WI Bourbon Russia

There were plans for Louis duke of Orleans (the grandson of Phillip duke of Orleans the younger brother of Louis XIV) to marry the future Elizabeth of Russia or her sister Anne the mother of Peter III in 1721 but due to religious and difference in style of address neither marriages happened so WI Louis married Anne since in otl Elizabeth had no children and everything went the same as otl with Elizabeth seizing power and is later succeeded by her bourbon nephew. How would Europe react to 3 powerful states ruled by the same dynasty could you see a more ambitious France in the 18th century.


Ps if this bourbon child is not as stupid as otl peter how would that change things for Russia.
 
Who you callin' stupid?! :D
Now seriously, Peter III was definitely not stupid.
If the marriage somehow did come through I see the OTL Franco-Austro-Russian alliance from the SYW crushing Prussia, that is if it still rises and everything stays similar to OTL. Something like that had been discussed many times.
But it depends. Is Elisabeth or Anna married to the Bourbon prince? That means the other one could be married to the Duke of Holstein-Gottorp. Which one of them has sons? There could be a war even in that case. If one them is not hated by the Russians like OTL Peter III
 
There were plans for Louis duke of Orleans (the grandson of Phillip duke of Orleans the younger brother of Louis XIV) to marry the future Elizabeth of Russia or her sister Anne the mother of Peter III in 1721 but due to religious and difference in style of address neither marriages happened so WI Louis married Anne since in otl Elizabeth had no children and everything went the same as otl with Elizabeth seizing power and is later succeeded by her bourbon nephew. How would Europe react to 3 powerful states ruled by the same dynasty could you see a more ambitious France in the 18th century.


Ps if this bourbon child is not as stupid as otl peter how would that change things for Russia.

Better : organize the mariage between Louis XV and Elizabeth Petrovna !
 
Man, where have all the Capetian fans been hiding these years? We got Capetian England, surviving Bourbons, now a Bourbon Russia scenario?

Out of the cold at last! :D
 
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