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Points of Divergence : Wales

Points of Divergence concerning Wales, both as an independent polity and as a constituent country of first Great Britain and then the United Kingdom.

Prehistory

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Antiquity

Irish Wales

Gaelic-speaking Wales

Welsh Reconquista (a now abandoned TL)

Welsh win the Battle of Heavenfield in 633 AD (1)

Welsh win the Battle of Heavenfield in 633 AD (2)

Welsh win the Battle of Heavenfield in 633 AD (3)

Challenge: Welsh Empire (1)

Challenge: Welsh Empire (2)

Challenge: Welsh Empire (3)

Francophone Wales

Challenge: Welsh Britain

WI: Cymbro-Saxon ?

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The Middle Ages

"Wales" wank with a POD no earlier than 800 AD

WI: Cymbro-Saxon ?

United Wales under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, 1055

Can Wales be united by the 1100's?

Challenge: Viking or Irish or Welsh Azores by 1100

Can Wales be kept independent?

Can Wales stay independent?

Can Wales regain independence?

Effects of a surviving independent Wales

Repercussions of Owain Glyndŵr (the first Prince of Wales) kicking the English under Henry IV. out of Wales in an uprising in 1410 ? Could Wales regain independence ?

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Early Modern history

WI Tudors stay visibly Welsh?

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18th and 19th centuries

Welsh colony in Palestine instead of Patagonia, 1865

WI Guinness beer was Welsh ?

A Parnell style welsh party from 1892 onwards under Lloyd George

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20th century

Plausibility check : A Union of Celtic Socialist Republics ?

How late can Welsh national identity be subsumed into English?

'Parliament for Wales' campaign, 1950s

Welsh independence post-WWII

More dominant Welsh rugby side

1997 Devolution referendum fails

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ASB / ISOT / Geological

Avalonia Alone - This one concerns how civilisation would have developed if Avalonia did not break up and remained a separate island in the middle of the Atlantic.

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See Also

Wales

Britain

British Timelines and Scenarios

Useful Resources about The United Kingdom


List of Countries by POD

Points of Divergence Main Directory