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3 days ago · Charles II of Spain [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700), also known as El Hechizado, or the Bewitched, was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg which had ruled Spain since 1516, he died without children, leading to a European conflict over his successor.
- Philip IV of Spain
A c. 1612 portrait of Philip and his older sister, Anne....
- Philip of Anjou
Philip V (Spanish: Felipe; 19 December 1683 – 9 July 1746)...
- Mariana of Austria
Maria Anna was born on 24 December 1634 in Wiener Neustadt,...
- Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria
Charles II of Spain suffered from ill health for most of his...
- Consanguinity
The degree of kinship between two people may give rise to...
- Marie Louise of Orléans
Coat of arms of Queen Marie Louise. Marie Louise d'Orléans...
- Margaret Theresa of Spain
Margaret Theresa of Spain (Spanish: Margarita Teresa,...
- John Joseph of Austria
John Joseph of Austria or John of Austria (the Younger)...
- Maria Anna of Neuburg
Maria Anna of Neuburg [a] (28 October 1667 - 16 July 1740),...
- Maria Antonia of Austria
Maria Antonia Josepha Benedicta Rosalia Petronella of...
- Philip IV of Spain
3 days ago · The opposing sides consisted of a Frankish army led by Charles Martel (r. 718-741) against an invading Muslim army under the nominal sovereignty of the Umayyad Caliphate (c. 661-750) based in Damas...
3 days ago · The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire among supporters of the claimant Bourbon and Habsburg dynasties.
1 day ago · King Charles of Naples, upon hearing of the election of his subject, hastened with his son Charles Martel, titular King of Hungary, to present his homage to the new Pope, but, in reality, to take...
5 days ago · 1268 AD The military champion of the papacy's crusade against the heirs of Frederick II is Charles of Anjou, who is from the French royal house. Charles defeats the last of Frederick's heirs and wins Sicily.
4 days ago · Charlemagne built on the foundations laid by Boniface, Charles Martel, and Pippin. Contemporary writers were vastly impressed by Charlemagne’s political campaigns to destroy the autonomy of Bavaria and his equally determined efforts against the Saxons.
4 days ago · Across France Protestants responded to Condé's manifesto and the beginning of the first French War of Religion by seizing cities and taking control of territories. In total around 20 of the 60 largest cities in the kingdom would fall under rebel Protestant control. Among them Lyon, Tours, Amboise, Poitiers, Caen, Bayeux, Dieppe, Blois, Valence ...
