The Orleans princes die in Philadelphia: who replaces the Bourbons later?

During the 1790's, the future Louis Philip I, the first Orleans king of France, and his brothers Louis Antoine and Louis Charles lived during a period exiled in Philadelphia. At that time, the city suffered an outbreak of yellow fever. WI the three brothers had died from the disease at that time?

Assuming that their deaths do not change much the future of the Revolution and the outcome of the Napoleonic Wars, if the French still revolt against the Bourbons after the Restoration, who would be put in the throne instead of the Orleans dynasty? Could we have an earlier Napoleonic Restoration? A Second Republic? Or even a new dynasty could be elected to replace the absolutist Bourbons? BTW, without Louis Philipe, would the Bourbons still be overthrown?
 

maverick

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Well, let's see...

Henri, Comte de Bourdeux, was a 10 year old child, son of the Duc de Berry, grandson of Charles X...maybe with a regency, but his mother was a conservative autocrat...Charles abdicated on him IOTL, but Louis Philippe hid this from the assembly to improve his own chances of succession...probably the likeliest option...

Louis Antoine, Duc de Angouleme...I believe he was a liberal, but the mob wanted the entire family to abdicate...doesn't mean that force or compromise couldn't be used...

Charles Ferdinand, Duc de Berry, was the favorite of Charles X, but was killed in 1820...would that be butterflied away?

The bonaparte candidate is Napoleon II, who is in captivity in Austria...if I knew how to get him out, I could finally write that TL again...Joseph Bonaparte, completely uninterested in the throne, is next in the line, followed by Louis Bonaparte, and his eldest son, Napoleon Louis, who dies in 1832...Louis Napoleon is fourth in the line in 1830
 
Well, let's see...

Henri, Comte de Bourdeux, was a 10 year old child, son of the Duc de Berry, grandson of Charles X...maybe with a regency, but his mother was a conservative autocrat...Charles abdicated on him IOTL, but Louis Philippe hid this from the assembly to improve his own chances of succession...probably the likeliest option...

Louis Antoine, Duc de Angouleme...I believe he was a liberal, but the mob wanted the entire family to abdicate...doesn't mean that force or compromise couldn't be used...

Charles Ferdinand, Duc de Berry, was the favorite of Charles X, but was killed in 1820...would that be butterflied away?

I think that even if Berry isn't killed he was conservative enough to not be wanted as king. And the French wanted all family out of the country, so probably not even Angouleme would be an option. As you said, maybe the child-king Henry could be the likeliest option, but I'm not sure if without Louis Philip of Orleans to rally liberals and moderate monarchists the revolution wouldn't just make France a Republic again. And I think would be the most interesting option. Would the other powers invade France in the case that a Republic is proclaimed? The French had helped the Spanish Bourbons before, with the Hundred Thousand Sons of Saint Louis, so would now the Spanish retribute the favour?

The bonaparte candidate is Napoleon II, who is in captivity in Austria...if I knew how to get him out, I could finally write that TL again...Joseph Bonaparte, completely uninterested in the throne, is next in the line, followed by Louis Bonaparte, and his eldest son, Napoleon Louis, who dies in 1832...Louis Napoleon is fourth in the line in 1830

Sure, Napoleon II escaping his captivity is one of my favourite ideas too, I would read such TL!;) But I think you need to get rid of his tuberculosis before.
About a Bonapartist restoration, would that be seen as better or worse than a Republic by the other powers?
 
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