Prussia with no Rhine Province

The problem with giving the Dutch more is that, this time around, the Prussians did most of the fighting. They need compensation.
They get Saxony. If I remember correctly, they were willing to let go of their (minor) territory in the rhineland if they would get all of Saxony.

Anyway, the point of this thread is that Prussia does not get the rhineland, which means someone else gets it or more likely a couple of other countries/German nobles. the Netherlands is a good candidate. Other candidates are Hanover, Bavaria (possibly as compensation for territories lost to Austria), some minor German nobles and the rulers of Saxony as compensation for their lost homeland. I believe someone even suggested in another thread, giving the rulers of Saxony Lorraine, which could be supplemented by the northern part of the rhineland.
 
Now a totally different idea what if The Rhineland and nowadays Belgium (and Luxembourg) were order during the Vienna Congress to form a buffer state between Great Britain, France and Prussia. The reason behind this could be a punishment for the Dutch, which cooperate too long with the French.
 
Here is what I have worked out, including the royal house the rules them. Anything I still haven't full decided on is in parenthesis

Kingdom of Great Britain (with a Kingdom of Ireland in union)
-House of Albany (American Royal family descending from Prince Fredrick Hanover, who changed his name, note: POD is NOT peaceful invitation)

Empire of France
-House of Bonaparte

Kingdom of Spain
-House of Bourbon

Kingdom of Portugal
-House of Braganza

Kingdom of Holland
-House of Bonaparte

Kingdom of the Rhine
-House of Wittelsbach

Kingdom of Prussia
-House of Hohenzollern

Kingdom of Denmark
-House of Hohenzollern

Kingdom of Sweden
-House of Bernadotte

Kingdom of Poland
-House of Wettin

Hapsburg state (either the Hapsburg Federation of the Austro-Hungarian-Czech Empire, any ideas?)
-House of Hapsburg

Empire of Russia
-House of Romanov

Principality of Romania
-House of Romanov

Principality of Macedonia
-House of Hapsburg

Kingdom of Greece
-House of Bonaparte

Kingdom of Tuscany
-House of Hapsburg-Lorraine

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
-House of Bourbon

Duchy of Albania
-House of Bourbon

Kingdom of Sardinia
-House of Savoy

Papal States

Basically, in Europe, Napoleon hangs on to power after a different set of wars (including no Spanish campaign/double cross and alot more action in the Balkans). The negotiated peace, The Treaty of Naples, results in the loss of alot of Napoleon's gains being erased in exchange for a lasting peace, the exceptions of course are the Kingdom of Greece and the Kingdom of Holland. The Kingdom of Poland and the Kingdom of the Rhine are in the satellite of Paris, but considered acceptably independent. Below is a map of 2008.

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DuQuence, no offense, but that map is horrid. I've done my own take, and think it's a far more workable suggestion.
Why I put the OTL map up

[map at post 36]
Assuming that the Netherlands Get part of the Rhineland and Hanover gets the other half.
?What effect would a a larger more German Netherlands have on the Belgium split in the 1830's? ?What would a enlarged Hanover mean for the unification of Germany?
 
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