Posted by Johan on 22/1/2011, 10:55:51, in reply to "Re: Queen Adelaide?"
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Bismarck and his militarian view would not have succeeded. A more liberal view that was also present in many German states might have won out. The Frankfurt Parliament might have become a success and the crown could very well have been offered to another than the Prussian king.
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: It is interesting to think about. We know that
: Bismark manufactured a series of wars to
: unite the German states. Had the King of
: Hanover also been the King of the UK at that
: time what would Bismark have done? Who
: knows? Maybe at that time it would have been
: stabilizing for the balance of power if a
: new German Empire had been linked with
: Britain?
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: If William IV had been succeeded by a male
: heir and thus keeping the personal union of
: the British crown with that of Hanover would
: have impacted the balance of power in the
: German territories.
: The king of Hanover would have had the might
: of the British empire at his disposal. I
: would even go so far as to guess that the
: Prussian kings would not have made it to
: emperors. A new version of the Holy Roman
: Empire with the Habsburg emperor or a
: different kind of construction without a
: real head of state.
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: I really do not think if Britain and Hanover
: would have stayed linked together that would
: have prevented the creation of the German
: Empire. After the Holy Roman Empire had been
: dissolved many within the defunct empire
: were wanting to unite the German lands. The
: question was how to do that?
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: Such a pity! If only one of her children had
: survived the course of the British monarchy
: would have been completely different.
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: Hanover would have remained linked to
: Britain. There would probably have been no
: German Empire and possibly no World Wars.
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