Inquiry: United Northern European Countries after 1700ish.

Any possibilities that any of these nations might dynastically unite or expand territory in Europe after 1700?

Great Britain
Denmark-Norway
Sweden-Finland
Prussia
Netherlands

I am trying to find a major POD but can not seem to find there.

Emperor Peter takes SchleswigHolstein in 1762?
Great Britain gets Norway in 1815 to keep it away from Sweden?
HANOVER falls in 1759 and gets traded to Russia who trades to Denmark for S-H?
Prussia gets dismembered and broken up in 1750's by Austria-Russia-GB?

Just spitballing. ANY ideas.
 
Any possibilities that any of these nations might dynastically unite or expand territory in Europe after 1700?

Great Britain
Denmark-Norway
Sweden-Finland
Prussia
Netherlands
Well for Denmark-Norway the easiest solution is to have Frederick II either not have any sons or have them die off before he himself dies so that the arrangements he made for the throne to pass via his daughters comes into effect, and to also have his eldest daughter pre-decease him. This means that the throne will pass to his second-eldest daughter Anne who was the wife of James VI of Scotland and assuming the general timing of things don't change too much the future James I of England and Ireland in 15 years time when Elizabeth I dies.

Getting Sweden-Finland added into the mix but since this prospective England-Scotland-Ireland-Denmark-Norway super personal union is going to be sharing a fairly long border with them chances are that they're going to try and keep pretty good relations with each other. You could perhaps have some royal marriages take place and then have another round of fortuitous deaths take place. Prussia I haven't got a clue I'm afraid. IIRC during the Dutch Revolt they offered Elizabeth the throne but she declined due to not wanting to antagonise Philip II and personal ethical reservations. If you make her somewhat more cynical/pragmatic you could see a personal union of England-Ireland-Netherlands, then when James VI and I of Scotland-Denmark-Norway inherits the throne he ends up ruling England, Scotland, Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway in personal union. What that's going to do to the timeline is anyone's guess as the butterflies will be heartily flapping by this point.
 
Why would Prussia get dismembered by GB? They were on the same side in the 1750s.

France would have something to say...

Prussia might take Hanover in the 1740s perhaps, during the War of Austrian Succession.


I was referring to a different 7 Years War where the GB/Aust/Russ alliance held against a Prussia/France alliance.
 
And I just realised I somehow managed to miss the '... after 1700' part of the question. Bugger. Apologies about that. :)
 
In 1700, of course, Britain and the Netherlands shared a monarch.

It's a long stretch from that to an actual union between the two, but it at least starts fairly close.
 
In 1700, of course, Britain and the Netherlands shared a monarch.

It's a long stretch from that to an actual union between the two, but it at least starts fairly close.

Except that in 1700 it was England (including Wales), Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands that shared the monarch. It was only in 1707 that England + Scotland united.

In OTL the union happened partly because Scotland was in a financial mess and England needed to ensure there was no confusion over the succession after Queen Anne. If William and Mary have descendants, England's incentive will not be there.
 
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