife was born Protestant, three generations later you have the first wife of Francis II (Elisabeth Wilhelmina of Württemberg), the wife of his brother Charles of Teschen (who do NOT converted) and none of the three wives of his brother Joseph was born Catholic (first was Orthodox, other two protestants with the first two NOT converting)
No way, Marie Therese, if she lived, would be destined to a far better match (likely Spain or Austria)
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That 10% Would increase if the Dutch controlled all of Portuguese Brazil, for a longer period. If that were the case that means the Dutch are likely to be a stronger power and in time, secure the Asiento from the Spanish again.
But then again, the Sugar and Coffee production from Brazil would relatively speaking overcome the Slave revenue.
Did the other Calvinist states of Germany use a Dutch-language Bible? IIRC, Berlin/Brandenburg area was a High German island so it seems to me that any compromise that leads to acceptance of Calvinism in Brandenburg will also involve using a German language Bible to make it accessible to most of the population.