so thought of the day, on his death in 1715 Louis XIV the Sun King had only one legitimate Male heir his 5 year old great Grandson OTL's Louis XV, but what if shortly after the XIV died the XV also died? the next heir is... unclear, Claimant number 1 is OTL's regent for the boy King Louis XV, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, Claimant number 2 is Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, duc du Maine Louis XV's legitimised bastard son, who Louis XIV's will placed as co-regent with Philippe II and who with his younger brother Louis Alexandre was placed in the line of succession in 1714 (Louis XIV favored the brothers and wanted Duc du Maine to be King) and Claimant number 3 is King Philip V of Spain, grandson of Louis XIV, he forswore his rights to the throne to be King of Spain, but there's doubt if any member of the French succession can do that, and in OTL he stated he'd lead an army from Spain to enforce his rights if the young Louis XV died.