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The Declaration of Pillnitz by Leopold II (of Austria) and William II (of Prussia) would push the French estates to declare war on the HRE, beginning the wars of the French Revolution and eventually leading to Louis XVI losing his head. But suppose Leopold is distracted by matters further east (I am considering a war between Austria and Russia for a TL I am working on) and so never makes the declaration. Do the wars of the French Revolution happen at all? Does France eventually settle into being a constitutional monarchy? Or do the French extremists and the crowned heads of Europe find another excuse for starting the wars, and if so, when and how might the spark occur?

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