Austrian Triple Monarchy

In the 1870s there were proposals to make Austria a Triple Monarchy (Austria-Hungary-Bohemia).

What if this had happened?

What would be the status of Galicia-Lodomeria and Bukovina? Made a part of Bohemia perhaps?
 
That would be a dilution of the Compromise and would open the door to federalism--starting with Galicia as a "separate administrative kingdom". This was opposed successfully by the Magyar political elite and the German liberals. Dualism, for all its faults, kept the Monarchy together as a great power for many decades--the Magyars being after all, a force against nationalism and further devolution. It is hard to see a federalized monarchy not turning into a something less than a great power--a customs union unable to keep much of an army or a foreign policy together.
 
That would be a dilution of the Compromise and would open the door to federalism--starting with Galicia as a "separate administrative kingdom". This was opposed successfully by the Magyar political elite and the German liberals. Dualism, for all its faults, kept the Monarchy together as a great power for many decades--the Magyars being after all, a force against nationalism and further devolution. It is hard to see a federalized monarchy not turning into a something less than a great power--a customs union unable to keep much of an army or a foreign policy together.
Is it fair to say the Magyars were a force against Nationalism because once they obtained equality within the Empire with the Austrians they were more than happy to not share any more "equability" with any other ethic groups? I read somewhere that the Hungarians may have been more hostile towards ethnic groups in the Empire than the Austrians.
 
Is it fair to say the Magyars were a force against Nationalism because once they obtained equality within the Empire with the Austrians they were more than happy to not share any more "equability" with any other ethic groups? I read somewhere that the Hungarians may have been more hostile towards ethnic groups in the Empire than the Austrians.

Completely correct. In fact, this resulted in groups like the Croats being pro-German. Hence their later Nazi affinities.
 
In ny opinion, the Austrians would've gone straight for federalisn if they didn't go for dualism. Trialism, while interesting, is unlikely since I don't believe the Hungarians would've agreed to share their power after '67 unless something calamitous happened that threatened the Empire and/or Hungary herself.

Anyways, to answer your question, Galicia and Bukovina would've stayed part of Austria if it's not a federal model. Bohemia has no historical claim to Galicia and while Hungary sorta had, neither Austria wanted to empower Hungary further or Hungary wanted to deal with the province (they were quite content with Transylvania being confirmed).
 
Were the Croats pro=German because of what happened in Austria-Hungary or what happened in interwar Yugoslavia? I think the latter. In Austria-Hungary Croatia had its own governing institutions after 1868. Things soured over the decades because of the overbearing nature of Hungary, but was the arrangement with Serbia better or actually worse than the Dual Monarchy for Croatia?

Another question. What set of circumstances would cause the Hungarians to be more amenable to compromise with the minorities? Through the link with Vienna and the support of Berlin, they were able to hang on to their eastern provinces with no real threat. What changes to cause concessions to the Romanians and Serbs? The loss of support from Berlin? Pressure from Berlin to do this (especially in Transylvania) as Romania is courted as a dependable ally for Germany?
 
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