Typical "Who would he marry" Thread, for a Hypothetical son of Napoleon I, brother of Napoleon II

I am writing the "Golden Eagle" TL, I found it quite difficult to find someone to Marry a possible second son of Napoleon and the Third Emperor of the French. The Habsburgs would not want another marriage and neither would the French people, he was born in 1814 and is now the early 1830s, who could he marry with ?
 
If Maximiliana of Bavaria doesn't die in childhood, she could be a candidate. And since she didn't marry historically there's not as many factors to consider.
 
Does there ever come a point when marrying into the House of Bourbon, likely the Orleans branch, becomes viable so as to stabilize legitimacy in the eyes of the rest of Europe? When if ever will/would the French people accept such a move?
 
If Maximiliana of Bavaria doesn't die in childhood, she could be a candidate. And since she didn't marry historically there's not as many factors to consider.

Maximiliana was engaged to her cousin, the duke in Bavaria. Her dying caused him to marry Ludovika instead, and neither partner was happy. She because it was the poorest of matches of her sisters (who wed kings or heir presumptives) and him because he preferred his mistress' company and because the match was forced on him.

A Beauharnais match (esp since this boy would be inheriting the kingdom of Italy as per the agreement by which Napoléon was crowned king of Italy, namely that it would go to a second son and failing any extra issue, to Eugène de Beauharnais) or one with an Italian family (Maria Cristina of Savoy, one of her d'Este nieces, etc.) might make sense.

Failing this, I imagine a cousin or someone with equally Napoléonic origins (Clary, Bernadotte, Beauharnais, or one of the marechaux's families)
 
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A daughter of Eugene is much more likely than her half-aunt and truly the most likely match, the next best alternative would be a princess of Baden, daughter of Stéphanie, or someone with Russian connections (either a proper Granduchess daughter of Nicholas I or his brother Michael or a daughter of their sister Katherine and their first cousin William of Württemberg)
 
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