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In 1848, the idea was put forward of establishing a Central Italian Kingdom with Grand Duke Leopold II of Tuscany as King as part of a wider Italian Federation. Leopold instead sided with Austria and the Pope after Austria's success in Lombardy-Venetia and being scared by the revolutionaries and republicans in Florence.

What if Leopold went along with the plan and a Central Italian Kingdom was established with more or less the same borders as the historic United Provinces of Central Italy?


Might the Hapsburg Kingdom down the line be able to negotiate an annexation of Lombardy-Venetia?
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