Will someone put me out of my misery and shoot this one down, please? Me and my friend came up with it in lesson (she's really into French history)...
French Royal Family escapes the revolution, and seek refuge in Italy. The British and Spanish are both alarmed by the new Republic, and help the royals to escape to Louisiana, which is set up as a British dominated Kingdom of France in exile, in order to counterbalance the united states. Queen Marie Antoinette falls ill on the way, and dies in Naples, where her daughter Marie Therese stays with her aunt, Queen Maria Carolina of Sicily. Meanwhile, in Lousiana, Louis XVI arrives at New Orleans, and establishes a rough constitutional monarchy, similar to the current British one.
Meanwhile, Napoleon heads off on his Egyptian expedition as OTL, but stops off in Sicily to murder the 20 year old Marie Therese. However, the general is captivated by the daughter of the king, and they become lovers (let's butterfly off Josephine sometime between 1789 and 1795). With Sicily now acting as a base for his ambitions, the Egyptian expedition ends in a stunning success for Napoleon, who sets up a puppet regime. He returns to France, is proclaimed Emperor, and marries Marie Therese, gaining an alliance with the Austrians and Sicily.
The British start to become uncomfortable about the whole situation, and strengthen their garrisons on Minorca. However, they are cautiously optimistic about the new Emperor, having already achieved a solid alliance with Spain and Louisiana, and brought the young United States to heel. Around 1803, Napoleon sets off a-conquering, swallowing all land up to the Rhine, as well as large parts of Italy, which are partitioned between France, Naples, and Austria. In a departure from OTL, he claims the title Holy Roman Emperor, instead of abolishing it.
The British are now seriously alarmed, and with good cause. In 1808, Napoleon invades Spain, but becomes bogged down in a brilliant guerilla campaign led by the Duke of Wellington. Meanwhile, Louis XVI dies in New Orleans, and his succeeded by his son Louis XVII who attempts to return to France to restore the kingdom. Empress Marie Therese chooses her husband over her brother however, and defeats Louis, forcing him and the British to retreat. Nonetheless, the Treaty of Nice in 1810 constraints Napoleonic Europe; France keeps its gains in Italy and the Rhineland, but is forced to cede all claims on lands in the New World, and give up all Spanish conquests, as well as permenantly reduce the size of its navy compared to that of Britain and Spain. Prussia also joins the anti-French alliance, and begins to absorb smaller German states.
In 1813, Napoleon and his Austrian allies make another attack on the moribund Ottomans, managing to "liberate" the Balkans- in practise annexe most of the area to Austria and set up an independent (Hapsburg) Empire of Greece (should that be Rhomania I wonder?) in Constantinople. The Ottomans are defeated, and resettle in disarray in Konya. There, with British support, the Ottoman Empire begins a slow march back to glory, but this is not apparent in 1815, when the Treaty of Iznik confirms Napoleonic triumph.
In the campaign, the Emperor is gravely wounded, and, though he recovers, never campaigns again. He eventually passes away in 1823, leaving the French Empire to his son, who becomes Emperor Philip I. France dominates southern Europe, but Europe is divided into two power blocs. Roughly, these are.
FRANCE-AUSTRIA-SICILY-GREECE
BRITAIN-PORTUGAL-SPAIN-PRUSSIA-TURKEY
With Russia and the Scandinavian states liable to jump either way.
So, shoot me down. I'd be interested in doing something in this period, so if someone can find a way to make my probably ridiculously ASB musings vaguelly plausible, I'd be very impressed!
French Royal Family escapes the revolution, and seek refuge in Italy. The British and Spanish are both alarmed by the new Republic, and help the royals to escape to Louisiana, which is set up as a British dominated Kingdom of France in exile, in order to counterbalance the united states. Queen Marie Antoinette falls ill on the way, and dies in Naples, where her daughter Marie Therese stays with her aunt, Queen Maria Carolina of Sicily. Meanwhile, in Lousiana, Louis XVI arrives at New Orleans, and establishes a rough constitutional monarchy, similar to the current British one.
Meanwhile, Napoleon heads off on his Egyptian expedition as OTL, but stops off in Sicily to murder the 20 year old Marie Therese. However, the general is captivated by the daughter of the king, and they become lovers (let's butterfly off Josephine sometime between 1789 and 1795). With Sicily now acting as a base for his ambitions, the Egyptian expedition ends in a stunning success for Napoleon, who sets up a puppet regime. He returns to France, is proclaimed Emperor, and marries Marie Therese, gaining an alliance with the Austrians and Sicily.
The British start to become uncomfortable about the whole situation, and strengthen their garrisons on Minorca. However, they are cautiously optimistic about the new Emperor, having already achieved a solid alliance with Spain and Louisiana, and brought the young United States to heel. Around 1803, Napoleon sets off a-conquering, swallowing all land up to the Rhine, as well as large parts of Italy, which are partitioned between France, Naples, and Austria. In a departure from OTL, he claims the title Holy Roman Emperor, instead of abolishing it.
The British are now seriously alarmed, and with good cause. In 1808, Napoleon invades Spain, but becomes bogged down in a brilliant guerilla campaign led by the Duke of Wellington. Meanwhile, Louis XVI dies in New Orleans, and his succeeded by his son Louis XVII who attempts to return to France to restore the kingdom. Empress Marie Therese chooses her husband over her brother however, and defeats Louis, forcing him and the British to retreat. Nonetheless, the Treaty of Nice in 1810 constraints Napoleonic Europe; France keeps its gains in Italy and the Rhineland, but is forced to cede all claims on lands in the New World, and give up all Spanish conquests, as well as permenantly reduce the size of its navy compared to that of Britain and Spain. Prussia also joins the anti-French alliance, and begins to absorb smaller German states.
In 1813, Napoleon and his Austrian allies make another attack on the moribund Ottomans, managing to "liberate" the Balkans- in practise annexe most of the area to Austria and set up an independent (Hapsburg) Empire of Greece (should that be Rhomania I wonder?) in Constantinople. The Ottomans are defeated, and resettle in disarray in Konya. There, with British support, the Ottoman Empire begins a slow march back to glory, but this is not apparent in 1815, when the Treaty of Iznik confirms Napoleonic triumph.
In the campaign, the Emperor is gravely wounded, and, though he recovers, never campaigns again. He eventually passes away in 1823, leaving the French Empire to his son, who becomes Emperor Philip I. France dominates southern Europe, but Europe is divided into two power blocs. Roughly, these are.
FRANCE-AUSTRIA-SICILY-GREECE
BRITAIN-PORTUGAL-SPAIN-PRUSSIA-TURKEY
With Russia and the Scandinavian states liable to jump either way.
So, shoot me down. I'd be interested in doing something in this period, so if someone can find a way to make my probably ridiculously ASB musings vaguelly plausible, I'd be very impressed!