Out of curiosity, would it be possible for some country (whether it be France, the German Confederation or perhaps Spain or Portugal) to introduce a species of "cursus honorem" of positions that a politician MUST'VE held (and demonstrated competency while holding that position) in order to be...
An oft-neglected counterweight to the Maria Theresia marries Carlos III WI (and yes, I figured François Étienne emulates both the duke of Württemberg and Karl of Zweibrücken where they were refused a match with an archduchess and goes completely anti-Austrian cold turkey):
Also, given a...
uh, if Napoléon reaches a deal with Fernando, then that deal involves Nando marrying Lucien's eldest daughter (OTL Princess Gabrielli). The chances of an "Isabel II" to marry Carlos of Molina (who would never forgive his brother for this "betrayal")'s son is slim
even if Aunt Adele tried to force her nephew into it, the fact that neither of his parents had particularly had a close relationship with Provence- the only son who mattered to his mother was Bourgogne, and the dauphin was pretty much "meh" with all of his kids- would mean the "guilt" card* she...
Prussia had ceded Ansbach/Bayreuth to Bavaria in exchange for Julich and Berg. So if Prussia gets Ansbach/Bayreuth back, likely the Dutch, Hessians or Hannoverians get the former duchy of Berg
potentially divided between Baden and Hesse
https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/pc-more-battenberg-type-families.553131/#top
^Going off this^
Ferdinand II, Archduke of Austria (1529-1595) 1m: 1576 [secretly 1557] Philippine Welser (1527-1580); 2m: 1582 Anna Caterina Gonzaga (1566-1621)
[1m.] Andreas, Stadtholder of the...
why would they? They ignored that promise by voting for Karl VII on the grounds that the house of Habsburg was "extinct"- there were male-line candidates but no male representatives
thanks. Minus the whole "prolonged" childlessness, Marie Antoinette likely doesn't have to put up with rumours of infidelity. Especially since the chief instigator of those rumours OTL was her TTL husband (Égalité helped, but it wasn't like he stood to benefit from the king's kids being...
the only concession Juarez would accept is Maximilian's head on a stick unfortunately
find it odd that none of the children are named for his brother/dad, his great-grandfather/father-/brother-in-law or his mother. Charlotte would never agree to name her daughter "Isabel" (since I suspect it...
Louis XVI Stanislas, King of France & Navarre [1774-1824] (1755-1824) m: 1771 [1] Maria Antonia of Austria (1755-1813)
Louis XVII Charles, King of France & Navarre [from 1824] (b.1773)
Marie Josèphe "Josephine" Louise Felicité, Madame Royal (b.1777)
Charles Robert Maximilien, Duc du Maine [2]...
to set a cat amongst the pigeons here, but what if OTL Louis XVIII had been in charge in 1774- say XVI dies shortly before his marriage to Antoinette and XVIII gets shoe-horned in as replacement groom. We know that XVIII opposed the restoration of the parlements, commenting that he had no wish...
pretty much what screwed the Habsburgs was a combination of Maria Theresia not just holding a grudge against Friedrich the Great, but taking it to her breast and nursing it. On three separate occasions she refused to follow her husband's advice to try to bring Prussia back into the fold. On...