I understand that Enfant Philippe, Duc d'Anjou, was made to renounce all claims on the French throne for himself and his descendants, when accepting the Spanish throne as King Felipe V.
To clarify: did the renunciation apply only to male descendants in the male line? I would assume so, since the throne of France was bound by the Salic law (unlike the throne of Spain, something King Felipe V had a hard time in understanding or accepting). As such, it should have been perfectly legitimate for a Spanish princess to marry into the French royal family, and then give birth to sons who had succession rights in France.
Did any Infanta of Spain descended from King Felipe V actually marry into royal house of Bourbon? Or perhaps the imperial house of Bonaparte? I understand that Queen Marie Amélie of the French (consort of King Louis-Philippe, House of Orléans) was born Princess Maria Amalia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and hence was a direct descendant of this French prince-turned Spanish king. But she obviously was not an Infanta of Spain by birth ...
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