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By the all of the title, I mean the ones that actually lived past the age of 5. They can still die before Charles though, which, considering that Charles died in 1422 and was succeeded by his second youngest son, I don't think is all that far-fetched (all things considered).

So, thus, we have:

  • Charles, Dauphin de Viennois (b.1392) - apparently, although I'm not too sure, there was talk of a betrothal between him and one of OTL Henry IV's daughters. He was engaged to a daughter of the duke of Burgundy from birth. Although feel free to play around with this part.
  • Louis, variously called the Duc d'Aquitaine or the Duc de Guyenne (b. 1397), married Marguerite of Burgundy - but if she's married to his older brother, he would marry elsewhere. Don't know to who though, maybe some Navarrese princess of Évreux? Either way, they got married in 1412, Louis died in 1415, I don't think them having one or two kids before he died is too out-there.
  • Jean, Duc de Touraine (b.1398), married Jacqueline of Bavaria, Countess of Holland, Hainaut and Seeland in 1415, died in 1417, no issue.
  • Charles VII le Bien-Servé or le Victorieux, Duc de Touraine/Berri (b.1403) - after the POD (since his older brother with the same name died in 1401 OTL). Probably get a different name - Philippe? - but otherwise, let's assume he's more or less the same character as OTL (just for the sake of sanity).
How does this affect things? I mean, obviously, by the time Charles goes crazy for cocopuffs, the dauphin isn't old enough to manage the regency, but when the duke of Burgundy dies in 1404 (he's born before the POD, so let's assume a roughly OTL death date), the boy is 12 (mere months away from majority), rather than 7yo as OTL. Could it prevent things from going too insane (I think they will still go insane, just perhaps less so than OTL?). And since I can't find any sources on young Charles' capacities (he was 8yo when he died, so I'm guessing he's a normal 8yo kid) let's assume that he's an adequate person of average intelligence and capabilities.

Looking forward to see the thoughts on this.
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