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As I've read about Charles XII, I've often come across many accounts of how his personality made the Great Northern War such a disaster for Sweden. So what I'm proposing in this post is that Charles is, for whatever reason, a much more cautious and pragmatic ruler. My idea is that when Charles takes the throne in (1698?) he surveys the geopolitical situation Sweden is in, and realizes it to be untenable. He also receives word of the triple alliance that is being formed against him, and to counteract these actions, makes the decision to secretly enter negotiations with Russia and Poland-Lithuania, and sells Ingria and Estonia to them respectively. These decisions are widely unpopular within Sweden and viewed as actions of a cowardly leader, but eventually will prove to pay off in time. These actions pay off, as now with only one hostile foe to face (Denmark-Norway), Charles launches a preemptive invasion, routing the enemy as he did in OTL. Now however comes another significant POD, as he (somewhat forcibly) marries Sophia Hedwig of Denmark, and forcibly integrates Denmark into the Swedish crown lands (with the support of France his ally), allowing for its former king Frederick IV to remain in power (albeit as a puppet), in Norway.
-I have a couple of questions for this to proceed. 1) how plausible is this course of events, given the personality difference of Charles XII? And also, could this course of action prevent war between Sweden and Russia for the foreseeable future? My thanks for any answers and hopefully this can become a more official TL!