Maybe the more interesting question to ask then is:
Could Denmark really be a threat to the Carolingians? It doesn´t sound plausible to me. They seem OTL to have been a minor nuisance, and heathens conquering christians sounds a bit... difficult.
But to make an interesting AH challenge: A danish invasion into the Frankish empire, so successful the empire crumbles down.
Can anyone give a plausible pod for this? (Remember the Danes don´t have to conquer and occupy, just defeat).
Charlemagne did consider it so! The murder of Godfrey is attributed to being instigated by Charlemagne.
Saxony rebelling following the 782 Frank quenching of unrest saw the expulsion of the Church from the duchy. Have a succesfull heathen Danish King help the Saxons get rid of the Church then. I think it could be possible even if the objective of the Danes would not be the Church per se but the Frankish rulers.
Did a TL once on Godfrey not being murdered in 810 - that could be the thing to destabilize the Frankish Empire.
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