Charles II of Spain
Also known as Carlos II, Charles II, Chares the Bewitched
king of Spain, lived (1661-1700)
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Charles II was a Spanish king who ruled from 1661 until his death in 1700. His reign is historically significant because his death without an heir led to a major European war over who would inherit the Spanish throne.
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- Born
- 1661
- Died
- 1700
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- 11
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- Copia del testamento cerrado, qve en dos de octvbre de mil y setecientos, y del codicilo, qve en cinco del mismo mes, y año hizo la Magestad del Señor rey D. Carlos II ... debaxo de cvya disposición falleció en primero de noviembre siguiente, y tambien copia del papel que cita el testamento
- The Last Will and Codicil of Charles II. King of Spain. Made the 2d. of October 1700. with the Letters That Have Past Betwixt the Most Christian King, and the Regency of Spain, on That Subject
- Copia del testamento cerrado, que en dos de octubre e mil y setecientos, y del codicilo, que en cinco del mismo mes y año hizo la magestad del Señor Rey D. Carlos II ... debaxo de cuya disposicion falleciò en primero de noviembre siguiente
- Copie du testament clos & cachetté du deuxieme octobre mille sept cens, et du codicile du cinquiéme du même mois
- Testament et codicile de Charles II, roy d'Espagne ...
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Charles II (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) was king of Spain from 1665 to 1700. The last monarch from the House of Habsburg, which had ruled Spain since 1516, his death without children resulted in the 1701 to 1714 War of the Spanish Succession.
For reasons still debated, Charles experienced lengthy periods of ill health throughout his life. This made the question of who would succeed him central to European diplomacy for much of his reign, with one historian writing that "from the day of his birth, they were waiting for his death".
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1661 births1700 deaths17th-century Aragonese monarchs17th-century Castilian monarchs17th-century counts of Flanders17th-century counts of Hainaut17th-century dukes of Brabant17th-century dukes of Limburg17th-century dukes of Milan17th-century House of Habsburg17th-century kings of Sicily17th-century margraves of Namur