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Okay, so my question is about the much-oft-discussed Baltasar Carlos, prince of the Asturias, son of Felipe IV.

A question on another thread was, what if Mariana of Austria (his TTL wife) was widowed after birthing only a daughter. My question is to flip that. What if Mariana dies in childbed, leaving Baltasar a "poor, disconsolate widower" - say after birthing a son (Felipe Fernand) and heir in 1655/1657 (but, like OTL Felipe Prosper, he's sickly, epileptic and not likely to live long).

Who might be a good replacement wife for Baltasar?
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