What if the Genoans or Piedmontes unites Italy instead of Sardinians in OTL?
Another country could easily have united Italy. Piemonte essentially just got lucky while having ambitious people in charge.
What if the Genoans or Piedmontes unites Italy instead of Sardinians in OTL?
Could Savoy, through some Habsburg-style crazily-lucky inheritance and expansion, come to control France? Could France be called Savoy?
Yes and no. Savoy would just be part of the French royal demense, I think.
Though crazily-lucky would have some fascinatingly colorful butterflies.
Not that this is a problem, I'm just saying.