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PoDs of the French Wars of Religion
You're counting the 1610-28/9 period in it, I take it?
I can't find the damn reference in my copy of Peter Wilson's Europe's Tragedy, but I seem to recall an early Polish-Swedish skirmish where Gustavus narrowly avoided being pulled off his horse by Polish cavalry.
You're right that a Polish-Lithuania-Sweden is probably out of the scope of the series, but it would be fascinating to see what the war would be like without one of its iconic 'Great Men.' Even if we assume that Sigismund doesn't manage to take back the throne of Sweden, a war where the Gustavus can't intervene because he's too busy stabilising a realm that had to pay a bloody great ransom to get him back would be very different indeed.
They're at least as much a continuation of the traditional period as the Eighty Years War continues on either side of the 12 Years Truce.
Gustavus Adolphus actually did plan for a personal union between Sweden and Brandenburg-Prussia, more or less bullying the Prince Elector George William into agreeing that Princess Christina of Sweden were to marry the Prince Elector's son Frederick William when they both came of age.
It says something about how Gustavus Adolphus saw his family:
If the Prince Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia and the Queen of Sweden married, then it wouldn't be the House of Hohenzollern inheriting Sweden by marriage.
it would be the House of Vasa inheriting Brandenburg-Prussia by marriage.
Gustavus Adolphus actually did plan for a personal union between Sweden and Brandenburg-Prussia, more or less bullying the Prince Elector George William into agreeing that Princess Christina of Sweden were to marry the Prince Elector's son Frederick William when they both came of age.
It says something about how Gustavus Adolphus saw his family:
If the Prince Elector of Brandenburg-Prussia and the Queen of Sweden married, then it wouldn't be the House of Hohenzollern inheriting Sweden by marriage.
it would be the House of Vasa inheriting Brandenburg-Prussia by marriage.
This is good stuff for the article where I'll be attempting to construct a 'ok o disaster at Lutzen but what next actually?' scenario.