After the death of the last Habsburg monarch of Spain in 1700, the childless Charles II, the Spanish throne was up for grabs between various dynasties of Europe despite Charles having left a will nami
Charlemagne with his son Louis the Child
The Infanta Ana, future Queen of France, and her brother, Felipe, future King of Spain, in 1612, by Bartolomé González y Serrano
Anne with her two, long-awaited sons: Louis and Philippe.
Infanta María Teresa by Diego Velázquez, c.1652
Joseph Ferdinand Leopold of Bavaria was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, and his first wife, Maria Antonia of Austria, daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, and granddaughter
Prince Joseph Ferdinand by Augustin Coppens, 1695