Disinheriting Frederick, makes William, who we know as Cumberland, crown prince of Hannover, which is going to change HIS life's trajectory considerably, though he is only 14 in 1735.
Obviously a lot depends on what happens instead. Do you see a Habsburg client state of Lombardy-Venetia independent but linked through the dynasty, as was Tuscany OTL? Or does Austria simply bash everybody, defeat Sardinia and the French? And then at some point there is a re-run? Does Garibaldi...
What you get in European monarchies is a continuum - they adopt the rising mercantile class into the nobility, they adopt the rising industrialist class into the nobility. Countries which resist doing this, have a dichotomy. Britain even adopts the newspaper-owners into the nobility, and whilst...
Weren't they basically run out by then?
Charles has died in 1788, his father 20 years before, so you are down to Henry, the cardinal. Not sure it really matters where HE is based
I don't think the monarchy in itself was unpopular so much as Nicholas II. The key to Russia's medium-term success will be whether the ageing Tsar coupled with a potentially sick (but not always) heir can hold their part together. As a note, Alexei clearly had long periods of good enough health...
I like this idea
Napoleon would work with local claimants where he thought they had a chance - King of Saxony in Poland, Esterhazy in Hungary
But Macdonald for Scotland makes perfect sense as the local claimants were almost extinct (down to one cardinal) and rival lines were all European royalty
Topic: Anglo-Saxon England/Britain
Source: YouTube (BBC originally)
Historian: Michael Wood
Title: In Search of the Dark Ages - Athelstan
Link:
To go with Athelstan winning an online poll as England's greatest monarch, this documentary by the excellent Michael Wood really shows you why he...
If Napoleon had found a willing puppet to take the Hungarian crown, then the Austrian role in his eventual defeat (presuming that happens) would have been less powerful, and Austria getting Hungary back would be seen as a big gain for the Habsburgs. This could allow a return to pre-annexation...