History Literature / DisasterAtLeuthen

* KingBobTheNth: While relatively tame with newer monarchies, France still have it's multiple monarchs named Louis. (as of this writing, there are now 19 Louises who were King of France.)
* [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]]: Suffice to say, all of the Four Queens in the Age of the Four Queens can qualify for this.

** The Great War saw this happen all over the place. France in addition to losing all its colonial possessions, saw a scenario not unlike [[KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg Kaiserreich]] with the loyalist government retreating to its last colonial holding in Tunisia, while a Collectivist state rules in the mainland. In addition, Saxony-Bavaria, Jugoslavia, and after its civil war Russia, gets this same treatment, and that only covers the European nations.

In this timeline, a fall from a horse during battle leads to the death of Frederick II, leading to an eventual Austro-French victory in the Four Years War. This is the story of a popular timeline in AlternateHistoryDotCom by Direwolf22, and focuses on the reprecussions of Frederick's death.

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* UsefulNotes/TheBritishEmpire: Subverted, the Empire, while is influential, is less so compared to rival France and the Netherlands.

* UsefulNotes/TheFrenchColonialEmpire: Is not significantly gutted as a result of TTL's UsefulNotes/SevenYearsWar (titled the Four Years War.) However, they do end up losing Louisiana and their African bases, and they're ultimately gutted at the end of the Great War.

** The Great War saw this happen all over the place. France in addition to losing all its colonial possessions, saw a scenario not unlike [[KaiserreichLegacyOfTheWeltkrieg|Kaiserreich]] with the loyalist government retreating to its last colonial holding in Tunisia, while a Collectivist state rules in the mainland. In addition, Saxony-Bavaria, Jugoslavia, and after its civil war Russia, gets this same treatment, and that only covers the European nations.

--> “...the Prussian king’s horse bolted suddenly, whether from a noise or some other occurrence may never be known, and Frederick was tossed from his saddle. The king’s retinue could only look on in stunned horror as the monarch’s head smashed into a rock and his lifeless body sprawled out on the road. The great Frederick II was dead.”

* TheFrenchColonialEmpire: Is not significantly gutted as a result of TTL's UsefulNotes/SevenYearsWar (titled the Four Years War.) They do end up losing Louisiana, and their African bases however.
** Ultimately gutted at the end of the Great War however.

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* TheBritishEmpire: Subverted, the Empire, while is influential, is less so compared to rival France and the Netherlands.

The year is 1757, and the world is [[SevenYearsWar engulfed in war]]. [[FrederickTheGreat Frederick II, King in Prussia]] and his army some 36,000 strong met an Austrian army more than double it's size near Leuthen in Silesia, once used by the Prussians as a training ground. Historically, Frederick rallied his forces, and soundly defeated the Austrians, saving Prussian Silesia.

* TheFrenchColonialEmpire: Is not significantly gutted as a result of TTL's SevenYearsWar (titled the Four Years War.) They do end up losing Louisiana, and their African bases however.

* Expy: Generally after 1820, the majority, if not all the characters in the timeline are original. Yet some characters and events are expies of RealLife people and events.

“...the Prussian king’s horse bolted suddenly, whether from a noise or some other occurrence may never be known, and Frederick was tossed from his saddle. The king’s retinue could only look on in stunned horror as the monarch’s head smashed into a rock and his lifeless body sprawled out on the road. The great Frederick II was dead.”

* AndAChildShallLeadThem: After Frederick's death, Prussia would be later led by his thirteen year-old nephew, Frederick William.