Surviving son of Leopold I and Margaret Theresa of Spain

So, this is something that will be part of a future timeline, of mine.

If Leopold, Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Theresa had a surviving son, let's go with Ferdinand Wenzel born 1667, said son is reasonably healthy and has his mental capbailities intact. I imagine considering the risks that Carlos II might die suddenly, Ferdinand would be sent to Spain as soon as he's old enough to be raised as heir. In this instance, with there being a surviving son, would Margaret Theresa survive for longer without the additional strain of needing more kids immediately? Thus potentially meaning that there are more children later on for the two of them?

Secondly, who would Ferdinand in this instance marry? An Orleans girl, perhaps the girl his uncle married otl? Or if Louis XIV has a surviving daughter, would that daughter marry Ferdinand to unite the two claims?
 
So, this is something that will be part of a future timeline, of mine.

If Leopold, Holy Roman Emperor and Margaret Theresa had a surviving son, let's go with Ferdinand Wenzel born 1667, said son is reasonably healthy and has his mental capbailities intact. I imagine considering the risks that Carlos II might die suddenly, Ferdinand would be sent to Spain as soon as he's old enough to be raised as heir. In this instance, with there being a surviving son, would Margaret Theresa survive for longer without the additional strain of needing more kids immediately? Thus potentially meaning that there are more children later on for the two of them?

Secondly, who would Ferdinand in this instance marry? An Orleans girl, perhaps the girl his uncle married otl? Or if Louis XIV has a surviving daughter, would that daughter marry Ferdinand to unite the two claims?
Ferdinand will be sent in Spain only if and when his claim to Spain will be seen as stronger than the one on Austria so in the most likely scenario for that Margaret is dead and Leopold's new bride (maybe Claudia as OTL) had already birthed one or two sons...
 
Ferdinand will be sent in Spain only if and when his claim to Spain will be seen as stronger than the one on Austria so in the most likely scenario for that Margaret is dead and Leopold's new bride had already birthed one or two sons
You don’t think it could happen if Margaret has another son?
 
Whythr second and not the first?
Because the first is Leopold's indiscussed heir and uniting the Empire and Spain is a very bad idea...
If Ferdinand is the only son of Margarita and has younger half-brother(s) who can replace him as heir in Austria Leopold is smart enough to let him go, but if he has two sons with the same right on Spain he will send there the younger as heir presuntive
 
Because the first is Leopold's indiscussed heir and uniting the Empire and Spain is a very bad idea...
If Ferdinand is the only son of Margarita and has younger half-brother(s) who can replace him as heir in Austria Leopold is smart enough to let him go, but if he has two sons with the same right on Spain he will send there the younger as heir presuntive
Interesting so no attempt to do as Charles I did for his brother and nephew?
 
Interesting so no attempt to do as Charles I did for his brother and nephew?
Well is the same story more or less, just with prominence to Austria and Empire (the inheritance from Leopold, who was sure at 100%) over Spain (the inheritance from Carlos and Margarita who had a possibility of 80/90% to happen).
At the time of Charles V, Ferdinand had always ruled in Austria, had already all the Austrian lands while Philip was born in Spain and used to rule it for his father...
 
Well is the same story more or less, just with prominence to Austria and Empire (the inheritance from Leopold, who was sure at 100%) over Spain (the inheritance from Carlos and Margarita who had a possibility of 80/90% to happen).
At the time of Charles V, Ferdinand had always ruled in Austria, had already all the Austrian lands while Philip was born in Spain and used to rule it for his father...
This is true enough. So which would be better, Ferdinand the only son from Margaret Theresa and Leopold having kids from another wife or two sons from Margaret Theresa
 
And I think who if Charles V's grandfathers had died in the reverse order (so Emperor Maximilian first and a couple of years after Ferdinand of Aragon) the weddings and kingdoms of the two brothers would be almost completely swapped...
So Charles V married to Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, with the Burgundian and Austrian lands and eventually Hungary, Bohemia and Milan while Ferdinand married to Isabel of Portugal and King of Spain (Castile, Aragon, Naples, Sicily, Sardinia plus colonies)
 
And I think who if Charles V's grandfathers had died in the reverse order (so Emperor Maximilian first and a couple of years after Ferdinand of Aragon) the weddings and kingdoms of the two brothers would be almost completely swapped...
So Charles V married to Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, with the Burgundian and Austrian lands and eventually Hungary, Bohemia and Milan while Ferdinand married to Isabel of Portugal and King of Spain (Castile, Aragon, Naples, Sicily, Sardinia plus colonies)
Interesting why that division? Due to Ferdinands preference for his namesake grandson?
 
This is true enough. So which would be better, Ferdinand the only son from Margaret Theresa and Leopold having kids from another wife or two sons from Margaret Theresa
Two sons from Margarita will give a clearer succession to both crowns, a son from a second wife can be useful only for lessening the inbred and if that wife is Claudia so the kid will be also, again, the indisputed heir of the lands of his maternal grandfather
 
Interesting why that division? Due to Ferdinands preference for his namesake grandson?
Yes, Ferdinand was born and had always lived in Spain until his grandfather Ferdinand's death and Charles arrival there. If Charles became Emperor while Ferdinand of Aragon is still alive I think who the king will quickly persuade the Cortes to name Ferdinand (spanish born, spanish raised) as heir instead of his brother (a foreign king) plus arranging the Portgueses matches for the grandkids he has avalaible, so Ferdinand to Isabella of Portugal and the little Catherine will be taken away from her mother and engaged from the start to the heir of Portgual (who was also her OTL husband)
 
Two sons from Margarita will give a clearer succession to both crowns, a son from a second wife can be useful only for lessening the inbred and if that wife is Claudia so the kid will be also, again, the indisputed heir of the lands of his maternal grandfather
Alright interesting some nice strong divisions there then.

Yes, Ferdinand was born and had always lived in Spain until his grandfather Ferdinand's death and Charles arrival there. If Charles became Emperor while Ferdinand of Aragon is still alive I think who the king will quickly persuade the Cortes to name Ferdinand (spanish born, spanish raised) as heir instead of his brother (a foreign king) plus arranging the Portgueses matches for the grandkids he has avalaible, so Ferdinand to Isabella of Portugal and the little Catherine will be taken away from her mother and engaged from the start to the heir of Portgual (who was also her OTL husband)
Hmm that could make things very interesting
 
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