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I recently read on a (possibly unreliable) internet page that Charles V tried to add Münster and East-Frisia to his possessions on the low countries, like he had done with Gueldres, Utrecht/Overijssel/Drenthe, Friesland and Groningen. But while he succeeded with Gueldres, Utrecht, etc, he failed with East-Frisia and Münster. Like I said, I don't know how reliable the source was, but I can remember having read it before (where it mentioned another part he tried to incorporate, probably Cleves or Liege, but lets ignore that for now). Even if it isn't true that isn't realy relevant, he could be interested anyway. What if Charles V would have been able to add both Münster as East-Frisia to his Netherlands. Could this have some interesting consequences? I personaly thought assumed that neither province would become more influential than the rich western provinces (Flanders, Brabant, Zeeland and Holland), both would protestantized (hmm, is that actually a word?) like the other parts of the Netherlands (although they could turn into Lutherans instead of Calvinists, I am not certain why the Netherlands turned Calvinist, when a large part of Germany became Lutheran). So I figured they probably support the revolt against Spain. Using possibly flawed logic I assume that more Netherlands means that the Spanish troops would be more spread out and that there are more Dutch people the Spanish have to fight, so that the Netherlands might end up with a larger part of the southern Netherlands (lets say a border near Ostend, Ghent and Mechelen) and of course Münster and East-Frisia, leading to a stronger Netherlands. (Of course due to butterflies the Netherlands could lose the war or conquer all of the Southern Netherlands end up the largest power in Germany and unite it in the 18th century). Does have anyone have some other interesting views about this concept, things I didn't think of or could something interesting happen in Germany I didn't realise?
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