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Hello Everyone, I'm in the process of writing my first serious alternate history timeline, and I came here to look for some advice regarding my Point of Divergence. I am a total Holy Roman Empire fanboy, and as such, this timeline will be revolving around a HRE that managed to centralize during an (Extended) Hohenstaufen Dynasty. My main question for all of you is as follows: Would the following two points of divergence (I am using both in this timeline) result in a more centralized HRE later on?
Point of Divergance 1: Heinrich VI von Hohenstaufen passes the Erbreichsplan (More info here: Wikipedia Link), however with the addition that Italy succeeds from the Empire De-facto due to revolts (This is to prevent future emperors from having to manage two kingdoms at once, which was from my understanding a major downfall for the Hohenstaufen Emperors)
Point of Divergance 2: Heinrich VI lives longer than he did in our timeline, averting the war between the Welf Family and the Hohenstaufen (The one between Phillip of Swabia and Otto IV von Welf).
My Goals for the timeline are very vague as of now, the primary feature of this timeline will be a more centralized Holy Roman Empire, which becomes hereditary under the Hohenstaufen Family.
Would these two changes allow for the Hohenstaufen Family to centralize the Empire? Just making sure that I'm not on the wrong track with my writing so far.
Author's note: I'm in 11th grade, so go easy on me if I have my OTL history wrong, as the HRE is rarely ever mentioned in high school history courses . Thanks in Advance,