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The French victory at the Battle of Fontenoy led to France's occupation of much of the Austrian Netherlands and nearly led to the realization of France's centuries long dream to conquer the (at the time) Austrian Netherlands. Unfortunately for France, Louis XV wanted to be seen as an arbiter and not as a conqueror, and returned the Netherlands to Austria in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. So what if Louis XV decides he wants to be more like his great-grandfather the Sun King and keeps the Netherlands. How would this change history?
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