German-Polish–Lithuanian commonwealth

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Is a sort of German-Polish–Lithuanian commonwealth in the same time period of the OTL commonwealth possible.

They have to be all roughly equal in power so not Poland annexing chunks of Germany. It doesn't have to be all of Germany but it has to be equal in power with Poland.
 
Not in the same time period, no.

The PLC was the result of a century of gradual integration and Personal Union between the independent Kingdom of Poland and Grand Duchy of Lithuania.
 
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PoD - Ivan the Terrible takes the PLC crown. The Union becomes constitutionally Real, not Just Personal.

Between 1570es and 1640es they conquer Siberia, Manchuria ( possibly China! ) and reach Alaska, California.

During the Thirty years war they side the Catholic league. Conquer all of Scandinavia.

Since 1648 the PLMC Emperor becomes Holy Roman Emperor. Crowned by collegium /Sinode of the 5 Patriarchs. All the time ongoing hardly enforced project is restoring the unity of the Church i.e. re-merger of the Catholic and Ortodox churches.

This *HRE consisting of OTL HRE, Swiss, Italy, PLMC ... ( the backbone is pan-slavic. Italy and Germany and Scandinavia are the western periphery, which is going to seccede at some future point and turn into mega-*Switzerland - neutral buffer zone; and the *HRE Church re-merger policies make the Atlantic European countries to revert to "protestanism". Spain+Portugal, France, England+Scotland+Netherlands furnish themselves with the equivalent of "Anglican churches". The Atlantic European powers rush into the Oceans even more ruthelessly.
The Atlantic euro-powers and *HRE expansion waves colide in North America on Mississippi, in Africa on Congo river, in Asia - in the Malayan archipelago.

Australia, New Zealand, Oceania are *HRE-ed cause they are closer and more convenient from Dalien, Manchiria.

Around the end of 17th century the Ottoman empire ( and generally Islam ) is crushed and absorbed into series of Hyper-crussade. In result no territory ITTL has majority muslim population.

Between end of 17th century and mid-19th century India is consolidated under *HRE.

*HRE is trully H because it holds the "true christianity" and truly R cause it holds both Rome and Constantinople.

The *HRE official language is artificial Slavic language like Slovio.
 
How and why would Ivan the Terrible take the crown of the PLC? Even if Ivan does take it, wouldn't it just mean an expansion of the Oprichnina, religious tensions and alot of people dead or dying?
 
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