OTL, Maria Antonia of Austria, Princess of the Asturias in her own right, and Electress of Bavaria by marriage had three children who lived long enough to be named, and another three who weren't so fortunate. Miscarriages in 1687, 1688 and 1691, two shortlived sons (Leopold Ferdinand in 1689 and Anton in 1690) and the long-awaited compromise heir to Bavaria and the Spanish Empire, Josef Ferdinand Leopold in 1692, but who died in 1699.
So, WI, Maria Antonia still has only one surviving son (Josef Ferdinand Leopold), and Leopold Ferdinand and Anton are both born female, named Theresia Margarethe Christine "Titi" (b.1689) and Maria Antonia Luise "Toni" (b.1690). These girls survive and flourish, even. What sort of fate is in store for them? I imagine Titi might wind up married to Philippe d'Anjou? Or would she perhaps be considered for her late mother's half-brother, Karl?
PS: I toyed with the idea of Maria Antonia having two daughters instead of sons in my very first (very badly thought out) TL which involved JFL surviving, I shudder to think that it's still floating around on the site somewhere. There, JFL ended up married to Louisa Maria Therese Stuart (among other insanities
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So, WI, Maria Antonia still has only one surviving son (Josef Ferdinand Leopold), and Leopold Ferdinand and Anton are both born female, named Theresia Margarethe Christine "Titi" (b.1689) and Maria Antonia Luise "Toni" (b.1690). These girls survive and flourish, even. What sort of fate is in store for them? I imagine Titi might wind up married to Philippe d'Anjou? Or would she perhaps be considered for her late mother's half-brother, Karl?
PS: I toyed with the idea of Maria Antonia having two daughters instead of sons in my very first (very badly thought out) TL which involved JFL surviving, I shudder to think that it's still floating around on the site somewhere. There, JFL ended up married to Louisa Maria Therese Stuart (among other insanities