Napoleon Wins: What happens next?

Any thoughts about the future of the King of Rome and the Papacy? Who would Napoleon II marry? Personally I like the idea of him marrying Louise d'Orleans, Louis-Philippe's daughter and OTL's Queen of the Belgians. Such a marriage could be used as a reconciliation between the French Bourbons (or at least the Orleans) and the Bonapartes. Plus it would give the Imperial line a direct blood link to the previous three dynasties, helping to cement the Bonapartes claims to being the Fourth Dynasty, in succession to the Capets, Valois and Bourbons.
 
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The Bourbons were kind of kicked off the Continent at this point. Someone with a dowry would probably be preferred.
 
The Bourbons were kind of kicked off the Continent at this point. Someone with a dowry would probably be preferred.

True. But reconciling with the Bourbons (or in this case the Orleans) could help relations with the Émigrés, the Royalists and the various opposition Nations. Plus giving the Bonapartes a blood link to their predecessors couldn't hurt. I would prefer a direct daughter, like Louise d'Artois, but there's no guarantee that the Duc de Berri would still marry Caroline of Naples or have a daughter.
 
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