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In OTL, Napoleon had to divorce Josephine because she didn't gave him any children even though she had already had two children (Eugene and Hortence) from her first marriage with Alexandre de Beauharnais. For his part, Napoleon has sired at least two bastard son and had a child in 1811 with Marie Louise, his second wife.

What if Josephine had given birth to Napoleon's son?

The immediate consequence is that it might butterfly Napoleon and Josephine's divorce, because if Josephine gave birth to a son, Napoleon had no real reason to divorce her. What would be the other consequences? What would be the consequences of l'Empereur having an heir before 1809?
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