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What if Emperor Franz Joseph died around 1900 , Maximilian survived or not even went to Mexico and Rudolf is still dead as OTL. In this scenario Maximilian is the successor of Joseph ( all other candidates are not available, Iam not sure how the succession law of Habsburg workes/worked and if being the younger brother places him automatically next in line) and sits on the Habsburg Throne. Well, the problem is that Franz Ferdinand wouldn´t be successor and wouldn´t be in Sarajevo ? What a policy one could expect from Franz´s younger brother up to 1914 ( born in 1832 he would be pretty old by 1914, possibly have a son to succeed him) ?

Edit: Maximilian didn´t go to Mexico.
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