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Everyone knows the story of the little territory of the Teutonic Knights that secularized their territory and became the duchy and later kingdom of Prussia. Now what if King Sigismund I of Poland had decided not to recognize Albrecht of Brandenburg as duke, and instead taken the lands for himself? Perhaps he allows the duchy to form, and marries Sigismund II to Anna Sophia of Prussia. Then when Albrecht Friedrich is left without male-heirs (as OTL, he tried to advocate the succession of his half-sister's Mecklenburg children), Poland inherits Prussia?

Alternatively, there were several times post-1500 that Poland/Polish kings attempted to reclaim Silesia in it's entirety or piecemeal. IIRC, both Bona Sforza (advocating it through her husband) James Sobieski wanted to do so, but both lacked the ability to do so. How might Poland fare if she incorporates Silesia?
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