Polish monarchy restored?

After independence could the Polish monarchy be restored and what effects would this have on Poland? :) (someone made one where Pilduski was king but this is different)
 
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BigBlueBox

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The Central Powers already created a puppet Kingdom of Poland, so if they won Poland would have been a monarchy. With Entente victory a Polish monarchy isn't going to happen.
 
I thought of (Upper) Saxony's House of Wettin as the possible candidate...

They'd be the most likely Polish monarchs. But the Romanovs had a claim too. And then the Poniatowski family might too.

Pilsudski being a Polish Napoleon makes about as much sense as restoring anyone with a claim on the Polish throne to ruling an independent post-Partition Poland. At least not without serious pressure from a neighbouring country.
 
Well, if you want to really claim succession from the Commonwealth, any Szlachcic can be crowned. Maybe even hold a royal election.

More seriously, Polish monarchists were heavily divided as to who they supported, and they were none too popular even in the aggregate. That Pilsudski's circle was heavy with socialists, freemasons, and non-Catholics did not help (the Poles most likely to support monarchy detested the ruling government, despite the Pope's great personal admiration for the Marshal).

There was talk of putting a Romanian Prince or even Carol II on the Polish throne, and I think that, if you could seriously strengthen Romania and the Polish-Romanian Alliance, that might be your best bet--if Poland's constitutional government survives (avoid the assassination of Narutowicz?), the Sanationist dictatorship is avoided, and monarchy might come about legally and diplomatically.

Of course, the Romanian option puts the King on a collision course with the heavily anti-Orthodox Poles on all sides.
 

BigBlueBox

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They'd be the most likely Polish monarchs. But the Romanovs had a claim too. And then the Poniatowski family might too.

Pilsudski being a Polish Napoleon makes about as much sense as restoring anyone with a claim on the Polish throne to ruling an independent post-Partition Poland. At least not without serious pressure from a neighbouring country.
What about Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria or his son Karl Albrecht?
 

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Well, if you want to really claim succession from the Commonwealth, any Szlachcic can be crowned. Maybe even hold a royal election.

The Polish Monarchy had a history of elected monarchs, didn't it? Might be a possibility to find the best candidate.

If the new King is opposed to Pilsudski's faction, would the Marshall accept moving back to being just a military figure? A Cabinet of All the Talents kind of deal?
 
3 ways to achieve it:
-Central Powers victory, rump Polish kingdom with some German duke on the throne.
-Russia avoids revolution and is one of victors of ww1. Polish buffer state with cadet branch of House of Romanov on the throne is created.
-Instead of former socialist Piłsudski, another man, who happened to be monarchist became "father of restored Poland".
 
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