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Just an idea I was thinking about: from all the children of Louis XIV only the Dauphin survived to adulthood. However, WI instead of son the only surviving issue of the Sun King were a daughter? Of course, the French throne would pass to the Orleans branch of the family. But what happens in Spain when Charles II dies? IOTL the most legitimate claim (considering only proximity of blood) was the Dauphin, who renounced it in favour of his second son in order to avoid a union of France and Spain that no power in Europe wanted. However, now that the closest relative of Charles II is a female that can't legally unite the Spanish kingdoms with France, would she be accepted as queen? Or would the Habsburgs still try to take Spain for them?
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