All children of Isabella II were legitimate: they were all born to a married woman whose husband never publicly questioned their paternity. As far as succession to the Crown is concerned, it doesn't matter who is their biological father - in the eyes of law, Francis is their father.
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Originally Posted by Warren
It doesn't matter who the father is as the royal line passes through the mother, the Queen Regnant Isabel.
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Right of succession to the French crown does not pass to/through females and female lines, so it does matter who the father is. Isabella II never had any rights to the French crown, not even according to the Legitimists. If her sons had any rights to the French crown (according to the Legitimists), then one can assume they had those rights as children born in the marriage of
Francis and Isabella II.