DBWI: No unified Kingdom of Italy

PoD: Mehmed II does not die and conquers Italy

Italy faced a lot of chaos since Mehmed II and Bayezid II conquered all the way up to Tuscany while vassalizing anything North of the Papal States and Ancona.

A coalition of Northern Italians lead by the Savoyards in 1691, supportes by South German Princes, France and Spain ended the Turkish Rule in 1713, with the surrender of Brindisi. So a unified Kingdom of Italy was formed under the Savoyards. Italy became immediately an important player in Europe and formed a triple alliance with Spain and France.

Assuming Mehmed II never conquered Italy and thus never created a situation that Italy could unite, how would Italy fare? Would Italy be better off divided? Or would be a conflict zone between the Holy Roman Empire and the French King? What would happen to New Venice*?

Ooc: New Venice is where New Orleans should be...
 
Well for one I believe the Holy Roman Empire could last longer then as it did. The loss the Italian peninsula along with the political instability and fighting among monarchs and nobles led to the HRE collapsing in the mid 1600s, allowing certain German states to gain prominence while some parts of the former empire ended up being gobbled up by some of its neighbors. The rise of the aforementioned states soon led to the rise of the Grand Duchy of Austria, the kingdom of Brandenburg, and eventually the Kingdom of Germany thanks to some inspiration from the Italians.
 
I would assume that Italy would remain divided into little kingdoms either under Spanish, Holy Roman, and French zones of influence. Perhaps the French unite Italy into one kingdom much later and have the King of Italy either be a member of the French royal family or a family with close ties to France.
 
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