Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria
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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
Charles II of Spain
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Charles II 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 Spanis
Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria
…28, 1692, son of Duke Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria, and Archduchess Maria Antonia, daughter of Emperor Leopold I. He was a great-nephew of Charles II of Spain. His mother died soon after his birth. He was then left in the charge of his grandfather, Holy Roman Emperor Leopold I, as his father was in Brussels…
Portrait by Juan Carreño de Miranda, c. 1685
Charles as a child, c. 1673
Mariana of Austria by Diego Velázquez, c. 1656, Regent for Charles during his minority
Charles's illegitimate half-brother, John Joseph of Austria, whose political feud with his mother undermined the stability of his regime