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Points of Divergence : Holy Roman Empire
Points of divergence concerning the Holy Roman Empire.
Largest states in the Holy Roman Empire
Thoughts on the HRE as a potentially "united" state
WI Magyars defeat the Germans at the Battle of Lechfeld ?
The Roman Empire of Italian Nation
Conquest of Denmark by the Holy Roman Empire (in the Middle Ages)
WI: HRE sides with Constantinople on the East-West Schism
Ottonians making their dynasty hereditary
Holy Roman Empire not decentralising
WI Frederick Barbarrosa hadn't drowned
Plausibility check: Could the HRE have absorbed Hungary and Poland ?
Wi: Poland as one of the Constituent Kingdoms of the Holy Roman Empire (with a POD after 1000 AD)
A surviving house Hohenstaufen
Challenge: Holy Roman Empire goes centralized
Plausibility check: If German lands of the HRE centralize earlier, will there be less war ?
Challenge: French king elected as HRE emperor
Challenge: End the HRE before 1500
The HRE and German Nationalism
WI: Charles V. took a second wife ?
Plausibility check: Largest plausible post-medieval Holy Roman Empire ?
Friedrich der Weise (Frederick III Elector of Saxony) as HREmperor (German)
No early death of Henry VI. He wanted to conquer Constantinople - and unite the churches! (German)
The peasants win in the Bauernkriege (German peasant wars) (German)
Frederick the Great dies at the battle of Mollwitz (German)
Know of any PODs or POD discussions ? Feel free to add them.
See Also
Points of Divergence concerning the Habsburgs
German Timelines and Scenarios
Useful Resources about Germany
Austrian Timelines and Scenarios
Useful Resources about Austria
Italian Timelines and Scenarios