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Hello everyone. I have been looking around for a PoD that would (Very likely) have resulted in the HRE becoming a hereditary state, and or one that would give more power to the emperor. I stumbled upon the story of Henry VI von Hohenstaufen, and also did some reading on our forums to see what people had come up with, with this PoD.

So, I was wondering: What would happen next?

As far as I'm aware, The HRE, if Henry lived longer, would be a hereditary state (And I'm assuming that the Archbishop of Cologne would be out of the way, since he put up resistance to the plan), laying the way for more developments inside the HRE. However, beyond that, I'm a bit overwhelmed with where to start! Any help with this PoD and with this topic in general would be great, seeing as this would be my first legitimate Alternate History timeline / story. Thank you all in advance.

Some questions I'm considering are:

-How would the pope react to this sudden increase in the Emperor's power?
-Would the Princes stay content with this new system for long? Or would there be a regression?
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