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Let's say Ferdinand of Austria is born prematurely and ends up as a mentally unstable retard, who isn't actually capable of doing anything meaningful. Meanwhile, Louis II of Hungary is born at the right time and ends up as a ruthless and skilled politician, caring about a power of his family (some people would say ITTL that alt-Louis II resembles in personality his uncle @Jan Olbracht) and his marriage to Mary of Austria is very happy and productive and results in birth of following children:
Elizabeth (1525-1545)
Vladislaus (1527-1576)
Anna (1528-1590)
Louis (1529-1595)
Maria (1531-1581)
Magdalena (1532-1590)
Catherine (1533-1572)
Sophia (1534-1594)
Hedwig (1536-1567)
John (1538-1539)
Barbara (1539-1572)
Casimir (1540-1590)
Ursula (1541-1543)
Helena (1543-1573)
Joanna (1547-1578)
How will the situation develop? If Ferdinand is a complete retard, and Louis survives Mohacs and even manages to succesfully push back the Turks (if he is ruthless politician, Hungary will look better than IOTL, alt-Louis won't neglect state affairs and could even betroth Elizabeth to John Zapolya) and is regarded as a defender of Christendom, than he stands a very good chance of being elected Emperor after Charles's V death (in addition I intended alt-Louis to be not caring about religion of his subjects as long as they are obeying him and only HIM) against foreign Spanish king. And Sigismund II Augustus ITTL certainly doesn't suffer from lack of heirs, if he isn't going to produce heir on his own, than he has ITTL 3 possible heirs growing up south of Carpathians.
Elizabeth (1525-1545)
Vladislaus (1527-1576)
Anna (1528-1590)
Louis (1529-1595)
Maria (1531-1581)
Magdalena (1532-1590)
Catherine (1533-1572)
Sophia (1534-1594)
Hedwig (1536-1567)
John (1538-1539)
Barbara (1539-1572)
Casimir (1540-1590)
Ursula (1541-1543)
Helena (1543-1573)
Joanna (1547-1578)
How will the situation develop? If Ferdinand is a complete retard, and Louis survives Mohacs and even manages to succesfully push back the Turks (if he is ruthless politician, Hungary will look better than IOTL, alt-Louis won't neglect state affairs and could even betroth Elizabeth to John Zapolya) and is regarded as a defender of Christendom, than he stands a very good chance of being elected Emperor after Charles's V death (in addition I intended alt-Louis to be not caring about religion of his subjects as long as they are obeying him and only HIM) against foreign Spanish king. And Sigismund II Augustus ITTL certainly doesn't suffer from lack of heirs, if he isn't going to produce heir on his own, than he has ITTL 3 possible heirs growing up south of Carpathians.