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Charles II [a] (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700) [b] 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.
Articles relating to Charles II of Spain (1661–1700, reigned 1665–1700) and his reign. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Maria Anna of Neuburg [a] (28 October 1667 – 16 July 1740), was a German princess and member of the Wittelsbach family. In 1689, she became Queen of Spain as the second wife of Charles II of Spain, last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish Empire.
She was the daughter of King Philip IV of Spain and the elder full-sister of Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburgs. She is the central figure in the famous Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez , and the subject of many of his later paintings.
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 between supporters of the French Bourbons and the Austrian Habsburgs.
Charles II of Spain (1665-1700), last ruler of Habsburg Spain. In 1665, Charles II of Spain became the last ruler of Habsburg Spain at the age of five. He suffered from ill health most of his life and despite marrying twice, by 1698 it seemed he was likely to die childless.
The ancestry of Charles II of Spain, showing the severe royal inbreeding which caused him to be the final member of the Habsburg Monarchy of the 16th and 17th centuries.
Charles II was in Continental exile following his escape from England in 1651. In 1656 his new alliance with Spain raised hopes of a military restoration to his British and Irish thrones. The Royalist Army in Exile was the army formed by those loyal to Charles II from 1656 to 1660 during his exile from the throne.