AHC: Consequences of Habsburg restoration in Spain instead of Amadeo of Savoy?

raharris1973

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How could we source a Habsburg claimant to the Spanish throne when the Bourbon throne went vacant who could win the support of the Cortes and be able to keep Spain, "in the family" after the 1870s. What discernible consequences might this have on the Europe of the late 19th and 20th centuries?
 

raharris1973

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Wouldn't a Carlist Bourbon candidate be more acceptable? IIRC, Austria-Hungary supported the Carlist candidacy in the run-up to 1870.

Has there been a real good treatment of an enduring Carlist victory on this site?

You are correct a Carlist probably is more acceptable, but I'm interested in a late Habsburg revival. Seems like it should be possible given that Spain's "King search" took it as far afield as the Savoyards and Honhenzollerns-Sigmarens
 
Has there been a real good treatment of an enduring Carlist victory on this site?

You are correct a Carlist probably is more acceptable, but I'm interested in a late Habsburg revival. Seems like it should be possible given that Spain's "King search" took it as far afield as the Savoyards and Honhenzollerns-Sigmarens

The fact that they took it as far as they did OTL is indicative of how desperate they were. The candidates who normally would've been asked (a half-Spanish prince of Bavaria; the duke of Parma; etc) either dithered, deferred or were downright unsuitable, hence the remark that "finding a Catholic liberal in Europe's royal houses is as hard as finding an atheist in heaven".

A Habsburg archduke might be offered the throne - can't see why not, they descended from Carlos III (and in some cases, Carlos IV too) - but I imagine that after the whole Mexico fiasco, the Habsburgs weren't really LOOKING for another throne. Maybe Leopoldo II of Tuscany (he was apparently liberal-adjacent and many considered him the front-runner with better odds than Vittore Emanuele II of Savoy for uniting Italy)?
 

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How about Johann Salvatore from the Tuscan branch? He was apparently considered liberal (for a Habsburg), friends with Crown Prince Rudolf, and supposedly considered for the Bulgarian throne. Though in 1870 he would still be a bit young and so most of those things wouldn't be evident yet so he's perhaps not the most obvious candidate. But given his rather adventurous life OTL, renouncing his titles, sailing off to South America and then disappearing he could have an interesting career in Spain as Juan III Salvador.
 

raharris1973

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How about Johann Salvatore from the Tuscan branch? He was apparently considered liberal (for a Habsburg), friends with Crown Prince Rudolf, and supposedly considered for the Bulgarian throne. Though in 1870 he would still be a bit young and so most of those things wouldn't be evident yet so he's perhaps not the most obvious candidate. But given his rather adventurous life OTL, renouncing his titles, sailing off to South America and then disappearing he could have an interesting career in Spain as Juan III Salvador.

That would be very cool. I would follow any further exploration of that with interest.
 
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