Same here. BTW, awesome summary of the War of the Austrian Succession. Just for the sake of completeness, let me introduce some of the other players to cahn:
Karl Albrecht of Bavaria: My wife is MT's aunt, the daughter of her dad's older brother. If we're counting WOMEN, I totally should be Emperor (and get Austria, too.)
Friedrich August of Saxony: (legitimate kid of August the Strong, he of the hundreds of potential offspring): My wife is also an aunt of Resi's. Just saying. Also, Fritz isn't the only northern German who can invade.
Philip of Spain (another one!): So I'm a French Bourbon, not a Habsburg, but the Habsburgs used to rule Spain until me. (I'm the first Bourbon on the throne.) Therefore, I should totally rule Austria and the Holy Roman Empire now. At least I'm not A WOMAN.
All of them: *pounce along with Fritz*
MT: *allies with England and the Netherlands, on the rationale that England is ready for anything anti France and the Netherlands ditto for anything anti Spain*
Karl Albrecht: I win! First Emperor of the House of Wittelsbach since 300 years! Take that, Habsburgs!
MT in 1742: *has a preliminary and temporary truce with Fritz which allows the Austrian army to counterinvade Bavaria*
Bavaria: *keeps switching being occupied by the Austrians and the French for the next few years*
1745: Karl Albrecht dies at a point where the Austrians are dominant in Bavaria; his son, refreshingly, is not called Karl or August or Friedrich but Maximilian
MT: So, Max. Want Bavaria back?
Maximilian: withdraws any Wittelsbach claim to the throne in exchange for Bavaria and also supports the election of Franz Stefan as Emperor. Franzl gets duly elected.
Philip & Friedrich August: Now that's just cheating!
ETA: The Young Maria Theresia: The Vid. (Just two minutes, thus managable. :)
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Re: War of the Austrian Succession
Date: 2019-09-16 08:25 am (UTC)Karl Albrecht of Bavaria: My wife is MT's aunt, the daughter of her dad's older brother. If we're counting WOMEN, I totally should be Emperor (and get Austria, too.)
Friedrich August of Saxony: (legitimate kid of August the Strong, he of the hundreds of potential offspring): My wife is also an aunt of Resi's. Just saying. Also, Fritz isn't the only northern German who can invade.
Philip of Spain (another one!): So I'm a French Bourbon, not a Habsburg, but the Habsburgs used to rule Spain until me. (I'm the first Bourbon on the throne.) Therefore, I should totally rule Austria and the Holy Roman Empire now. At least I'm not A WOMAN.
All of them: *pounce along with Fritz*
MT: *allies with England and the Netherlands, on the rationale that England is ready for anything anti France and the Netherlands ditto for anything anti Spain*
Karl Albrecht: I win! First Emperor of the House of Wittelsbach since 300 years! Take that, Habsburgs!
MT in 1742: *has a preliminary and temporary truce with Fritz which allows the Austrian army to counterinvade Bavaria*
Bavaria: *keeps switching being occupied by the Austrians and the French for the next few years*
1745: Karl Albrecht dies at a point where the Austrians are dominant in Bavaria; his son, refreshingly, is not called Karl or August or Friedrich but Maximilian
MT: So, Max. Want Bavaria back?
Maximilian: withdraws any Wittelsbach claim to the throne in exchange for Bavaria and also supports the election of Franz Stefan as Emperor. Franzl gets duly elected.
Philip & Friedrich August: Now that's just cheating!
ETA: The Young Maria Theresia: The Vid. (Just two minutes, thus managable. :)