Low countries and British Isles united

....err....Wha?
What POD in the 100 years war?
Assuming such a nation existing into modern times (unlikely- you'd need something much later for that I think) the official languages would remain Dutch and English but with large doses of each in the other. Possibly to the extent they're like Swedish/Norwegian.
 
I guess that either the dukes of Burgundy acquire the crown of England or that kings of England end up with a 'Burgundian Inheritance'.
 
There's an incredible number of ways that this could happen, and that's not including the way it actually happened in RL.

What would be the official language? In 99% of scenarios I'd say English in the British Isles and Dutch in the Low Countries. I don't see one language being exported to the other side.
 
There's an incredible number of ways that this could happen, and that's not including the way it actually happened in RL.

What would be the official language? In 99% of scenarios I'd say English in the British Isles and Dutch in the Low Countries. I don't see one language being exported to the other side.

Aren't Wallonia and French Flanders(Calais) francophone?
 
Aren't Wallonia and French Flanders(Calais) francophone?

Welll, sort of. French Flanders as in Dunkirk used to speak Dutch,I believe up to the late 19th century. There are still people who speak a Dutch dialiect in that region (West-Flemish), although it probably will only take a couple of decades before they are all gone. Even in Calais people spoke Dutch during the Middleages.

Anyway, there are various ways for the Netherlands and England to form one country. The most often used POD is stadholder Willem III, who became king of England (as Korporal Nooij said Flocc wrote a pretty cool timeline about it), although I must admit I don't think it will hold. The Dutch were too independent minded to be ruled from England. Still it could work.

There are also a couple of other options. Elizabeth was offered the Dutch provinces if England would support the Dutch struggle against the Spanish during the eighty year revolt. Elizabeth refused though, fearing that the Spanish wouldn't like it (which they didn't, it was one of the reasons for the Armada).

Another possibility is Cromwell, who wished to create an Anglo-Dutch union. The Dutch refused though, but they could have accepted, certainly if the French decided to attack the Netherlands, like they did in 1672.

There are other possibilities. A Anglo-Dutch personal union was possible in the early 19th century. The future Dutch king Willem II was engaged to the British crown princess. I believe Nek was writing a timeline about it, before he abandoned it.

And if we go back to the middleages, everything is possible, although someone somehow gaining all Dutch territory is reasonably unlikely (certainly if he isn't focused on the Netherlands, like a English king who would be focussed on England).
 
Welll, sort of. French Flanders as in Dunkirk used to speak Dutch,I believe up to the late 19th century. There are still people who speak a Dutch dialiect in that region (West-Flemish), although it probably will only take a couple of decades before they are all gone. Even in Calais people spoke Dutch during the Middleages.

Anyway, there are various ways for the Netherlands and England to form one country. The most often used POD is stadholder Willem III, who became king of England (as Korporal Nooij said Flocc wrote a pretty cool timeline about it), although I must admit I don't think it will hold. The Dutch were too independent minded to be ruled from England. Still it could work.

There are also a couple of other options. Elizabeth was offered the Dutch provinces if England would support the Dutch struggle against the Spanish during the eighty year revolt. Elizabeth refused though, fearing that the Spanish wouldn't like it (which they didn't, it was one of the reasons for the Armada).

Another possibility is Cromwell, who wished to create an Anglo-Dutch union. The Dutch refused though, but they could have accepted, certainly if the French decided to attack the Netherlands, like they did in 1672.

There are other possibilities. A Anglo-Dutch personal union was possible in the early 19th century. The future Dutch king Willem II was engaged to the British crown princess. I believe Nek was writing a timeline about it, before he abandoned it.

And if we go back to the middleages, everything is possible, although someone somehow gaining all Dutch territory is reasonably unlikely (certainly if he isn't focused on the Netherlands, like a English king who would be focussed on England).

This POD is during the Hundred Years War, so the most likely option is dynastic ((cadet branch of) the house of Plantagenet (including Lancaster and York) and the house of Valois-Burgundy), however this could require some different marriages and deaths and births .
 
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How about other way round? British isles becoming Dutch?

Willem III instead of putting his wife on the throne decides to take over the country.

Or maybe a bit more far fetched, the Raid on medway was an invasion as they feared when it happend, and it was succesful.

Not sure on the language thing, i do know that dutch for a while was spoken in a lot of ports. Dutch might become more dominant in case a territorial expansion of United Provinces eastward would take place. dutch was spoken as far south as calais, and the eastern boundary was approx. the weser
 
How about other way round? British isles becoming Dutch?

Willem III instead of putting his wife on the throne decides to take over the country.

Or maybe a bit more far fetched, the Raid on medway was an invasion as they feared when it happend, and it was succesful.

Not sure on the language thing, i do know that dutch for a while was spoken in a lot of ports. Dutch might become more dominant in case a territorial expansion of United Provinces eastward would take place. dutch was spoken as far south as calais, and the eastern boundary was approx. the weser

Ehhh this somewhat happened in the OTL. Instead of becoming a king-consort the king-stadtholder William III (Willem III) became a joint-monarch together with his wife and he actually continued to rule after the death of his wife Mary II.
However in all fairness it appears that they both wanted to become joint-monarchs, because apparently Mary II refused to become queen if William III wasn't made king.
 
Ehhh this somewhat happened in the OTL. Instead of becoming a king-consort the king-stadtholder William III (Willem III) became a joint-monarch together with his wife and he actually continued to rule after the death of his wife Mary II.
However in all fairness it appears that they both wanted to become joint-monarchs, because apparently Mary II refused to become queen if William III wasn't made king.
William III himself had also a good claim to the throne, because his mother was a Stuart. He was, I believe, next in line after Anne.
 
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