[jjmarr]

My family has spent centuries marrying into an alternative claimant to the Grand Duke of Tuscany who did not inherit through Ferdinando I. We were planning to use this as an excuse to invade Italy and put the scion of our own dynasty on the throne and establish ourselves as royalty in the annals of history.

Unfortunately, this + the unification of Italy may have irredeemably foiled our plan.

Not sure what to do now, should I find a wife with a better claim?

[satiric]

Nah, ditch the wife. Become a cardinal in the Catholic church, then get elected pope. From there it should be fairly trivial to re-establish the Papal States to their largest extent.

[sidewndr46]

wouldn't it be simpler to just lead a conquest and be crowned holy roman emperor?

[satiric]

Let's test it out. I'll become pope, you become the emperor, and we'll see who gets there first.

[CoastalCoder]

Not sure, but I would 100% buy a copy of your family cookbook.

Just imagine the titles you could use.

[throwup238]

Unfortunately most of the recipes call for “tears of a noble bloodline.”

[unsungNovelty]

> Not sure what to do now, should I find a wife with a better claim?

Naah. You start an AI company!

[Terr_]

The signature Hapsburg hallucinations, developed through generations of self-distillation.

[Avicebron]

CharlesGPT II

[twothreeone]

Just fund your own group of grave diggers with PhDs and an attached museum.

[oersted]

Very Crusader Kings :)

[Apocryphon]

You could marry your claim to an ideological framework upholding the Divine Right of Kings and traditionalist conservatism, causing it to live for centuries longer in the form of monarchy enthusiast cranks.

[senshan]

No, do not stop the efforts! The story here tells us that risks of being poisoned (once the throne is obtained) are greatly exaggerated.

[skrebbel]

> + the unification of Italy

I choked on my latte