Alternate Polish Kings during the Great Northern War

Charles XII, while campaigning against Peter the Great and Augustus the Strong, deposed Augustus and named his own candidate, Stanislaw Leszczynski, to the throne of Poland-Lithuania. Leszczynski's fortunes promptly evaporated after Poltava, and Augustus returned, with Russian support.

But Peter did not actually want Augustus back on the throne after he was first deposed. When he was deposed, Peter asked Eugene of Savoy to take the throne in 1704. Eugene deferred the decision to the newly-crowned Emperor Joseph, who, having previously been intimidated by Charles XII into permitting Lutheran worship in Silesia, said that Eugene had important military campaigns to attend to and to ask him again next year.

Peter turned to Jakub Sobieski, who turned down the offer, and then to Francis Rakoczi of Hungary, who accepted on the condition that the Sejm endorsed him (Peter never got to ask them, as Charles XII's Russian campaign began immediately thereafter, and after Poltava Augustus marched back in).

How would each of these three candidates have fared as King of Poland-Lithuania if they had openly accepted the throne at the start of the invasion of Russia and fought on Peter's side against Charles XII and Stanislaw Leszczynski? Would their alliance with Peter have deterred Augustus from making another attempt at Poland? Would they be more or less competent than the OTL Saxons? Presumably, Peter would be very well disposed toward them for joining his side at his lowest point, so Russian support against Stanislaw or even Augustus would be forthcoming.
 
Bumping this thread, mostly to discuss Eugene as a King. If he had agreed to take the throne in 1704 (at the height of the War of the Spanish Succession), would it essentially merge the Great Northern War and that war into a continent-spanning affair, with Russia joining the side of the Anglo-Dutch-Austrian alliance and Sweden becoming, de facto, a French ally? How would this affect the progress of the war in Germany? Would Charles XII (at the time utterly contemptuous of Russian military quality) have called off the Russian campaign entirely to fight Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough in Germany?
 
I know this isn't a poll but I think the candidate with the best chance longevity wise is Jakub Sobieski. He brings good internal and external political/dynastic connections such that he won't be too dependent on the Swedes and other powers might be alright with him as king long term. (I also don't want the Habsburg to lose Eugene of Savoy)

Edit: Also completely forgot, it would've interesting to see if Charles XII would marry Jakub's duaghter to whom he was engaged to at the time (Maybe the marriage is consummated and a son or daughter is born before he dies). They'll probably have to be something in the marriage contract revoking their progeny's rights in the PLC to avoid the Vasa issue that really fed the Swedish-PLC conflicts. Maybe in the event that Jakub doesn't have male heirs (as it looked) his brothers would be the agreed upon successor candidate.

Bumping this thread, mostly to discuss Eugene as a King. If he had agreed to take the throne in 1704 (at the height of the War of the Spanish Succession), would it essentially merge the Great Northern War and that war into a continent-spanning affair, with Russia joining the side of the Anglo-Dutch-Austrian alliance and Sweden becoming, de facto, a French ally? How would this affect the progress of the war in Germany? Would Charles XII (at the time utterly contemptuous of Russian military quality) have called off the Russian campaign entirely to fight Eugene and the Duke of Marlborough in Germany?

It won't affect the actual war, what we'll likely see is B-Prussia and Hanover taking advantage of this to go after Swedish possessions in the empire earlier than they did OTL should France and Sweden make an official alliance. Sweden would likely still come out worse for wear, I'm curious as to how the PLC making a play for Livonia would affect relations with Russia though.
 
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I'm for Jakub Sobieski. Rakoczi will make too many problems, and Eugene of Savoy won't marry or have issue (Leopold I offered him the OTL margravine of Baden-Baden and Gene turned her down. And if one believes Liselotte's letters, the "ugly boy" much preferred things of a more manly nature, war, horses, lovers...). He'd overhaul the military, perhaps, but I'm not sure if he'd be good for much else?

Sobieski's daughter as queen of Sweden would probably be forced to convert to the Swedish state church by her marriage contract. Sweden's still a century away from her next Catholic queen (Desiree Clary, Josephine de Beauharnais) and even they were regarded with suspicion concerning their religion IIRC.
 
Edit: Also completely forgot, it would've interesting to see if Charles XII would marry Jakub's duaghter to whom he was engaged to at the time (Maybe the marriage is consummated and a son or daughter is born before he dies). They'll probably have to be something in the marriage contract revoking their progeny's rights in the PLC to avoid the Vasa issue that really fed the Swedish-PLC conflicts. Maybe in the event that Jakub doesn't have male heirs (as it looked) his brothers would be the agreed upon successor candidate.

There's an interesting idea. Charles XII was a very devout Protestant, though, so I agree with @JonasResende that marriage would require her conversion. A renunciation to prevent a revival of the Vasa disputes is also most likely. Charles XII did, IIRC, support Jakub Sobieski as a candidate for the throne, so the possibility does exist for a deal to be worked out involving a Swedish-Polish alliance against Muscovy, with Sobieski and Charles joining forces against Peter.

It won't affect the actual war, what we'll likely see is B-Prussia and Hanover taking advantage of this to go after Swedish possessions in the empire earlier than they did OTL should France and Sweden make an official alliance. Sweden would likely still come out worse for wear, I'm curious as to how the PLC making a play for Livonia would affect relations with Russia though.

The original plans between Augustus, Peter, and Frederick of Denmark was for the PLC (or Saxon troops, in any event) to take Livonia. That plan only changed after the Swedes slapped down the attempts by Augustus' Saxon army to take the region. Once Russian troops started winning battles, and after Augustus stabbed Peter in the back, the Tsar grew more contemptuous of his alleged allies.

If some King of Poland can successfully take Livonia, Peter would likely accept its passing into Polish hands--he had his Venice of the North by then, so Russian access to the sea was assured, and a competent Poland is a useful ally.
 
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