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Suppose that after the war Austrian succession the the Habsburgs/Habsburg-lorraine fail to regain the imperial crown, say the wittlesbachs manage to hold onto it what are the effects?
How do the Wittlesbachs handle the HRE?
Do the Habsburg favour a different title in search of more prestige? E.g. kings of hungary/Bohemia
How does this effect the wars to come? Like the 7 years war?
What effect does this have on German dualism?
For simplicity's sake we are going to assume Austrian territorial losses are as OTL they simply fail to regain the imperial title.
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