Talk:List of Kaisers of German Empire (EEC)

Hohenzollern succession
In this TL, do Louis Ferdinand and Georg Friedrich ascend?

I am inclined in writing the AH, that Fate intervenes as in OTL, but the threads of time change deaths due to deliberate acts, such as murder, execution, etc. Wilhelm II and Wilhelm III die as in OTL. However, would Fate also apply to Wilhelm IV? I would tend to accept his death also as Fated. This would bring Louis-Ferdinand to the throne in 1951.The question then becomes:

Would Frederick Wilhelm then assume the throne in 1994? In OTL he was forced to renounce his succesion rights as Head of the House of Hohenzollern in order to marry a commoner, as did his younger brother next in line. This resulted in Georg Friedrich inheriting the 'Title" via his father taken by Fate in 1977.

All of this as a result of the will of Wilhelm II. Assuming that matters of the heart are equally Fated as to Frederich Wilhelm and Michael, would the will of Wilhelm II be such that the house laws were amended to require abdication in order to marry beneath one's station? And would that affect the succesion as King of Prussia? I do not know how the Prussian constitution would address that. If that does change the succesion laws, it would not be out of question that the abdication occurs anyway, with the thought that it could be fought 20 or 30 years later. (Franz Ferdiand intended to do so with his oath.) For that reason, I think the succession in this ATL would mirror that of OTL Alternatively, would Louis-Ferdinand be able to name his successor, his third son, who entered into a dynastic marriage? (Assuming the station of his wife was sufficient.)Graf v. Klugerman (talk) 18:45, October 16, 2013 (UTC)