Hey Guys,
In
this thread a discussion took place over my idea of having an Anglo-Danish-Norwegian Union. The general consensus was that it could work, but the aims of the English and Danish courts were far too different in their overall aims (England=New World, Denmark=German & Baltic States.) And in another
recent discussion Cináed imagined a scenario that was intriguing.
Now I have a new idea. As I said in the first thread, there would be a marriage between Queen Elizabeth and Prince Frederick, children would come out of this and eventually King Edward VII of England and I of Denmark-Norway takes the throne after his parents die.
Skip forward two monarchs and there's unrest in the Kingdoms. The current King (Christian II of England, V of Denmark-Norway) wants to impose an Absolute Monarchy within all of his Kingdoms. But the English and Norwegians who've had a lot of their cultures shared over the past 3 monarchs (more-so than Denmark) don't want this, and after constant attempts by the King to impose absolute rule the peoples of England rebelled first, and then Norway. After 4 years of Civil War Denmark finally relented and after another month of talks, the Danish granted both Norway and England independence. After this the Danish king brings in Absolute rule within his only Kingdom left, while both England and Norway have to pick a new monarch to rule each of them. Not long after the representatives of the nations meet and declare themselves a single nation after another week of debating. Each kingdom within the Union shall have their own devolved parliament, but shall be united under a single one that will meet in each others parliaments once every month (i.e. London one month, Christiania the next.) In this TL the parliaments/Councils of each nation is much stronger due to the monarchs being in their separate Kingdoms for long periods of time. But the Monarch (who is now Edward VIII of England, II of Norway) still has quite large powers.
Overall in 1690 Denmark controls the Faroe Islands and Iceland still, but has lost control of England and Norway who've united after gaining independence from Denmark. This loss of manpower, money and waste of time on a civil war has cost Denmark dearly who now cannot sustain a Colonial Empire at the moment. While England has kept its previous colonies around the world, which were mainly from Anglo-Norwegian colonists (mainly English though) and barely any Danish.
What do you think?