what if during the battle of lechefeld in 955, Otto the great, king of germany and later holy roman emperor, died in a pursuit of the retreating hungarians (that didn't happen otl), before claiming italy for his own or becoming HREmperor? With Liudolf of Swabia now the heir, we see massive dynastic butterflies, but without the overextension and the conflicts with the papacy that doomed the HRE of our world, the trends seem to indicate Germany remains a united nation state like England or France, seeing as Lechfeld would still be a german victory to stop the pagan nomads bursting into europe. Would we see an Anglo-German alliance against france, as they were the only kingdoms with a chance in hell against the french? Or would north sea squabbles see the two become enemies on par with ... england and france? what of inevitable colonies?