Isabel's children had succession rights, not because she was a Queen regnant, but because her husband recognized them as his own.
Otherwise they would be the illegitimate children of the regnant sovereign (be it a king or a queen) and barred from the succession.
Louis XIV tried to give succession rights to his illegitimate sons and could not.
King João II of Portugal tried to legitimize and confer succession rights to his illegitimate son, the duke of Coimbra and could not.
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