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What if, following the Spanish Revolution of 1868 (La Gloriosa), the Franco-Prussian war erupted earlier and Nappy III was deposed a year or two ahead of OTL? Could it be possible that, without the opportunity to try to intervene in Spanish politics in the wake of La Gloriosa and the Hohenzollern Candidature Controversy, Nappy III doesn't piss off the Spaniards? And as a result, the increasingly liberal and now deposed emperor of France becomes King of a Liberal Spanish Kingdom?

Is this plausible, or even possible; or does Spain's past experience with a Bonaparte negate any openness to the idea by the Spaniards? If it is possible, what kind of effect would Nappy III's (or rather, Nappy IV's; III was nearing the end of his days at this point) have on Spain, the Spanish colonial empire, and a potential Spanish-American War? What would this Spain's relations be with France/Germany/Britain/the US?
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