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Was there ever a chance that the Electorate might set aside Salic Law to allow for a woman to inherit the throne?

How easy could that have been done?

For instance, after the Napoleonic wars and seeing his ancestral lands return to him, George IV wanting his sole legitimate daughter, Charlotte, to ascend to the German throne. He asks the local Hanoverian council/Parliament/whatever to remove Salic Law, thus allowing women to inherit the German land's throne.

Would there have been any dissent?

The Holy Roman Empire was defunct and, as a key winner in the Wars, no foreign power would be inclined to challenge.

Any reason why this would not be possible?

I'm attempting to create a stronger opposition to Prussia in time for the Franco-Prussian War.

Perhaps Victoria, inheriting from George IV/Charlotte/William III, marries the Duke of Mechlenburg and forms a Northern German union (no Princess Victoria marriage to the Prussian Emperor). British relations are good to adequate with Austria and France, forming a powerful disincentive for Prussian aggression. Britain is more active on the continent, for better or worse for the nation itself.

Would Prussia attempt to push the Northern German states if they had Britain backing them?

Britain's army was weak but politically they were strong and connected and more likely to form a good alliance.

A British/Hanoverian/Mechlenburg/French/Austrian/Bavarian/Baden-Wurttenburg alliance would stall even Prussia.
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