God Save These American States
Sardina will play a part in events in that unfold in the mid 1840's but I can inclued them in the 1830's update as a precursor if yall want
Maybe but its a week claim though the female line and they only have one child who suvived thier first year. Remember caroline is 12 years older than Francisco. This is being cobered in my first 1830s chapter which deals with Iberia post the Second war of the Pyrenees. That im currently working on.
However if something were to happen to Francisco and his daughter then the next best claim to the Spanish throne is split between Francisco's sisters kids. Ie Marius Bonaparte or King Louis sons.
Europe in the 1830’s: Iberia part 1
The United Portuguese Empire (Europe and South America)
For Emperor Jose I of the United Portuguese Empire the 1830 were a time of celebration and frustration all at once. The Second War of the Pyrenees had seen the Kingdom of Portugal retake all of its European territory in addition to adding the Kingdom of Galicia to the Empire. However these new or returned territories were riddled with Theocratic Franciscanist who made their discontent with the fall of their Christian Republics well known. In Brazil the 1830’s would see the creation of the first Railroads running along the coast
Flag of the Kingdom of Galacia
The Kingdom of Spain
Flag of the Restored Kingdom of Spain
The Restored Kingdom of Spain would spend the 1830’s restoring the land the Kingdom control to stability and prosperity. Due to Madrid's location close to the border with the Protectorate of Aragon the capital would remain in the City of Valencia. King Francisco's choice to copy his brother-in-law’s approach to dealing with the Franciscanist would see the Kingdom of Spain forgo the turmoil of that the Protectorate of Aragon would have to go through as the french sought to erase the memories of the Union of Iberian Christian Republics and the Church of the Holy Works of Christ. This moderate on religion would be highlighted in the parliament Elections of 1837 when the Liberal Franciscanist Party would win enough seats in the Chamber of Deputies to be a major partner in the new Government its leader Javier Montenegro would become the new Minister of Internal Affairs. The following year a second reward would occur in 1838 when the people of the Christian Republic of Granada would vote in the Great Referendum to unite the Kingdom of Spain. However this success would cause jealous fits from the French in Aragon who who begin planning ways to end the success and existence of the Kingdom of Spain.
Royal Palace, Valencia
In October of 1833 King Francisco would announce to the Parliament that he was officially changing the national flag of the Kingdom from the restoration to this point a mix of older flags had been used. This new Flag was a Red White and Gold Tricolor. The Red and Gold represented the traditional colors of the Kingdom of Spain while the white band in the middle represented the Peace and Order that the restoration of the Kingdom had brought. Then Francisco added and Imperial Spanish Eagle with the Spanish Crest on its breast.
Thanks to its Italian and British funding the Kingdom of Spain was able to begin to rebuild its industries in the 1830’s. The Italian’s would focus on restoring the Spanish Iron working, textile and arms industries. While the British would focus on restoring transportation funding the repair of roads and bridges across the kingdom they would also fund, map out and build Spain’s first Railway; they would then provide the locomotives and rolling stock for the Royal Spanish Railway ( Real Ferrocarril Español). Because it was built by Britain it the Royal Spanish Railway was built with British 4 foot 8 inch gauge track. The Royal Spanish Railway would run from the capital of Valencia to Madrid.
The Spanish Royal Family
The Spanish Royal Family post Restoration was a small closely knit family consisting of the king Francisco de Paula de Bourbon and his queen Maria Annunziata Carolina (Bonaparte) Bourbon and their only child Princess of Astoria Élisabeth Louise de Bourbon. The Marriage of Francisco and Carolina was the think of stories as she was twelve years his senior. They met while Francisco was in exile in the Bonaparte Court in Naples following the fall of his father Charles IV during the Iberian Revolution. The fact that the couple was able to have children was another miracle as at 30 years old when she was married Carolina was far past what was considered prime childbearing age. Carolina would manage to carry one child to term after 8 years of trying she would give birth to Élisabeth Louise de Bourbon on September 7, 1820. The difficulties of the Pregnancy combined with her age meant that she would not be able to carry any more children. As the decade closed Queen Carolina would sadly pass away on August 7, 1839 as the queen laid in state the people of the restored Kingdom of Spain mourned the loss of a kind and just queen.
Queen Carolina and Princess of Astoria Elisabeth Louise de Bourbon.
For Emperor Jose I of the United Portuguese Empire the 1830 were a time of celebration and frustration all at once. The Second War of the Pyrenees had seen the Kingdom of Portugal retake all of its European territory in addition to adding the Kingdom of Galicia to the Empire. However these new or returned territories were riddled with Theocratic Franciscanist who made their discontent with the fall of their Christian Republics well known. In Brazil the 1830’s would see the creation of the first Railroads running along the coast
Flag of the Kingdom of Galacia
The Kingdom of Spain
Flag of the Restored Kingdom of Spain
The Restored Kingdom of Spain would spend the 1830’s restoring the land the Kingdom control to stability and prosperity. Due to Madrid's location close to the border with the Protectorate of Aragon the capital would remain in the City of Valencia. King Francisco's choice to copy his brother-in-law’s approach to dealing with the Franciscanist would see the Kingdom of Spain forgo the turmoil of that the Protectorate of Aragon would have to go through as the french sought to erase the memories of the Union of Iberian Christian Republics and the Church of the Holy Works of Christ. This moderate on religion would be highlighted in the parliament Elections of 1837 when the Liberal Franciscanist Party would win enough seats in the Chamber of Deputies to be a major partner in the new Government its leader Javier Montenegro would become the new Minister of Internal Affairs. The following year a second reward would occur in 1838 when the people of the Christian Republic of Granada would vote in the Great Referendum to unite the Kingdom of Spain. However this success would cause jealous fits from the French in Aragon who who begin planning ways to end the success and existence of the Kingdom of Spain.
Royal Palace, Valencia
In October of 1833 King Francisco would announce to the Parliament that he was officially changing the national flag of the Kingdom from the restoration to this point a mix of older flags had been used. This new Flag was a Red White and Gold Tricolor. The Red and Gold represented the traditional colors of the Kingdom of Spain while the white band in the middle represented the Peace and Order that the restoration of the Kingdom had brought. Then Francisco added and Imperial Spanish Eagle with the Spanish Crest on its breast.
Thanks to its Italian and British funding the Kingdom of Spain was able to begin to rebuild its industries in the 1830’s. The Italian’s would focus on restoring the Spanish Iron working, textile and arms industries. While the British would focus on restoring transportation funding the repair of roads and bridges across the kingdom they would also fund, map out and build Spain’s first Railway; they would then provide the locomotives and rolling stock for the Royal Spanish Railway ( Real Ferrocarril Español). Because it was built by Britain it the Royal Spanish Railway was built with British 4 foot 8 inch gauge track. The Royal Spanish Railway would run from the capital of Valencia to Madrid.
The Spanish Royal Family
The Spanish Royal Family post Restoration was a small closely knit family consisting of the king Francisco de Paula de Bourbon and his queen Maria Annunziata Carolina (Bonaparte) Bourbon and their only child Princess of Astoria Élisabeth Louise de Bourbon. The Marriage of Francisco and Carolina was the think of stories as she was twelve years his senior. They met while Francisco was in exile in the Bonaparte Court in Naples following the fall of his father Charles IV during the Iberian Revolution. The fact that the couple was able to have children was another miracle as at 30 years old when she was married Carolina was far past what was considered prime childbearing age. Carolina would manage to carry one child to term after 8 years of trying she would give birth to Élisabeth Louise de Bourbon on September 7, 1820. The difficulties of the Pregnancy combined with her age meant that she would not be able to carry any more children. As the decade closed Queen Carolina would sadly pass away on August 7, 1839 as the queen laid in state the people of the restored Kingdom of Spain mourned the loss of a kind and just queen.
Queen Carolina and Princess of Astoria Elisabeth Louise de Bourbon.
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Europe in the 1830’s: Iberia part 2
The Protectorate of Aragon
Flag of the Protectorate of Aragon
The end of the Second War of the Pyrenees saw Northern half of the Union of Iberian Christian Republics turned into the Protectorate of Aragon and Louis-Charles Duke of Normandy named the Lord Protector of Aragon. Unlike the Restored Kingdom of Spain the Protectorate of Aragon didn’t benefit several nations funding improvements within its borders; instead they had to rely upon the Kingdom of France for aid in restoring order and building up the Protectorate’s economy. From Paris King Louis XVII would direct as much funding as possible to help rebuild the economy of the Protectorate and Duke Louis-Charles would sell two of his estates in Normandy to help fund the Protectorate. These efforts would see the economy stabilized by 1836 and private investment in Industry from other French nobles started to come in allowing the Protectorate to keep from falling too far behind the Kingdom of Spain.
It was in its approach to domestic policy the Protectorate most drastically differed from the restored Kingdom. In the Kingdom the Napoleonic philosophy of absorption of Mild to moderate elements of Franciscanism into the common culture. While those who had never bought into the idea of Franciscanism or of the Christian Republics and who had lived in fear of the Inquisitors paying them a visit welcomed back the catholic church and their new French “liberators and protectors”. However those who had on some level accepted Franciscanism and what it brought saw the French as trying to restore the old order that their parents and grandparents had overthrown; or worse, trying to impose a new class of French Nobility above the spanish working men and framers. These feelings would lead the 1830’s being a decade that experienced waves of unrest and riots across the Protectorate. To deal with this near constant unrest Louis-Charles had at his disposal the 65,000 man strong French Army of Iberia and the 30,000 man strong Army of Aragon. As the 1830’s progressed Louis-Charles would steadily try and increase the strength of the Army of Aragon and rely less and less upon his French Forces. As this happened the fears of a new French Noblity order in Iberia would decrease as would a good deal of the unrest that gripped the Protectorate; the Theocradic Franciscans were still up in arms but with general publics calming down they had less fire to fule with their anti-french anti-catholic riteroic. By 1841 the Protectorate was largely selfsutainng and at peace.
Iberia 1830's
Christian Republic of Granada
For the Christian Republic of Granada the 1830 were a decade where they were out in the cold. They had survived the fall of the Union of Iberian Christian Republics. However they soon found that the rest of the world still chose to have nothing to do with them as far as trade or forgien relations went. When they were part of the Union the internal trade between the republics made up for the lack of International trade; yet without the Union Granada soon found that its economy was sliding into recession then by 1835 into a depression. As the Granadan Peso continued to drop in value the Republic politics within the Christian Republic became embittered between the Theocratic Franciscanist, the Liberal and Moderate Franciscanist and a new element the Royalist faction chose to reassert itself into the politics of the Christian Republic.
Following the 1834 election the Granadan Assembly become controlled by a Coalition Government made up of Moderate Franciscans, Liberal Franciscans and Royalist with the Theocratic Franciscans making up a large and very vocal minority. It would be this Assembly that would begin to enact more and more reforms these would lead up to the Unification Referendum Act in 1836. This act would call for a general plebisit vote on whether or not the Christian Republic of Granada should seek union with Restored Kingdom of Spain to to continue to remain independent. Throughout the next year cases would be made to the men of the general public both for and against reunification. It all came to a head on March 17,1838 when the vote was held; or rather a month later after all the votes were counted. On December 18, 1838 the results of the vote were made public 51% For Reunion, 47% For Independence, 2% abstaining. The Reunification affection had won. Following this April 2,1838 a diplomatic mission arrived in Valencia to meet with the Royal Government of King Francisco. After two months of Negotiation between the two parties reached a deal that both believed they could live with. On June 22, 1838 the Artículos de Reunificación. These Articles entailed the steps that needed to be implemented. The Articles of Reunion would be approved on June 28,1838.
Articles of Runion
Flag of the Protectorate of Aragon
The end of the Second War of the Pyrenees saw Northern half of the Union of Iberian Christian Republics turned into the Protectorate of Aragon and Louis-Charles Duke of Normandy named the Lord Protector of Aragon. Unlike the Restored Kingdom of Spain the Protectorate of Aragon didn’t benefit several nations funding improvements within its borders; instead they had to rely upon the Kingdom of France for aid in restoring order and building up the Protectorate’s economy. From Paris King Louis XVII would direct as much funding as possible to help rebuild the economy of the Protectorate and Duke Louis-Charles would sell two of his estates in Normandy to help fund the Protectorate. These efforts would see the economy stabilized by 1836 and private investment in Industry from other French nobles started to come in allowing the Protectorate to keep from falling too far behind the Kingdom of Spain.
It was in its approach to domestic policy the Protectorate most drastically differed from the restored Kingdom. In the Kingdom the Napoleonic philosophy of absorption of Mild to moderate elements of Franciscanism into the common culture. While those who had never bought into the idea of Franciscanism or of the Christian Republics and who had lived in fear of the Inquisitors paying them a visit welcomed back the catholic church and their new French “liberators and protectors”. However those who had on some level accepted Franciscanism and what it brought saw the French as trying to restore the old order that their parents and grandparents had overthrown; or worse, trying to impose a new class of French Nobility above the spanish working men and framers. These feelings would lead the 1830’s being a decade that experienced waves of unrest and riots across the Protectorate. To deal with this near constant unrest Louis-Charles had at his disposal the 65,000 man strong French Army of Iberia and the 30,000 man strong Army of Aragon. As the 1830’s progressed Louis-Charles would steadily try and increase the strength of the Army of Aragon and rely less and less upon his French Forces. As this happened the fears of a new French Noblity order in Iberia would decrease as would a good deal of the unrest that gripped the Protectorate; the Theocradic Franciscans were still up in arms but with general publics calming down they had less fire to fule with their anti-french anti-catholic riteroic. By 1841 the Protectorate was largely selfsutainng and at peace.
Iberia 1830's
Christian Republic of Granada
For the Christian Republic of Granada the 1830 were a decade where they were out in the cold. They had survived the fall of the Union of Iberian Christian Republics. However they soon found that the rest of the world still chose to have nothing to do with them as far as trade or forgien relations went. When they were part of the Union the internal trade between the republics made up for the lack of International trade; yet without the Union Granada soon found that its economy was sliding into recession then by 1835 into a depression. As the Granadan Peso continued to drop in value the Republic politics within the Christian Republic became embittered between the Theocratic Franciscanist, the Liberal and Moderate Franciscanist and a new element the Royalist faction chose to reassert itself into the politics of the Christian Republic.
Following the 1834 election the Granadan Assembly become controlled by a Coalition Government made up of Moderate Franciscans, Liberal Franciscans and Royalist with the Theocratic Franciscans making up a large and very vocal minority. It would be this Assembly that would begin to enact more and more reforms these would lead up to the Unification Referendum Act in 1836. This act would call for a general plebisit vote on whether or not the Christian Republic of Granada should seek union with Restored Kingdom of Spain to to continue to remain independent. Throughout the next year cases would be made to the men of the general public both for and against reunification. It all came to a head on March 17,1838 when the vote was held; or rather a month later after all the votes were counted. On December 18, 1838 the results of the vote were made public 51% For Reunion, 47% For Independence, 2% abstaining. The Reunification affection had won. Following this April 2,1838 a diplomatic mission arrived in Valencia to meet with the Royal Government of King Francisco. After two months of Negotiation between the two parties reached a deal that both believed they could live with. On June 22, 1838 the Artículos de Reunificación. These Articles entailed the steps that needed to be implemented. The Articles of Reunion would be approved on June 28,1838.
Articles of Runion
- The Chrisitan Republic of Granada will sign and ratify the attached Treaty of Economic and Monetary Union between the Christian Republic of Granada and the Kingdom of Spain.
- Under this treaty all trade barriers between the two nations are dropped and the Christian Republic of Grenada adopt the Spainish Real (Dollar) as its currency. The Granadan Paso can be exchanged at a one-to-one rate with the Spanish Real until July 31, 1839, after which point it will be exchanged at the 1837 inflated rate.
- Between the Ratification of these Articles and the year 1844 the Granadan government much adopt all elements of the Constitution of the Kingdom of Spain.
- By the Year 1844 The Granandan Army and Navy shall have completed full integration With the Royal Spanish Army and Royal Spanish Navy.
- In the Fall of 1844 the Christian Republic of Granada shall elect delegates to the Chamber of Delegates. Which shall be enlarged by 100 seats to accommodate for election results these delegates shall serve until the general election in 1847.
- On July 1, 1845 the Chrisitan Republic of Granada will be fully integrated into the Kingdom of Spain
Update in the works life has been busy. Next update covers France a king and his love affair with railroads.
France in the 1830’s: Louis and his Railways
France in the 1830’s: Louis and his Railways
Following the Conclusion of the Second War of the Pyrenees the mood in Paris and throughout France was one of Jubilation; even if the Italians and the pafarious British had spoiled the cake by backing the Upstart Francisco I in his successful restoration of the Spanish crown. By the end of 1831 with the exception of the Army kept in the Protectorate of Aragon the French Royal Army and National Guard were once more on a peace time footing. In October of 1833 after much deliberation and talks with his Privy Council, and Marshalls King Louis Announced the creation of a new branch of the Military the Royal Guards Corps. The Royal Guards Corps would exist with in the Royal Army but would be an elite unit who would be held to higher levels of training and discipline than the Rest of the Royal Army. In addition to the Royal Guards Corps King Louis XVII created French Foreign Legion. The Foreign Legion was created in parallel to the Royal Army, its officers were all French its uniforms were derived from the Royal Army’s Infantry uniforms, as were its command structure, and tactics however all foreign born troops serving or future recruits were channeled into the Legion making the Royal Army and entirely French Force.
Banner of the French Royal Guards Corps
Banner of the French Foreign Legion
The Army was not the only branch of the French Military to see major changes in the 1830’s. The French Royal Navy would see the construction of its first Steam Frigate in the Louis XIV Class. This Class of ship displaced 1,689 tons was 236.9 feet long with a beam of 40 feet and a draft of 27 feet. Had both square rigging plus 2-cylinder direct-acting steam engines paddle wheels. She carried 2x11inch guns on pivots one forward one aft, 4x8inch guns on Pivots 2 starboard 2 port at midships and 4x34 pounders in broadsides, under a combination of Sail and steam they could make 11.8 knots(9.3 under just steam). Because of their reduced guns some would call them baby frigates. The French Royal Navy would order 23 of this class of steam frigate between 1830 and 1840; earning them the nickname of the “French Standards” The French Royal Navy is equine in having a standardized steam Only Producing the Louis XIV Class Steam Frigates and the smaller 6 gun Corbeau (Raven) Class Steam Sloops until the advent of the Screw ship in 1835. By the end of the Decade the technology had been improved upon enough for the French Royal Navy to commissioned its first Steam screw warship the FN Cardinal Richelieu a 24 gun steam sloop on July 14, 1839. After an extensive work over period the French Royal Navy would order the 36 gun Steam screw Frigate FN Cardinal Mazarin in 1841. The FN Cardinal Mazarin would become the lead ship of a 8 ship class of steam Frigate, who would be paired with the 26 gun Lafayette Class Steam (screw) Sloops as the 1840’s developed.
Begun in 1839 The Battleship Charles Martel was the worlds first steam powered screw Ship of the Line. (Ignore the Tricolors I don't have photoshop)
Louis XVII took his first train ride in 1830 while in Berlin for the treaty signing that ended the Second War of the Pyrenees. To say that he fell in love with the technology would be and under statement. Upon his return to Paris he began recruiting engineers, surveyors and architects to begin designing a rail network for the Kingdom of France. Louis would also convene a meeting of the Privy Council in which he laid out his designs for this Great Railway Network. This proposal was met with a little standoffishness by Prime Minister Odilon Barrot after all they had just concluded a what that had been quite a bit more expensive than they had planned for and a massive infrastructure project might be more than they could get through the National Assembly at the moment. However, Jean-de-Dieu Soult,1st Duke of Dalmatia The First Lord of the Peers was enthusiastic about the idea of keeping the Railroads as a State run industry and keeping the Greedy industrialist that had started to pop up all over France sounded like a good idea to him and he promised the king that he could get a bill through the House of Peers before the Christmas Recess.
Jean-de-Dieu Soult 1st Duke of Dalmatia
The House of Peers would prove true to Soult’s bost and in late November they would pass the Royal Railway Act. This act entrusted all railroad development to the Government it created the French Royal Railway Company, it granted this company the rights to all land needed to create a nationwide railroad network through the use of eminent domain this includes lands owned by nobility, and lastly guaranteed government backed funding for the construction of the Railroad, and created a new department of Government to run the Railroad the Department of Rail Transportation. Once the House of Peers Passed the Royal Railway act the National Assembly would pass the National Railroad Construction Act. The National Railroad Act provided 30 year government issued loans at a 5% interest rate and allowed Railroad companies to use eminent domain to get the land needed to lay track. In return any company who didn’t lay at least 100 miles of track each year, and that the Gauge of all track laid in the Kingdom of France or its Colonial territories be 4 feet 6 1/2 inches wide.The National Railroad Construction Act also created a Department of Rail Transportation however this version of the department acted as an overseer of the loan distribution and inspector of the track mileage and gauge to ensure compliance. This act was also passed before the end of November.
Odilon Barrot
With two Competing pieces of legislation passed and neither house even willing to bring the others legislation up for a vote King Louis stepped in and ordered the Prime Minister and the First Lord of Peers to form a joint committee to create a compromise bill that both houses could agree on. The Result of is committee that met starting in January of 1836 would be the Joint Railway Act. The Joint Railway Act was a Frankenstein piece of legislation made up of bits and pieces of the first two bills. It created a National Government owned Railroad The French Royal Railway Company. This company would be tasked with building vital routes in the country mainly two mainlines one running from Namur to Paris then From Paris to Toulouse a total distance of 613 miles. The Second main line was to run for Marseille to Brest at total mileage 797 miles. With both lines meeting in Paris. Outside of these lines aside from some Branchlines as needed the rest of the country and in the Colonial possessions was to be left open to private development. To aid the development of the Private railroad industry the Government would grant them guaranteed loans with an interest rate of 8%. The Government will also allow them to use the power of eminent domain to acquire the land needed for right of ways needed to build lines and the land needed to build stations, and support facilities, all land would be owned for the lifetime of the line and should it be abandoned at any point the land would revert to the owner, or his family. This would all be forfeited if the Railroads didn’t lay 100 miles a year or the equivalent thereof. Lastly the law created a national French rail Gauge of 4 feet 6 1/2 inches.
The Joint Railway Act also created the Department of Rail Transportation and Financial Administration this final version of the new department simply combined the responsibilities of the two earlier versions. This Final Version of the department would both run and administer the The French Royal Railway Company and approve and disperse the Government backed loans and land grants and observe and monitor construction of private railroad companies to ensure that they were in compliance with Royal Standards. Al though Louis was concerned that the new ministry was too complicated for one ministry to handle he would sign the Joint Railway Act on December 20, 1831, and appointed Adolphe Thiers a member of the Crown Republican Party the second largest party in the National Assembly who were part of the Constitutional Monarchist Party’s governing Coalition.
Adolphe Thiers
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French Politics of the 1830's
Political Parties of France
House of Peers 300 seats Nobility and Clergy only appointed by the king No Political Parties in the House of Peers
National Assembly 400 seats General Election every 6 years.
Absolutist Royalist Party
Party of Order
Constitutional Monarchist Party
Crown Republican Party
Conservative Republicans Party
Republicans Party
Action Liberty Party
1828-1834
Constitutional Monarchist Party 155 seat
Crown Republican Party 100 seats
Conservative Republicans Party 40 seats
Party of Order 35 Seats
Republicans Party 25 seats
Action Liberty Party 15 seats
Absolutist Royalist Party 10 seats
Independent 5 seats
Governing Coalition: Constitutional Monarchist, and Crown Republicans 255 seat majority Organized Opposition Coalition: Conservative Republican Party, Republicans Party, Action Liberty Party 80 seats.
1834-1840
Constitutional Monarchist Party 135 seats
Crown Republican Party 95 seats
Conservative Republicans Party 50 seats
Republicans Party 20 seats
Party of Order 45 seats
Action Liberty Party 15 seats
Absolutist Royalist Party 15 seats
Independent 25 seats
Governing Coalition: Constitutional Monarchist, Crown Republicans 230 seat majority. Organised Opposition: Conservative Republican Party, Republicans Party, Action Liberty Party 85 seats
House of Peers 300 seats Nobility and Clergy only appointed by the king No Political Parties in the House of Peers
National Assembly 400 seats General Election every 6 years.
Absolutist Royalist Party
Party of Order
Constitutional Monarchist Party
Crown Republican Party
Conservative Republicans Party
Republicans Party
Action Liberty Party
1828-1834
Constitutional Monarchist Party 155 seat
Crown Republican Party 100 seats
Conservative Republicans Party 40 seats
Party of Order 35 Seats
Republicans Party 25 seats
Action Liberty Party 15 seats
Absolutist Royalist Party 10 seats
Independent 5 seats
Governing Coalition: Constitutional Monarchist, and Crown Republicans 255 seat majority Organized Opposition Coalition: Conservative Republican Party, Republicans Party, Action Liberty Party 80 seats.
1834-1840
Constitutional Monarchist Party 135 seats
Crown Republican Party 95 seats
Conservative Republicans Party 50 seats
Republicans Party 20 seats
Party of Order 45 seats
Action Liberty Party 15 seats
Absolutist Royalist Party 15 seats
Independent 25 seats
Governing Coalition: Constitutional Monarchist, Crown Republicans 230 seat majority. Organised Opposition: Conservative Republican Party, Republicans Party, Action Liberty Party 85 seats
French Royal Family Louis XVI and XVII
French Royal Family of Louis XVI
Louis XVI-(1770)-Marie Antoinette of Austria
- -Marie-Thérèse Charlotte of France Born: December 19,1778-m()-
- -Louis Joseph Xavier François; Born October 22,1781 (Louis XVII)-m- Maria Luisa Bourbon of Spain
- -Louis-Charles Born March 27,1785 (Duke of Normandy )-m()-Princess Maria Ferdinanda of Saxony
- -Sophie Helena Beatrice of France Born July, 9,1786-m(1815)-Charles Edward Stuart II
- -Henri Avery Joseph Born December 24,1793 (Duke of Burgundy)- m(1813)-Amalie of Baden
- -Marie Louise Béatrix Born December 24,1793-m(1817)-Carlos de Borbón (Born March 29,1788)
- -Xavier Charles Louis Born December 24,1793 (Duke of Berry)-m(1818)-Maria Theresia of Saxony (Born October 15,1799)
Royal Family of Louis XVII
Louis XVII (Louis Joseph Xavier François) -m- Maria Luisa Bourbon of Spain
- Charles Louis Born on October 9, 1803 -m(1821)- Maria Teresa of Savoy (Born September 9, 1803)
- Francis Xavier Born on July 30,1805 -m(1825)- Maria Anna of Savoy (Born September 9, 1803)
- Christine Marie Born on June 12, 1807-m(1825) Prince Sebastian of Portugal (Born september 11, 1795)
- Lorraine Delisle born on December 20, 1810 -m(1830) Gustav V of Sweden (Born November 9,1799)
- Marie Alyssa born on January 12, 1812, -m(1830)- Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary
- Henri Louis born on September 21, 1815-m(1833)-Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria
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The Dutch Revolution
The Dutch Revolution
Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 1787-1833
Since 1787 the Kingdom of the Netherlands has been an absolute monarchy under King William I (Stadtholder William V), then after William I’s death in 1809 under his eldest son King William II. However the song of Republicanism has always been strongly sung in the Netherlands and while William I with the help of the Prussians had dealt the Republicans a crushing total defeat. During William I’s reign those Republican left in the Netherlands would slowly build up their numbers but remain quiet. However when William II came to power he began a major military build up to remind France and Britain that the Netherlands were still a colonial power. However to fund this he increased taxes and started conscription. This not only generated more republican support but placed many of these Republicans in his new expanded Royal Army and Navy.
Things would remain quiet though the 1810’s and 1820’s. Then in 1832 when William II announced yet another tax hike the Republican felt they had enough public support and On July 4, 1832 Riots broke out across the Netherlands by the end of the day the Cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and most of the other major cites were controlled by Republican forces. In the Hague William II ordered the Royal Army to put down the riots quickly turning into Rebellion, however to his horror many of these soldiers when given the order to fire on the mob instead turn their guns on their officers. On July 10,1832 the Second Dutch Republic was declared in Amsterdam. By July 8, 1832 it was clear to William that the tide was firmly against him much like his father had in 1787 William called upon his brother in Law this time it was George IV who was in ill health and the English Parliament was firmly against aided the Dutch who many of the members of Parliament saw as a week power that was preventing them from having colonies that might otherwise be British. So on July 15th William received word that no help other than the officer of sanctuary was coming from Britain. So William and his now reduced but loyal Royal Army would continue to battle the new Republican Army and the equally now divided Netherlands Navy did battle against itself. The Dutch Civil War would last for three months then in October King Louis XVII would enter the fray He with the grudging approval of the French Parliament sent the French army into the Western parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and annexed everything south of the Rhine/Waal River(s) into the Kingdom of France.
Flag of the Second Dutch Republic
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke First President of the Second Dutch Republic.
Fearful that the French would cross the river and restore William’s control as their puppet the Republicans launched an all out offensive aimed at Williams capital in the Hague. By October 31, 1832 the Capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was in Republican Hands and the King William II and what was left of the Royal Dutch Navy was sailing for Kaapstad where William would try to maintain the Pro Royalist Colonial possessions. On November 1, 1832 France and the Second Dutch Republic would sign the Treaty of Rotterdam in which the French would recognize the new government and the Dutch would recognize the french Annexation of the Western Netherlands. Rebirth of the Republic however didn’t change the fact that the Second Dutch Republic was an extremely small nation surrounded by much bigger ones. So the Second Dutch Republic was forced to keep its military spending high and sought out defense pacts with as many of its neighbors as possible. These diplomatic efforts would culminate in the 1838 Dutch Neutrality and Independence Treaty. Under this treaty in exchange for recognition of its neutrality and guaranteed independence the Second Dutch Republic would not take part in any wars between European nations and to allow all armies free passage on Dutch roads as long as no battles take place inside the borders of the Second Dutch Republic. It should be noted that the British Empire did not sign this treaty as it did not recognize the Second Dutch Republic as a sovereign state.
Flag of the Dutch Overseas Kingdom
Meanwhile in Kaapstad on February 7, 1833 with the blessing and support of the British the Dutch Overseas Kingdom would be established, an Absolute monarchy ruled by the King of the Dutch William II and his descendants. In Kaapstad William soon discovered that he had issues all his own. First off his kingdom now consisted of what were scattered scattered colonies with limited white populations. This would lead him to pass the Equality Laws, these were a series of Royal Edicts that grant all equal citizenship in the Dutch Overseas Kingdom to the family of any man who served 5 years in the Royal Dutch Army or Navy. To give himself and his new kingdom time to grow William Signed a treaty of alliance with the British Empire with his nephew King Richard IV now on the throne.
William II King of the Netherlands and the Dutch Overseas Empire
Flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands 1787-1833
Since 1787 the Kingdom of the Netherlands has been an absolute monarchy under King William I (Stadtholder William V), then after William I’s death in 1809 under his eldest son King William II. However the song of Republicanism has always been strongly sung in the Netherlands and while William I with the help of the Prussians had dealt the Republicans a crushing total defeat. During William I’s reign those Republican left in the Netherlands would slowly build up their numbers but remain quiet. However when William II came to power he began a major military build up to remind France and Britain that the Netherlands were still a colonial power. However to fund this he increased taxes and started conscription. This not only generated more republican support but placed many of these Republicans in his new expanded Royal Army and Navy.
Things would remain quiet though the 1810’s and 1820’s. Then in 1832 when William II announced yet another tax hike the Republican felt they had enough public support and On July 4, 1832 Riots broke out across the Netherlands by the end of the day the Cities of Amsterdam, Rotterdam and most of the other major cites were controlled by Republican forces. In the Hague William II ordered the Royal Army to put down the riots quickly turning into Rebellion, however to his horror many of these soldiers when given the order to fire on the mob instead turn their guns on their officers. On July 10,1832 the Second Dutch Republic was declared in Amsterdam. By July 8, 1832 it was clear to William that the tide was firmly against him much like his father had in 1787 William called upon his brother in Law this time it was George IV who was in ill health and the English Parliament was firmly against aided the Dutch who many of the members of Parliament saw as a week power that was preventing them from having colonies that might otherwise be British. So on July 15th William received word that no help other than the officer of sanctuary was coming from Britain. So William and his now reduced but loyal Royal Army would continue to battle the new Republican Army and the equally now divided Netherlands Navy did battle against itself. The Dutch Civil War would last for three months then in October King Louis XVII would enter the fray He with the grudging approval of the French Parliament sent the French army into the Western parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and annexed everything south of the Rhine/Waal River(s) into the Kingdom of France.
Flag of the Second Dutch Republic
Johan Rudolph Thorbecke First President of the Second Dutch Republic.
Fearful that the French would cross the river and restore William’s control as their puppet the Republicans launched an all out offensive aimed at Williams capital in the Hague. By October 31, 1832 the Capital of the Kingdom of the Netherlands was in Republican Hands and the King William II and what was left of the Royal Dutch Navy was sailing for Kaapstad where William would try to maintain the Pro Royalist Colonial possessions. On November 1, 1832 France and the Second Dutch Republic would sign the Treaty of Rotterdam in which the French would recognize the new government and the Dutch would recognize the french Annexation of the Western Netherlands. Rebirth of the Republic however didn’t change the fact that the Second Dutch Republic was an extremely small nation surrounded by much bigger ones. So the Second Dutch Republic was forced to keep its military spending high and sought out defense pacts with as many of its neighbors as possible. These diplomatic efforts would culminate in the 1838 Dutch Neutrality and Independence Treaty. Under this treaty in exchange for recognition of its neutrality and guaranteed independence the Second Dutch Republic would not take part in any wars between European nations and to allow all armies free passage on Dutch roads as long as no battles take place inside the borders of the Second Dutch Republic. It should be noted that the British Empire did not sign this treaty as it did not recognize the Second Dutch Republic as a sovereign state.
Flag of the Dutch Overseas Kingdom
Meanwhile in Kaapstad on February 7, 1833 with the blessing and support of the British the Dutch Overseas Kingdom would be established, an Absolute monarchy ruled by the King of the Dutch William II and his descendants. In Kaapstad William soon discovered that he had issues all his own. First off his kingdom now consisted of what were scattered scattered colonies with limited white populations. This would lead him to pass the Equality Laws, these were a series of Royal Edicts that grant all equal citizenship in the Dutch Overseas Kingdom to the family of any man who served 5 years in the Royal Dutch Army or Navy. To give himself and his new kingdom time to grow William Signed a treaty of alliance with the British Empire with his nephew King Richard IV now on the throne.
William II King of the Netherlands and the Dutch Overseas Empire
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I must say I like the first post I actually read about the Dutch Republic.
If you are interest, I also am revising that Steam around the world shoe I made up. So if you had ideas we can discuss it in notes.
For that matter, I could possibly practice my train ideas later on in your own TL if you are interested.
The Germanies in the 1830's: Part I
The Union of German Republics
The Election of 1830 would see the start of a power shift in the United German Republic, the German People's Party( Radical-Centrist Party) that had ruled since the founding of the UGR was created lost its majority to its long time Coalition Partner the German Republican Party (which unlike most Republican Parties is a Center-Right Party). The two parties would quickly reach a Governing agreement and form a Government with the GRP’’s leader Erich Dehnert taking the Premiership and the GPP’s leader Christopher Bauman taking the role of Minister of Finance that Dehnert had held in the previous government. However the fly in the ointment came when the Chancellor vote results was announced to the surprise of everyone Roland Steinberger of the (Conservitive) German Democratic Party. The major problem was that Stienberger’s party held only 57 seats in the Volkskammer and was not in consideration for being a member of the Governing Coalition. As the two branches of government are completely independent of each other this wasn’t a problem however Steinberger made it clear on his first meeting with Premier Dehnert that he wanted his party brought into the Coalition claiming that keeping them out when the Chancellor was a member of their party was “spiting the will of the German People". This would lead to a month long debate between the Coalition members and the GDP leaders in the Volkskammer Fabio Stickler that resulted in the GDP leader in the Volkskammer being given the Minister of Defense seat in the Government, this in theory at least brought the GDP into the Governing Coalition.
Election of 1830
Union of German Republics
Executive Branch: Chancellor: Roland Steinberger (GDP) 1830-1838~
Volkskammer: 400 Seats each Chamberman elected for a 4 year term 201 seats needed to form a governing Majority; Governing Majority elects the leader of the Volkskammer the Premier
German Republican Party 135 Seats
German People's Party 110 Seats
German Democratic Party 57 Seats
People’s Army Party 35 Seats
German Party of the Noble Order 35 Seats
The Plebeian Party 28 Seats
German Franciscan Party 20 Seats
Premier Erich Dehnert (GRP): Coalition Government: German Republican Party, German People's Party, German Democratic Party: total votes 302
As the 1830’s progressed the diplomatic situation in Europe began to heat up as Britain began to realize that they had allowed France to come to dominate the Continent while they looked overseas. Inside Germany it was no different than the rest of Europe; Prussian Empire and the Kingdom of Bavaria both sought to become the dominant power in the Germanies and hold sway over the other German nations. Unsurprisingly they both were allied to one of the Great Powers in Europe Prussia to Britain and Bavaria to France. As this developed the United German Republic saw the need to expand their military. However this caused friction in the Governing Coalition as the GPP wanted to limit the size of their military build up to 75,000 Infantry plus officer, along with 10,000 Cavalry and field guns as needed for support, and refused to fund the navy at all. Where as the GDP wanted to create an Army 150,000 Infantry plus officers with 25,000 Cavalry and field guns as needed. This meant that the GRP was caught in the middle with its members split between the two camps finally Dehnert got a compromise of 88,500 Infantry with 12,500 Cavalry and supporting field guns as needed with a small amount of funding for naval and coastal defenses needs. This deal was enough to get the Chancellor to agree to sign the deal when the Volkskammer passed the bill which it did 245 in favor to 145 against and 10 votes abstaining without a single GDP vote. This vote along with the saber rattling between Prussian and Bavaria growing louder with each passing year would lead up to the pendulum swing that was the 1834 election.
Election of 1834
Union of German Republics
Executive Branch: Chancellor: Chancellor: Roland Steinberger (GDP) 1830-1838~
Legislative Branch: Volkskammer: 400 Seats each Chamberman elected for a 4 year term
German Democratic Party 126
German Republican Party 80
German Party of the Noble Order 75
German People's Party 75
People’s Army Party 29
The Plebian Party 10
German Franciscan Party 5
Premier Fabio Stickler (GDP) Coalition Government: German Democratic Party, German Party of Noble Order. total votes 201
Following the Election of 1834 the German Democratic Party and the German Party of Noble Order a governing coalition of just 201 votes with Fabio Stickler making it the weakest governing coalition in the history of the United German Republic. To make up for this Premier Stickler chose to only bring bills up for vote that he knew his coalition was either solidly for or against what it meant in the long run was that by the next election cycle the Conservative Coalition had managed to passer several bills that they had been wanting passed for years namely The Title Restoration Act which allowed noble families to use their old noble titles which had been illegal since the original League of German Christian Republics had banned it following the end of the Troubles. The Volksmarine creation act which paved the way for the first ocean going navy, and the Conscription act of 1837 which required all able bodied men age 16 to serve three years in the Republic's armed forces. These laws were met with support by the citizens of the United German Republic as many had stated thinking why should a King or Emperor be the one who unites the Germanies why bring all of the Germanies into the Republic. Because even after Bavaria and Prussia fought their enviable victory would surely start eyeing the United German Republic next.
These feelings would be shown in the 1838 Election where Roland Steinberger (GDP) would win reelection to his second term as Chancellor and the GDP/GPNO would strengthen their majority in the Volkskammer. The new larger Conservative majority would play a critical role in 1839 with the Second Dutch Republic ask to join the United German Republic. The Volkskammer would take the Dutch petition on August 2, 1838 the vote would come almost break the Conservative Coalition government as many members of the GDP favored allowing the Dutch or low Germans to join the Republic but the GPNO was set against. The final tally would be 199 in favor 201 against, the Dutch Petition to join the United Republic of Germany was rejected. The Second Dutch Republic would go on to sign the 1838 Dutch Neutrality and Independence Treaty three months later. As 1839 passed into 1840 the UGR possessed the military and the budding desire to be more than a passive watch in the Bürgerkrieg that was to come.
Election of 1838
Union of German Republics
Executive Branch: Chancellor: Chancellor: Roland Steinberger (GDP) 1830-1846~
Legislative Branch: Volkskammer: 400 Seats each Chamberman elected for a 4 year term
German Democratic Party 135
German Republican Party 82
German Party of the Noble Order 80
German People's Party 76
People’s Army Party 17
The Plebeian Party 5
German Franciscan Party 5
Premier Fabio Stickler (GDP) Coalition Government: German Democratic Party, German Party of Noble Order. total votes 215
The Election of 1830 would see the start of a power shift in the United German Republic, the German People's Party( Radical-Centrist Party) that had ruled since the founding of the UGR was created lost its majority to its long time Coalition Partner the German Republican Party (which unlike most Republican Parties is a Center-Right Party). The two parties would quickly reach a Governing agreement and form a Government with the GRP’’s leader Erich Dehnert taking the Premiership and the GPP’s leader Christopher Bauman taking the role of Minister of Finance that Dehnert had held in the previous government. However the fly in the ointment came when the Chancellor vote results was announced to the surprise of everyone Roland Steinberger of the (Conservitive) German Democratic Party. The major problem was that Stienberger’s party held only 57 seats in the Volkskammer and was not in consideration for being a member of the Governing Coalition. As the two branches of government are completely independent of each other this wasn’t a problem however Steinberger made it clear on his first meeting with Premier Dehnert that he wanted his party brought into the Coalition claiming that keeping them out when the Chancellor was a member of their party was “spiting the will of the German People". This would lead to a month long debate between the Coalition members and the GDP leaders in the Volkskammer Fabio Stickler that resulted in the GDP leader in the Volkskammer being given the Minister of Defense seat in the Government, this in theory at least brought the GDP into the Governing Coalition.
Election of 1830
Union of German Republics
Executive Branch: Chancellor: Roland Steinberger (GDP) 1830-1838~
Volkskammer: 400 Seats each Chamberman elected for a 4 year term 201 seats needed to form a governing Majority; Governing Majority elects the leader of the Volkskammer the Premier
German Republican Party 135 Seats
German People's Party 110 Seats
German Democratic Party 57 Seats
People’s Army Party 35 Seats
German Party of the Noble Order 35 Seats
The Plebeian Party 28 Seats
German Franciscan Party 20 Seats
Premier Erich Dehnert (GRP): Coalition Government: German Republican Party, German People's Party, German Democratic Party: total votes 302
As the 1830’s progressed the diplomatic situation in Europe began to heat up as Britain began to realize that they had allowed France to come to dominate the Continent while they looked overseas. Inside Germany it was no different than the rest of Europe; Prussian Empire and the Kingdom of Bavaria both sought to become the dominant power in the Germanies and hold sway over the other German nations. Unsurprisingly they both were allied to one of the Great Powers in Europe Prussia to Britain and Bavaria to France. As this developed the United German Republic saw the need to expand their military. However this caused friction in the Governing Coalition as the GPP wanted to limit the size of their military build up to 75,000 Infantry plus officer, along with 10,000 Cavalry and field guns as needed for support, and refused to fund the navy at all. Where as the GDP wanted to create an Army 150,000 Infantry plus officers with 25,000 Cavalry and field guns as needed. This meant that the GRP was caught in the middle with its members split between the two camps finally Dehnert got a compromise of 88,500 Infantry with 12,500 Cavalry and supporting field guns as needed with a small amount of funding for naval and coastal defenses needs. This deal was enough to get the Chancellor to agree to sign the deal when the Volkskammer passed the bill which it did 245 in favor to 145 against and 10 votes abstaining without a single GDP vote. This vote along with the saber rattling between Prussian and Bavaria growing louder with each passing year would lead up to the pendulum swing that was the 1834 election.
Election of 1834
Union of German Republics
Executive Branch: Chancellor: Chancellor: Roland Steinberger (GDP) 1830-1838~
Legislative Branch: Volkskammer: 400 Seats each Chamberman elected for a 4 year term
German Democratic Party 126
German Republican Party 80
German Party of the Noble Order 75
German People's Party 75
People’s Army Party 29
The Plebian Party 10
German Franciscan Party 5
Premier Fabio Stickler (GDP) Coalition Government: German Democratic Party, German Party of Noble Order. total votes 201
Following the Election of 1834 the German Democratic Party and the German Party of Noble Order a governing coalition of just 201 votes with Fabio Stickler making it the weakest governing coalition in the history of the United German Republic. To make up for this Premier Stickler chose to only bring bills up for vote that he knew his coalition was either solidly for or against what it meant in the long run was that by the next election cycle the Conservative Coalition had managed to passer several bills that they had been wanting passed for years namely The Title Restoration Act which allowed noble families to use their old noble titles which had been illegal since the original League of German Christian Republics had banned it following the end of the Troubles. The Volksmarine creation act which paved the way for the first ocean going navy, and the Conscription act of 1837 which required all able bodied men age 16 to serve three years in the Republic's armed forces. These laws were met with support by the citizens of the United German Republic as many had stated thinking why should a King or Emperor be the one who unites the Germanies why bring all of the Germanies into the Republic. Because even after Bavaria and Prussia fought their enviable victory would surely start eyeing the United German Republic next.
These feelings would be shown in the 1838 Election where Roland Steinberger (GDP) would win reelection to his second term as Chancellor and the GDP/GPNO would strengthen their majority in the Volkskammer. The new larger Conservative majority would play a critical role in 1839 with the Second Dutch Republic ask to join the United German Republic. The Volkskammer would take the Dutch petition on August 2, 1838 the vote would come almost break the Conservative Coalition government as many members of the GDP favored allowing the Dutch or low Germans to join the Republic but the GPNO was set against. The final tally would be 199 in favor 201 against, the Dutch Petition to join the United Republic of Germany was rejected. The Second Dutch Republic would go on to sign the 1838 Dutch Neutrality and Independence Treaty three months later. As 1839 passed into 1840 the UGR possessed the military and the budding desire to be more than a passive watch in the Bürgerkrieg that was to come.
Election of 1838
Union of German Republics
Executive Branch: Chancellor: Chancellor: Roland Steinberger (GDP) 1830-1846~
Legislative Branch: Volkskammer: 400 Seats each Chamberman elected for a 4 year term
German Democratic Party 135
German Republican Party 82
German Party of the Noble Order 80
German People's Party 76
People’s Army Party 17
The Plebeian Party 5
German Franciscan Party 5
Premier Fabio Stickler (GDP) Coalition Government: German Democratic Party, German Party of Noble Order. total votes 215
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The Germanies in the 1830's: Part II
The Prussian Empire
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By the start of the 1830’s Kaiser Frederick III had been on the throne for thirteen years he and Empress Luise had three children during the 1820; Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Alexander in 1820, who at age 10 had taken to going by Alexander as he was fascinated by the stories of Alexander the Great. Princess Sophie Maire Born in 1823, and Prince William George Ernest Born in 1826. All told the Imperial family was the picture of a proper German noble family.
The Prussian Empire is prosperous and Berlin has become one of the great cities of Europe. The 1820 had seen Frederick reorganize the Prussian and Polish Imperial Armies and turn the Imperial Prussian Navy into a force that could challenge the Swedish or Russian Baltic Fleets although not both at the same time. To do this Frederick had appointed Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuel Chancellor and proceed to turn the Landtag into a rubber stamp to push though Frederick’s agenda to return Prussia to Europe’s premier military force.
Following the creation of the Prussian Empire the Imperial Army was divided up into three armies The Royal Prussian Army, the Royal Polish Army, and the Royal Army of Jutland; all lumped together under the Imperial General Staff and all three were required to issue orders in German. The Royal Prussian Army and Royal Army of Jutland had universal officers as both used the Preußische Kriegsakademie in Berlin to educate their officers. While the Polish Royal Army educated its officers in the Szkoła Rycerska in Warsaw. All three armies wear different colored uniforms, and the Jutland and Prussian Armies use completely different tactics than the Polish Army. To help fix this problem Frederick III appoints Field Marshal Friedrich Graf von Wrangel to the newly created post of Instructor General of the Imperial Army. With his new office von Wrangel will create a universal set of Core Tactical instructions of all officers. Frederick III also makes the Uniform of the Prussian Royal Army the Uniform of the Imperial Army. These changes would strengthen the Prussian Army and make it a truly frightening force in the 1840’s
Field Marshal Friedrich Graf von Wrangel first Instructor General of the Imperial Army
Prussian Imperial Family
Kaiser Friedrich (III) Wilhelm Ludwig of Prussia-(m1817)-Princess Luise of Anhalt-Bernburg
-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Alexander of Prussia (Born June 21, 1820)
-Princess Sophie Marie of Prussia (Born October 12,1823)
-Frederick William George Ernest (February 12, 1826)
Top to Bottom: Flag of the Prussian Empire, Flag of the Kingdom of Prussia, Flag of the Kingdom of Poland, Flag of the Grand Duchy of Jutland
By the start of the 1830’s Kaiser Frederick III had been on the throne for thirteen years he and Empress Luise had three children during the 1820; Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Alexander in 1820, who at age 10 had taken to going by Alexander as he was fascinated by the stories of Alexander the Great. Princess Sophie Maire Born in 1823, and Prince William George Ernest Born in 1826. All told the Imperial family was the picture of a proper German noble family.
The Prussian Empire is prosperous and Berlin has become one of the great cities of Europe. The 1820 had seen Frederick reorganize the Prussian and Polish Imperial Armies and turn the Imperial Prussian Navy into a force that could challenge the Swedish or Russian Baltic Fleets although not both at the same time. To do this Frederick had appointed Ernst Heinrich Adolf von Pfuel Chancellor and proceed to turn the Landtag into a rubber stamp to push though Frederick’s agenda to return Prussia to Europe’s premier military force.
Following the creation of the Prussian Empire the Imperial Army was divided up into three armies The Royal Prussian Army, the Royal Polish Army, and the Royal Army of Jutland; all lumped together under the Imperial General Staff and all three were required to issue orders in German. The Royal Prussian Army and Royal Army of Jutland had universal officers as both used the Preußische Kriegsakademie in Berlin to educate their officers. While the Polish Royal Army educated its officers in the Szkoła Rycerska in Warsaw. All three armies wear different colored uniforms, and the Jutland and Prussian Armies use completely different tactics than the Polish Army. To help fix this problem Frederick III appoints Field Marshal Friedrich Graf von Wrangel to the newly created post of Instructor General of the Imperial Army. With his new office von Wrangel will create a universal set of Core Tactical instructions of all officers. Frederick III also makes the Uniform of the Prussian Royal Army the Uniform of the Imperial Army. These changes would strengthen the Prussian Army and make it a truly frightening force in the 1840’s
Field Marshal Friedrich Graf von Wrangel first Instructor General of the Imperial Army
Prussian Imperial Family
Kaiser Friedrich (III) Wilhelm Ludwig of Prussia-(m1817)-Princess Luise of Anhalt-Bernburg
-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Alexander of Prussia (Born June 21, 1820)
-Princess Sophie Marie of Prussia (Born October 12,1823)
-Frederick William George Ernest (February 12, 1826)
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The Germanies in the 1830's: Part III: Kingdom of Bavaria
Kingdom of Bavaria
On October 31, 1829 King Maximilian I of Bavaria died at the ripe old age of 77. Maximilian is succeeded by his second son Prince Karl Theodor Maximilian August of Bavaria, who was crowned King Karl I on December 1, 1829. Upon coming to the throne Karl had one major problem he had married morganatically in 1823 with Marie-Anne-Sophie Petin and they had A son and two daughters together Maximiliane Theodore (September 20,1823) Franziska Sophie (October 30,1827) and Theodor August (May 17,1825) all of whom under Bavarian Law they could not inherit any of Karl’s titles after his death. This wasn’t and issue until November 11,1828 when Crown Prince Ludwig died after being throne from his horse and breaking his neck. For Karl his rise to the throne brought about one of the most difficult decisions of his life. He had a Son and two daughters but because of the status of their mother’s none of them could ever rise to the throne as it stood on November 11, 1828. After his brother was settled in the grave Karl asked his father to raise Marie and their children to peerage level so that his son would become Crown Prince when Karl took the throne. However Maximilian stoutly refused to budge on the issue issuing a flat refusal.
The issue of what Karl should do about the succession would not be solved until December 5, 1829 when a messenger from the Pope Julius IV (1) in Jerusalem. The Church did not think that possibly unrest that raising his children and wife to the Royal level of peerage. Julius would support Karl granting them any title below the royal peerage level. With his last hope dashed on February 6,1830 Karl I King of Bavaria issued his Order of Royal Succession. As his children were not eligible to inherit the throne upon his death, the Throne would go to the eldest surviving son of his elder brother Ludwig. His Biological son Karl made a Duke and gave him Trautenfels Castle as his estate. His two Daughters he made Duchess as well, granting them small estates around Munich.
Karl Theodor Maximilian August of Bavaria: King Karl I of Bavaria.
Crown Prince Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria
For the Bavarian Catholic Constitutional Monarchist Party (BCCMP) the rise of Karl to the throne was a blessing under the Bavarian Constitution the King occupied the role of Chief Executive of the Kingdom and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. While Maximilian I had occupied the throne he had been opposed the militaristic tone that the BCCMP had tried to set since coming to power in the 1818 elections. It was the BCCMP who had pushed the issue and finally convinced Maximilian to declare war on the Kingdom of Bohemia during the Bohemian War in the early 1820’s; and Crown Prince Ludwig’s liberal tendencies had frightened many of the BCCMP leaders who feared the might steer the public to back the Bavarian Liberal Party who had held power in the Parliament prior to 1818.
Now that they had the militaristic Karl on the throne the members of the BCCMP party were ready to finally begin to implement their agenda. Between 1830 and 1840 the Bavarian Army would be increased from a standing army of 90,000 men to a standing army of 180,000 men Bavaria would be the first European army to adopt the new percussion lock rifled musket firing the konische kugel (conical bullet) which was invented by Colonel Wolfhard Rühle while working at the Munich Arsenal in 1833 (2). Ruhle would be promoted to Brigadier General and given command of the Munich Arsenal in 1838, the bullet he invented would carry many nicknames but by far the most popular would be “wolfshot”.
(1) Pope Pius VII still dies on August 20, 1823 however his successor decides that the Church needs strong leadership now that it once more rules the Holy Lands and chooses the name Julius after the Warrior Pope. Julius IV also moved the seat of the Catholic church to Jerusalem.
(2) This is this timeline’s miniball. Also the Munich Arsenal is the largest weapons factory in the Germanies outside of Prussia.
On October 31, 1829 King Maximilian I of Bavaria died at the ripe old age of 77. Maximilian is succeeded by his second son Prince Karl Theodor Maximilian August of Bavaria, who was crowned King Karl I on December 1, 1829. Upon coming to the throne Karl had one major problem he had married morganatically in 1823 with Marie-Anne-Sophie Petin and they had A son and two daughters together Maximiliane Theodore (September 20,1823) Franziska Sophie (October 30,1827) and Theodor August (May 17,1825) all of whom under Bavarian Law they could not inherit any of Karl’s titles after his death. This wasn’t and issue until November 11,1828 when Crown Prince Ludwig died after being throne from his horse and breaking his neck. For Karl his rise to the throne brought about one of the most difficult decisions of his life. He had a Son and two daughters but because of the status of their mother’s none of them could ever rise to the throne as it stood on November 11, 1828. After his brother was settled in the grave Karl asked his father to raise Marie and their children to peerage level so that his son would become Crown Prince when Karl took the throne. However Maximilian stoutly refused to budge on the issue issuing a flat refusal.
The issue of what Karl should do about the succession would not be solved until December 5, 1829 when a messenger from the Pope Julius IV (1) in Jerusalem. The Church did not think that possibly unrest that raising his children and wife to the Royal level of peerage. Julius would support Karl granting them any title below the royal peerage level. With his last hope dashed on February 6,1830 Karl I King of Bavaria issued his Order of Royal Succession. As his children were not eligible to inherit the throne upon his death, the Throne would go to the eldest surviving son of his elder brother Ludwig. His Biological son Karl made a Duke and gave him Trautenfels Castle as his estate. His two Daughters he made Duchess as well, granting them small estates around Munich.
Karl Theodor Maximilian August of Bavaria: King Karl I of Bavaria.
Crown Prince Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria
For the Bavarian Catholic Constitutional Monarchist Party (BCCMP) the rise of Karl to the throne was a blessing under the Bavarian Constitution the King occupied the role of Chief Executive of the Kingdom and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. While Maximilian I had occupied the throne he had been opposed the militaristic tone that the BCCMP had tried to set since coming to power in the 1818 elections. It was the BCCMP who had pushed the issue and finally convinced Maximilian to declare war on the Kingdom of Bohemia during the Bohemian War in the early 1820’s; and Crown Prince Ludwig’s liberal tendencies had frightened many of the BCCMP leaders who feared the might steer the public to back the Bavarian Liberal Party who had held power in the Parliament prior to 1818.
Now that they had the militaristic Karl on the throne the members of the BCCMP party were ready to finally begin to implement their agenda. Between 1830 and 1840 the Bavarian Army would be increased from a standing army of 90,000 men to a standing army of 180,000 men Bavaria would be the first European army to adopt the new percussion lock rifled musket firing the konische kugel (conical bullet) which was invented by Colonel Wolfhard Rühle while working at the Munich Arsenal in 1833 (2). Ruhle would be promoted to Brigadier General and given command of the Munich Arsenal in 1838, the bullet he invented would carry many nicknames but by far the most popular would be “wolfshot”.
(1) Pope Pius VII still dies on August 20, 1823 however his successor decides that the Church needs strong leadership now that it once more rules the Holy Lands and chooses the name Julius after the Warrior Pope. Julius IV also moved the seat of the Catholic church to Jerusalem.
(2) This is this timeline’s miniball. Also the Munich Arsenal is the largest weapons factory in the Germanies outside of Prussia.
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