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Everyone knows how Napoléon tried to wed Alexander of Russia's sister, Ekaterina "Katya" (Catherine). And it went nowhere. Nappy later tried to get Anna Pavlovna but it also met with fierce opposition from the Russian court.

However, there was another prospect of Katya being empress. Something that had the dowager empress' approval and not Alexander's. Franz II's second wife died in April 1807. He sent feelers out to the various courts of Europe looking for a third wife. Of course, Maria Feodorovna (his one-time sister-in-law) was all ears. And Katya herself found her ambitions aroused at the idea of being empress.

With her remarkable beauty, slender figure, brilliant mind and royal descent, Catherine was a much sought-after bride. The Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna wanted her daughter to be Empress of Austria, and this prospect was shared by the ambitious Catherine herself. However, Alexander I, who wanted a fine husband for his favorite sister, would not hear of it, since he thought that the Emperor Franz was too old for her, feeble and weak-willed. Furthermore, Alexander never forgot the unhappy life of his sister Alexandra in the Austrian court, which eventually resulted to her premature death.

Catherine on the other hand, was very keen to marry Emperor Franz and live in Austria. She wrote to her brother that even though Franz was already 40 years old, she didn't find that a problem, adding: "I understand that he is no Adonis, but he is a decent man, enough to make a happy family life."

Thanks to her brother's opposition, Katya was still unwed at age 20.
So, my question is, what if Franz's suit had been accepted? I'm not sure how Alexander would be got to agree to it (maybe Napoléon doesn't make a favourable impression at Tilsit in July 1807, so Alexander is even less inclined for a French peace than OTL, and thus agrees to put his reservations over an Austrian match aside)
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