Charles+II

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=CHARLES II THE BEWITCHED.=

of the XVI century. His nickname cames from his physical and psychological illness because of the mixt of blood of his relatives. He died in 1700 giving the throne to** Phillip of Borbon**as he hadn't any son.**
 * Charles II, the Bewitched (1661) the last of the habsburg dinasty, was the king of spain during the second half

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The idea of having a very young king taking decisions in the goverment made Mariana of Austria (her mother) became regent, as the money they received from America decreased, she tried to put more taxes. The plagues spread throughout all spain.The reign of Mariana made a economic crisis which made also a crisis in the politics.When Charles came to the trone, Castile was suffering a famine due to the bad harvests, so the population was poor and weak. In addition Spain was involved in a lot of wars.===== Spain was in a terrible economic condition, and the French took advantage of the inability of the monarchy to wrest territory in successive wars.

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The charles II foreign policy was characteristic by a lot of wars and the loss of a lot of territories in all the world. Because Charles hasn´t got any successor, the king Louis XIVsaid to him that if he name his grandson as he successorhe will gave back same territories.This caused many revolts because the hapsburg didn´t want a Bourbon as king and they also though that he was going to unite spain and france and form a very big and powerfull empire.The dynasty of the hapsburg want Charles VI of the emperor of the holy roman empire as successor, but in the end Charles name Phillip of bourbon as successor.=====

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Charles II of Spain, was the son of Philip IV* and Queen Mariana of Austria *, was born and grew up sickly patient with his two brothers, Philip Próspero * and Margarita. Without the cares of his mother and nursemaid, María Engracia de Toledo, Charles would not survive in their first years of life. When he received the throne with four years, his mother, Mariana, took over and reigned until 1675. His half- brother Don Juan Jose de Austria *, gave a coup d'etat because Mariana was not a good governor. In 1678, Don Juan José de Austria determined the wedding of Charles II with Maria Luisa de Orleans *, contrary to the Queen Mother (Mariana), who would have preferred a german wedding. The Queen Maria Luisa died in 1689 so the the king Charles II married again, with Ana Maria de Neuburg * but with this marriage a heir was neither obtained. =====

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__**Maria Teresa**__ (1638-1683): Louis XIV was married and gave birth to six children of those who only survived the so-called big dolphin. Delfin Louis had three sons, one of them was Philip V, heir of the Hispanic Monarchy.=====

__**Baltasar Carlos**__ (1629-1641): Baltasar would have been the successor of Philip IV if he had not died of smallpox.
__**Mariana of Austria**__ (1634-1694) Cousin - sister of Philip IV. First she was committed to Baltasar Carlos, but he died, so Philip IV took her as his wife.

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__**Don Juan José de Austria**__ (1644-1679) He was the bastard son of Philip IV and the actress Maria Ines Calderón. He led a coup d état during the regency of Mariana and proclaimed himself prime minister.Don Juan José de Austria determined the wedding of Charles II with Maria Luisa de Orleans.=====

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__**Ana Maria de Neoburgo**__: (1667-1740) Queen Consort of Spain from 1689 to 1700 as second wife of King Charles II of Spain. Because of her authoritarian and arrogant personality, Mariana never became popular among his subjects, who the facade her of "German redhead and nasty " =====

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In the reign of Charles II many important changes took place in Urban Landscape.Charles II and his mother helped in building the Church of San Pascual, La Plaza de la Villa, El arco de Almeria and La casa de Panadería.=====

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