WI: Polish-Lithuanian-Hungarian Commonwealth?

Dorozhand

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What if Poland, Lithuania, and Hungary were unified in a commonwealth as Poland and Lithuania were IOTL? A vast realm with simultaneous Baltic, Black, and Adriatic coasts would be hugely powerful.
 
I see it could happen if the Polish Jagiellons step in and save Hungary. The Commonwealth could manage to defeat Muscovy and retain dominance of Eastern Europe. Maybe even a crusade against the Turks, though that could be too wankish...
 
I see it could happen if the Polish Jagiellons step in and save Hungary. The Commonwealth could manage to defeat Muscovy and retain dominance of Eastern Europe. Maybe even a crusade against the Turks, though that could be too wankish...
That also means Silesia is seized by Poland along with Habsburg Hungary, both Silesia and Galicia are important land connections to Hungary..
 
What if Poland, Lithuania, and Hungary were unified in a commonwealth as Poland and Lithuania were IOTL? A vast realm with simultaneous Baltic, Black, and Adriatic coasts would be hugely powerful.

Staggeringly difficult to administer, and to keep all the factions involved appeased, at the same time.

Not impossible, but that would be a very high burden on the king - or depending on the strength of the royal position, on those trying whatever passes for central administration.
 
Mountains in the middle of country are gonna be a problem, without serious investments in infrastructure, communications between both Poland and Hungary will be tough, especially in rainy and snowy periods.
 
A Poland, Lithuania and Hungarian union would be hard to maintain. n the other hand a oland, Lithuania and Transilvanian union would be more realistic. It did happen under the Bathory familly after all.
 
Very, very difficult to maintain even if we assume that it would butterfly away Golden Freedoms of Polish nobilty (szlachta). There would be just too many different factions, groups of interst et all to appease.

Sooner or later it would fracture, probably starting with Hungary due to communication problems.
 
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