What if the future German Kaiser Wilhelm II would have died young in 1880, such as the result of an accident or of some kind of infectious disease or whatever? What kind of German Kaiser would his younger brother Heinrich have been once their grandfather and father would have both passed away, still likely in 1888 in this TL? For instance, would Heinrich have managed to secure an Anglo-German alliance in this TL? If so, would there have even been a WWI in this TL? Just how much German naval expansion will there be in this TL relative to German army expansion and German air force expansion? What will Germany's relations with France, Russia, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire be like in this TL?
One thing worth noting is that if Heinrich still gets the same bride in this TL, then hemophilia would be introduced into the German royal family just like it was introduced into the Russian royal family since Heinrich's wife Irene and Nicholas II's wife Alexandra (Alix) were sisters who both carried the hemophilia gene. If Heinrich's eldest son is a hemophiliac and will not die young, then there could be problems for the long-term stability of the succession of the German throne. (It's unclear if Heinrich's eldest son will actually be a hemophiliac in this TL due to the butterfly effect.) Might the hemophiliac eldest son be pressured to renounce his right to succeed to the German throne in this TL if there will be a spare, non-hemophiliac, younger son? And could a German version of Rasputin ever emerge in this TL?
Any thoughts on all of this? @sillygoose
One thing worth noting is that if Heinrich still gets the same bride in this TL, then hemophilia would be introduced into the German royal family just like it was introduced into the Russian royal family since Heinrich's wife Irene and Nicholas II's wife Alexandra (Alix) were sisters who both carried the hemophilia gene. If Heinrich's eldest son is a hemophiliac and will not die young, then there could be problems for the long-term stability of the succession of the German throne. (It's unclear if Heinrich's eldest son will actually be a hemophiliac in this TL due to the butterfly effect.) Might the hemophiliac eldest son be pressured to renounce his right to succeed to the German throne in this TL if there will be a spare, non-hemophiliac, younger son? And could a German version of Rasputin ever emerge in this TL?
Any thoughts on all of this? @sillygoose