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  1. LadyPerfidia

    Louis Le Grand Dauphin or his son Louis, Duke of Burgundy as ATTL Louis XV?

    Yea, so I'm back 😚. Anyways, could Le Grand Dauphin or Bourgogne had saved the French monarchy if they had succeeded Louis XIV in 1715 instead of Louis, Duke of Anjou (OTL Louis XV). One benefit is either would have been already of age to rule. The question is more so would they had made the...
  2. Consequences of Having More of Louis XIV's Descendants Survive

    How much would France chance if more of Louis XIV's children and their children lived? Obviously, there were many that died young, which would make it hard to determine what would happen afterwards, but what would be the possibilities in the political scheme? Alliances? I'm assuming that the...
  3. War of the French Succession

    In February 1712, while the War of the Spanish Succession raged across Europe, the entire family of Louis, Duke of Burgundy, the Petit Dauphin, heir to the French throne, contracted the measles - he himself, his wife, and his two children. He and his wife died, and soon afterwards also the...
  4. Crying

    WI: Louis 'Le Petit Dauphin' becomes King of Spain instead of Philip?

    Ignoring the unlikeliness of this situation, because I personally can't think of a way for it to happen right now, what might have happened had Louis, Duke of Burgundy, ascended to the Spanish throne instead of Philip V? Would the War of the Spanish Succession still take place? How would Spain...
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