Maria Teresa of Spain, Queen of the Romans

[A link to my other thread]

An idea I'm toying with is that with the absence of solidifying the link between the two branches of the House of Habsburg through Maria Anna of Austria's marriage to the Prince of the Asturias, the Spanish king consents to the marriage of his daughter, Maria Teresa, to the king of the Romans, Ferdinand IV.


That being said, Maria Teresa now becomes queen of the Romans by her marriage (at earliest 1651/2), excepting the fact that Ferdinand IV still dies on schedule (1654). Come 1655, the queen of the Romans is delivered of a healthy daughter.


What future does she have?
 
I'm wondering if Maria Teresa's daughter - assuming of course that her mother doesn't - will marry Leopold much like Margarita Teresa of Spain? Unless MT has a nephew in Spain of an age with the girl.
 
Can Leopold marry his brother's widow? This isn't like Prince Artthur and Catherine of Aragon where the marriage wasn't consummated, this little archduchess - Maria Anna Theresia - is proof that it was.
 
Can Leopold marry his brother's widow? This isn't like Prince Artthur and Catherine of Aragon where the marriage wasn't consummated, this little archduchess - Maria Anna Theresia - is proof that it was.

John II Casimir, the King of Poland married the widow of his brother Wladyslaw IV, Maria Louise Gonzaga; of course, she had no issue with her first husband, Wladyslaw. But still, there could be some precendent; I mean in her case the marriage had obviously been consummated as well.
 
John II Casimir, the King of Poland married the widow of his brother Wladyslaw IV, Maria Louise Gonzaga; of course, she had no issue with her first husband, Wladyslaw. But still, there could be some precendent; I mean in her case the marriage had obviously been consummated as well.

Pretty much this. It would take a Papal dispensation for the marriage to take place, but that's no hard to get. After all the Habsburgs of the era tended to marry uncles to nieces with no real problems from Rome. As for the Archduchess, it depends. As her mother was the OTL bride of Louis XIV, this assumes that he probably married earlier than 1660. If so the Archduchess could end up Queen of France, married to Louis XIV's eldest son. Or she'd marry her first cousin, the son of the Prince of Asturias. Most likely it be one of these two.
 
Okay, so Maria Teresa then ends up as Mrs. Leopold I. What of her OTL husband? I've heard it said that if push had come to shove and Anne of Austria couldn't get Maria Teresa for Louis XIV, she would've settled for Minette. That said, the chances of Margherita Violante of Savoy ending up as queen of France are slim.

Also, La Grande Mademoiselle and Mademoiselle d'Orléans (OTL grand duchess of Tuscany) were considered for a time, well, more Orléans than Mademoiselle, since Mazarin remarked that when she had taken part in the Fronde "and with that gun, mademoiselle, has shot her husband (Louis XIV)".

Who else might be considered for Louis XIV? And if Louis marries Minette, who marries Monsieur?
 
Okay, so Maria Teresa then ends up as Mrs. Leopold I. What of her OTL husband? I've heard it said that if push had come to shove and Anne of Austria couldn't get Maria Teresa for Louis XIV, she would've settled for Minette. That said, the chances of Margherita Violante of Savoy ending up as queen of France are slim.

Also, La Grande Mademoiselle and Mademoiselle d'Orléans (OTL grand duchess of Tuscany) were considered for a time, well, more Orléans than Mademoiselle, since Mazarin remarked that when she had taken part in the Fronde "and with that gun, mademoiselle, has shot her husband (Louis XIV)".

Who else might be considered for Louis XIV? And if Louis marries Minette, who marries Monsieur?

La Grand Mademoiselle would be higher than her half sister in regards to marriage, considering her wealth. Mazarin couldn't have been farther off, as she was suggested as a second bride to Monsieur after Henriette-Anne's death. I'd say Minette for Louis XIV and la Grand Mademoiselle for Monsieur.
 
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