When Elector Palatine Frederick V was chosen to assume the royal crown of the kingdom of Bohemia, he immediately became guilty of treason against the Habsburg emperors. When push came to shove after the death of Emperor Matthias, Frederick (as Bedrich Falcky, King of Bohemia) voted for none other than the Habsburg candidate, Archduke Ferdinand, which instead of making him a king declaring war on another king, he merely became a vassal guilty of treason against his master. (Surely he couldn't have thought the Habsburgs would just leave him alone in Prague?)
Now, the POD is this. Say in the Imperial election that chose Ferdinand II, Friedrich/Bedrich decides to show some backbone and vote for someone else (IDK who else was available, they might have considered electing Friedrich to the Bohemian throne as a stepping stone to him becoming emperor). I also don't know how the chips fell (under what majority Ferdinand was elected emperor), but I can imagine that should Friedrich have taken a stand, at least one of the other electors would've sided with him, and usually at least another one was at sixes-and-sevens with the Habsburgs, which means that even if they didn't like Friedrich personally, they might've rebelled "a little" against the Habsburgs, which would've given Friedrich three votes (not sure if the Palatine vote would've counted alongside the Bohemian one (I don't think so, unless Friedrich's Palatine vote was wielded by his younger Simmern-Kaiserslautern brother).
But what might the results be if Ferdinand II doesn't get elected immediately, or someone else (who?) gets elected instead?
Now, the POD is this. Say in the Imperial election that chose Ferdinand II, Friedrich/Bedrich decides to show some backbone and vote for someone else (IDK who else was available, they might have considered electing Friedrich to the Bohemian throne as a stepping stone to him becoming emperor). I also don't know how the chips fell (under what majority Ferdinand was elected emperor), but I can imagine that should Friedrich have taken a stand, at least one of the other electors would've sided with him, and usually at least another one was at sixes-and-sevens with the Habsburgs, which means that even if they didn't like Friedrich personally, they might've rebelled "a little" against the Habsburgs, which would've given Friedrich three votes (not sure if the Palatine vote would've counted alongside the Bohemian one (I don't think so, unless Friedrich's Palatine vote was wielded by his younger Simmern-Kaiserslautern brother).
But what might the results be if Ferdinand II doesn't get elected immediately, or someone else (who?) gets elected instead?