How can you make Henry of Prussia the king of America?

Regrettably, I think it only got a couple of posts in and I cannot recall the title, only the premise.
Ah, thanks anyway.

Looking at my copy of Flexner's biography of Washington, he had a bout of fever and rheumatism in September 1786, right in the middle of Shays' Rebellion. Assuming the ARW still ends in American independence, and Washington dies at such a crucial time, perhaps Henry can get the states to agree to a Constitutional Convention allowing for a king?
 
The suggested scenario seems plausible.

I recall someone started a story where George III made a visit to the colonies to try and settle one of the early disputes and did reasonably well but drowned when his ship sank on the way back, leading to a myth of the good king and the corrupt parliament, which meant that the Americans wanted a scion of the house of Hanover to be their king after the revolution.
Link plz that seems interesting.
 
While perhaps not likely, it seems possible for both Gneisenau and Blücher to enter the American service. In 1779, Gneisenau was serving in one of the German regiments in America. Perhaps he could choose to serve with Henry's force in America, and decide to stay there after the war. In Blücher, he had done several things to get on Fritz's bad side, and ended it with a rude letter of resignation. Almost as soon as Frederick died, Blücher re-entered the army. Here, he might decide to join Henry's force to get back in action, and stay in America.
 
In my TL I had George III's brother, Gloucester become king because a) the French don't get involved, then b) the French take Louisiana back from Spain which leads to c) the colonies being a bit leery about severing ALL ties with Britain, so d) because the govt is close to anarchy, they decide on a monarchy with an English prince (just not George III or one of his sons). Not exactly the most plausible of scenarios, but considering my POD is in 1761, I feel that by the time of the OTL ARW the history book's pretty much been thrown out the window...
That's sounds really interesting, if you can provide the title I'd love to read it. It seems pretty difficult to get an American king once the ARW has been going on for a while. It would be really cool though if Gneisenau and Blücher became American generals.
 
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