Prussian Belgium

A bigger Netherlands would have made king Willem I de Koning-Koopman (king-merchant) very happy, but this IMHO would only have been possible if Prussia is allowed to annex the entire kingdom of Saxony or at least has substantial compensation. Willem I main issue wasn't his economic policies, but his tendency to be a bit autocratic; although at the time of the Belgian Revolution (1830, Willem I was forced to recognize Belgium in 1839) the economy wasn't in the best shape.
Diplomatically Willem I also wasn't that successful, since in 1830 he didn't receive support from Prussia and/or Russia, but was internationally quite isolated.
 

Anderman

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If Prussia gets Belgium and the Rhineland, how would the ration between catholics and protestands of the populatin be affected ? Would Prussia still have protestant majority?
 
Belgium had 2,5 M inhabitants, mostly catholic, a smal group of Calvinists and a few Jews. For the 'Prussians' provinces, I don't know the numbers.

But I don't think that Prussia wanted Belgium. they just administered it to keep the French out. They certanly didn't want to upset the English and Belgium wasn't worth enough to sever their relationships with the house of Oranje. And I don't think they wanted a substantial minority of French speakers (Wallonia) within their borthers.
 
If Prussia gets Belgium and the Rhineland, how would the ration between catholics and protestands of the populatin be affected ? Would Prussia still have protestant majority?

That very much depends on what they gain and lose elsewhere:

- losing Silesia means losing millions of Catholics elsewhere
- Westphalia / Rhineland have Protestant regions, but were predominantly Catholic
- Saxony would mean quite a lot of additional Protestants, same goes for Hannover
 
Belgium had 2,5 M inhabitants, mostly catholic, a smal group of Calvinists and a few Jews. For the 'Prussians' provinces, I don't know the numbers.

But I don't think that Prussia wanted Belgium. they just administered it to keep the French out. They certanly didn't want to upset the English and Belgium wasn't worth enough to sever their relationships with the house of Oranje. And I don't think they wanted a substantial minority of French speakers (Wallonia) within their borthers.

I agree with this. Prussia didn't want Belgium and wouldn't mind seeing it to the House of Orange. When you add everything up it just makes sense to give it to the Netherlands. However I'm not convinced that the Prussians would just give territory away willingly without getting something back in return. Without the congress the Dutch would be limited with what they could trade with and the the only thing they could offer would be a tiny fiefdom in the middle of Germany.
 

Anderman

Donor
Another PoD could be if Saxony changes sides faster maybe together with the prussian troops at Tauroggen and not only don´t lose territory but want more territory also. Maybe the parts of Palatinate or parts of the Rhineland.
 
Another PoD could be if Saxony changes sides faster maybe together with the prussian troops at Tauroggen and not only don´t lose territory but want more territory also. Maybe the parts of Palatinate or parts of the Rhineland.

This is the sort of POD which could most likely bring a solution. There's only a limited amount of territory to be redistributed in Vienna. The Russians want Congress Poland, which belonged to the Saxons. They'd need quite substantial territories elsewhere.

You could make it even more complicated if Murat doesn't change sides, hence the two Sicilies are out of redistribution as well.

Finally, you could make the 100 days last longer - maybe Napoleon wins in Waterloo and is defeated later. In this case, the other powers would fear France more, resulting in a more severe peace on France and the wish to strengthen the defenses against France - for example by tasking the Prussians with the defense of Belgium.
 
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