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The outcomes of a different Great Turkish War has already been brought up many times in this site. However, while the results of a devastating Ottoman defeat has been talked about multiple times, I feel the opposite hasn't been discussed that much - most of the time, the discussion amounts to...

For those unaware, the Sixtus Affair was a failed attempt by the Austrian Emperor to get Austria-Hungary out of the Great War as part of a separate peace. Had it succeeded, and succeeded early enough, it is possible that Austria-Hungary would have survived in some form, if lost some territory...

In 1813 or 1814, just before Tsar Alexander I left for the Congress of Vienna, his long-serving mistress Maria Naryshkina (Polish by origin) abandoned the Tsar and left Russia with her new lover; according to other sources, the departure was due to the ill health of his daughter Sophia...

What if Maria Theresa died of childbirth in 1755, after giving birth to her daughter Maria Antonia, her son Joseph would become King of Bohemia and Hungary but how would the lives of her children and marriages be affected, from what I know Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, paid for many different...

The German Question has been around since the beginning of the 1800s. After the Austro-Prussian War Prussia could've had the chance to cut out German Austria from the rest of Austria Hungary. Let's say the play the game as in our timeline with Southern German States and annex them after the...

Jadwiga (Hedwig) of Sagan and her second husband, Rudolf of Austria The unlikely survival of a duke and the unhappiness of a queen are two different things, but what happens when those two different things are brought together by fate? How would the world change? To answer those questions, we...

I wonder if there is any way for A-H to survive as a dual monarchy after the defeat of the CP, especially Germany. Possible ATL I’ve considered: - Romania staying neutral - More sucessful Caporetto offensive knocking out Italy (white peace) in 1917 - Then separate peace with the entente in...

The Unification of Germany into the German Empire, dominated by Prussia with a federalist structure was announced on 18 January 1871 in the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles in France during the Franco Prussian War. It excluded Habsburg Austria. But what if Germany excluded both...

Glock's impact can not be understated. He was perhaps the most important firearms manufacturer since Samuel Colt. His designs have revolutionized firearm design. But would happen if he wasn't born?

Taking into account OTL size of his family, impact should be massive. Until 1526 not much change, but then? Is Ferdinand eventually seek for annulment of his marriage with Anna Jagiellon (risky, considering his struggle for Hungarian throne, pissing of her uncle Sigismund would not be the best...

I'm currently trying to explore a scenario inwhich Louis II of Hungary doesn't die at the Battle of Mohács. Putting aside the exact developments concerning Hungary itself, what I wish to discuss here is the potential butterflies West of the Leitha. This is sort of a sequel/reboot of my previous...

I'm currently trying to explore a scenario inwhich Louis II of Hungary doesn't die at the Battle of Mohács. Putting aside the exact developments concerning Hungary itself, what I wish to discuss here is the potential butterflies West of the Leitha. This is what I settled on so far: Margaret of...

Inner Austria consisted of the Imperial duchies of Styria, Carinthia and Carniola and the lands of the Austrian Littoral, from the 14th to the early 17th century. By the 11th century, the Germanization of what is now Lower Austria, effectively isolated the Slovene-inhabited territory from the...

So: a different answer to the Eastern Question (with that answer being laissez-faire) has been a topic of alternate history that has interested me lately. One aspect of it that I have been thinking about: how does German unification happen in such a timeline? In OTL, of course, Austria loses...

The Fools Who Dream An Account of mid-18th Century Europe at War. The Seven Years’ War, French and Indian War, Third Silesian War, etc., whatever you want to call it, was undoubtedly a pivotal moment in history. It’s no wonder that it is (relatively) so often the subject of alt-history works...

What if during the Revolution of 1848, the Frankfurt Parliament decides to offer the German Crown to the Emperor-King Franz Joseph with the understanding that only Austria and Bohemia would become part of the German state and the Habsburg's non-German lands would be reorganised in personal union...

Hey im trying to write a Alt His with Maximilian not marrying Mary of Burgundy and im struggeling to find options for Maximilian . Im looking for a girl comming from the Holy Roman Empire or Itally but all suggestions are welcome. This is my First thread and post so very exciting...

In the late 18th Century, there was a plan drawn up by Catherine the Great, negotiated with the Habsburg Monarchy. The plan was called the Greek Plan and was an idea for a partition of the Ottoman Empire, and create a Neo-Byzantine Empire with Catherine's grandson, Constatine on the throne...

Coat of Arms and Image of Archduke Charles of Austria as Charles III of Spain Lore of the althistory "Victoria Austracista": In 1707, the Allies of Archduke Charles triumph in Jativa [Battle of Almansa OTL], maintaining control over the Kingdom of Aragon and that in the end, in the face of the...

Supposing that in order to return some of the old status quo a proposal is made to restore some of the old Ecclesiastical States in Germany that were part of the old HRE. What would be the effects of these states still being a part of Germany? How would social and religious dynamics work? How...