Hello, In two months I will start my first TL where a process of German unification will begin in 769 via Pruthenia. Anyways, I am going to give you a small preview of a very late chapter (1780s late) of the TL.
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The wedding of Kaiser Andrew III of The United Empire of The German Peoples and Margarita "Peggy" Schulyer, Daughter of future New York Senator and American Revolutionary war veteran Phillip Sculyer in 1783, was attended by Several Head Political Figures at the time, Which are: President George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Phillip Sculyer Himself, King of Scotland and England George III, French King Robert VII, Iberian King and Andrew's III cousin Frederick Leopoldo IV, Italian king and Andrew III's Brother Alberto William II, Russian Tsar Paul I, and Thomas Jefferson followed by Peggy's two sisters, Eliza and Angelica as a major event for Europe as a monarch had married a common family.
King George III of England and Scotland, one of the attendees of the wedding.
As said by Thomas Jefferson:
The Decor was absolutely fascinating and eye-captivating and the Monarchs, including our former ruler, King George III of England, showed us the highest respect and I was amazed at the kindness of several German nobles, many of whom had taken poor Americans as future spouses and not be driven to it out of pity, but honest to god love...It is my belief that this marriage might establish an era of good relations between the United States of America and The United Empire of The German Peoples.
The two shared an intense affection to each other and a royal guard was even reported to "
..Hearing the new Queen of the Germans make sounds that established the consummation of the marriage..." on
The Beowulf, The Kaiser's personal transport ship, back home to Berlin from New York City. But nevertheless, the wedding was a huge success and brought some greatly needed cash to the United States. Despite this and the momentous occasion of the wedding, several leaders couldn't attend such as King Arnold Gustav Louis V, a cousin of Andrew III and the king of Sweden-Norway-Finland, King Ludwig Albert II of Denmark, King Heinrich Augustus I of the Polish Empire on the grounds of the intense hatred between the two men and their countries, Dutch King William Albrecht I, A Italian Nephew of Andrew III, and Andrew III's Uncle, the Byzantine Megas Basileus Albrecht Frederick Henry I who wrote:
My Dearest Nephew,
I wish I could attend the wedding that you are having, but Sadly I haven't been able to do it as the Muslims of Persia are attempting to invade us and I must be at the front to keep the morale of my men up and to hopefully kick out these Eastern invaders and, as it is my hope one day, add them to our Empire. I hope you can Understand.
Your Uncle,
Albrecht Frederick Henry I of the Byzantine Empire.
Fortunately, Andrew III understood and soon the relations between the empires became stronger than ever.
Peggy I, the new Queen of the germans
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Peggy awoke to the sound of mumbling and the blankets of the royal bed being rocked back and forth. Blinking the sleep out of her eyes, she listened closely. “No, not Berlin.” She heard the mutters say Looking toward her right, she saw her husband, Andrew III, Shaking and crying in his sleep. “Why Paul, I taught you everything you know. Why are you burning Berlin?” He mumbled before sobbing in his sleep. Peggy just couldn’t stand to watch the man she loved, the man who had been an utter sweetheart to her, be driven to tears because of a damned nightmare.
Taking his head in her arms, she started to slowly caress him and kissed his forehead. “Shhh. It’s okay, Berlin is fine. Calm down. Everything is alright, shhhh.” She cooed. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes to see that she was the first he saw when he had awoken. “Are you alright, dear? You didn’t go to sleep until 10:30 and you sounded like you having a dreadful nightmare.” She asked him, her calm nature loving well begging him to tell her what was wrong. When he didn’t answer her, she was about to ask him what was wrong again when his lips smashed hers in a sweet kiss. Peggy closed falling into common routine as like with their other kisses. As she kissed him feverously, she thought about the 4 months between now and their wedding and everything he had done for her.
He had been utterly kind to her and her family; when Peggy told him that Angelica was low on cash, he sent Angelica $5,000,000 in United States currency. When she asked for a pet, she got 14 pets and had named each one accordingly: Herbert, William, Anderson, and Phillip the male thylacines respectively, Elizabeth, Catherine, Wilhelmina, and Marie the female thylacines; Albert and Johnson the tigers, Mary and Susan the tigresses; and Henry the male cockatoo and Kathy the female cockatoo. There was also the issue of the now sixteenth Byzantine-Persian war in wither to be Neutral or Join the Byzantines in their crusade. The war had recently stalemated but now the issue was high as Persia could force a victory that would break Byzantine defenses at any point. Andrew’s childhood friend and chief adviser Henry Lancaster, whose father, Charles Lancaster, had escaped England during The time of The Great Nobility Purge under George II in which much of England’s nobility was killed by the monarchy to ensure that there no threats to the throne, advised that helping the Byzantines would be better than Neutrality on the grounds that Persia was the second to last Muslim stronghold left in the world, the other being Arabia, would make the Germans heroes of Christendom and perhaps one day improve relations with the Polish Empire to the east.
Peggy, however, had a different idea. She told her husband that Lancaster’s plan was doomed to cause shockwaves and that she doubted that the Polish Empire would ever have good relations with The United Empire of the German Peoples. She stated that being Byzantine-supportive in the long run might benefit The Empire more as one day, they might need Persian help and the Persian would remind them of when they fought for the Byzantines against them. Andrew agreed with her and put an end to the entire meeting. Henry Lancaster, furious, threatened to resign and Andrew challenged him to do it. Fortunately, Henry didn’t resign and the twos relationship quickly healed. As Peggy thought more and more about how much kindness her husband had shown, she realized that she hadn’t repaid one bit of it.
‘Maybe this how I can repay him for his kindness.’ She thought as the kiss between of them ended. “the kisses between us better every time we kiss my love.” She told him lovingly. It was true, their kisses were amazing and Peggy could still taste the same love that he had for her 4 months ago. “Is everything alright, dear?” She asked him changing the subject. When he didn’t reply to her, she has asked him again. “Is everything alright? I can’t help you if you don’t tell me, please.” She begged.
“No, everything isn’t alright.” Andrew told her, his calm voice hiding his sadness from the nightmare he had. “It was a nightmare, Peggy. A god awful nightmare. You left me for Heinrich Augustus, Germany had been partitioned between France and Poland and Paul was burning Berlin to the ground.” He started to fall into multiple choked sobs after pouring out his heart. Peggy hugged him and started to rub his back to comfort him. “Please tell me you won’t ever leave me, Peggy, please.” He begged her.
“I won’t ever leave you, much less for that Bastard of a king.” She told him, insulting Heinrich Augustus at the same time. He started to calm down into their hug but she knew that there was something else. “How long has this been happening, Andrew?” She asked him.
“Ever since I was a child, this has been happening to me. My mother, Mary IV, always wanted to help me when I had fits like this, but my father, Frederick V, always kept her and the servants away from helping me when I had these fits. ‘He’ll get over them in his own time.’ He told my mother. It got worse after his death. My insomnia didn’t help either. This has been happening to me for six years Peggy, six years!” He told her, his choked sobs returning when he remembered his loving mother and Hardened father. He knew that his father loved him very much, Peggy could easily tell that, it was just Frederick V had a hard way of showing it.
“That’s terrible. How could he have gotten away with that? No, wait, Don’t tell me, let me guess. It was ‘to make sure the country had a strong leader when I’m gone.’. is that what he said?” She asked him, mocking Frederick V almost perfect by how he was chuckling. She giggled at her impression of the former Kaiser too but soon an awkward silence reigned between the two when the laughter did down. She could tell that he wouldn’t go to sleep so soon though. She looked at the grandfather clock they had. 2:30 it read. It was still early morning. She had news to tell him. ‘I guess now is a good time to tell him so that he can relax.’ She thought. “Andrew, I have some news for you. I’m with child.” She told him and his shocked gaze met her eyes.
“How long have you known?”
“About a week or so.”
“This is great, Peggy. If it’s a boy we can name it Frederick after my father and if it’s a girl we’ll name it Angelica after your sister. This will also mean that the Reichstag will stop Bitching about me having an heir and…” he kept on rambling through his Happiness. Peggy just smiled, rolled her eyes, and brought him into a deep kiss. After a few minutes, they separated. “Let me guess, ‘Shut up dear, your rambling again.’? He asked her and she nodded, giggling. “Still, I don’t think I’ll be able to go back to sleep for a while.” He told her calmly.
“Well, I know what might take your mind off the nightmares.” Peggy said suggestively.
“I’ll like that.” Andrew said before kissing her a third time. He then started to kiss her neck then her shoulder before taking off her nightgown as Peggy moaned.
Herbert and his pups, one of the many Thylacines that could be found at Potsdam during Peggy I and Andrew III's reign
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The relationship between the two monarchs was more than just a common royal marriage, for it was true love between the two. The love shared between the two of them was seen by many and even reportedly melted the ice cold heart of Hungarian General Stephan Albert Heinrich Louis de Pest, also known as the Duke of Pest, whose heart had been frozen after years of war. In this time, Peggy had also written to Alexander Hamilton and her sister, Elizabeth and Angelica. The following is just some of the many letters that they wrote each other
September 5, 1783
Dear Alexander,
How have you and Eliza been since I last saw you two? It’s been great here as Andrew has been spoiling me rotten these past few months. I’ve also heard… things. Is John Paul really dead? If he is, I’m sorry for bringing such an uncomfortable topic up for you. It must be hard for you to get by and how is dear Phillip? Last time I saw him, he was reciting how to count to ten in French with his mother. [1]
Anyways, how are you doing being a lawyer instead of being general for the continental army? You wishing for some excitement again? I do miss you and I only joke with you about that that if you take offense. I have a feeling that you haven’t thrown away your shot yet though. [2] I also have something interesting to tell you: Here, there is no slavery and everyone, races other than whites and women, have the right to vote. Andrew had said that slavery was abolished seventy years ago an I’m starting to believe him, as I haven’t seen 1 slave as of now. I also believe that you two would get along quite well for political reason, too. Anyways, I have to go for royal reasons. Apparently, Heinrich Augustus decided to put 50,000 right near Breslau.
Your Royal Sister-in-Law who will always be in your corner,
Peggy I of The United Empire of the German Peoples
December 15, 1783
Dear Peggy I,
Me and Betsy [3] are doing just fine, dearest Peggy, don’t you worry about that. It’s nice to hear that your husband is treating you like he should. John Paul is truly dead, but you have no reason to apologize as you had no idea that he passed this world for the next. Phillip is also doing fine so you shouldn’t worry about him. I can’t believe we’re free.
Being a lawyer has its perks, Peggy, I just can’t name them yet. And no, I haven’t thrown away my shot yet either, just you wait. It is interesting to hear of a nation that has abolished slavery for seven decades and allows equals rights to all. You believe that me and your husband would get along quite well? It was a long time ago, but if I remember correctly, both of us got along at your wedding with him. I mustn’t keep you from your royal duties. If you need someone to help with the situation, I’ll gladly accept your invitation and tell the king of Poland what is what.
Your Favorite Brother-in-law,
Alexander Hamilton
March 15,1784
My dearest sister, Elizabeth Hamilton Schulyer,
I haven’t seen you so long. Alexander has told me in a recent letter you two are fine, so I’m going to trust him on that. It is so beautiful here, you would be so jealous, dearest sister. It’s no New York, but Vienna’s art gallery, the Bavarian alps and Potsdam spectacular water fountains make up for it. It also smells sweet here during spring, like chocolate being created or the morning breeze on your face. I truly feel at one here, Eliza.
I’m going to tell you something: You will soon have a niece or nephew. You can tell Angelica but don’t tell Alexander. I want to see the shock on his face when he has a Niece or nephew now. Anyways, my husband spoils me, soon he might bring on a royal vacation, away from our royal duties. New Heligoland, [4] perhaps. I do, however, cordially invite to Potsdam to celebrate the new heir to the crown of The United Empire of the German Peoples
Your dearest Royal Sister,
Peggy I
May, 30, 1784,
To my dearest and most loving sister, Margarita “Peggy” Sculyer Von Foot [5],
Yes, both me and Alexander are doing excellently, thank you for asking. Yes, it seems that I would be jealous of you because of how you describe the beauty and the sweet scent of your new homeland. It is great to hear that your husband spoils you rotten. Is it true that women can vote there? Alexander told that and I didn’t believe him.
I am most excited to hear about my future niece or nephew. I think Angelica already knows [6] dear. If Andrew brings to New Heligoland for your vacation, then please take me with you. I’m only joking. I would accept the invitation to Potsdam if I wasn’t in bed with the sniffles. Don’t worry, it’s nothing major. I just don’t think I’ll be able to travel with them, lest I get the newborn heir sick. I also think that he or she has already been born, so I missed out on the joy of giving life to the world for women. Trust, such a thing like that is joyful. I hope to see you soon.
Your Loving sister from across the Atlantic,
Elizabeth “Betsy” Hamilton Schulyer
June 23, 1784
To my dearest sister, Peggy I of The United Empire of the German Peoples,
I have the most excellent news, dear sister! Eliza has recovered from her case of the sniffles and we are on our way to visit you. I’ve received 5,000,000 in United states currency and if you husband sent it, can you ask him for 10,000,000 more? I joke with you, but how could’ve you have thought that I wouldn’t know about our Niece or Nephew? News travels quickly but don’t worry, Alexander doesn’t know yet.
I can’t wait to meet your heir to the throne. I’m sure that our our Philips will get along with Him or her just fine. Eliza had told me that your husband spoils you rotten. if so, then mayhaps we can switch places. I’m just saying that if you really love me, you would share him. [7] I can’t wait to see you soon.
From Your Oldest sister,
Angelica Schulyer Church
September 4, 1784
To my loving sister, Angelica Sculyer Church,
I’m so happy to hear that you are coming here to visit, my dear sister! I missed all of you so much! I’m sorry, I’m just really happy right now. I can’t wait till you two arrive. I have already told Andrew and He is ecstatic for your arrival. Please don’t take too long to arrive here though, as I can barely stand to wait as it is.
When you get here, I have some Thylacine pups and Tiger cubs to give away if you’rer interested. They will be a thank you for visiting gift to let you know that I’m always there with you. I also can’t wait to meet my nephew or nieces. What about papa, isn’t he coming home? Oh,Ich vermisse dich so sehr, Angelica . Ich schwöre , wie Gott mein Zeuge ist , sicher zu stellen, dass Sie , Elizabeth , Alexander , und Ihre Kinder haben die beste Zeit , dass man möglicherweise jemals
haben
in den Vereinigten Reich der deutschen Völker.[8] I’m sorry, I’m guessing my new country’s native tongue has gotten to me.
Happily awaiting your arrival,
Queen Peggy I of Die Vereinigten Reich der Deutschen Volks
Peggy I's Brother-In-law and Elizabeth Schulyer's husband, Alexander Hamilton
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The relationship between the two had grown and when the Schulyer sisters and Alexander Hamilton came to Potsdam to visit the royal couple and meet the new heir to the throne, Angelica, another more intriguing person arrived. His name? Aarron Burr II of New York, an old acquaintance of Alexander Hamilton. In 1998, the two classified letters that invited Aaron Burr to Potsdam and Burr’s reply was unclassified thus allowing many to see what the letters were truly about. The letters were short, simple, and to the point.
April 21, 1784
Dear Aaron Burr II of New York,
I am cordially inviting you to Potsdam to have a meeting that might help decide the future for both our countries. You can bring your family along. We’ll in the room where it happens [9]
the royal proclamation room. Tell no one of where you are going.
I hope that you can make it,
Kaiser Andrew III
June 23, 1784
Dear Kaiser Andrew III,
I humbly accept your invitation to Potsdam. I am bringing my family along but you could say that I am a ghost as no one knows where we are going. In fact, we are already out the door.
Talk less, Smile More [10]
Aaron Burr II
The meeting would take place in the same room, where 200 years prior, The United Empire of the German Peoples first came to be. That’s not to say the surprise that both Hamilton and Burr were surprised to see each other and just when Hamilton was about to ask why Burr was there, Andrew dragged them into the Royal Proclamation room as the Schulyer sisters and burr’s wife cooed over the future queen of Hungary from 1804-1874 and the children of burr and Hamilton played with the friendly Thylacines, oblivious to the future for their nations that was being discussed in the room just upstairs.
The palace of Potsdam where the royal family still presides today.
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[1] – Hamilton reference
[2] – Hamilton reference the second
[3] – Alexander Hamilton actually called Elizabeth, his loving wife, Betsy. Proof:
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collections/87df61d6-950a-4e51-8023-249519211427
[4] – TTL’s Australia, New Zeeland, and Tasmania
[5] – Name of the ruling dynasty of Germany ITTL
[6] – Hamilton reference the threequel
[7] – “Oh my god, how many Hamilton references can this guy make without getting tired?”
[8] – I miss you so much, Angelica. I swear, as god is my witness, to make sure that you, Elizabeth, Alexander, and your children have the best time that one can possibly ever have in The United Empire of the German Peoples.
[9] – Hamilton, Hamilton everywhere
[10] – Hamilton references Galore (answer to #7: A lot)
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And that is my Preview, now I have a request for you guys. Vote on the Poll, reply with Why you chose what you chose (ex: No – You need to work on your writing skills more & you also rely too heavily on hip things to reference in these works). Also, I would like fans to make at least 5 songs. Have the song titles and lyrics as well as instrumentals layed out for me (you can make a video of it and give me a link to it). Rules: I will chose my top three for each genre then have other people vote on separate polls for whomever gets their song. The songs also have to be Hamilton-esque.
Song areas: Peggy and Andrew III’s wedding (Helpless, TSOT reprise hybrid), George III plotting to recapture the Americas right under the nose of their protective big brother The United Empire of the German Peoples (Like the other George III songs in Hamilton), The meeting for Byzantine-Persian war (have it be like the cabinet battles.), the letters between Peggy and her family’s letters followed by Andrew III and Aaaron Burr’s letters to each other (Mix of Take a break, Say no to this, and Non-stop), and When the Schulyer sisters visit Andrew III (mix of The Sculyer sisters, Wait for it (Burr verses as he is arriving at Potsdam) What I’d miss, and Schuyler defeated)