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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.
King of Spain [xvii] [xviii] 1578–1621: Margaret of Austria [xvii] [xviii] 1584–1611: Ferdinand II Holy Roman Emperor [xix] 1578–1637: Maria Anna of Bavaria [xix] 1574–1616: Maria Anna of Spain [xix] 1606–1646: Ferdinand III Holy Roman Emperor [xix] 1608–1657: Philip IV King of Spain [xx] 1605–1665: Mariana of Austria [xx] 1634 ...
Dynastic line from the first Visigothic kings to Felipe VI. The monarchy in Spain has its roots in the Visigothic Kingdom and its Christian successor states of Navarre, Asturias (later Leon and Castile) and Aragon, which fought the Reconquista or Reconquest of the Iberian peninsula following the Umayyad conquest of Hispania in the 8th century.
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John Joseph of Austria or John of Austria (the Younger) (Spanish: Don Juan José de Austria; 7 April 1629 – 17 September 1679) was a Spanish general and political figure. He was the only illegitimate son of Philip IV of Spain to be acknowledged by the King and trained for military command and political administration.
Historian Charles J. Esdaile describes Machado's "two Spains" as "the one clerical, absolutist and reactionary, and the other secular, constitutional and progressive," but views this picture of the first Spain as "far too simplistic", in that it lumps the enlightened absolutism of the 18th century Bourbon monarchs with the reactionary politics ...
A History of Spain and Portugal. Vol. 5. Pearce, Adrian J. "Bourbon Rule and the Origins of Reform in Spain and the Colonies, 1700 to 1719." in The Origins of Bourbon Reform in Spanish South America, 1700–1763 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) pp. 43–62. Petrie, Sir Charles (1958). The Spanish Royal House. London, England: Geoffrey Bles.