Hi all, long time lurker here, big fan of the site, also my first ever post so please be gentle
Have been reading quite a few discussions on the restoration of the French monarchy lately and this got me wondering...
During the 1800's when the monarchist's still held a lot of influence, but after the Franco-Prussian war in the 1870's, is it at all possible that the three main monarchist camps could have formed some sort of factional alliance or political coalition?
My question has been in part inspired by the Nationalist faction of the Spanish Civil War where you had Carlists allied with Alfonsists against a common enemy!
Thus could it have been possible for the Orleanists, Legitimists (the Carlists) and the Bonapartists to put their differences aside, form either an insurrectionist/coup alliance against the Republic or a political coalition against the Republicans, and leave the issue of whose candidate should actually ascend the throne for a later day, presumably when they have achieved the upper hand against their political rivals!
Also when would be the best/most likely time for such an alliance and who would suggest such a thing?
Would such an alliance, like the Spanish Nationalists, have to include other far-right groups or could it exist as a solely monarchist political block? (If a uprising/coup scenario is more likely perhaps more groups from the right would be needed?)
I have only recently started becoming acquainted with this period of French history so my knowledge isn't what it should be sadly!
I know this must seem a bit unlikely but if the Carlists and Alfonsists could become allies in a broad coalition with no guarantees whatsoever that there would even be the possibility of a restoration after the fall of the Popular Front, couldn't something similiar work in France? Or like Spain would it require a civil war type-sitch?
Really look forward to your insight and the discussion (my second favourite past time

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TB
Edit:
Probably unlikely but is any sort of marital union possible whereby 2 or all of the factions could've united their claims such as when Henry Tudor married Elizabeth of York uniting the Lancastrian and Yorkist claims to the English throne in one person?
Was Salic Law still strictly enforced during this time period or could some changes in the law be made to accommodate the needs of the monarchists?
Pardon my ignorance and thanks again
