WI: OTL Queen Mary II Becomes Holy Roman Empress?

Probably. What about a Cirksena princess from Ostfriesland? Or does anyone have any other suggestions besides Amalie of Nassau-Dietz

Depending on the changes arising from Mary becoming Holy Roman Empress (as well as Wim's relations with London, his position in the stadtholderate etc) Willem could probably get one of these girls. Although I don't think it'll be regarded as a "good" match, if he's already stadtholder, especially after his father actually got a king's daughter. Although Willem might be "knight landless" at the time of the marriage, which could make a Ostfriesland match half-decent.

Otherwise, what of one of Leopold I's other rejected candidate, the princess of Baden? The Dutch and Danish were at loggerheads, but the Dutch and Swedes could form an alliance based on mutual enmity of the English-Danish. And a Badenese princess is likely to be offered as a proxy for a Swedish princess (this was probably Leopold I's line of thinking in any case). Although @Valena might know if it's more likely for Wim to get one of the Hesse-Eschwege girls? Two of them wound up in the modern Netherlands (Juliane by marriage and her sister, who married the duke of Saxe-something, later married a prince whose lands were also in/bordering on the Netherlands - Limburg or something like that IIRC).
 
What about a Cirksena princess from Ostfriesland
I remember I had him married her in Duchess of Cumberland TL, which was simply "pick and choose a girl from Wikipedia".
one of the Hesse-Eschwege girls
Need to think about this.
Also, offtopic, @Kellan Sullivan, but sorry for not answering your PM. Got quite busy at work (the last time this level of business landed me in psych ward last autumn, but this time I prepared better), so imaging characters from criminal underworld is not the best thing on my plate now.
 
Also, offtopic, @Kellan Sullivan, but sorry for not answering your PM. Got quite busy at work (the last time this level of business landed me in psych ward last autumn, but this time I prepared better), so imaging characters from criminal underworld is not the best thing on my plate now.

Please don't wind up there [psych ward] again, on my account. There's no rush for my stuff.
 
A Swedish alliance for the Netherlands (via Baden/Holstein/Eschwege) could be interesting. The "regents" in Amsterdam would probably be more comfortable with the girl who is a duke/landgrave's daughter than a royal princess, as well.
Although, Ostfriesland might be likewise interesting. The Cirksena girls (there were two, Juliana Luise and Sophie Wilhelmine) were the daughters of Enno Ludwig (d.1660). Enno had been succeeded by his brother, Georg Christian, who only had a posthumous son survive. There had been inheritance disputes between Juliana and Georg (and later Georg's widow) about Ostfriesland. Were Wim to marry Juliana, and Georg Christian's posthumous son likewise died in infancy, he could claim Ostfriesland in right of his wife. I have no idea if this would be possible or not, but I could perhaps see the emperor being having a friendlier disposition towards Wim (as cousin of his wife), and agreeing to such a match. (Alternately I was thinking of Wim marrying Georg Christian's widow, but after 1676 she'd be over 30yo, with a pretty poor obstetric histroy behind her.)
 
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