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So, reading Apollinis et Dianae has had me tinkering around with the scraps of my Josef Ferdinand of Bavaria, Prince of the Asturias-lives TL (that never got finished since I didn't really plan ahead).

And it got me thinking, if JF gets Spain (presumably as Ferdinand VI or Jose I), what happens to Bavaria? Would it get split from Spain with a stipulation to say that the Bavarian Elector cannot be the King of Spain? Would it be stripped from the Wittelsbachs entirely as OTL?

And also, which parts of the Spanish Empire does JF get to keep (New World presumably?) Since I presume there might still be a lesser version of the WoSS. Austria will want Italy, France will want the Netherlands, and Spain gets to keep what?. And what would the political scene look like c.1700?

Also, I have ideas for him marrying a Portuguese Infanta (if only for the ridiculous dowry she can bring - see Catherine of Bragança's and how rich the Portuguese crown was in the 18th century), since she's neither French or Austrian.
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