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The old Duchy of Saxony was one of the most important German states in the early Middle Ages. Henry the Lion was one of the strongest rulers in that era in the Holy Roman Empire, and by his downfall did the term "Saxony" end up migrating throughout the HRE as Saxony was divided.

But what if Henry the Lion (or another leader of Saxony) keep the Duchy of Saxony whole, through warfare or whatever? Could Saxony end up like Austria did and Saxony be the heartland of a dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors as Austria was?

I say "beyond" because Saxony is also in position because of geography to be a colonial power in the New World based on its location and the large amounts of German migration OTL to Eastern Europe which Saxony could be in position to divert into some part of the Americas. That will affect both colonisation in the New World as well as that in Eastern Europe.
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