Board Thread:Timeline Discussions/@comment-4656717-20130106102552/@comment-4656717-20130110110347

Of course!

Getting rid of Bismark! How could I have been so blind to the obvious answer staring me in the face! (I am actually genuinely surprised at my own stupidity)

I suppose eventually Germany (at least Northern Germany) would have unified, either through diplomacy, revolution or force. Do you think it possible for the Bavarian monarchy to exist to this day (assuming it remained independent)?

Since we've established that Otto faced too many problems to continue the Wittelsbachs in Greece, I've come up with an alternative solution, which may or may not be more likely to succeed. Prince Karl Theodore was the brother of Ludwig I, who otl put forward his son Otto as a candidate for the Greek throne. However, if Ludwig had made Karl Theodore his candidate, and if he had succeeded in becoming king, would his chances of long-term dynastic success have been greater than those of his nephew, Otto? I have two reasons to think yes: Firstly, he was actually of age in 1832, and would not have required a regency, which I understand to have sort of kicked off Otto's unpopularity. Secondly, he had children. However, they were of a morganatic marriage, and were all girls.