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  1. AHC: Make Bridgerton realistic. Africans intermix with European nobility.

    I list: George Bridgetower, the violinist- who was esteemed enough by both the average man (Ludwig von Beethoven originally wrote the famed Kreutzer Sonata for him to perform) and princes (both George IV, the King of Saxony and Prince Radziwill offered him pensions). Joseph de Bologne, Chevalier...

  2. Frankie Goes to the Hofburg, or Napoléon II, Regent of Austria?

    He is. George- for all his stupidity OTL (so I suspect someone else- Albert, maybe?- suggested it)- also timed his request well. Victoria's pissed at her uncle for the "mess" he left with Fraulein Bauer, so it's actually the best time for him to announce "well, I'm done with that actress [Mrs...

  3. Frankie Goes to the Hofburg, or Napoléon II, Regent of Austria?

    He'd certainly have the international connections/reputation (Brasil, Mexico, the United States, the Cape, Natalia, Brussels, Paris, Stockholm, London, Munich, Baden and Vienna) both from his family and his travels that he hopefully will. He's also "important enough" that he doesn't need to be a...

  4. Frankie Goes to the Hofburg, or Napoléon II, Regent of Austria?
    Threadmarks: For Love or Money

    Soundtrack: Otto Nicolai - Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor - Overture *Binche, Hainaut* *we see the Gilles in carnival dress making their way through the streets, throwing oranges at the onlookers* *among the onlookers on a balcony overlooking the thoroughfare is the young King of the Belgians...

  5. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    just let the duc d'Alençon or the duke of Lorraine stand godfather

  6. Frankie Goes to the Hofburg, or Napoléon II, Regent of Austria?

    Given that the boys have barely hit double digits, it might be too early to say. They could easily take after other members of the family (history nerd Louis, writer Lucien, penny-wise Madame Mère) as well. And let's not forget the girls mother is Fanny Essler, who herself was a competent...

  7. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    I'm curious, if Sigismund and Mary/Sigismund and Barbara had had a son instead, who would Albrecht marry? Liz of Gorlitz? Or someone else entirely?

  8. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    An idea for a scenario where Murat keeps the throne of Naples Gioacchino I, King of Naples [1808-1840], Grand Duke of Berg [1806-1808] (1767-1840) m: 1800 Caroline Bonaparte (1782-1839) Achille Carlo, King of Naples [as Carlo VIII from 1840] (b.1801) m: 1815 Maria Klementina of Austria...

  9. Frankie Goes to the Hofburg, or Napoléon II, Regent of Austria?

    @unprincipled peter @Awkwardvulture @pandizzy @eliamartin65 https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/plausibility-check-pre-columbian-sao-francisco-river-hydraulic-empire.553675/ out of curiosity, it took until 1865 for a British explorer to reach the heights of this river, but is it...

  10. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    I thought about a marriage to Rohan, but I wasn't sure if it would be feasible from a foreign relations POV

  11. House of Palatinate-Simmern England & Scotland after James VI

    God help us then

  12. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    Inspired by this thread James I, King of England & Ireland [1603-1625], King of Scots [as James VI, 1567-1625] (1566-1625) m: 1589 Anna of Denmark (1574-1619) Henry Frideric, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall & Rothesay (1594-1612) Elizabeth II, Queen of England & Ireland [from 1625], Queen...

  13. House of Palatinate-Simmern England & Scotland after James VI

    Let's phrase this hypothetical Anglo-Swedish involvement another way. Sweden only got involved in 1630- which is significantly beyond the POD of Charles dying en route back from Spain (in 1623/1624). Sweden was only able to involve itself because France mediated a truce/treaty between Gustav...

  14. House of Palatinate-Simmern England & Scotland after James VI

    GA's so-called Scottish troops were actually raised in France by Lord Seton and others IIRC

  15. House of Palatinate-Simmern England & Scotland after James VI

    It's very hard to compare the situations. Leopold I ignored pretty much everyone's advice about allowing Prussia to be elevated to a kingdom. but it was either that or forking over the Piast inheritance in Silesia. Saxony-Poland is a matter of "no good options". The alternative was to have a...

  16. Josephine dies in 1798, Who does Napoleon marry?

    The kingdom of Italy wasn't a subsidiary title. It was an independent state that functioned in personal union with the Napoléonic Empire. Per the founding statutes, the kingdom was to part ways with the French empire when Napoléon died- passing to either his second son or (if he didn't have...

  17. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    Louis XIV had already taken the actual principality of Orange, IIRC, so there'd be no need to distribute an "empty title"

  18. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    agreed. Especially given that this is...oh...the future queen of England? Victoria's whole unmarried period lasted all of three years. While I could see a "near miss" the first time around (à la Princess Margaret with Peter), they're not going to risk a second one

  19. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    uh...why- better still how- given female education of the period (compare what the Queen Mother had, for instance)- would any daughter of George V and Queen Mary turn out like Edward VIII?

  20. House of Palatinate-Simmern England & Scotland after James VI

    it would depend. OTL they made restitution to Karl Ludwig. TTL, Ferdinand III might settle the Palatinate on Karl Ludwig instead of inviting a foreign king to own land inside the empire (we're not talking about the lands that France and Sweden claimed for their own). He certainly won't allow a...
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