With a POD starting from 1000 AD, have a monarch become King of France and Germany (either all/big chunks of former East Francia) simultaneously. Bonus if the personal union survived till at least the 20th century.
Franco-German personal union
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Philip IV of France is more successful in his bids to put a relative Capetian on the Holy Roman Imperial throne, and things butterfly from there into closer relations between both realms.
Oh, sorry. Forgot to include that it shouldn't be in the HRE in any way whatsoever.
So you want to destroy the political structure of the HRE and have a kingdom of Germany that is not part of the HRE ?
OTL, one could not become king of Germany without election in a framework which was the same as that of the HRE.
Indeed.
The only way to detach Germany from the HRE at this point is not to have Otto I re-form the Empire by conquering Italy. Which is a pre1000 POD.
