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

    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...

  2. Brazil Fractures During the Philippic Era (1580-1640)

    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...

  3. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    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...

  4. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    Milan I Mihailo II

  5. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    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

  6. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

    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...

  7. James II was an Anglican and retained the throne. Does England maintain external neutrality?

    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...

  8. WI: Egypt's Independence is Achieved Under Ali Bey the Great?

    https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/quand-le-chat-nest-pas-l%C3%A0-les-souris-dansent-france-intervenes-in-egypt-not-america-in-1770s.396870/ @raharris1973

  9. WI: Egypt's Independence is Achieved Under Ali Bey the Great?

    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...

  10. WI: Egypt's Independence is Achieved Under Ali Bey the Great?

    none ATM, just thought this was a cool historical rabbit hole to fall down

  11. WI: Egypt's Independence is Achieved Under Ali Bey the Great?

    would that apply to his son-in-law and brother-in-law who married into the family as well? Or would they be seen as "outsiders"?

  12. WI: Egypt's Independence is Achieved Under Ali Bey the Great?

    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...

  13. WI: Egypt's Independence is Achieved Under Ali Bey the Great?

    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...

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

    Definitely feel like Frankie's "attachment" to Venice is doing/has done a lot to rehabilitate the city image as "tyrannical, corrupt and decadent" . Napoléon, the Habsburgd and the Savoies all profitted from this imagery OTL since it was a species of justification for their own behaviours. By...

  15. 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...

  16. 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...

  17. 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...

  18. 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...

  19. List of Alternate Monarchs and Aristocratic Lineage II

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

  20. 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...
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