Start 1861: I Just Inherited the Dutch Throne

As Isabel II stood up, all the heads of state in the venue looked strange.

The Mediterranean belongs to everyone, and we do not want to allow one family to dominate. This is the consensus of European countries.

William IV hit Italy's Achilles' heel this time. In order to prevent the French Empire from becoming dominant in the Mediterranean, Britain actually ruined the relationship between Italy and France after France muttered to help Italy's predecessor, the Kingdom of Sardinia, break away from Austria. Supporting Italy's freedom from French intervention in the country established itself as a French anti-Austrian state in the Mediterranean.

Nowadays, as Italy develops too fast, Queen Victoria naturally does not want to see it. The relationship between Italy and France, which used to rely on Britain to fight against France and Austria, has changed. Therefore, this time Italy wants to win Greece. With the excuse sent by William IV, it is She readily accepted.

"I also think His Majesty William III is good. He has experience and I can afford it. He is a good candidate to inherit the throne in Greece and travel lightly."

After Queen Victoria, King Frederik VII of Denmark was already angry that Louis I had dragged Denmark into trouble, so he simply said: "I think William III is a candidate for a writer. The messy Greece needs a competent writer most." Is there anyone more suitable than him to succeed an experienced king who can balance relations with other countries?"

Others also expressed their opinions.

Basically, they all support it, or they don’t oppose it. Generally speaking, Greece needs a successor from a small and medium-sized country to avoid destroying the balance of big countries. Among small and medium-sized countries, the Netherlands rarely has trouble with other countries. And the relationship is not bad. Even the United Kingdom chose to support it when its relationship with the Netherlands was so bad. So what other countries have any objections?

Of course, after the support of Alexander II, the king of Tsarist Russia, only the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, Joseph I of Austria, and Emmanuel II and Louis I of Italy were left.

Although the successor this time does not require unanimous support for the candidate to be qualified, if the four countries do not agree, they will rely on the influence of these four countries in the Mediterranean. Portugal is in a key position in and out of the Atlantic Ocean, Italy is, needless to say, a boot deep in the Mediterranean, and the Ottoman Empire is in the eastern part of the Mediterranean.

Austrian influence in the Adriatic Gulf.

This will be a huge obstacle to William III's future rule of Greece, as he is afraid that his inheritance rights will not be recognized in the future.

Therefore, many people looked at William IV and several heads of state who had not expressed their opinions in amusement.

Karl XV and Frederick VII were secretly worried. They had formed an alliance with the Netherlands. If William III of the Netherlands captured Greece, the benefits would be great for both countries.

See William IV looking over.

The Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (King Sultan and Emperor) Abdulaziz said unexpectedly: "I share the same view as everyone else. I think William III is indeed suitable for controlling Greece."

Joseph I was in disbelief. He was very puzzled as to why the Sultan chose to agree with the other party. But when he saw Emmanuel II and the two of them, and then recalled William IV's seemingly 'well-intentioned' reminder just now, He already understood the problem.

Finally, he sighed inwardly, and then said: "Austria has no objection to William III inheriting the Kingdom of Greece."

Louis I and Emmanuel II looked at each other, and the former showed an expression of trying his best.

The latter nodded with a wry smile.

Naturally, Louis I was not willing to let William III win like this, and especially did not want William IV to be too proud.

So, he stood up and said: "We in Portugal naturally have no objection to His Majesty William III succeeding. However, I would like to raise a question, that is, if His Majesty William III dies in old age, who will succeed this king? How? inherit?"

Everyone was stunned, including William IV.

Yes, it is impossible for William IV to directly succeed him. In that case, if the Netherlands and Greece belong to the same king, then William IV's status in Europe will be greatly improved.

Even Queen Victoria looked at him with bad intentions this time, suspecting that William IV had paid this attention from the beginning. William I and others were wary of William IV.

Even Frederick VII and Karl XV looked at William IV with fear. The Netherlands is good with them now, but there is still a lot of age gap between the two and William IV. If they are a hundred years later, will a strong Netherlands occupy an overwhelming position in the Nordic Alliance, Denmark and Sweden? It's really hard to say that it has become a vassal of the Netherlands.

What a Louis I!

Only then did he look directly at Louis I,

"This person is two years older than me, 24 years old.

He succeeded to the throne of Portugal only one month earlier than I succeeded to the throne of the Netherlands.

I originally thought that it would be good for him to be a new recruit who could implement real rule in Portugal, but now it seems that although this guy has not traveled through time, he is a political elite. Soon, the situation that stabilized Portugal can be restored in just a short period of time. Within a year, he had conquered all the major factions in Portugal and turned his attention abroad. Looking at this situation, he was obviously a very conceited person.

Now he is trying to trip me up again and again, obviously trying to compete with me. "

William IV looked at Louis I and said to himself: "Unfortunately, many people don't know that if history remains unchanged, my father William III actually married Austria not long after his mother died, and also in 1879 A baby girl was born, who was the future Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in the original world. I just don’t know if this life will continue, but William IV has been here for so long, but the person he should be still appears. He doesn’t think that Queen Wilhelmina, the future half-mother who is the most beautiful in European history, will not appear. If she comes to inherit the throne of Greece, who can say anything?”

The several heads of state who saw him looked at him with scrutiny.

William IV's smile continued, and he smiled at Louis I and said: "That's not bad. I declare here that I will not inherit the throne of Greece. As for my brother Frederick, it is possible."

With William IV announcing that he would not inherit the Greek throne, the position of the Greek king has been settled, and that is William III.

The meeting also agreed on the outcome of the meeting, which was that William IV had no right to inherit the throne of the Kingdom of Greece.

On December 8, 1862, the three-day Paris Conference officially ended, and the results of the conference were officially announced. William III of the Netherlands was officially recognized by all countries as the new king of Greece, and announced that he would be in Greece on January 1, 1863. Under the supervision sent by various countries, the succession ceremony was held in Athens.

As the results of this meeting caused a sensation in various countries, William IV had no right to inherit. Does that mean that his brother Frederic, the heir to the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, became the sole heir to the Kingdom of Greece?

This made Prince Frederic in Luxembourg immediately happy when he heard the news, so there were more people around him than before.

There is one more chapter to come.