austria

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...

Hi, everyone. This is my second post sharing some lesser-known yet fascinating PoDs in European history. I stumbled upon a historical academic journal written by Frederik Dhondt, a history professor from the Ghent University in Belgium titled "So Great a Revolution’: Charles Townshend and the...

Inspired by @isabella's Scenes from Other Worlds thread, this will be a repository for family trees and snippets from possible TLs. The ideas presented here may or may not be expanded into full TLs. Enjoy.

What would have happen if Franz Joseph (aka Empress Sisi's husband) was able to marry the first woman he loved before sisi, Princess Anna of Prussia (Otl Landgravine of Hesse)? Story goes he wanted to marry her but she was already engaged to Prince Fredrick of Hesse-Kassel (the widower of Grand...

Joanna II married Wilhelm, Duke of Austria in 1401, and the marriage lasted until his death on July 15, 1406. What are the consequences of having a son and a daughter from that marriage?

In the classic scenario in which the central powers win, but A-H still collapses in the 1920s and the Austrian rump state joins Germany, what would happen to the monarchy? It seems obvious that the Austrians would want to retain the title of emperor and rule as Co emperors and equals, which...

Catherine was daughter of Czech King George of Poděbrady and wife of Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus, who died in childbirth in 1464. Lets assume she survived and her son too. What is going to happen then? Matthias and George were allied at the time, but eventually Matthias turned against...

As part of a TL on the ascension of Gaston of France to the throne after the death of Louis XIII in 1630, causing Richelieu's fall from power, I would like to know what would be the consequences on the Thirty Years' War? The Cardinal brought France into the war in 1635 alongside Sweden, already...

‘It would require a greater philosopher and historian than I am to explain the causes of the famous Five Years’ War in which Europe was engaged; and, indeed, its origin has always appeared to me to be so complicated, and the books written about it so amazingly hard to understand, that I have...

Now, to be clear, I'm not asking whether Napoleon could have won the war, I've read enough threads on the subject to know that he is most likely defeated by an incoming Austrian army if Napoleon wins at Waterloo. My question is waht the impact of Austria dealing the final blow on Napoleon would...

Having come back to my old idea of Prince Albert, Bona Sforza's tragically-lost child, surviving and inheriting Poland I was doing research on Sigismund II the Old. I stumbled upon a mention of Elisabeth Habsburg (his mother) hoping for him to inherit Austria. Is there any more information on...

A somewhat-frequent PoD bandied about when discussing an Austrian victory in the Austro-Prussian war of 1866 is the near-death experience of the Prussian king, Bismarck, and von Moltke with an Austrian cannon shell. Say that Austrian cannon shell had hit more precisely and the trio all died...