Miscellaneous <1900 (Alternate) History Thread

Pure ASB. First some matches would be drastically altered, second NOBODY would EVER accept a quarter of that union….
You can NOT put a POD who totally change EVERYTHING and ignoring the MOST DIRECT consequences (as Charles VI’s politics and the matches of his nieces and daughters would be DRASTICALLY altered by the choice of Charles to keep Josepha as his heiress presumptive). Plus if Charles won the War of Spanish succession before Joseph’s death, he would need to leave either Spain or Austria to Josepha
What about the Merovingians conquering and holding onto all the other the Catholic kingdoms that existed at the time? Is that possible? Or the Carolingians doing the same in their place.
 
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American Civil War question: Where there any mainly-southern regiments that didn't side with the Confederacy? If so, who were they.
I can see most regiments that consisted mostly of southerners either changing sides or dissolving as most of the rank and file changed sides. However, where there any southern-dominated regiments who didn't do this?

IIRC there were some in Virginia?
 
American Civil War question: Where there any mainly-southern regiments that didn't side with the Confederacy? If so, who were they.
I can see most regiments that consisted mostly of southerners either changing sides or dissolving as most of the rank and file changed sides. However, where there any southern-dominated regiments who didn't do this?

IIRC there were some in Virginia?
Indeed there were! Of course, the most obvious example of Southerners fighting for the North would be the former slaves that joined up with the USCT, but there were other regiments of white Southerners recruited into the Northern Army as well. These include, according to the Civil War Book of Lists:
  • 31,872 from Virginia
  • 31,092 from Tennessee
  • 8,289 from Arkansas
  • 5,224 from Louisiana
  • 3,156 from North Carolina
  • 2,578 from Alabama
  • 1,956 from Texas
  • 1,290 from Florida
  • 545 from Mississippi
  • ~400 from Georgia
This leaves only South Carolina as having failed to provide any white regiments to the Union (unsurprising considering it is the cradle of secession), but many of the first inklings of raising African American troops rose out of that state, so it is not like there was no contribution on their part.

As for specific organizations, two in particular come into my mind. First, there is the 1st Louisiana Native Guard. This militia unit initially served in the Confederate defense of New Orleans (albeit in a very tenuous manner due to the Creoles in the regiment), but following the fall of the city the unit, which had stayed behind as it was a city militia, promptly dissolved. Many of its former members would later rejoin together to form a new Unionist regiment also called the 1st Louisiana Native Guard, which would go on to serve with distinction at the Siege of Port Hudson. The other unit I'll mention is the 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment, for the reason that they served as the escort unit for William T. Sherman and his headquarters in his famous March to the Sea. They were also hard-fighters whose colonel went on to become a U.S. Senator.
 
If Isabella I and John of Asturias were to die in 1491 and Afonso of Portugal survive, who would Ferdinand remarry to? Is Louise of Savoy possible if her husband dies earlier, or would Margaret of Austria be more likely?
 
If Isabella I and John of Asturias were to die in 1491 and Afonso of Portugal survive, who would Ferdinand remarry to? Is Louise of Savoy possible if her husband dies earlier, or would Margaret of Austria be more likely?
Louise of Savoy is an useless match until 1496, when her father became the Duke of Savoy… Margaret of Austria is still too young and prisoner of the French… I guess who Ferdinand’s first choice will be Juana la Beltraneja, who is not yet 30 years old at this point
 
Louise of Savoy is an useless match until 1496, when her father became the Duke of Savoy… Margaret of Austria is still too young and prisoner of the French… I guess who Ferdinand’s first choice will be Juana la Beltraneja, who is not yet 30 years old at this point
Would she not work as a French proxy by virtue of being Charles VIII's cousin? True about Margaret of Austria as well. Would Juana la Beltraneja not be a controversial pick due to her being a claimant to his daughter's throne (granted if he really hates Afonso he probably wouldn't care). Also couldn't John II shoot the idea down immediately, if he doesn't want Ferdinand getting her claim to the throne. Is there a Neapolitan Princess available for him?
 
Would she not work as a French proxy by virtue of being Charles VIII's cousin?
She is NOT daughter of a French princess AND in any case Fernando was NOT friend to France in that timeframe
True about Margaret of Austria as well. Would Juana la Beltraneja not be a controversial pick due to her being a claimant to his daughter's throne (granted if he really hates Afonso he probably wouldn't care). Also couldn't John II shoot the idea down immediately, if he doesn't want Ferdinand getting her claim to the throne.
Ehm, Fernando marrying la Beltraneja would be exactly a way for keeping the crown of Castile. I doubt who John II could force Juana to refute the offer, if she is inclined to accept.
Is there a Neapolitan Princess available for him?
No, and in any case Fernando would NEVER marry her, unless the girl in question was his own niece Giovanna (who is only 13 in 1491), but that match would eb pretty useless for both sides…
 
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She is NOT daughter of a French princess AND in any case Fernando was NOT friend to France in that timeframe
True.
Ehm, Fernando marrying la Beltraneja would be exactly a way for keeping the crown of Castile. I doubt who John II could force Juana to refute the offer, if she is inclined to accept.
I know, but would he risk being isolated from Castile and Portugal for it? It leaves him with few friends and lots of enemies.
No, and in any case Fernando would NEVER marry her, unless the girl in question was his own niece Giovanna (who is only 13 in 1491), but that match would eb pretty useless for both sides…
Is there any other foreign candidates or is Juana or remaining a widower and seeing how the marriage market pan out for a few years his best bet?
 
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I know, but would he risk being isolated from Castile and Portugal for it? It leaves him with few friends and lots of enemies.
Well, Fernando marrying la Beltraneja would most likely irritate John, but Portugal had fought a war for Juana’s right to the crown of Castile and she is John’s cousin and close to 30 years old, so John’s best bet would be hope who Juana will NOT give any son to Fernando for recovering at least the Crown of Castile with the time…
Is there any other foreign candidates or is Juana or remaining a widower and seeing how the marriage market pan out for a few years his best bet?
I can not think to any foreign match who would be available to Fernando in 1491 or 1492, sorry…
 
Alright; so during the original expansion of the Caliphate; how likely would it be for the Arabs to be able to take Egypt but for the Byzantines to hold onto Palestine and Syria? Or would geography make this situation too difficult to sustain?
The geography does make it tricky. I'd say Syria is reasonable, even maybe Northern Palestine...but if Egypt is to be conquered by the Caliphate, I'd imagine they'd have to go overland.
 
I mean, they did. An Irish translation of the New Testament was published in 1602 with the full Bible being made available in Irish in 1690; and this was very distinctly an effort by the Church of Ireland to consolidate its gains in the island. It just ... wasn't particularly successful.
So in your opinion, what would be a better bet for successful evangelization"

-An earlier Irish NT (say 1550s)

-Keeping the 1549 Book of Common Prayer and therefore a more Catholic-like liturgy

- Y'know, just like...not killing people. Evangelization without conquest.
 
Why didn't they?

I think it's partly due to the difference in how those areas were perceived by the English at the time. Ireland was something still largely to be conquered and subjegated. While Wales was and had been a fairly important component in the nation as a whole for a fair chunk of change.
Sorry I missed these!

My understanding was what the Count said; what I was reading also specifically alluded to Elizabeth personally having a low opinion of the Irish
 
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