A question about Louis XVIII of France

So, I'm planning a timeline where after a failed First French Republic, Louis XVIII ascends the throne, however, what I am also planning is that his wife Marie Josephine of Saxony dies in 1795. Now, with his wife dead, would Louis XVIII look to remarry? If so who might he marry as his second wife, and was he in any state at this point in time to have kids?

Failing that, in a scenario where the French Republic loses the war of the first coalition, how likely is it that Louis XVII could escape and then reclaim the throne?
 
I doubt Louis XVIII would have had any children.

And It is both an understatement and an euphemism since he was sexually impotent.
 
I doubt Louis XVIII would have had any children.

And It is both an understatement and an euphemism since he was sexually impotent.

Lmao, was this proven? His wife did have two stillbirths during their marriage. But alright.

Also, what about Louis XVII escaping from France during the First Republic, possible?
 
Lmao, was this proven? His wife did have two stillbirths during their marriage. But alright.

Also, what about Louis XVII escaping from France during the First Republic, possible?

It is questionable that Louis XVIII's wife ever was pregnant, although It was actually said that she miscarried twice. But if she was pregnant then Louis XVIII may have become impotent later.

An escape of young Louis XVII would be a great alternate history. Have some kind of commando release him and bring him to a safe place and it's done.
 
I doubt Louis XVIII would have had any children.

And It is both an understatement and an euphemism since he was sexually impotent.

He actually had an official mistress during the restauration period so impotent is a hard sell. Since we don't know of any kids, wheter legitimate or bastards, infertile would be possible however.
 
It is questionable that Louis XVIII's wife ever was pregnant, although It was actually said that she miscarried twice. But if she was pregnant then Louis XVIII may have become impotent later.

An escape of young Louis XVII would be a great alternate history. Have some kind of commando release him and bring him to a safe place and it's done.

Alright interesting. Now, second question, would it be better for Louis Joseph, or Louis Charles to become Louis XVII here?
 
I'll go with it being Louis Joseph that is Louis XVII, now I just need a bride for him for his restoration, any suggestions would be appreciated
 
Alternatively, what do people make of Louis Joseph, being born in 1778 as a twin with his sister Marie Therese?
 
Alternatively, what do people make of Louis Joseph, being born in 1778 as a twin with his sister Marie Therese?

Depends, what does this Louis have as a personality? If he's like his dad, France is screwed. If he's like Louis XV France is screwed. And if he's like Louis XIV, you guessed it, France is screwed.
He'd be 11 when the Bastille falls, 15 when the monarchy gets abolished. Old enough to have ideas of his own by that point, so they can't farm him out to the Simons in the hopes he absorbs revolutionary fervor (unless he's a dimwit). Chances are he either goes to the guillotine alongside mom, dad and Tante Babette; gets quietly done away with in his cell but nothing is ever proved (something like LXVII OTL), or he gets away and becomes Charles X come early. Madame Royal was a rather staunch supporter of the Ancien Régime during the Restauration, so if his personality is anything like hers, wait for it, France is screwed.

As to Louis XVIII having kids, best way for it to happen would be for him to lose weight. He had diabetes because of his obesity which made him waddle rather than walk (part of the reason he didn't go through with a sacré for himself, even though he apparently wanted to). The obesity would've also made it that he couldn't make his soldier stand at attention. So the best chance forhim to have an heir would be Madame carrying one of her miscarriages to term. And even then, it's debatable as to how much of a middle-of-the-road character he'd be. Angoulême was Anglophilic, Orléans was out an out liberal, Berri and Madame Royal were both in favour of Ancien-Regime influenced policies (and they were all born in the 1772-1778 bracket, and lived through almost all the same things from 1798 on), so I'd say a son for the Cte de Provence or a twin brother to MR would stand a fifty-fifty chance of ending up like ANY of them.
 
Okay very interesting. I mean if France gets destroyed during the war of the first coalition, the people are going to blame the republic for it. And politicians tend to act worse when they're up shit creek
 
I'll go with it being Louis Joseph that is Louis XVII, now I just need a bride for him for his restoration, any suggestions would be appreciated

Oh yes. Russia having supported the exiled Bourbons for a long time, give him a Romanov bride : one of the daughters of Paul I of Russia. Be it Helen, Maria or Catherine.

And imagine the mess with Russia allied with the Bourbons and confronting napoleonic France. To be frank, I have written (but not published) elements of a timeline which is a mix of Louis XVII surviving and of a french Canada (which freed itself from british rule during the american revolution war) where Louis XVII would leave by 1793 and become head of State when grown adult.
 
Oh yes. Russia having supported the exiled Bourbons for a long time, give him a Romanov bride : one of the daughters of Paul I of Russia. Be it Helen, Maria or Catherine.

And imagine the mess with Russia allied with the Bourbons and confronting napoleonic France. To be frank, I have written (but not published) elements of a timeline which is a mix of Louis XVII surviving and of a french Canada (which freed itself from british rule during the american revolution war) where Louis XVII would leave by 1793 and become head of State when grown adult.

Oh now that's interesting.
 
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