Assasination of George I

Suppose when George I is going over to England to be crowned King, someone poisons his meal. He dies the poisoner captured. There were multiple assassination groups (in case the first one failed), and frankly, no one could keep their mouths shut. Hannover's own spy network and interrogators quickly narrow the deed to be ordered by the Duke of Orleans (the assassins answered to him), possibly with approval from Paris... and possibly not.

Does the British counterparts believe Hannover's 3-month investigations? The British have little influence on the Continent proper and rely on soft power an allies.

Hannover is an elector with George I greatly indebted to the Hapsburgs, does this change HRE dynamics?

What are the diplomatic repercussions?
 
Suppose when George I is going over to England to be crowned King, someone poisons his meal. He dies the poisoner captured. There were multiple assassination groups (in case the first one failed), and frankly, no one could keep their mouths shut. Hannover's own spy network and interrogators quickly narrow the deed to be ordered by the Duke of Orleans (the assassins answered to him), possibly with approval from Paris... and possibly not.

Does the British counterparts believe Hannover's 3-month investigations? The British have little influence on the Continent proper and rely on soft power an allies.

Hannover is an elector with George I greatly indebted to the Hapsburgs, does this change HRE dynamics?

What are the diplomatic repercussions?

Why does the duc d'Orléans arrange this? If anyone at the French court didn't like the Stuarts it was him. The fact that he willing to boot James III out of France, and then ally WITH George I against the Spanish (who were supporting James) should indicate this.
 
Man of all the French Dukes, I had to pick the one Duke who liked George I? While the assassination happens on his way over to England, that means I'd have to pick another Duke or set the POD to make this Duke hate him (and therefore consistent with the OP). A 1700 POD to make him think the Hannovers suck? Assassinations were rare, but they did happen, look at William the Silent. What drives people to go to such extremes measures when there is no direct political or inheritance gain to be made from it?
 
I know right, the bloody French are damned inconvenient, huh?;)

Earlier PODs rescues it I guess. If I make a POD earlier, I can give anyone an irrational hatred of someone else. That said, it means what's said at face value in the OP would be a butterfly and not the POD/

Anyways, what do you think the repercussions would be? Hannover is an elector
 

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Earlier PODs rescues it I guess. If I make a POD earlier, I can give anyone an irrational hatred of someone else. That said, it means what's said at face value in the OP would be a butterfly and not the POD/

Anyways, what do you think the repercussions would be? Hannover is an elector

Well, at least giving a Frenchman an irrational hatred of all things English is a pretty easy PoD.
 
Well, at least giving a Frenchman an irrational hatred of all things English is a pretty easy PoD.

George I was actually very German and couldn't read English on his ascension, but while not top secret, this wasn't publically available information at that time. His cabinet actually sought to hide this and his German-ness
 

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George I was actually very German and couldn't read English on his ascension, but while not top secret, this wasn't publically available information at that time. His cabinet actually sought to hide this and his German-ness

STOP INTERFERING WITH MY HATRED OF ALL THINGS ENGLISH WITH YOUR SILLY LOGIC!!!
 
George I was actually very German and couldn't read English on his ascension, but while not top secret, this wasn't publically available information at that time. His cabinet actually sought to hide this and his German-ness

A common propaganda story, IIRC. While Georg wasn't fluent in English, he WAS able to speak English (ICR if this was at his accession or later though), he was just more comfortable speaking French (like most of the upper classes at the time) or German.

And Philippe didn't LIKE George, it was a case rather of the two NEEDED one another. George was new on the throne, having hopskipped a BUNCH of other people (Philippe and his sisters included) who were also French. Philippe was régent for an infant king, who likewise had closer (if foreign) relatives. IMHO Philippe-George rapprochement was more a mutual understanding than anything else, since Louis XIV and Queen Anne died at around the same time (September 1715/August 1714) and the successions in both France and England were shaky. So, if Louis XV had had a surviving brother or two, le Régent would not necessarilyhave been so nice to England, although he would've still booted James III out (can't remember WHY he didn't like them - might've had to do with Queen Mary Beatrice and Mme de Maintenon being friends, but I doubt it).
 
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