Nowould this prevent wwi since she wouldn’t let her grandkids fight a war?
She's Not an absolute Monarch and cannot prevent her country's foreign policy.would this prevent wwi since she wouldn’t let her grandkids fight a war?
She's Not an absolute Monarch and cannot prevent her country's foreign policy.
On the one hand, I view WWI as a tinder box likely to happen sooner or later.Her survival might very well cause some butterflies that end up changing the events prior to World War I, possibly meaning it doesn't happen (at least not how it did IOTL), but I doubt she'd directly prevent it from occurring.
I highly doubt Kaiser Bill would be willing to listen to Dear Old Großmutter.No, but her grandson the Kaiser is a semi absolute monarch, and she could have placed some common sense in the space between his ears.
I highly doubt Kaiser Bill would be willing to listen to Dear Old Großmutter.
On the one hand, I view WWI as a tinder box likely to happen sooner or later.
But on the other hand, I sometimes think of it as a system accident. So, maybe if it can be delayed for a while, it can be delayed and prevented altogether.
As for the declaration of war between the UK and the German Empire: OTL, England stood at the sidelines for the first week, having nominally an alliance with France but not really the willpower to risk it's troops for an European adventure. This changed when as part of the German deployment plan, it started invading Belgium. Victoria or not, you don't let the Kaiser topple another monarchy, especially one to which you are probably closer related.
The events leading up to Britain's declaration of war are also telling: most of it was decided in parliament with the prime minister weighing his 'moral duty' to France against the fodder this might give the opposition to brand him as a careless warmonger. If Victoria were still alive, at age 95 and borderline senile she would have even less input then the OTL king.
You could make the argument that her mind went when Albert died and she never really got it back. IMHO by 1870 she should have been declared incompetent and a regency established.It depends how much her mind is still there. If it isn’t not much will change. If she is healthy and all there she could be a good mediator for the issue over Serbia and the assassination. She would probably push the negotiations against Serbia if she could. Given Victoria views she might view Serbia as a terrorist and upstart state