likeliest way to make this happen is that a Portuguese nobleman marries into the Kongolese or Rovzi royal family (or marries his daughter to the latter). Of course, there is the fun idea of Queen Liliuokalani's daughter marrying the king of Saxony's son* (but that's Hawaii, not Africa).
*the...
As it says on the tin. During the Philippine Era in Portugal the Portuguese colonies (like Brazil, Angola and Sri Lanka) due to Spain's commitments elsewhere, found themselves put on a sort of back burner. It was also during this time that the Dutch took them over, with a newly independent...
fair enough. It was just the first Byzantine Emperor who popped into my head. Surely there are others of similar quasi-mythical proportions? Basil the Bulgar-Slayer, for instance (will probably cause a PR headache with the Bulgarians, and probably cause problems when he becomes king as "Basileus...
out of curiosity, how come no one- OTL- took "Justinian" (or whatever the Greek variant of it was) or "Theodora" (which is essentially a simple inversion of "Dorothea", reasonably common in German houses)? They seem to have stuck to the same boring "Alex" and "Konstantin" shuffle
A random idea, but basically, a Vasa Greece! (i.e. Elimer of Oldenburg accepts the offer of the throne of Greece after Othon's deposition)
Elimer [1] of Oldenburg, King of Greece [1862-1895] (1844-1895) m: 1863 Maria Maximilianovna of Leuchtenberg (b.1841)
Stillborn Daughter (1865)
Maria...
I think James might have a slight French-bias, but if he's a zealous Anglican and thinks that France is threatening Protestantism he'd likely ally with the Protestant states against France. Internally, the Anglican majority will likely be behind him on such a policy. All else depends on other...
I've always wondered about the Mamluk Dynasties in Iraq making a go of it circa the same time, but I don't know enough/can't find enough about the region at the time to know if this is possible. But while I suspect that Ekaterina or Joseph II's support will be moral than military (OTL, the...
The Importance of Qusayr in the 18th Century
A Late Eighteenth-Century Austrian Attempt to Develop the Red Sea Trade Route
2 articles about the situation/politicking going on at the times. Seems I misremembered and it wasn't Baldwin encouraging the situation because Istanbul and Cairo were at...
When most of us think of Egyptian independence from the Ottoman Empire, we think of Muhammed Ali and the 19th century. However, Egypt revolted against Ottoman rule several times in the 18th century, before the French or even the American Revolutions were thought of. The British Levant Company...