u/Basilissa_Ioanna

How many eyes do we need to gouge out to fix this cursed timeline? Romaboos cope and seethe. Simeon I was the real Roman Emperor anyway. 😤

​Let us say King Louis IX survives the summer of 1270 without catching dysentery. The Crusaders successfully take Tunis and crush the Hafsid dynasty. Louis decides against returning home and establishes a permanent Crusader state. He officially crowns an Angevin cadet branch as the Kings of Africa.

​By 1562, the Kingdom of Africa has survived for nearly three centuries. It has transitioned from a fragile crusader outpost into a heavily fortified Mediterranean power. The map shows the realm administratively divided into several governorates, like Tunis and Kairouan alongside Tripoli. They also set up the County of Constantine to the west as a buffer state.

​The geopolitical situation remains terrifying though. The expanding Ottoman Empire surrounds them completely, with forces advancing from both the east and the west. Their absolute only lifeline is a strict alliance with the Spanish crown in Sicily and the Knights of Malta.

​I am really curious how the Ottomans would deal with this massive Catholic salient in North Africa. Suleiman the Magnificent historically launched the Great Siege of Malta in 1565, but maybe he would focus his massive armada on Tunis instead in this timeline.

​The Turning Point: John Graham Viscount Dundee survives the Battle of Killiecrankie in 1689. His survival keeps the Scottish Jacobite momentum alive long enough to secure the Highlands and eventually take Edinburgh. Meanwhile over in Ireland French reinforcements help James II grind William of Orange down to a bloody stalemate at the Boyne.

​The Peace of 1692: William III is exhausted by the multi-front war and agrees to partition the British Isles. England keeps a Protestant monarchy while James II is officially recognized as King of Scotland and Ireland.

​The Birth of Celtania: James II dies in 1701 leaving his son James Francis Edward Stuart with a highly fragile dual monarchy. Terrified of Queen Anne launching another English invasion the Scottish and Irish Parliaments rush through the Act of Confederation to create Celtania. The resulting state is heavily decentralized and basically propped up by French subsidies.

​Curious to hear your thoughts on this scenario. How long realistically before England tries to march north or cross the Irish Sea again?

Hi everyone. I mapped out an alternate 1745 where Charles VII doesn't die, and actually lives to see his ultimate ambition fulfilled.

The 1741 Franco-Bavarian offensive keeps its momentum. They crush Austria at Mollwitz and take Vienna before Maria Theresa can rally the Hungarians. By 1745, the Habsburgs are reduced to just Kings of Hungary. Charles VII keeps the HRE title and unites Bavaria, Austria, Bohemia, etc into a massive state.

The Butterflies:

• France finally dismembers the Austrian Habsburgs.
• Prussia still snags Silesia, setting up an inevitable Munich vs Berlin showdown for German dominance.
• The balance of power is completely shattered by this huge pro-French bloc.

Would Britain or Russia intervene immediately to stop this, or bide their time?

Looking at this map from April 1918, it's crazy to realize how close the Central Powers were to total victory. With Russia knocked out after the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, Germany freed up 50 divisions for the Spring Offensive in the West. For a brief moment, before the Americans arrived in massive numbers and the home front starved, a German-dominated Europe seemed inevitable. What do you guys think was the exact turning point that doomed them shortly after this?

In this timeline, a royal marriage seals a Personal Union between Italy and Greece just before the end of WWI. Emerging as the absolute victors of the Mediterranean theater, they enforce a brutal peace on the Central Powers and the Ottomans.

​Through a combination of dynastic claims, military occupation, and sheer ambition, they establish puppet kings/claim thrones in Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, while outright annexing the entirety of Anatolia and the Levant from the collapsing Turks.

​Proclaiming themselves the Roman Federation, they rule from two capitals: Roma and Constantinople.

​Blessed or cursed timeline? Could a dual-capital system realistically manage such a complex nation in the 20th century?