Baltic League (Chaos)

The Baltic League was founded in 1640 by king of , Northern and together with , - and -. Originally considered as a defense against Polish or Russian threats, the League soon started to become a counterweight to the interests of French king , and his allies in the , in .
1680, league member died. His son was unable to govern, which he was aware of. So he decided that Brandenburg-Silesia should be governed by a collegium of the other rulers of the Baltic League (, and ) until there'd be a capable heir to take over.
Surprisingly, in 1681 Johann IX of Hohenzollern (of Franconia-Pomerania) died without heirs too. The new French king declared the collegial government over Brandenburg-Silesia and Franconia-Pomerania for illegal.
The leaders of the Baltic League stood up to the challenge, and queen Kristina would start to form a bigger alliance directed against with , and ; the traditionally anti-French already were at her side, thanks to her marriage to Dutch royal Eduard of , later .
In 1682, the (several times postponed) election for Holy Roman Emperor happened. (Several candidates, like crown prince Humphrey of England and king himself, had died at an inconvenient time, and the anti-French groups had had to look for new candidates, since queen Kristina of Sweden wasn't electable.) Finally, after a turbulent election, king Francisco of Sicily was elected emperor by Brandenburg, Prussia, Saxony, , the Netherlands, Palatinate (until then controlled by France), while François V ("the other Franz", as the Germans called him) was elected by , -, , and . François V didn't want to accept the result of the election, which was admittedly quite unclear (are the votes of French-occupied Luxemburg and collegially governed Brandenburg valid?). As a result, the started.
Category:Supranational Organisations (Chaos)