However this war ends up going up, an immediate potential outcome of increased confidence in Spain may end up being that the coup against the pro French Marie Jeanne in Savoy happens a few months earlier- meaning Savoy is free to explore the Medici match with Anna Luisa.
Victor Amadeus may thus be set to inherit Tuscany as well as savoy- which isn't the same thing as Spain inheriting it to be sure, but it does alter the Italian dynamic quite a bit. Given Luis Carlos doesn't seem likely to have too many brothers, a savoyard prince (like otl victor Amadeus prince of Piedmont) might be the best match for Elizabeth Farnese, giving them Savoy, Tuscany and Parma.
Would savoyard dukes start to hope a pro French stance could then net them Spanish Milan, and effective resurrection of the Lombard kingdom of Italy?
Or does it make them a stronger anti french force? Capable of helping to keep the Spanish Netherlands tenable, keeping lorraine out of french hands, or even getting back the franche comte?
Also should the Austrian Habsburgs suffer their otl dearth of men, would a Spanish second son inheriting cause much of a stir? That would be a good excuse for the Spanish branch to "internally partition" their territory, with this son getting the Spanish Netherlands and then inheriting Austria- which I think is more likely than Spain simply going, gee the Netherlands are hard to keep let's just ditch them on our Austrian cousins.
Victor Amadeus may thus be set to inherit Tuscany as well as savoy- which isn't the same thing as Spain inheriting it to be sure, but it does alter the Italian dynamic quite a bit. Given Luis Carlos doesn't seem likely to have too many brothers, a savoyard prince (like otl victor Amadeus prince of Piedmont) might be the best match for Elizabeth Farnese, giving them Savoy, Tuscany and Parma.
Would savoyard dukes start to hope a pro French stance could then net them Spanish Milan, and effective resurrection of the Lombard kingdom of Italy?
Or does it make them a stronger anti french force? Capable of helping to keep the Spanish Netherlands tenable, keeping lorraine out of french hands, or even getting back the franche comte?
Also should the Austrian Habsburgs suffer their otl dearth of men, would a Spanish second son inheriting cause much of a stir? That would be a good excuse for the Spanish branch to "internally partition" their territory, with this son getting the Spanish Netherlands and then inheriting Austria- which I think is more likely than Spain simply going, gee the Netherlands are hard to keep let's just ditch them on our Austrian cousins.
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