Carlos ii

Charles II of Spain

  • Philip IV birth (Charles II father)

    Philip IV birth (Charles II father)
    He had several children, most of them miscarried or died at childhood.
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    Philip IV lifespan (Charles II father)

    Philip was king of Spain, and son of Philip III and Margaret of Austria. He inherited all his father lands.
    Philip IV was also knwonw ans Planet King, or The Great, since he did so much during his reign.
  • Mariana of Austria birth (Charles II mother)

    Mariana of Austria birth (Charles II mother)
    She was 15 when she married Philip IV, whom was brother of her mother, her mother married Ferdinan III
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    Mariana of Austria lifespan (Charles II mother)

  • Lisboa's insurrection

    Lisboa's insurrection
    Portugal insurrection started
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    Portuguese Restoration War

    It was a war between Portugal and Spanish monarchy, it stated thanks to the Portuguese revolution, and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon
  • Marie Louise d'Orléans birth

    Marie Louise d'Orléans birth
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    Marie Louise d'Orléans lifespan

    She died at 26, after marrying Charles at 17, she was French, and had no children.
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    Marie Louise d'Orléans marriage

    They had no children because Charles had so many diseases it was imposible.
  • Charles II birth

    Charles II birth
    He was the offspring of generations of incest, so he was severely ill, and had lots of diseases.
  • Philip IV death (Charles II father)

    Philip IV death (Charles II father)
    The same month the king died, he started to feel bad and started to have bloody feces, so he was sick with dysentery (which is a result of parasitic or bacterial infections, because of poor higiene or eating risky food), he died giving huge indicators of suffering from this disease; he was buried in El Escorial.
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    Charles II lifespan

    He was son of Philip IV and Maria Anna of Austria. He didn't do lots of things, since his life was all about his diseases.
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    King of Spain

  • Maria Anna of Neuburg birth

    Maria Anna of Neuburg birth
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    Maria Anna of Neuburg lifespan

  • Treaty of Lisbon

    Treaty of Lisbon
    This treaty was between Spain and portugal, with England as a mediator, in this treaty, Spain had to recognize Lisbon's new dynasty ruling, the House of Braganza.
  • Traties of Peace of Nijmegen (start)

    Traties of Peace of Nijmegen (start)
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    Traties of Peace of Nijmegen

    These were some treaties signed in a Dutch city called Nijmegen, these treaties ended several wars. The most relevant treaty was the first one, this established a state of peace between the Dutch Republic and france, and had placed the north french border almost as it is nowadays
  • Traties of Peace of Nijmegen (ending)

    Traties of Peace of Nijmegen (ending)
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    Maria Anna of Neuburg marriage

  • Mariana of Austria's death (Charles II mother)

    She died
  • El motín de los Gatos

    El motín de los Gatos
    This was a riot in Madrid, during Charles II reign in Spain, it was a riot for food, everything was very expensive and they needed to eat.
  • Charles II death

    Charles II death
    He was 38, but just the fact that he could make it through the pregnancy is a miracle.
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    War of the Spanish Succession

    Once Charles II died, since he could not have children, lots of people from different places wanted his throne. The bourbons won, so for now on, there will be French people in the Spanish throne, everything went downhill from here.
  • Maria Anna of Neuburg death

    Maria Anna of Neuburg death
  • Marie Louise d'Orléans death

    Marie Louise d'Orléans death
    She was buried in El Escorial