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What if the PLC was partitioned during the 17th century 'Deluge' instead of reconstituted?

raharris1973

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Here's a potential map of how it might have gone down:



Here's a couple descriptions:


GauchoBadger:
The Deluge in Poland and Lithuania, which was a crisis period extending from the early 1650's to the early 1660's, saw the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth be invaded on all sides by Sweden, Russia, the Cossacks, Brandenburg (to a small extent), and the Duke of Transylvania. There were also some Lithuanian separatists. Some well-timed tactical victories by Poland and distractions by the occupying powers (such as Sweden getting embroiled in a war with Denmark in the middle of it) saved the Commonwealth from utter collapse.
But what if the Commonwealth was destroyed during this time period, and partitioned by these invading powers? How likely was this?
The Treaty of Radnot (1656), for reference, allocated:
-Ducal Prussia, Masovia, Samogitia, and Inflanty (Livonia) to Sweden
-Greater Poland to Brandenburg
-Lithuania as a Swedish vassal (which could foment future conflicts with Russia) -Podolia and Volhynia to the Cossacks
-Lesser Poland to the Transylvanian Duke, George II Rakoczi
What would have been the effects of an earlier "partition of the white eagle"?
Jurgen:
Ducal Prussia would become a Swedish Vassal but still under the rule of the Hohenzollern, Brandenburg would also receive Ermland (which would be integrated into Ducal Prussia).
I suspect that the Swedes would annex Royal Prussia (the Polish Corridor).

Wiki for background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deluge_(history)
 
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