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Hello
I have been thinging about what if the Habsburgs hadn't gained Spain but France in stead around the same time, late 1400s early 1500s. Would that even be possible in your opinion and what would be short term and long term results of such an aquisition.
I have had a debate along these lines with some of my friends and one of them claimed Habsburgs would try to make themselves look as resoters of the Charlemanes legacy and would unite Europe preventing British dominant position in the later centuries.