Louis XIV dead in 1642, King Philippe of France

In 1642, young King Louis XIV wanders off into the palace grounds, climbs into a fountain for a bit of fun, but drowns in it (my history teacher said that, IOTL, he was pulled out by a gardener. POD is that gardener is not there in time). His brother, Philippe, is crowned King of France. What are the results?
 
The house of Bourbon-Orleans rules France? Also, an openly homosexual king would cause a lot of scandal, to the point where other European nations would intervene.
 
The house of Bourbon-Orleans rules France? Also, an openly homosexual king would cause a lot of scandal, to the point where other European nations would intervene.

Intervene? Its not as if a homosexual on the Throne of France would have been anything new in 1642. Louis XIII was a manbugger, as was Henry III. The straight Louis XIV was the exception on the 17th century French throne.

To answer the original question, this might not be a complete disaster for the French Monarchy. With the House of Orleans ruling France, you have no Louis Philippe II (Egalite) scheming against his cousin and stirring up trouble. And later down the road no split between the Legitimists and the Orleanists.
 
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