Oh, and anyone male and tall from the Orkney islands to the southern most part of Cornwall, not to mention the Colonies, should be prepared to get kidnapped so he can serve in FW's personal regiment of Windsor Giants.
OMG of course :P
The Berlin Academy florishes.
Well, this sounds good :D :P
Poniatowski does just fine as Holy Roman Emperor, I should think. He's reform minded, but not nearly as stubborn and my way or the high way set as Joseph, meaning he will pace his reforms better and thus will be able to keep more of them.
*waves Poniatowski pom-poms*
as Poniatowski was able to delude himself considerably when in love.
Hmm. Perhaps he would still have been in love with Sophie/Catherine, and paradoxically therefore treated Isabella better?
So, all in all: a win for Austria and the HRE!
*waves pom-poms some more*
Now, the truly dicy question is whether Poniatiowski in Joseph's place would have gone for the Polish Partition. If he would have been against it for ethical reasons even if that meant Russia and Prussia get to gain territories on their lonesomes, then together with Maria Theresia's aversion of the idea it would have meant Austria remained out of it (though Poland would still have gotten partitioned). But maybe an Austrian version of Poniatowski would have developed some territorial greed?
I like to think that Poniatowski would have been against it for ethical reasons. But perhaps he would have wanted it for realpolitik reasons, or been talked into it as MT was?
=> Joseph doesn't survive the year as King of Poland. Whether he'll be assassinated by his fellow Poles or by the Russians is up for debate.
LOLOLOLOL oh never change, Vienna!Joe!
Peter will probably end up excommunicated, but he just might manage to consolidate various Italian principalities into a sort of nation state before he's done.
...a lot of people won't survive that. Including family members, probably, I think that's inevitable with Peter. And Voltaire will definitely write his biography.
ahahaha this sounds unpleasant for them but also a wildly fascinating AU!
His wife won't stage a coup against him, not least because Prussia doesn't allow female rule.... but his brothers might.
I am here for the AU where Heinrich totally stages a coup against his brother Peter III
In that case, there are no historical changes for Russia in Frederick's life time
But what about the diplomatic relationship between Russian!Frederick and King coup!Heinrich, who somehow seem oddly similar to each other?? :D
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OMG of course :P
The Berlin Academy florishes.
Well, this sounds good :D :P
Poniatowski does just fine as Holy Roman Emperor, I should think. He's reform minded, but not nearly as stubborn and my way or the high way set as Joseph, meaning he will pace his reforms better and thus will be able to keep more of them.
*waves Poniatowski pom-poms*
as Poniatowski was able to delude himself considerably when in love.
Hmm. Perhaps he would still have been in love with Sophie/Catherine, and paradoxically therefore treated Isabella better?
So, all in all: a win for Austria and the HRE!
*waves pom-poms some more*
Now, the truly dicy question is whether Poniatiowski in Joseph's place would have gone for the Polish Partition. If he would have been against it for ethical reasons even if that meant Russia and Prussia get to gain territories on their lonesomes, then together with Maria Theresia's aversion of the idea it would have meant Austria remained out of it (though Poland would still have gotten partitioned). But maybe an Austrian version of Poniatowski would have developed some territorial greed?
I like to think that Poniatowski would have been against it for ethical reasons. But perhaps he would have wanted it for realpolitik reasons, or been talked into it as MT was?
=> Joseph doesn't survive the year as King of Poland. Whether he'll be assassinated by his fellow Poles or by the Russians is up for debate.
LOLOLOLOL oh never change, Vienna!Joe!
Peter will probably end up excommunicated, but he just might manage to consolidate various Italian principalities into a sort of nation state before he's done.
...a lot of people won't survive that. Including family members, probably, I think that's inevitable with Peter. And Voltaire will definitely write his biography.
ahahaha this sounds unpleasant for them but also a wildly fascinating AU!
His wife won't stage a coup against him, not least because Prussia doesn't allow female rule.... but his brothers might.
I am here for the AU where Heinrich totally stages a coup against his brother Peter IIIIn that case, there are no historical changes for Russia in Frederick's life time
But what about the diplomatic relationship between Russian!Frederick and King coup!Heinrich, who somehow seem oddly similar to each other?? :D