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Ferdinand VII was the the King of Spain from 1808-1833, with a small interregnum when Joseph Bonaparte ruled Spain. It is widely agreed that he was quite a poor King, and his lack of a male heir contributed to the Carlist Wars and mass instability for Spain for a long time to come.

What I am wondering is what might've happened had Ferdinand VII had had a son, let's call him Philip born on 21st August, 1817, and that this child survives into adulthood and succeeds his father in 1833. Naturally, this butterflies the Carlist wars, but what other consequences might come from this? If Philip was vastly more capable than his father and had a brain for administration etc, what effect might this have on the politics of Spain as well as the situation regarding their constituional issues?
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