During Mohács Bohemia was an elective monarchy where the nobility controlled the succession, by 1683 the Habsburgs had defeated the Bohemian aristocracy in the TYW and completely integrated it to the Habsburg monarchy.
Thank you. I hadn't known that. If you have the time to let me know how the Hapsburgs achieved that, I'd be fascinated to know. If you can point me to some good links, I'll read with pleasure.
Still, I remain interested in the possibility of Hapsburg disintegration if Vienna fell. Even if the Bohemian aristocracy had been neutered, can we be certain of Hapsburg grip on their own lands in this TL? Many, many domains have fallen after their capital has...
And what about opportunist 'allies' treating these Hapsburg lands in the same way the crusaders treated the Byzantine Empire after coming to its aid? It's a leitmotiv of history: liberators become overlords.
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