DBWI: Friedrich Staps hadn't killed Napoleon?

In 1809, a German nationalist by the name of Friedrich Staps stabbed Napoleon to death after Napoleon had come forward to sign a petition for him during the peace negotiations regarding the War of the Fifth Coalition. What if this assassination was avoided entirely? How would this affect European affairs as a whole?
 
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In 1809, a German nationalist by the name of Friedrich Staps stabbed Napoleon to death after Napoleon had come forward to sign a petition for him during the peace negotiations regarding the War of the Fifth Coalition. What if this assassination was avoided entirely? How would this affect European affairs as a whole?

Napoleon died in 1821 on the island of St. Helena in the southern Atlantic. Staps was actually arrested after one of the generals with Napoleon thought that it was suspicious that this guy approached the emperor after previously being refused an audience. A knife was confiscated and Staps was executed by firing squad.

I suppose what you meant was, what would happen if the assassination were successful?
 
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Napoleon died in 1821 on the island of St. Helena in the southern Atlantic. Staps was actually arrested after one of the generals with Napoleon thought that it was suspicious that this guy approached the emperor after previously being refused an audience. A knife was confiscated and Staps was executed by firing squad.

I suppose what you meant was, what would happen if the assassination were successful?

No he means what he says. A DBWI is a Double Blind What If. Basically we pretend what didn't happen in OTL actually did happen and we live in a world in which it did happen. It's basically a fun, creative, writing activity.
 
Napoleon died in 1821 on the island of St. Helena in the southern Atlantic. Staps was actually arrested after one of the generals with Napoleon thought that it was suspicious that this guy approached the emperor after previously being refused an audience. A knife was confiscated and Staps was executed by firing squad.

I suppose what you meant was, what would happen if the assassination were successful?
Here you go: http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/doku.php/alternate_history/double_blind_what_if :)
 
Perhaps, General Rapp's the one who stops Staps from stabbing with a Knife and ending the Emperor's life?
 
Perhaps, General Rapp's the one who stops Staps from stabbing with a Knife and ending the Emperor's life?

Perhaps. Rapp did say in several of his memoirs afterwards that he was suspicious of Staps from the start and regretted not doing anything when he had the chance. It is absolutely possible he could have done it as well, considering he was Napoleon's aide.

Here's the thing that intrigues me the most about this POD; when Joseph ascended to the throne, he almost immediately abdicated from Spain in order to focus his issues on Paris. If it weren't for Napoleon's death, Joseph would most likely have been King of Spain for a longer period of time. What effect would a longer Peninsular War have on Spanish affairs and overall in the big scheme of things?
 
People are really torn when it comes to Joseph. Some say he gave up too much. Too many concessions while others point out the Empire lasted until the First Great War. That's over a century.

Of course the role of Emperor of France became pretty much ceremonial in between the Great Wars and its more Bernadotte than Bonaparte in its bloodlines

Maybe Spain wouldn't have fell apart for the French if Joseph had stayed?
 
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People are really torn when it comes to Joseph. Some say he gave up to much. Too many concessions while others point out the Empire lasted until the First Great War. That's over a century.

Of course the role of Emperor of France became pretty much ceremonial in between the Great Wars and its more Bernadotte than Bonaparte in its bloodlines

Maybe Spain wouldn't have fell apart for the French if Joseph had stayed?

It probably would have fallen apart regardless. The pro-Bourbon rebels were way too numerous and popular with the people of Spain for France to deal with, and the glimpse of fighting we did see was chock-full of brutal guerilla tactics. What I can see happening in Spain from a longer Peninsular War, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, is that he wouldn't have been able to acquire a Catalan client state during the peace negotiations in London. Joseph was making massive gains in late 1809, basically driving the pro-Bourbons back until Napoleon bit the dust. If the Spanish showed signs of being able to drive the Bonapartes out completely during a prolonged war, the British probably wouldn't have given any concessions at all or even want to draft a peace treaty in the first place.
 
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