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February 1699
Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria survives his bout of smallpox.
November 1700
Charles II of Spain dies, a Wittelsbach dynasty is successfully installed into Spain.
1701
Brandenburg-Prussia joins the Great Northern War on the coalition side, takes and holds Swedish Pomerania.
1703
Treaty of Stettin. Sweden renounces their claims on Pomerania, B-P joins Sweden's side.
1704
Brandenburg-Prussia occupies Lusatia. Augustus II is overwhelmed and offers Frederick III large swathes of Polish territory to dissuade him from occupying the rest of his Saxon territories. The Polish acquisitions are integrated into the Duchy of Prussia, which gets elevated into a Grand Duchy, as Leopold I refuses to recognise it as a kingdom.
The Hohenzollerns have doubled their holdings, but their dreams of being kings have been dashed for the next century.