Austrian instead of Spanish Netherlands

As for an alternate Germany, only as an autonomous region with Dutch being recognized as an official language.
Wasn't dutch considered just a dialect of german by this time? The languages began to differ only when High German began to gradually drive back the Low German dialects. Including, the english name of the language (Dutch) is derived from the native name of the german anguage (Deutch)
 
I'd for this option:
Charles never became King of Spain so his line will rule on Netherlands and Austria (plus Bohemia and Hungary if he marry Anne Jagellon or both she and her brother Louis die without heirs) while Ferdinand rule Spain (maybe HRE Maximilian die before Ferdinand of Aragon so the latter is able to persuade the Cortes of Castile and Aragon to recognize as his heir Ferdinand, who is the younger son of Juana but is fully Spanish, being born and raised there instead of Charles, who is a foreign and already Duke of Burgundy and the newly elected as Holy Roman Emperor)



Or for making Charles V give the Imperial Crown, Austria, Burgundy, Milan and Flanders to Philip and the rest to Ferdinand.
 
I'd for this option:
Charles never became King of Spain so his line will rule on Netherlands and Austria (plus Bohemia and Hungary if he marry Anne Jagellon or both she and her brother Louis die without heirs) while Ferdinand rule Spain (maybe HRE Maximilian die before Ferdinand of Aragon so the latter is able to persuade the Cortes of Castile and Aragon to recognize as his heir Ferdinand, who is the younger son of Juana but is fully Spanish, being born and raised there instead of Charles, who is a foreign and already Duke of Burgundy and the newly elected as Holy Roman Emperor)



Or for making Charles V give the Imperial Crown, Austria, Burgundy, Milan and Flanders to Philip and the rest to Ferdinand.
The latter is impossible...
 
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