William IV of Britain's daughter Elizabeth survives.

What about a Savoyard?

Unfortunately, besides being Catholic, they're rather short on candidates. Of all the Savoy princes they managed to produce one son between them, Charles Albert who only has 2 sons the youngest of which is only 10 and really can't be spared at this point

At this point, you really need a German or Scandinavian nobody who has some odd connections to great powers, and at this point, Scandinavia is out due to Denmark's succession crisis and Sweden being run by Bernadotte.

Maybe have Wilhelm of Schleswig Holstein and have him take the throne of Greece (he's 16 at this point) and marry Maria Nikloaevna, and have him gain more connections after little brother Christian becomes King of Denmark
 
Unfortunately, besides being Catholic, they're rather short on candidates. Of all the Savoy princes they managed to produce one son between them, Charles Albert who only has 2 sons the youngest of which is only 10 and really can't be spared at this point

At this point, you really need a German or Scandinavian nobody who has some odd connections to great powers, and at this point, Scandinavia is out due to Denmark's succession crisis and Sweden being run by Bernadotte.

Maybe have Wilhelm of Schleswig Holstein and have him take the throne of Greece (he's 16 at this point) and marry Maria Nikloaevna, and have him gain more connections after little brother Christian becomes King of Denmark
Amadeus is younger than I thought.
 
Unfortunately, besides being Catholic, they're rather short on candidates. Of all the Savoy princes they managed to produce one son between them, Charles Albert who only has 2 sons the youngest of which is only 10 and really can't be spared at this point

At this point, you really need a German or Scandinavian nobody who has some odd connections to great powers, and at this point, Scandinavia is out due to Denmark's succession crisis and Sweden being run by Bernadotte.

Maybe have Wilhelm of Schleswig Holstein and have him take the throne of Greece (he's 16 at this point) and marry Maria Nikloaevna, and have him gain more connections after little brother Christian becomes King of Denmark
Wilhelm could be good, does this mean leopold is off the table then? Or could we see a brother of Nicholas I sneak in?
 
Wilhelm could be good, does this mean leopold is off the table then? Or could we see a brother of Nicholas I sneak in?
Really it's between Leopold and (insert German prince with vague connections to the great powers here). While Michael is likely the Russian candidate for Greece he's also likely rejected for fear that Greece becomes a puppet for Russia.

The major knock against Leopold vs. IOTL is that in our 1832 his niece Victoria is the defacto heiress with the not insignificant chance for a regency by his sister. Instead ITTL the future queen is Elizabeth, whose father is done dealing with the Coburgs after the shenanigans with the Duchess of Kent, and who won't be as natural a champion for Leopold and his interests as Victoria.

Leopold has connections, however tenuous, to Britain and Russia (his sister was the Tsar's former sister in law) and certainly has a good shot. Whoever becomes King of Greece, unless it's a Romanov, will have to wait for a Russian Grand Duchess (likely Maria Nikolaevna), the question simply is who's vague connections have the most cache without scaring great powers off.
 
It was the Duke of Nemours but his own father advocated against him taking the role in case it agitated the Bonapartist factions if memory serves right.
 
Only 13 at the time of selection, and related to Bonaparte - admittedly Otto was only 15 when he was made King buy I'd say this guy is unlikely.
 
I'm still backing Leopold, but yes, a 20 year old would be better than a 13 year old. At least you could throw a 20 year old straight into a marriage and producing issue.
 
Really it's between Leopold and (insert German prince with vague connections to the great powers here). While Michael is likely the Russian candidate for Greece he's also likely rejected for fear that Greece becomes a puppet for Russia.

The major knock against Leopold vs. IOTL is that in our 1832 his niece Victoria is the defacto heiress with the not insignificant chance for a regency by his sister. Instead ITTL the future queen is Elizabeth, whose father is done dealing with the Coburgs after the shenanigans with the Duchess of Kent, and who won't be as natural a champion for Leopold and his interests as Victoria.

Leopold has connections, however tenuous, to Britain and Russia (his sister was the Tsar's former sister in law) and certainly has a good shot. Whoever becomes King of Greece, unless it's a Romanov, will have to wait for a Russian Grand Duchess (likely Maria Nikolaevna), the question simply is who's vague connections have the most cache without scaring great powers off.
His is very true. Leopold could betroth himself to Maria, get used to the settings in Greece and then consummate the marriage.

Depending on what I do with Denmark, we could have otl Christian IX of Denmark end up as king of Greece supported by Britain and Russia, or his brother Frederick. As I’m considering ensuring Frederick VII has a son to succeed him
 
I'm still backing Leopold, but yes, a 20 year old would be better than a 13 year old. At least you could throw a 20 year old straight into a marriage and producing issue.

The issue is more about a regency then producing heirs, as whoever wins the Greek throne sweepstakes will have to wait about 3 years for the first Russian bridal candidate, Maria Nikolaevna, to consummate the marriage
 
The issue is more about a regency then producing heirs, as whoever wins the Greek throne sweepstakes will have to wait about 3 years for the first Russian bridal candidate, Maria Nikolaevna, to consummate the marriage
This is true. I think either leopold or one of Frederick IX older brothers would be the best bet
 
The issue is more about a regency then producing heirs, as whoever wins the Greek throne sweepstakes will have to wait about 3 years for the first Russian bridal candidate, Maria Nikolaevna, to consummate the marriage

I meant more in a way that in the event of a lack of heirs would mean that if the King dies the secession unless clearly hammered out a la Otto of Greece or the earlier suggestion of a secondary royal bloodline in the Grand Duchy of the Peleponnese, could provide conflict.

This is true. I think either leopold or one of Frederick IX older brothers would be the best bet

Am still backing my man Leopold. I want him to try and create a train network in Greece like he did in Belgium etc
 
I meant more in a way that in the event of a lack of heirs would mean that if the King dies the secession unless clearly hammered out a la Otto of Greece or the earlier suggestion of a secondary royal bloodline in the Grand Duchy of the Peleponnese, could provide conflict.



Am still backing my man Leopold. I want him to try and create a train network in Greece like he did in Belgium etc
A train network would be awesome, and would greatly enable the strength of the crown to be seen
 
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