A Surviving Anjou

What would the long term effects be of Philippe-Louis d'Anjou (second son of Louis XV) be?

From Wiki
Always a sickly child, Philippe was cared for by a group of female attendants, as royal children were cared for by women until the age of 5. As part of their intensely superstitious beliefs, the women mixed in earth from the grave of Saint Medard with his food; the child was given so much earth that his organs failed.

Now, supposing we get rid of these crazily superstitious women, and little Anjou survives (which if we look at Louis' male bastards, was until at least the end of the century), what effect would it have on practically everything at Versailles and in France.
 
That seems a dubious statement at best.

This statement isn't sourced anywhere it is mentioned, and quite unlikely (at the same period, the convulsionists of Saint Médard are quite fought by royal power).

Giving that his sister died from a cold the very same year, I would tend to think this sickly child died because he was always sickly. Such things happened in all families, poor as wealthy up to XIX century.

The gold rule on Wikipedia is : if it's not sourced, double check. If it doesn't appear elsewhere, you have good odds that it's bogus.
 
Okay, thanks.

Let's assume Anjou is one of those people (like his father) who was perhaps sickly as a child but grows out of it. Marie Leczszynska was unrelated to Louis XV enough that it would clean out the Bourbon genepool enough that (it's safe to assume) any illness Anjou died of wouldn't be inherited.
 
Reviving an old thread to ask if a surviving Anjou could be given the duchy of Lorraine as an appanage when his grandpa dies in 1760s? Or even Louis XV's idea of the creation of a state in the Austrian Netherlands for his son-in-law?
 
Doubtful on both accounts, the former had been a goal to bring directly to the French crown since 1766, there is no way Lorraine is going to end up being passed to the Duc d'Anjou and remain as a French sattelite state, likewise with the Austrian Netherlands, France did just get beat and is currently in economic hell. I doubt another French attempt at the Netherlands, even if its to create a buffer in Belgium is going to sit well with the British, the Dutch or the Austrians.
 
Out of curiosity, with a second son surviving, should Mme la Dauphine die in childbirth as OTL, will Louis XV marry the dauphin off before hi wife's body is even cold, or will the dauphin be given a slightly longer widowerhood? Particularly if Anjou is married already (any suggestions to who?).
 
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