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Originally Posted by Rasputin
This is definitely a good start. I'm a little fuzzy on why he would do this: in our timeline, he thought they would cave to him and, in the end, he was right. A better showing somewhere, or an extra revolt or two, especially in the Rhineland.
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As I have read, many influential people of his court were in favor of accepting the crown, including his brother Wilhelm I and Alexander von Humboldt. Especially the latter might have succeeded. Friedrich Wilhelm explained his decision by stating that he was no Friedrich the Great. Somebody might have convince him otherwise.