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Birth of Charles II
Carlos II of Spain, called "the Bewitched", was born on November 6, 1661 in Madrid, he was King of Spain between 1665 and 1700. His parents were Felipe IV and Mariana of Austria -
Proclaimed king
Carlos II was proclaimed king in 1665, at the age of three. On the death of his father he inherited all the possessions of the Spanish Habsburgs -
Death of his father:
Felipe IV, died in 1665, when Carlos II was only four years old. His mother Mariana de Austria remains as Regent of the Kingdom, replacing her son, until he reaches the age of majority, which would be in 1675. -
Juan José of Austria
Juan José of Austria was a bastard son of Felipe IV. Relying on the nobility, Don Juan José de Austria marched on Madrid and took power in 1677, but died only two years later. -
First marriage:
At the age of 18 Carlos II married María Luisa de Orleans, daughter of Duke Felipe de Orleans. Carlos II had no descendants. -
The truce of Regensburg
The truce of Regensburg, or Regensburg truce, was a treaty signed between France, Spain and the Holy Roman Empire on August 15, 1684 in the city of Regensburg (Regensburg, in present-day Germany) ending the War of the Meetings. A definitive peace is not agreed, but a twenty-year truce. -
Second marriage:
Ten years later the queen died and in 1690 the monarch's second marriage to Mariana of Neoburg took place. Carlos II also had no descendants with that woman, giving rise to the inheritance problem that resulted in the end of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty. -
After de death of José Fernando de Baviera
After the death of the agreed heir, José Fernando de Baviera, in 1699, King Carlos II made a will on October 3, 1700 in favor of Felipe de Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV of France and his sister, the Infanta María Teresa de Austria. -
Death of Carlos II
Carlos II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs, died on November 1, 1700, at the age of 38. According to the forensic doctor, Carlos's corpse “did not have a single drop of blood, his heart appeared the size of a peppercorn, his lungs corroded, his intestines rotten and gangrenous, he had a single testicle black as coal and head full of water ». -
The Peace of Utrecht
The first peace treaty that ended the War of the Spanish Succession was signed in Utrecht on April 11, 1713. It ended a series of devastating confessional and dynastic wars that had cost millions of lives.
