My rough idea is as follows: Sigismund of Luxemburg and his wife, Marie of Anjou, produce a surviving son (basic POD being that the Queen of Hungary doesn’t die in childbed nor her stillborn son) to perpetuate the house of Luxemburg. The house of Luxemburg then survives for another century or so, but loses the Imperial diadem (to the Habsburgs or some other dynasty) for some reason half-way during the 15th century, whilst maintaining the Hungarian-Bohemian crowns.
The Hungarian and Bohemian crowns were in theory elective, but with the exception of Matyas Corvinus and Jiri of Podebrady, the crowns passed directly down the bloodline for the duration of the 15th century:
Sigmund of Luxemburg > Elisabeth (daughter) > Ladislas V (son) > Elisabeth (sister) > Ladislas VII (son) > Ludwik II (son) > Anna (sister)
Thus, I don’t think that the survival of the Luxemburg dynasty in the male line is completely unthinkable. Especially if they lose the Imperial crown for a similar reason to the Albertine Line of the Habsburgs (a candidate who is too young (even unborn) to succeed to the purple).
What effect will a continuous dynasty with clear cut heirs have on the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia? Will anything significant change with regard to them? Or will history plod along more-or-less on its OTL course?
The Hungarian and Bohemian crowns were in theory elective, but with the exception of Matyas Corvinus and Jiri of Podebrady, the crowns passed directly down the bloodline for the duration of the 15th century:
Sigmund of Luxemburg > Elisabeth (daughter) > Ladislas V (son) > Elisabeth (sister) > Ladislas VII (son) > Ludwik II (son) > Anna (sister)
Thus, I don’t think that the survival of the Luxemburg dynasty in the male line is completely unthinkable. Especially if they lose the Imperial crown for a similar reason to the Albertine Line of the Habsburgs (a candidate who is too young (even unborn) to succeed to the purple).
What effect will a continuous dynasty with clear cut heirs have on the kingdoms of Hungary and Bohemia? Will anything significant change with regard to them? Or will history plod along more-or-less on its OTL course?