Inspired mainly by discussions here and feedback on the 30 Yrs War Scenario on SHWI:
https://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=51943&highlight=Wallenstein
1. WI Wallenstein never joins the Catholic side, and tries to operate and rise on the other side. How far could he get without the opportune side-switching?
2. WI the Emperor stays loyal to Wallenstein, and backs his plans for Baltic shore conquests and fleet? What does that do to the fate of the Protestant-French-Swedish coalition, intra-Catholic League politics, and the internal structure of the Habsburg realms over the long haul?
3. WI Wallenstein survives attempted assassination by Emperor's agents to defect to the Protestant side?
Inspired by the fact that he was in negotiations with the Protestants, and the debate between Pervez Hoodhboy and Gladi in the linked thread.
How well can Wallenstein do for himself on the Protestant side, presuming he can survive attempted double-crossings and assassinations from all sides?
Could he set up a powerful hereditary realm (presumably mainly Protestant) covering the territory of what became Czechoslovakia? (It would not be called that or self-consciously ethnic like that). Or some other territorial configuration, like: him leading a Bohemian-Bavarian realm? Him leading a Bohemian Austrian realm? Him leading a realm dominating northeast Germany (Mecklenburg, Silesia, possibly Brandenburg or Saxony) in addition to Bohemia.
This could be an interesting seed of a scenario where if he has long-term effective rulership using his estate management skills over rich areas like Bohemia, Silesia and Saxony, he ends up laying foundations for it to become th first industrial state.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/Discussion/showthread.php?t=51943&highlight=Wallenstein
1. WI Wallenstein never joins the Catholic side, and tries to operate and rise on the other side. How far could he get without the opportune side-switching?
2. WI the Emperor stays loyal to Wallenstein, and backs his plans for Baltic shore conquests and fleet? What does that do to the fate of the Protestant-French-Swedish coalition, intra-Catholic League politics, and the internal structure of the Habsburg realms over the long haul?
3. WI Wallenstein survives attempted assassination by Emperor's agents to defect to the Protestant side?
Inspired by the fact that he was in negotiations with the Protestants, and the debate between Pervez Hoodhboy and Gladi in the linked thread.
How well can Wallenstein do for himself on the Protestant side, presuming he can survive attempted double-crossings and assassinations from all sides?
Could he set up a powerful hereditary realm (presumably mainly Protestant) covering the territory of what became Czechoslovakia? (It would not be called that or self-consciously ethnic like that). Or some other territorial configuration, like: him leading a Bohemian-Bavarian realm? Him leading a Bohemian Austrian realm? Him leading a realm dominating northeast Germany (Mecklenburg, Silesia, possibly Brandenburg or Saxony) in addition to Bohemia.
This could be an interesting seed of a scenario where if he has long-term effective rulership using his estate management skills over rich areas like Bohemia, Silesia and Saxony, he ends up laying foundations for it to become th first industrial state.