WI: William II of Germany was born female

What happens if William II of Germany was born female?

His brother Henry--or a rough variation thereof--becomes William II instead. Chances are Germany has a somewhat more stable Kaiser who doesn't go chasing war with the same crazy abandon.

As for this German Princess--she likely makes some grand marriage, and winds up with a reputation as a rather haughty, mentally-disturbed grande dame. She is doubtless enormously sensitive on the whole 'crippled left arm' issue, and dresses to keep it hidden.
 
His brother Henry--or a rough variation thereof--becomes William II instead. Chances are Germany has a somewhat more stable Kaiser who doesn't go chasing war with the same crazy abandon.

As for this German Princess--she likely makes some grand marriage, and winds up with a reputation as a rather haughty, mentally-disturbed grande dame. She is doubtless enormously sensitive on the whole 'crippled left arm' issue, and dresses to keep it hidden.

Butterflies may well result in Princess Viktoria Elisabeth (or whatever she's named) having 2 fully functioning arms & hands. Now she may indeed be afflicted w/porphyria as you allude to.
 
Personally I hope Heinrich remains Heinrich ITTL, I like that name and Kaiser Heinrich has a nice ring to it. I mean if he's like his OTL personality this is gonna be good for Germany. He's much more stable and sound of mind than Wilhelm was and I could see him as being a decent emperor. Although what the monarchy needs isn't just a good emperor but also a reformer, because Germany pre-WWI could not continue in it's weird half constitutional monarchy forever and the Junker power needs to be broken for Germany to do well long term.
 
Not hard for Heinrich to have been more stable than Wilhelm but he appears to have been someone of a dullard [or could their mother tagging her elder three children with disdain have contributed to their later hostility toward her and all non-Hohenzollerns?].
As for Wilhelmina Augusta Viktoria Albertine? She may get an inflated ego as being a Prussian Princess Royal [as the eldest daughter Charlotte did OTL] but if 'she' suffered re that deformed arm, considering how little physical activity ladies were expected to do, it may not have been more than point of vanity rather than a stain against kinghood and manhood that Wilhelm considered it.
 
What happens if William II of Germany was born female?

Why is this line of thought so popular? I mean it is ASB, since it goes against how sperm decides the sex.

"Sperm cells come in two types, "female" and "male". Sperm cells that give rise to female (XX) offspring after fertilization differ in that they carry an X-chromosome, while sperm cells that give rise to male (XY) offspring carry a Y-chromosome."

In short, it is reality which can not be changed, unless you go back several hundred million years ago at minimum and do radical change even then. I do not think it is any more than academic in discussion.
 
Why is this line of thought so popular? I mean it is ASB, since it goes against how sperm decides the sex.

"Sperm cells come in two types, "female" and "male". Sperm cells that give rise to female (XX) offspring after fertilization differ in that they carry an X-chromosome, while sperm cells that give rise to male (XY) offspring carry a Y-chromosome."

In short, it is reality which can not be changed, unless you go back several hundred million years ago at minimum and do radical change even then. I do not think it is any more than academic in discussion.

So the sperm that reached the egg successfully can't be changed? As in, it has to be the same sperm as OTL?
 
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So the sperm that reached the egg successfully can't be changed? As in, it has to be the same sperm as OTL?

I think the poster means more of a semantic (or is it pedantic?) issue. Technically it is not "William II born female" it is "William II is never born, but instead Victoria gives birth to a daughter instead at the same time."
 
I would see it as Princess Wilma, marries her second cousin Prince Nicholas of Russia, who being 9 years her junior, takes advice from her as gospel.

They have 5 child, four boys and a girl. Wilma is able to run the country well while her husband fights in the Austo-Russian war.
The war ends with Russia victory and Bosnia volunteering to join as a vassal to Russia.
 
I would tend towards the idea that if she is a difficult birth, probably named Victoria (Victoria and Victoria would have a say) then the next birth would be potentially male, eg Heinrich would be Wilhelm II but with Heinrich's capabilities. Given the toss up on sex, maybe Heinrich is female too, so you could be looking at the other children, and maybe a much younger emperor regnant when Frederick III dies, necessitating a regency - who is regent? Karl?

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Grey Wolf
 
I would tend towards the idea that if she is a difficult birth, probably named Victoria (Victoria and Victoria would have a say) then the next birth would be potentially male, eg Heinrich would be Wilhelm II but with Heinrich's capabilities. Given the toss up on sex, maybe Heinrich is female too, so you could be looking at the other children, and maybe a much younger emperor regnant when Frederick III dies, necessitating a regency - who is regent? Karl?

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Grey Wolf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Friedrich_Leopold_of_Prussia
22 years old by the time of Friedrich's death, so a young regent.
 
I LOVE the Princess Wilma idea. Very campy. And I like her dominating Nicholas and calling the shots in Russia. Since we are crossing religious lines, maybe she becomes a Catholic and marries Rudolf. I bet Big Wilma would get into some real dustups with her mother-in-law Sisi. Maybe she barges into Mayerling and kills her husband and his mistress.
 
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