Have any Habsburg-led German unification in 1848 threads been done?

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I ask because on the one hand, several have asserted that the Austrians had a natural advantage over the Prussians until the 1860s:

Old August 5th, 2013, 06:45 AM
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The only possible emperor for a Great Germany in 1848 was a Habsburg.

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Greater Germany would have to be under the Habsburgs.

On the other hand, the multi-part threads I have seen on 1848 unification:
"Ich Bin Ein Frankfurter" and "Liberal German Empire, Not While I'm King of Prussia" have all been based on Prussian-led, kleinsdeutsch
unification.

Have there been TLs with Habsburg-unified Germany either before or after 1848. Even there, "Blut, Eisen und Fernhandel" explores an 1860s, *Prussian* unified Germany.
 
I ask because on the one hand, several have asserted that the Austrians had a natural advantage over the Prussians until the 1860s:
Its not so much that Austria has a natural advantage, its that There is no way Greater Germany could happen with out a Habsburg Monarch in 1848 because at the time there is no way Austria would let its self be ruled by Prussia when it still is one of the great powers. Unless it suffered massive liberal revolution then neither prussia or Austria would have its monarch a'la The Smallest Possible Difference

And unfortunately no. Most have been Prussian led Germany. I have only seen one 1848 liberal Germany and that was in The Smallest Possible Difference
 
Shouldn't it be fairly easy to get an Austrian-led Germany? I mean just have them win the Austro-Prussian war. There you go. Sure the Germany that emerges wouldn't be as centralized as OTL Germany, but it would be a Habsburg led Germany. The problem is Prussia would have to be dismembered. Like the Rhineland and Silesia removed from their control.
 
Shouldn't it be fairly easy to get an Austrian-led Germany? I mean just have them win the Austro-Prussian war. There you go. Sure the Germany that emerges wouldn't be as centralized as OTL Germany, but it would be a Habsburg led Germany. The problem is Prussia would have to be dismembered. Like the Rhineland and Silesia removed from their control.


Or knock off Bismarck before the Summer of 1863. Wilhelm, seeing no way out of the deadlock with Parliament, and believing (however absurdly) that his throne is in danger, signs up to Franz Josef's Reform Plan.
 
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