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  1. WI: The huguenot colony in Brazil - France Antarctique - survived, expanded and eventually colonize the Center-South of Brazil?

    You misunderstand. I was heading off the notion of racism. That the French would succeed merely because French blood is superior to Portuguese blood. I've ran into this accusation (although it was English blood vs Spanish) before. My point and yours are similar, that Portuguese...

  2. Combined Nine Years, Great Turkish, Great Northern Wars with failed glorious revolution and French Eugene of Savoy

    I'm a firm believer in the French ability under Louis XIV to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. They'll blunder too much to have a France Wank, but they're also too strong/capable to have everything turn to crap. I don't think the set-up is realistic, but the OP scenario sets France up...

  3. WI: The huguenot colony in Brazil - France Antarctique - survived, expanded and eventually colonize the Center-South of Brazil?

    I've not heard the term Centro-Sul. Para and Minas Gerais are a long way from southern Brazil. I absolutely agree that Brazil has everything it takes to be an industrial giant. The big issues are lack of coal (or location of the good stuff), and the terrain. Both of these are surmountable...

  4. WI: The huguenot colony in Brazil - France Antarctique - survived, expanded and eventually colonize the Center-South of Brazil?

    This has always been my understanding. holycookie has tried convincing me otherwise on at least one occasion, but when I look into it, I come away not swayed. At best, it is mediocre quality, from what I can tell. But, even accepting it at face value, it has the big disadvantage of being far...

  5. WI: The huguenot colony in Brazil - France Antarctique - survived, expanded and eventually colonize the Center-South of Brazil?

    I've dreamed up a few Huguenot colonization TL (I'm not a good enough writer to put them into print, so they remain inside my skull). My preferred region is Pennsylvania/New York, but that's irrelevant. A problem I always run into is this: Say this initial Huguenot colony is successful, and...

  6. WI: The huguenot colony in Brazil - France Antarctique - survived, expanded and eventually colonize the Center-South of Brazil?

    Part of the OTL failure was due to Catholic/Huguenot inability to cooperate in the colony. The first order of business is to detail how the French manage to succeed in TTL. In all likelihood, the discord between C/H is still there, so if/when the French Wars of Religion break out, that...

  7. What if the outcome of the "Glorious" Revolution had been decided by a sword duel between King James VII & II and William of Orange?

    On the other hand, James was quick to run away (like Brave Sir Robin in the Monty Python skit), so he may well be skewered through the back by William, his own sword thrown to the ground, while he screamed like a little girl.

  8. Combined Nine Years, Great Turkish, Great Northern Wars with failed glorious revolution and French Eugene of Savoy

    I agree....to disagree. But, accepting your scenario as valid (which is unlikely, but also isn't ASB).... The French/Rhineland theater is going to be over in a blink of the eye, leaving France the absolute top dog on the continent. They were already top dog, OTL, but here, they're going to be...

  9. De-colonization of Brazil if Pedro I sided with Portugal?

    Would the Brazilian leadership be divided? Pedro I as monarch probably acts as a unifier and rallying point, but it's not like Pedro was the one getting the factions together. They were the ones who sought to use him. I'm thinking it is easy to see the various regional leaders banding...

  10. Combined Nine Years, Great Turkish, Great Northern Wars with failed glorious revolution and French Eugene of Savoy

    Too many unrelated PODs, plus some false ideas. Not all the PODs are realistic. France did not start the 9 YW intentionally, and it was not to assist the Ottomans. A few years earlier, Louis XIV refrained from going to war with Austria because it was unseemly to war with a Catholic nation...

  11. De-colonization of Brazil if Pedro I sided with Portugal?

    I know Joao first wanted to send Pedro in his stead. My impression was that the Cortes said no, we want the King, expecting the whole family would return. Pedro may have had reservations about going, but ultimately the decision was not his to make. And, remaining was a bad decision. Pedro...

  12. De-colonization of Brazil if Pedro I sided with Portugal?

    Agree. Considering the long history of Carlotta actively conspiring against Joao, he should have beaten her to the punch and had a little arsenic slipped into her morning beverage. If Joao still ends up dead by poisoning, we'll know she wasn't the culprit. Joao absolutely could have handled...

  13. WI: France ignores the Austro-Prussian Rivalry and fully focuses on Britain during the Seven Years War

    There's a constant mantra that France was looking for European chits to trade for colonial ones taken by Britain. Yet, when France did take Hanover, they immediately called a truce and vacated the theater. I'm sure there were a lot of reasons for this. France performed unexpectedly poorly in...

  14. Spain's revolution succeeds (c18/c19)

    First, you have to define what a Spanish Revolution is that is so different from the French Revolution. Is that the nature of your question? I can't help you there, as I'm not versed enough in idealistic Spanish politics. In OTL, on the eve of the FR, Spain was looking to...

  15. Spain's revolution succeeds (c18/c19)

    Are you asking WI a Spanish Revolution instead of a French one in late 1700s? Or alongside the FR? Carlos III had some tense times after the 7 Y W. You could turn this into a revolution that would precede the FR. Louis XV isn't all that well liked in the time frame. I think at least one...

  16. WI: Maria Theresa of Austria married Charles III of Spain?

    France's policy in this era was to encourage proxies to fight for them. During the WoPS, they found a very willing partner in Spain, whose Queen was eager to get her sons on thrones. France promised Milan to both Spain and Savoy, leading Savoy to actively foil efforts to take Milan (fearing...

  17. WI: Maria Theresa of Austria married Charles III of Spain?

    Do we still have Philip V abdicating? Is Louis I living the POD? I do think it makes a good one. A living Louis I, with an abdicated Philip V, very likely butterflies the OTL Anglo-Spanish War of late 20s and the Austrian alliance made for the purposes of waging the war. It offers a good...

  18. WI: Brazilian empire adopts a monarchist foreign policy on Latin America

    Pedro I couldn't run his own country, almost saw it disintegrate, and in the end, left before he got thrown out. He doesn't have it in him to organize the Spanish part of America, too. There was monarchist sentiment in the Spanish sphere. The incentive to build monarchies needs to be home...

  19. King Dom Miguel I of Brazil - An Absolutist Brazil Wank

    Having quickly refreshed myself on the TTL, I think we're at: King Miguel is ruling Brazil while claiming to be the center of the Portuguese empire, but Portugal still claims that spot, having reclaimed the non Brazilian colonies. Brazil and Portugal are at an impasse, leaving a de facto...

  20. WI: a diferent Pedro II of Brazil

    Pedro's eldest is already OTL Maria. That eliminates a POD. The Miguel is Joao/Carlotta's younger surviving son. Rumored to be not sired by Joao. This is a key character whose gender being flipped will have massive butterflies for Portugal. I don't know who would be first in line for...
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