Recent content by Kellan Sullivan

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

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...

I'm curious, if Sigismund and Mary/Sigismund and Barbara had had a son instead, who would Albrecht marry? Liz of Gorlitz? Or someone else entirely?

An idea for a scenario where Murat keeps the throne of Naples Gioacchino I, King of Naples [1808-1840], Grand Duke of Berg [1806-1808] (1767-1840) m: 1800 Caroline Bonaparte (1782-1839) Achille Carlo, King of Naples [as Carlo VIII from 1840] (b.1801) m: 1815 Maria Klementina of Austria...

@unprincipled peter @Awkwardvulture @pandizzy @eliamartin65 https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/plausibility-check-pre-columbian-sao-francisco-river-hydraulic-empire.553675/ out of curiosity, it took until 1865 for a British explorer to reach the heights of this river, but is it...

I thought about a marriage to Rohan, but I wasn't sure if it would be feasible from a foreign relations POV

God help us then

Inspired by this thread James I, King of England & Ireland [1603-1625], King of Scots [as James VI, 1567-1625] (1566-1625) m: 1589 Anna of Denmark (1574-1619) Henry Frideric, Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall & Rothesay (1594-1612) Elizabeth II, Queen of England & Ireland [from 1625], Queen...

Let's phrase this hypothetical Anglo-Swedish involvement another way. Sweden only got involved in 1630- which is significantly beyond the POD of Charles dying en route back from Spain (in 1623/1624). Sweden was only able to involve itself because France mediated a truce/treaty between Gustav...

GA's so-called Scottish troops were actually raised in France by Lord Seton and others IIRC

It's very hard to compare the situations. Leopold I ignored pretty much everyone's advice about allowing Prussia to be elevated to a kingdom. but it was either that or forking over the Piast inheritance in Silesia. Saxony-Poland is a matter of "no good options". The alternative was to have a...

The kingdom of Italy wasn't a subsidiary title. It was an independent state that functioned in personal union with the Napoléonic Empire. Per the founding statutes, the kingdom was to part ways with the French empire when Napoléon died- passing to either his second son or (if he didn't have...

Louis XIV had already taken the actual principality of Orange, IIRC, so there'd be no need to distribute an "empty title"

agreed. Especially given that this is...oh...the future queen of England? Victoria's whole unmarried period lasted all of three years. While I could see a "near miss" the first time around (à la Princess Margaret with Peter), they're not going to risk a second one

uh...why- better still how- given female education of the period (compare what the Queen Mother had, for instance)- would any daughter of George V and Queen Mary turn out like Edward VIII?