Leopold of Hohenzollern elected king of Spain in 1873

Did he have a "claim" to renounce in the first place? When one elects a new dynasty the elected one doesn't need to have a shred of rights to the throne beforehand...

I suppose Leopold could have bind himself with a document promising not to ever accept the Spanish throne, should it ever be offered to him. But considering the Prussians responded to the Ems Dispatch with war, Leopold's move could only have happened if he had been somehow hardpressed before Berlin getting involved...
 
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Thank you all but I think it's important to remind that the point of this thread was of something a little more specific than "could Spain elect Leopold as king?"
Well, Spain could, I think it's consensus it could... in 1870. My curiosity here was if right after the abdication of Amadeo in 1873 they could have resurrected the idea of electing Leopold.

Leopold's was Prim's man. Prim is dead in your POD.
 
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