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What if Louis-Philippe (later King of France between 1830 and 1848 in our TL) would have died young and childless just like his two brothers did, and in addition to this, Henri, Comte de Chambord ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri,_Count_of_Chambord ) would have been born a girl?

What this would have meant is that the French monarchy would have had a serious succession crisis in the early 19th century. In 1825, the line of succession to the French throne would have looked like this in this TL:

French King Charles X (born 1757, aged 67-68)
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1. Louis Antoine, Duke of Angouleme (born 1775, aged 49-50)
2. Louis Henri, Prince of Conde (born 1756, aged 68-69)

What would the French government have done in response to this? Would it have allowed the Spanish Bourbons to succeed to the French throne? Would it have repealed the Salic Law? Would it have done something else?

Thoughts?
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