Bonapartist-type monarchist movements in more countries

It could be that to have Bonapartism you need a Napoleon, and that is the problem with trying to duplicate it.

The attraction of Bonapartism wasn't from his pseudo-liberalism but from the promise of territorial aggrandisement. To get the equivalent elsewhere you need the fairly specific set of circumstances of having great annexations by said monarch which then get lost later.

Yeah but that's pretty much how the line of Caesar got its start if you think about it.

Bonapartism is just a return to the Roman-Byzantine practice of victorious generals declaring themselves royals.
 
Bumping this because new information has come to light. The Kaiserreich mod for Hearts of Iron IV has made me aware that the Spanish Empire has the Dukedom of Moctezuma de Tultengo- a hereditary title for the descendants of Moctezuma, who I didn't even know existed. So that means Mexico actually does have at least three hereditary lines of note that did rule as monarchists- Iturbide, Hapsburg, and Moctezuma. So how would this play out? An interesting inversion of this post, I think:

1) old dynastic line (Iturbide - the original Constitutional Emperor)
2) branch of old dynastic line (Hapsburg - adopted Iturbide descendants for legitimacy, but did not plan on actually passing the crown to them)
3) different dynastic line (Moctezuma - completely unrelated to the major houses)

Of course, the funny thing about this is that the Hapsburgs are as venerable- and alternatively, as despicable- as the Bourbons and Moctezuma is the oldest line of the three on the continent. But hey, imagine if there was a scenario where a Moctezuma de Tultengo who was a really good fighter and strongman was crowned king of Mexico because no one wanted to deal with dueling Iturbides and Hapsburgs, and also because he conquered it all.
 
Wouldn't a victorious Maximilian in Mexico sort of act like this?

Not a new dynasty in time but in geography and it was based on French bonapartist intervention.
 
Not Europe, but would Qing restorationists vs Yuan Shikai-led China count?

Yuan Shikai would have needed more support to really pull off the 'Bonapartist Monarchy' thing and in RL when he proclaimed himself Emperor he effectively destroyed his own support base.

The Republican supporters who were his base abandoned him, the monarchists of China refused to support him because in their minds there already WAS an Emperor who had the Mandate of Heaven and Yuan Shikai seizing the throne did not take away Puyi's Mandate in their eyes.


But I do have a suggestion for someone who, with a couple of POD's could be a Bonaparte style monarch in the USA.

Andrew Jackson.
 
Yuan Shikai was an opportunist and China has a tradition of such men vying for the throne. But being a Bonaparte requires establishing that your bloodline has some heft, that you are someone impressive enough to sweep away the past with your own form of monarchy that is beloved by the people. So if we're talking about the Chinese republican era, Wu Peifu, who was the best general at the time, would be a better character to base a Napoleon-like line around.
 
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