Does Brandenburg-Prussia have a shot at forming? That would be one hell of a Hohenzollern state.
If something like that form it will be a union of Brandenburg, Prussia and Ansbach ... led by Ansbach
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Chapter 14 - 1597 - 1603
Despide fighting already two major wars another war within the empire broke out in july 1597.
But we had troops in the region, so it was a short war ending in financial reparations.
Here are the noteable battles of our war against Bohemia, thanks to the fact that bohemia sieged brandenburg we were able to intercept there moves after moving our forces into place.
The outcome of this was a peace settlement favoring our side and freeing silesia.
With Bohemia beaten no one was left backing the von Bielhkes in Pommerania. Karl Alexander II took his rightful place on the throne of Pommerania.
Now we were able to concentrade our forces in the north and strike against Prussia, another insubordinate Hohenzollern branch. We crush their army in two quick battles.
They fold in July, Riga gets its independence again and Mecklenburg becomes a free state again. We signed this peacedeal because we got backstabbed by France
Our manpower was at minimum (general winter
) and our troops moved to slow from prussia to the combat zones in central europe. We decided to send flowers to the french Hohenzollerns. They accept our gesture.
Directly after the conclusion of the first wave of imperial wars we asked the electors to support our claim to be the one and only Kaiser. They passed the reform. Ansbach, AEIAU - All Erdenreich ist Ansbachs Untertan
In November Veterans of our northern campaign settled down in Brunswick. Thats not enough to counter Landfriede so we just let them live without interfering.
In june 1600 Karl Alexander got the information that his country was ready for another national idea. He struggled between Ecumenism (for roleplayings sake thinking of Friedrich II of Prussia - „Jeder soll nach seiner Façon selig werden“ - "Everybody should be blessed according to his own ways) and keep the slot open till techlvl 30 (something told him that it would be profitable to enact scientific revolution and smithian economy without switching ideas) You can also see my sliders, besides free subject everything is in a nearly perfect shape.
A minor war started an 1601. Ferrara asks for our support against sicily.
The war was finished without fighting any battle ourself.
In april 1602 a pretender seized the pommeranian throne ... again. We instantly declared war. Austria, Prussia and Polotsk join the war end back Pommeranias claims.
8 month after the start of the war the first peace was accepted, Austria backs down and settled for a peace restricting their claims to the regions they own.
And then something "new" happend. While our army are busy in the north France meddles with the Empire again. 2 Front war again. We are not pleased. But Karl Alexander was like a duck in the water. He isn't called "the bold" for nothing.
This finishs todays update, stay tuned for more imperial wars. I organised the chapters to make orientation easier and i corrected some spelling mistakes in the first chapters. Thanks for reading