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So he had leukaemia OTL, and his cousin, Freddie, was an outright bastard to him. Basically imprisoning him, claiming the Hungarian crown in Lassie's lifetime IIRC - I know he DID so after Lassie died.

Now, since leukaemia's a bitch of a disease (and that's by modern standards, I've lost a cousin and a best friend to it), let's assume that Lassie remains dormant or a mild case (if we can't butterfly it completely). In other words, he ISN'T an invalid but a reasonably healthy guy by the 15th century standards. Probably more active/aggressive than Friedrich was at any rate.

Unfortunately for any Matthias Corvinus fans, this means that Matt never gets to be king - if we give him the average lifespan of his parents which is 37 years, so Lassie lives until 1477. It also removes the reign of Jiri Podebrady in Bohemia (and all the weird religious stuff that was going on there - although it may or may not affect Jiri/Georg's pan-European council idea which is a shame)

What do twenty years extra of Habsburg rule mean for Hungary/Bohemia? What of the imperial title? Would Lassie go "I'll just leave that crown right there?" (Although he wouldn't outlive Friedrich III, his son might put up a fight in the election following Freddie Sleepyhead's death). I'm afraid I don't know too much offhand about central Europe's politics of the day, so I'm hoping posters like @Fehérvári, @Jan Olbracht, @Svetonius21 and others can help flesh the scenario out more
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