I see that you somehow managed to escape from Monsieur Z's dungeon.

My spiritual father was once a priest under Zita of Bourbon-Parma, Karl’s wife, when he was younger. He’d tell me personal stories about the royalty family because he was close to them. It’s wild how close yet far we are to these people.

You underestimate France trauma of WW1, they won't attack anyone if France is not attacked. Instead France could cooperate with Little Entente and make Hungary join it, changing original goal of Little Entente to be a shield against USSR.

Fun fact: both Karl and Otto ( younger Habsburg) were against the Nazi. Return of Habsburgs could prevent Anchluss😢

Hungarians loved the king and wanted him back (even Horthy believe it or not) but unfortunately the Little Entente didn't want him back and they would attack Hungary if that happened because the Hungarian army was destroyed in WW1 and Hungary was defenseless.

this was interesting! if it's possible. I would love to see you do a similar video with "What if Finland kept it's monarchy? what if Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse became the king of Finland?" that would be fascinating to see. plus you would get a lot of Finns to watch it :D

what if Karl just agreed to give up the Italian territories ?

This scenario is unrealistic France can’t get aid to Hungary because of them having no ports,Karl’s invasion of Austria would just mean the Austrian people hating him and fighting a guerilla war and the Czech army being very well trained at the time

Blessed Karl of Austria, pray for us!

3:35 in this picture, Franz doesn't look like the emperor of a European power. Rather , he looks like a very kind grandfather

South Tyrol & Trentino are different: the former has a German speaking majority, while the letter has an Italian speaking majority.

Always good to see More Monarchy videos

Josh, thank you for the incredible video on Blessed Karl. I have a major devotion to Blessed Karl, and am looking forward to the day when he is named a Saint. In my mind, he really is a modern-day Saint Joseph figure, and is an inspiration to laymen called to marriage. I wish he was able to stop World War I and was able to preserve the Austro-Hungarian Empire by federalizing the other Kingdoms and Territories of the Empire, and elevating Croatia to the "Third Crown," and having Austria, Hungary, and Croatia as the main power centers.

I like this scenario, But I disagree with Italy joining the Austro-Hungarian unification war on the side of Austria. Italy did everything it could do to avoid war until it looked like the fall of France was inevitable in 1940, and despite posturing Mussolini was well aware that his armed forces weren't up to snuff. Most likely Italy would do some international posturing about France abandoning the Stressa front, either trying to tie Italy closer to Britain (In the short term) or some back room dealing, like offering non-intervention in exchange for Karl renounce his claims on Italian held lands, the ladder of which is probably more likely. Still a good scenario overall, and everything else makes perfect sense.

Another informal and well put together video! Keep it up 👍

Such a lovely video! Thank you :)

YES! Love this scenerio! Long Live the Habsburgs! A.E.I.O.U!

Great video, I instantly got desire to replay Kaiserreich👍

Great video Jash. Very interesting.

I seriously like your videos :) I especially like your voice and pronunciation

Thanks for doing this, I kinda did request it

Thanks for taking care of mr.z's channel you did awesome. Your channel also seems awesome

beautiful, magnificent, amazing love it! it's perfect

Monsieur Z linked one of your videos in his community hub, and I'm not gonna lie, your content is better researched, better presented, and is rooted far more in reality than that man's content. With all that said, keep up the great work

I think this is your best video

Austria-Hungary did NOT have an emperor. Austria has an emperor, and Hungary had a KING.

In the 1980's, I met a neighbor in California, named Howard. He was a nice and interesting individual. On day I was some Genealogical Research and we got into a discussion. According to Howard... ha claimed he was A Descendant from "The Hapsburgs Family. At the time... I didn't take it that serious, since I knew little about Royalty and was focused more on Common Ancestry. One day, I was reading a book and came upon a photo of HRH. Karl I., Emperor of Austria... I was stunned! The facial resemblances of Howard to Karl was striking! I didn't dare to approach him about the uncanny resemblances he had to him. After moving to another location... I saw little of Howard and his Spouse. Around 1991... I and My Partner were getting ready to Tie The Knot and ran into him in town. Quickly I invited him and his Spouse to our wedding. Both of them thanked us for inviting them at the last minute. Years later... I began to research The Royal Lines of Europe and "The Hasburg Family" came to my attention. According to my research... after Karl I., Abdicated, some of his Offspring stayed in Europe and one or two of them immigrated to The United States. More and more I became suspicious that perhaps Howard being A Habsburg was not all that farfetched. Around 2022, I found Howard Wife's Email and had a short communication with her. Due to them divorcing a few years after I last saw them... sadly she claimed he passed away around 1996. Upon further research... I became convinced that most likely... that Howard was Karl I., Grandson, mostly by way of his Father or by his Mother? In 2023... it would seem that Howard may have been A Distant Common Cousin, by way of Karl I., Finding an old photograph about the time of my marriage... in comparison... it was too precise to be imagined and upon deeper research... I discovered that I was The Great Grand-Nephew of HRH. Elisabeth "Sisi" of Bavaria... Spouse of HRH. Franz Joseph, Emperor of Austria-Hungary. Upon deeper research... I turned out that My Great-Grandfather, HRH. Karl Theodore of Bavaria, Spouse and Great-Grandmother, HRH. Marie de Braganza's Sister or Niece... was married to HRH. Karl I. The Last Emperor of Austria-Hungary... thus making Howard most likely A 1st. or 2nd. Cousin! 17:44

referendums is a way you could go to annex land, maybe the czechs would have one to join Austria Hungary

no way you ended it with the Churchill plan

"Austria-Hungary is know for being extremely multiethnic and diverse empire which ended up tearing it apart" Oh damn. I wouldn't say that aloud in public today.

bro leaves for 4 weeks and comes backs and makes a masterpiece

I want that scenario to happen sooo bad

EXCELLENT

HAVE TO SAY.. WELL HOB DONE...

Love the national anthem in the background. Nice touch

*IN TEARS* You did it, you finally did it! Edit: I do not think he abdicated but this is a wonderful alternative history. A bulwark against Hitler and stalin. Rightfully so.

To the mr. Josh Sullivan history I have a video suggestion you could possibly do my suggestion is you could do a video on the porfiriato the era in witch the dictator Porfirio Diaz ruled Mexico and also a video on the revolution that overthrew him in 1911

Gloria in excelsis

the fall of AH is something I, as a czech person, find rather tragic

Nice video, but France considered Czechoslovakia as its ally in a possible future war against Germany. It is unlikely that it would support Hungary or maybe not allow two of its potential allies to fight against each other.

Karl would've been A great emperor; and that's why the allied powers hated him. For me, I will never recognize the current Austria, German,and Russia governments until the monarchies be restored.

Could you a What if the Weimar Republic Survived video?

That sounds like a lot of war for post WWI Europe. They were traumatized. Apart from the war in Poland, most conflicts were civil wars and small scale intervention.

Interesting video! Two things. One, France wasn't exactly the be all end all of foreign affairs. Two, I doubt Karl I would have forcefully invaded Austria, as he was probably sensible enough to predict Italian support and possibly his deposition in the case of the war being lost.

I heavily doubt Karl would invade Austria to restore himself. Also the little entente wouldn't attack Hungary uppon France declaring open support, as they heavily relied on France's forces. After that i think the video went on a very unlikely scenario. Great video, but overall unlikely

So, you're telling me, this timeline would end up with Churchill's plan to divide Germany, mostly, coming to fruition after WW2?

Nice

Blessed Karl is one of my favorite saints!

Ok so, A : how would france support Hungary with no clear land border? Naval blockades seems pretty useless and embargoes seems also kinda useless. And and any actual naval invasion would seem hard to convince the country that just fought "the war to end all wars". B : I know the league of nations is debatable in their effectiveness but they still existed, and idk if they'll just sit there and let this go down without atleast a strongly worded statement of disapproval. Or maby a possible peace talks to made to make all parties involved at least ok with the end result. D : overall a pretty good video :) just a few bits of pieces where my disbelief was overpowered by my "would it really tho?" Part of my brain.

What if Franz Josef had accepted Franz Ferdinand's marriage instead of making it morgantic?

When did poland get involved?

7:31 Hungary also lost 3.3 MILLION (out of 11 million) of its ethnic Hungarian population who, without ever leaving their homelands, found themselves in foreign countries and being treated like secondclass people out of no fault of their own. The new borders made little sense because they completely ignored the ethnic makeup of the Carpathian Basin (and even Austria got some land which is bonkers) and the growing resentment managed to sow the seeds of fascism's popularity in Hungary.

I think in the future the habsburg empire would not remain united in this timeline, they would definitely split the kingdoms between the cultures but maintain a personal union like the British Dominions.

Would the restored House of Hapsburg then push to restore Kaiser Wilhelm II to the German throne? Does this mean Churchill's Plan for the partition of Germany post-war would be the plan used?

Someone needs to do this as a HOI4 mod.

What if Erzherzog Karl Stephan managed to ascend to the Polish throne? Probably wouldn’t have changed anything but what if?

dude thats insane imagine going to school with a habsburg

What if Britain won the War of 1812?

The little Entente was an alliance created by France mainly to control Hungary, It's extremely unlikely France would intervene in favour of Hungary because that would mean treason for its 3 far more valuable allies, plus angering Italian and Austrian interests, basically pushing half of Europe on Germany's side at best and the Soviet Union's side at worst, at the very best what France could do is not outright joining or supporting the little entente and trying to serve as a mediator between Hungary and them, and it is far more likely that France either stays neutral or, even more likely, that France supports the little entente if it doesn't outright joined on their side

Mass every day=sure to create crazies.

Very interesting scenario. I wonder though, given the timeline, the French had just finished a losing conflict in Turkey and were embroiled in Syria. Do you think they'd be just as happy to avoid another potentially draining little war, or would they decide to try and use a short war with the Horthy-led Hungarians and the little Entente to recover the glory of France? I doubt it would work, but stranger things have happened.

nahhhh what is karl accepted the separate peace

Karl would have been a great Emperor - except he came at the exact moment when Empires were being dissolved. There was still the British Empire, but the Monarch wasn't the actual Administrative head. If Karl had survived - possibly by NOT attempting to reclaim the Hungarian Throne and getting himself removed from mainland Europe - he might have been able to evolve into a modern Head of State for Austria. Though perhaps he was too grounded in the old ideas of 'Divine Right of Kings' etc. to function in a secular post-WWI Europe. But one can dream. At least Otto and other children and grandchildren of Karl and Zita, played and continue to play valuable roles in our currently chaotic Europe.

With how incompetent he was in our timeline I think it's best he didn't ascend to the throne permanently.

A couple of corrections: *Karl I was not from the House of Habsburg, but rather the House of Habsburg-Lorraine. *Karl was not the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, but the Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary (IVth of his name) *The Habsburg Law didn't banish the members of the house, only those who didn't swear fealty to the republic. Some members did stay for this reason.

Alright mate, this is a great video, but it’s 17 minutes long and only 5 minutes is the actual alternate history. I think you should cut down on the history segments or expand on the alternate history segments because atm less then a third of the alternate history video is actual alternate history

Probably after regaining the throne, Charles I would live to rebuild the Empire, France would push it for fear of Germany.

I actually share a birthday with Karl, so of course I'm biased

I hope he becomes the Saint he deserves to be.

3:45, hmmmmmmm well that failed.

Ah yes Kaiser Karl of the South German Federation

Eduard would be ruling an Empire instead of being a Vatican ambassador and passionate 40K enthusiast. ^^

Thank you. Karl was perhaps misguided but he was a good man. It is too bad that he is NOT allowed to be buried in Austria.

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More craziness from pope JPII.

Blessed Karl of Austria, ora pro nobis 🇻🇦🇦🇹 May Austria someday end this republican experiment and restoure it's former glory

accidentally? for goodness sake, he was heir to the throne.

My man was so close! If only! He's the true king of Hungary! He's the true emperor!

Just a note: one of the reasons Horthy hated Karl so much is that Horthy was of the Hungarian Calvinist sect and despised Catholics.

Personally I think World War II would go differently than described. For one, The Italians holding on, while possible for a while, would not last too long. This would alleviate pressure from Britain, but rather than a British Blitz, you would see an Italian Blitz instead with the Italian airforce completely destroyed by the German Luftwaffe as the supply chains to the Alps defenses gradually run dry before eventually they are slowly but surely overrun. Once the alps are crossed, its pretty much over for the Italians. Even with the Eastern front going on, I still believe the Germans to be generally capable of taking out the Italians, even under the assumption that the communists in Italy fixed the military instead of going on a purge against any suspected fascist (which I consider much more likely) As for the eastern front, I don't think the soviets would just start to win against Germany in the early stages of the war. Would they catch them off guard? Most likely. Would they get much further than Warsaw or at most the pre-war German border? Probably not. They would make initial gains but as soon as the Germans were ready, they would hit the Soviets with everything they had. While the Germans would no longer have the element of surprise as they did with Barbarossa, they would make up for it with the sheer Soviet Incompetence at the time thanks to Stalin's purges. The eastern front would go as well as it did historically and ultimately I think the rest of the war would go as normal with perhaps a slight change with Yugoslavia potentially joining the Axis. While one could argue this is unlikely, with the Yugoslavian government's distaste for communism at the time (they refused to recognize the USSR for years), the emergence of a socialist italian state holding what they deemed their rightful territory could be enough to justify them peacefully aligning with the Germans. Romanians would likely be persuaded to join as well, though with no Greece invasion, there is little reason Germany would try to pressure Bulgaria or Greece to join.

By the way, Blessed Charles of Austria was a great man in an unfair and destructive age.

wait why does he look karl from mrbeast in the thumbnail tho…

Karl why wouldn't you take the deal

Finally back out of the Mr z hole

as a hungarian, i like this ending.

he got his way out of the Z-Zone

So if Karl let France take that bit of land he could of got out of WW1 and kept his position as monarch?

Make What if America Made a Monarchy

Pov a historian just did a tiny rizz withe the Balkans

We would end world hunger, implement world peace, colonize all galaxies and finally release Half-Life 3, if we restored the Habsburgian Empire. Let's go peoples.

Karl could have been a good peace time emperor. Unfortunately, he was unable to navigate the complexities of World War. In addition, the pro Habsburg monarchists seem to forget how autocratic the Habsburgs were; they were their worst enemy. A 19th Century monarchy living in the 20th Century world. Their refusal to change with the times was their doom. The same can be said of the Hohenzellers and the Romanovs.

What if the Fourth Crusade never happened?

ava emperator

Can you do what if British empire survives 2023 but how it would survive to this day

Wow

Ah the good end maybe Sudetenland to k.u.k. but yea is a good one

They'd look different to the thumbnails.

Karl is a god

There is no chance of a civil war in hungary. Horthy gained much of his power from saying he is a regent for the Habsburgs. If Karl would march on Budapest he would give up power to Karl.

Any folks here could tell which languages did the man speak? German, Hungarian, Czech, anything else? The response would be much appreciated!