Prussia Loses 1870 - what then?

I don't know about this period, but there was a significant autonomist mindset in Hannover after World War II, and they were one of the first to demand their own federal state. To me that indicates a strong desire for independence would exist decades earlier.
 

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Socrates is right, Hanover would definitely be restored in an 1870 peace. Even if Hanover united the two halves of the Prussian Kingdom, It was still quite possible, given the short span it was from Annexation in 1866 to their hypothetical defeat in 1870-1871. Even if it was not a total defeat, the best France (and Austria should they intervene) is the restoration of at least the pre-Austro-Prussian War borders is the most feasible.
 
If Austria intervened (might be necessary for Prussia to lose), they'd take Silesia back. (IOTL, they waited for a French victory before they considered joining.) If Bavaria loses the Palatinate, maybe they get the northern Rhineland (Jülich-Berg was Bavarian for some time) instead. If Württemberg helps France, they may get Hohenzollern.

And Denmark is France's most probable ally.

Belgium? France may make it a protectorate.
 
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