King Friedrich William died in 1861, his brother Wilhelm 1st came to the throne. He dissolved the lantag because too many liberals were in power and by dissolving it he hoped that conservatives would be elected. It didnt work. He threatened to resign if he could not control the situation in prussia. Friedrich 3rd convinced him not to resign. For the purpose of my scenario William 1st is not convinced to not abdicate so noe Fredrich 3rd becomes king. Bismark & Prince Fritz Kark did not like liberalism and having a liberal king might prompt them to attampt a coup/putch. For the sake of my scenario the coup fails because the people rally behind their new king. Bismark & fritz are: shot,exiled or imprisoned (your choice)
List of Monarchs
Prussia-Friedrich 3rd
Russia-Alexander 2nd (freer of serfs)
France-Napoleon 3rd (people in france becomming restless, nappy may want to placate them with foreign territory)
Sardina-victor Emanuel 2nd (wants to unify italy)
U.K- Queen Victoria
Sweden- Charles XV-IV ( wants to get finland)
Austria- Franz joseph 1st (imperial absolutism,suspended 1849 constitution,defeated hungarians,saved hapsburg throne,might want silesia back)
Scenario
-Friedrich 3rd becomes prussian king
-Bismarkian coup fails
-Austria invades prussia
-Sardina invades nothern italian states to unify italian peninsula
-France invades belgium or prusia
-U.K keep balance of power so it allies with prussia
-Sweden invades russia for finland
Reasoning
Austria invades Prussia because after beating Hungarian rebels,saving hapsburg throne, and fighting liberalism Franz joseph will be worried if Prussia gets a liberal monarch because it will seem that liberalism/constitutionalism is becomming too strong
Russia might support austria because it helped them beat the Hungarians,save monarchy by sending russian troops. Also taking Prussian territory would be benificial to both nations
Sardina wants to unify italy so while everyone is at war it will try to invade other Italian states
France has two options
OPTION 1- invade Belgium while U.K is distracted
OPTION 2- invade Prussia to crush the upstart german state + annex rhineland
U.K has always tried to keep a relative balance of power on the continent so it will ally with Prussia from keeping it from being carved up.
Also now Victoria has a family obligation to keep: her oldest daughter Vicky is Queen of Prussia so victoria will not want her daughter being kicked off the throne of Prussia
Wild cards- Ottomans,Persia,and China will all try in one way or another to gain land lost to the Russians
Netherlands will join U.K/Prussia if Napoleon invades Belgium
Alliances
Prussia,U.K,Sweden v France,Russia,Austria
what is the most plausable conclusion to the war?
I hope this version of my original scenario is better than the first because then I was missing a lot of facts and did not do much resarch. Please enjoy!
List of Monarchs
Prussia-Friedrich 3rd
Russia-Alexander 2nd (freer of serfs)
France-Napoleon 3rd (people in france becomming restless, nappy may want to placate them with foreign territory)
Sardina-victor Emanuel 2nd (wants to unify italy)
U.K- Queen Victoria
Sweden- Charles XV-IV ( wants to get finland)
Austria- Franz joseph 1st (imperial absolutism,suspended 1849 constitution,defeated hungarians,saved hapsburg throne,might want silesia back)
Scenario
-Friedrich 3rd becomes prussian king
-Bismarkian coup fails
-Austria invades prussia
-Sardina invades nothern italian states to unify italian peninsula
-France invades belgium or prusia
-U.K keep balance of power so it allies with prussia
-Sweden invades russia for finland
Reasoning
Austria invades Prussia because after beating Hungarian rebels,saving hapsburg throne, and fighting liberalism Franz joseph will be worried if Prussia gets a liberal monarch because it will seem that liberalism/constitutionalism is becomming too strong
Russia might support austria because it helped them beat the Hungarians,save monarchy by sending russian troops. Also taking Prussian territory would be benificial to both nations
Sardina wants to unify italy so while everyone is at war it will try to invade other Italian states
France has two options
OPTION 1- invade Belgium while U.K is distracted
OPTION 2- invade Prussia to crush the upstart german state + annex rhineland
U.K has always tried to keep a relative balance of power on the continent so it will ally with Prussia from keeping it from being carved up.
Also now Victoria has a family obligation to keep: her oldest daughter Vicky is Queen of Prussia so victoria will not want her daughter being kicked off the throne of Prussia
Wild cards- Ottomans,Persia,and China will all try in one way or another to gain land lost to the Russians
Netherlands will join U.K/Prussia if Napoleon invades Belgium
Alliances
Prussia,U.K,Sweden v France,Russia,Austria
what is the most plausable conclusion to the war?
I hope this version of my original scenario is better than the first because then I was missing a lot of facts and did not do much resarch. Please enjoy!
Last edited: