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Everyone knows of the miracle of the House of Brandenburg, namely that in the point of the Seven Years war where Prussia was about to collapse, the Empress of Russia died, and her successor negotiated a treaty very favorable to Prussia.
A lot of threads have been made about what would have happened if this miracle had never occurred. However, what if she had died earlier?
For instance, what if

A She died before the battle of Kunersdorf, which was a crushing defeat for Prussia in the east, and the main reason why Peter III's treaty was seen as backstabbing the Russian people.

or B before the beginning of the Seven Years War, when Peter might have entered on the side of Britain and Prussia instead of on the side of France and Austria.

What do people think the possible effects would be?
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