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The Glorious Revolution Backfires, Louis XIV wins the first war and secures the promise of Spanish succession, Louis declares war on the Dutch and William of Orange drags England into another war. In spite of revolutionary financial means of handling debt, the crown still defaults. The nobles had had enough, William has lost popularity, the Queen dies without issue, Scotland outwardly declares they are going to pick up the Catholic Stuart Monarchy, and when France inherits Spain's massive empire England finally caves to the French candidate and largely hailed legitimate heir to the English throne.
As a consequence of having France become the "Russia of the West" as someone put it, France and the United Kingdom also become allies as the Sun King and the Catholic Stuarts are both relatives and deeply connected personally. This may fall by the way side later on, but for the first generation or two there is Peace in the West. This is also a situation that may well save the Spanish colonies in Latin America as French administration kicks in and Spain is revitalized as a part of France. Louis is hailed as the new Charlemagne and may promptly take the title of Augustus or Emperor, depending on his fancy, with the blessings of the Pope.
As a consequence of having France become the "Russia of the West" as someone put it, France and the United Kingdom also become allies as the Sun King and the Catholic Stuarts are both relatives and deeply connected personally. This may fall by the way side later on, but for the first generation or two there is Peace in the West. This is also a situation that may well save the Spanish colonies in Latin America as French administration kicks in and Spain is revitalized as a part of France. Louis is hailed as the new Charlemagne and may promptly take the title of Augustus or Emperor, depending on his fancy, with the blessings of the Pope.