Habsburg Spain post 1700

Interesting points raised here, so if we have Balthasar Carlos survive-say his mother does not die and he doesn't fall ill at her funeral- and he marries Marianna, what consequences could this have? Obviously they're less closely related being cousins and all, so could this lead to a slightly more stable succession?

He didn't fall ill at her funeral, he fell ill at a mass to commemorate her death. And Marianna was epileptic apparently, which is why I sought of slaughtered her in my TL: The Prince's Survival, so a healthier wife might make for healthier babies (but I think Spain would need a medical revolution for that (since the three of Felipe II's wives, and his daughter-in-law, who died in childbed all died from medical incompetence, Hell, Élisabeth de Valois would've nearly died during her first pregnancy were it not for a French doctor))

I think Balthasar Carlos survival is enough for a continuing Habsburg dynasty in Spain: if he does not follow his mother in the tomb, he is the heir and thusband-to-be of Mariana of Austria, while his widowed father is free to remarry (and with only one son and a daughter he will remarry) another princess, likely older, healthier and much less related to him than Mariana, so if Carlos and Mariana have trouble with children, he will likely have other healtier heirs.
While a daughter of the Emperor is the more likely bride for the prince of Asturias, a widowed Philip IV if Balthazar Carlos is still alive and engaged to Mariana can look elsewhere for a bride.
The nieces of his first wife (Elisabeth of France) are likely candidates and two of them are around the right age:
Anne Marie Louise of Orleans, Duchess of Montpensier (born in 1627)
Luisa Christina of Savoy (born in 1629) if you butterfly her wedding to her paternal uncle in 1642
Also Luisa Christina's younger sisters, while a little too young (Margaret is born in 1635, Henriette in 1636) are a possibility or some german princess
 
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I think Balthasar Carlos survival is enough for a continuing Habsburg dynasty in Spain: if he does not follow his mother in the tomb, he is the heir and thusband-to-be of Mariana of Austria, while his widowed father is free to remarry (and with only one son and a daughter he will remarry) another princess, likely older, healthier and much less related to him than Mariana, so if Carlos and Mariana have trouble with children, he will likely have other healtier heirs

Interesting, who might be a possible bride for this Philip IV?
 
Interesting, who might be a possible bride for this Philip IV?
I think Philip's choices are either some italian or german princess (and I have not iddef which princess) or one of the nieces of his first wife likely either
a) Anne Marie Louise of Orleans, Duchess of Montpensier (born in 1627)
or b) Luisa Christina of Savoy (born in 1629) if you butterfly her wedding to her paternal uncle in 1642
c) either of Luisa Christina's younger sisters, while a little too young (Margaret is born in 1635, Henriette in 1636)
d) another italian princess (likely Este, Gonzaga, Medicis, Farnese)
e) a German princess (likely a Catholic)
 
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I think Philip's choices are either some italian or german princess (and I have not iddef which princess) or one of the nieces of his first wife likely either
a) Anne Marie Louise of Orleans, Duchess of Montpensier (born in 1627)
or b) Luisa Christina of Savoy (born in 1629) if you butterfly her wedding to her paternal uncle in 1642
c) either of Luisa Christina's younger sisters, while a little too young (Margaret is born in 1635, Henriette in 1636)
d) another italian princess (likely Este, Gonzaga, Medicis, Farnese)
e) a German princess (likely a Catholic)

A marriage to Anne Marie Louise of Orleans would be very interesting, as would seeing the consequences of this marriage ot Spanish and French relations.
 
Philip IV of Spain (1605-1665) m a) Elisabeth of France 1603-1644 b)Anna De Medici (1616-1676)

1a) Maria Margaret of Austria, Infanta of Spain (14 August 1621 – 15 August 1621)
2a) Margaret Maria Catherine of Austria, Infanta of Spain (25 November 1623 – 22 December 1623)
3a) Maria Eugenia of Austria, Infanta of Spain (21 November 1625 – 21 August 1627)
4a)Isabella Maria Theresa of Austria, Infanta of Spain (31 October 1627 – 1 November 1627)
5a) Balthasar Charles I (1629-1689) m Marianna of Austria (1634-1690)
i)Philip V of Spain (1651-1701)
ii) Infante Charles of Spain (1654-1700)
iii) Francis Ferdinand, Infante of Spain (1658-1708)
iv) Infanta Margaret Maria of Spain (1660-1690)
V) Infanta Catherine of Spain (1662-1702)
6a) Maria Theresa of Austria, Infanta of Spain (1638–1683),

7b) Infante Ferdinand (1648-1688)
8b) Infanta Marianna (1650-1690)
9b) Infanta Claudia Felicitas (1653-1690)
 
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