===== Points of Divergence : The Bourbons ===== Points of divergence pertaining to the history of the House of Bourbon, one of Europe's most long-lived and most famous ruling families, with many offshoots. ---- ==== 15th and 16th century ==== **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-capetian-or-bourbon-ukraine.253998/|Plausibility check: A Capetian or Bourbon ruler of a Rus state (e.g. in today's Ukraine)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-bourbon-queen-for-kalmar.407956/|A Bourbon Queen for the Union of Kalmar]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-a-valois-england-and-bourbon-france.254359/|Challenge: A Valois England and Bourbon France]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/could-a-valois-spain-coexist-with-a-bourbon-france.194890/|Plausibility check: Could a Valois Spain coexist with a Bourbon France ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/1523-the-duke-of-bourbon-does-not-rebel.95529/|The Duke of Bourbon does not rebel in 1523]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/what-if-charles-iii-duke-of-bourbon-survives-in-1527-and-has-a-surviving-son.376512/|WI Charles III, Duke of Bourbon, survives (in 1527) and has a surviving son ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-charles-iii-duke-of-bourbon-exiled-to-spain.217468/|WI: Charles III, Duke of Bourbon exiled to Spain]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-charles-de-bourbon-lives.358918/|WI: Charles de Bourbon lives]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-henry-viiis-sister-mary-tudor-marries-a-bourbon-or-valois.187657/|WI: Henry VIII's sister, Mary Tudor, marries a Bourbon or Valois]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-bloody-mary-marries-antoine-de-bourbon.359073/|WI: Bloody Mary marries Antoine de Bourbon]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=272320|WI: Henry IV remains Protestant ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-henri-iv%E2%80%99s-first-marriage.396859/|WI: Henri IV’s first marriage]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-hre.155277/|Plausibility check: The Bourbons leading the Holy Roman Empire instead of the Habsburgs]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/could-a-valois-spain-coexist-with-a-bourbon-france.194890/|Plausibility check: Could a Valois Spain coexist with a Bourbon France ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/w-i-the-boubons-are-wiped-out-during-wars-of-religion.408042/|WI: the Boubons are wiped out during the Wars of Religion]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-cardinal-charles-ii-de-bourbon-vendome-escapes-imprisonmnent-and-becomes-king.98536/|WI Cardinal Charles II de Bourbon Vendome escapes imprisonmnent and becomes King ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/henry-iv-bourbon-survives-assassination-attempt.145328/|Henry IV Bourbon survives assassination attempt]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/catherine-of-bourbon-navarre.323219/|Catherine of Bourbon-Navarre]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-challenge-make-charles-de-bourbon-king-charles-x-of-france-in-1584.232275/|Challenge: Make Charles de Bourbon King Charles X of France in 1584]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-bourbon-sweden-or-denmark.406334/|Challenge: Bourbon Sweden or Denmark]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-england.153441/|Challenge: Bourbon England]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-challenge-bourbon-britain.109475/|Challenge: Bourbon Britain]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== 17th century ==== **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-hre.155277/|Plausibility check: The Bourbons leading the Holy Roman Empire instead of the Habsburgs]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/challenge-bourbon-hre.230729/|Challenge: A Bourbon Holy Roman Emperor]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/house-of-bourbon-question.381431/|Louis XIII (House of Bourbon) question]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-elisabeth-of-bourbon-queen-of-spain-had-not-died-in-1644.98428/|WI Elisabeth of Bourbon, Queen of Spain, had not died in 1644 ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-wi-bourbon-french-emperors.359935/|Challenge: Bourbons styling themselves as French Emperors]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-bourbon-sweden-or-denmark.406334/|Challenge: Bourbon Sweden or Denmark]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=255003|WI: Queen Christina of Sweden marries a Bourbon]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-england.153441/|Challenge: Bourbon England]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-challenge-bourbon-britain.109475/|Challenge: Bourbon Britain]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/is-a-bourbon-russia-even-possible.201445/|Plausibility check: Is a Bourbon Russia even possible ?]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== 18th century ==== **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-different-bourbon-for-the-throne-of-spain.384207/|A different Bourbon for the Throne of Spain]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-major-victory-for-bourbon-powers-in-the-war-of-the-spanish-succession.408357/|WI: Major victory for the Bourbon powers in the War of the Spanish Succession ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/total-bourbon-defeat-in-the-war-of-spanish-succession.187788/|Total Bourbon defeat in the War of Spanish Succession]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-larger-house-of-bourbon.268239/|WI: Larger House of Bourbon after 1710 ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-franco-spain.112119/|Plausibility check: Bourbon Franco-Spain]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/earlier-mexican-kingdom-hapsburg-or-bourbon.59087/|Plausibility check: An earlier Mexican kingdom - with a Bourbon or a Habsburg ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wittelsbach-south-italy-instead-of-bourbon.390051/|A Wittelsbach south Italy instead of a Bourbon one]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-bourbon-poland.140164/|Plausibility check: A Bourbon Poland ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-the-spanish-bourbon-reforms-of-latin-america-are-more-successful.390929/|WI the Spanish Bourbon reforms of Latin America are more successful ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/challenge-bourbon-american-monarchy.40430/|Challenge: Bourbon American monarchy]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-bourbon-union-between-france-and-spain-with-pod-after-1750.351885/|Challenge: Bourbon union between France and Spain with POD after 1750 (1)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-unite-bourbon-france-and-spain.241810/|Challenge: Bourbon union between France and Spain with POD after 1750 (2)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/philip-of-bourbon-parma-king-of-belgium.412314/|Plausibility check: Philip of Bourbon-Parma, King of Belgium ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-unite-france-and-spain-under-a-bourbon-monarch.190949/|Challenge: Unite France and Spain under a Bourbon monarch no earlier than the 1770s]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/considering-the-impossible-a-bourbon-unified-italy.156120/|Challenge: A Bourbon-unified Italy]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/a-bourbon-king-of-portugal.90927/|WI: A Bourbon King of Portugal]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-aranda-plan-bourbon-america-with-a-twist.166177/|WI: Aranda plan, Bourbon America, with a twist]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-switch-the-fates-of-the-house-of-orl%C3%A9ans-and-french-bourbon.302088/|Challenge: Switch the fates of the House of Orléans and (French) Bourbons]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-most-powerful-bourbon-monarchy-to-survive-the-french-revolution.245930/|Challenge: Most powerful Bourbon monarchy to survive the French Revolution (with a POD no earlier than 1750) ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/question-how-long-could-the-bourbon-ancien-r%C3%A9gime-at-versailles-last.320954/|How long could the Bourbon Ancien Régime at Versailles last ?]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-the-french-royal-family-fled-to-britain.265948/|WI the French royal family fled to Britain ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-kingdom-of-brittany.20332/|(Bourbon) Kingdom of Brittany]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-family-capet-sent-to-america.186802/|WI: Louis XVI and French royals allowed exile in North America by the French National Convention]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-bourbon-sweden.272526/|WI: Sweden adopting the Bourbon and their children after the revolutionary exile]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-a-la-bonaparte.303422/|Bourbon a la Bonaparte]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/successful-bourbon-restoration-in-1795.399272/|Successful Bourbon restoration in 1795]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/napoleon-allows-pro-bourbon-generals-and-admirals-to-live.330848/|Revolutionaries or Napoleon allow pro-Bourbon generals and admirals to live]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-president-bourbon.186804/|Challenge: A literal Bourbon US president]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== 19th century ==== **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/asbahc-house-of-bourbon-bonaparte.205656/|Challenge: House of Bourbon - Bonaparte]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/charles-x-restored-bourbon-king-of-france-in-1815.257552/|Charles X restored Bourbon King of France in 1815]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/no-bourbon-restoration.293315/|No Bourbon Restoration]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-sweden-under-the-house-of-bourbon-parma.376842/|Challenge: Sweden under the House of Bourbon-Parma]]** **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/could-the-bourbon-restoration-last.329202/|Could the Bourbon restoration last ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/long-term-repercussions-of-a-surviving-bourbon-restoration.355950/|Long term repercussions of a surviving Bourbon Restoration ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/preserve-the-monarchy.26897/|Preserve the Monarchy]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-charles-x-bourbon-remaims-king-of-france.178044/|Challenge: Charles X Bourbon remains King of France]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/louis-the-peacemaker-and-charles-the-liberal.272631/|Louis the Peacemaker and Charles the Liberal]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-restoration-question.300168/|Bourbon Restoration question]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/house-bonaparte-and-bourbon-orleans%C2%B4-intermarry.392824/|Plausibility check: House Bonaparte and Bourbon/Orleans intermarrying]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/no-bourbon-miracle-baby.364659/|No Bourbon "miracle baby"]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-restoration-in-1846-in-mexico.332028/|Bourbon restoration in 1846 - in Mexico !]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/princess-maria-luisa-of-bourbon-two-sicilies-a-different-wedding.348768/|Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Two Sicilies: A different wedding]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-restoration-1870.8200/|A Bourbon Restoration in 1870 (1)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/restored-bourbon-kingdom.17843/|A Bourbon Restoration in 1870 (2)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/paris-is-worth-a-flag-bourbon-france-1871.23389/|A Bourbon Restoration in 1871 (1)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/the-third-bourbon-restoration.117543/|A Bourbon Restoration in 1871 (2)]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-bourbon-restoration-after-franco-prussian-war.306033/|WI: Bourbon Restoration after Franco-Prussian War]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/wi-the-bourbon-restoration-of-1873.342018/|WI: The Bourbon Restoration of 1873]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-romania.197393/|Plausibility check: A Bourbon Romania]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== 20th century ==== **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ah-challange-post-war-bourbon-restoration.127024/|Challenge: Post-war Bourbon Restoration]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/ahc-franco-succeeded-by-his-bourbon-grandson-in-law.308651/|Challenge: Franco succeeded by his Bourbon grandson-in-law]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== Miscellaneous ==== **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-dynasty-of-roman-empire.154244/|Plausibility check: Bourbon dynasty for a surviving or renewed Roman Empire]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/dbwi-what-if-the-bourbon-habsburg-revolution-never-accurred.168622/|DBWI: What if the Bourbon-Habsburg Revolution never accurred ?]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-england-hapsburg-ireland-and-plantagenet-scotland.17605/|Bourbon England, Hapsburg Ireland, and Plantagenet Scotland]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/juan-carlos-bourbon-wakes-up-as-henry-of-navarre.186933/|ASB WI: Juan Carlos Bourbon wakes up as Henry of Navarre]]** Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them. ---- ==== See Also ==== **[[pods:capetian and valois dynasties|Points of Divergence: Capetian and Valois dynasties]]** **[[pods:napoleonic dynasties|Points of Divergence: Napoleonic dynasties]]** **[[France|French PODs]]** **[[Spain|Spanish PODs]]** **[[https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/bourbon-restoration-information.401565/|Bourbon Restoration information ?]]** ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[pods:Famous People|Famous People PODs Main Directory]]** **[[pods:pods|Points of Divergence Main Directory]]**