Interesting dynamics for an Italian TL?

Cosmedian

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I've been toying around with the idea of splitting Italy into two halves; obviously, and probably boringly, a Two Sicilies type ordeal in the south (maybe under Spanish or Aragonese control), and a state in the north. The two ideas i'm toying around with are:

1) A standard GG Visconti not dying and uniting North Italy (not including Venice). I've seen a lot of people mention this POD, but never a timeline on it. My idea for this is that he proclaims himself King of Lombardy, gets the Iron Crown some way or another and manages to raise his sons to not be incompetent bastards.

2) A standard Kingdom of Italy created by Napoleon! IOTL he almost included the Illyrian Provinces in the Kingdom of Italy; he does so in this TL, and then this stronger Kingdom of Italy backstabs him and joins one of the Coalitions. House of Beauharnais is the dynastic family of this Kingdom.

2) A less-standard Kingdom of Italy created by Napoleon; i've been messing around with several ideas, including a Milanese or Venetian Corsica. Napoleon goes to an Italian military academy, somehow gains power despite not being French, and goes on a rampage through North Italy, unifying it all and proclaiming himself Emperor! The Italian Buonapartes become the dynastic family of this Kingdom.

Personally, I think two would be pretty cool! What do you guys think? My goal is to start writing one of them soon (after more research).
 
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