#carlos II of spain

[belongstocaptaindoyle]

Carlos II of Spain

[little-candy-store-of-horrors]

Cursed historical Valentines be upon ye again

[makosxa]

chares ii of spain my babyy i want to ruffle his hair and kiss him on the forehead–

[britneyshakespeare]

His virtue was the brainstorm of a dreamer!

He died a fool. And may his fall pull down

his friend and all his century! We shall see

how they get on without me. For one evening,

the world belongs to me still. [...]

King Philip II of Spain, Don Carlos by Friedrich Schiller, Act V scene ii. Translation by Robert David MacDonald.

[cabiiefilms05]

remade of my Charles ii of spain draw

[master-of-the-opera-house]

Everyone say thank you Charlie 💅

[dreamconsumer]

Charles V crowns Philip II. By Jan Erasmus Quellinus.

[thequilandpaperwriter]

Leonor to Catherine of Aragon. House of Borbón to House of Trastámara.

[fotograrte]

La armadura de Carlos V por Francesco Negroli y hermanos (Galería de las Colecciones Reales)

Armadura del emperador Carlos V por Francesco Negroli. Galería de las Colecciones Reales. Milán, hacia 1550-1553. Acero damasquinado en oro y plata dorada, pavonado y grabado. Continue reading La armadura de Carlos V por Francesco Negroli y hermanos (Galería de las Colecciones Reales)

[roehenstart]

Charles II of Spain by Jan Van Orley.

[lonelyqueenofhearts]

Philip II + touching his wives' pregnant bellies

[little-candy-store-of-horrors]

"Bella gerunt alii, tu felix Austria nube!"

Day 6 of @spaus-week 's challenge

"Let others wage war, you, happy Austria, marry!" Was the political strategy of the Habsburgs, and marry did the House of Austria! Infamously, scandalously, sensationally. A mangled wreath of a family tree. We all know this horror story. And we all know the bitter end.

After Emperor Charles V&I divided his Spanish and Austrian inheritance ((also gained through his parents' and grandparents' marriages)) to his descendants and those of his younger brother Ferdinand I respectively, the Habsburg dynasty split into two branches. The Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs notoriously intermarried for generations, right up till Charles II of Spain whose heirless death in 1700 sparked the War of the Spanish Succession. The inbreeding and this informal Latin motto behind it has been blamed to hell and back for their implosion, for the physical ugliness that ran in this royal bloodline. But it is not to say the Habsburgs never went to war, nor that dynastic marriage was a political strategy unique to them! But they were, if anything, bloody successful at it seeing how they did rule half of Europe for 200 years, and then a lot of it in the Austrian line for another 200. Before anyone figured out inbreeding was bad it was considered a privilege to marry into the Habsburgs, with Louis XV claiming that Louis XVI's betrothal to Marie Antoinette was marrying the "Daughter of the Caesars", and Napoleon Bonaparte infamously ditching Josephine for Marie Louise. Charles II was a poor sod who took the fall and the mugs were wretched from the same ugly gene being passed around countless times*, but they did wear power and privilege well.

💅✨ Symbolism bc I'm a NERD and this my Category 10 autism event ✨💅 :

Charles V & Ferdinand I's joint portrait based on that propaganda woodcut, behind them the colours of the Habsburg flag.

The Spanish branch, comprising Charles V & I's descendants, is represented with a black background, and the Austrian branch, comprising Ferdinand I's descendants, gold, both colours pulled from their flag, a dynasty intertwined but split in two.

Round frames denote that the individual had no heirs.

Only the most influential ruler on both sides, the King of Spain and the Holy Roman Emperor, are represented as framed portraits, explaining Archduke Charles II's unframed depiction.

The unconventional placement of Charles II of Spain and Emperor Rudolf II's nameplates are a nod to their queerness: their intersexuality and bisexuality respectively.

Ferdinand III's portrait is lopsided because of the losses of the 30 Years War.

Cracks in Charles II's portrait: 🙃🙃🙃

[tiktokonaclock]

Don Carlos: If I had a nickle for every time my father got married to my fiance I would have two nickles. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice.

[girlcaravaggio-a]

Btw people are literally so weird about inbreeding. Recently saw a video where a series of photos of some people in rural Appalachia were discussed and like...man those are human beings, regardless of your reaction to their appearance or the reasons for it? Like, you can very well say you think it wrong to marry your cousin WITHOUT like. Having to stress just how disgusting you find a person who's pretty blameless in all of that.

[cabiiefilms05]

last part

[dreamconsumer]

King Carlos II of Spain. Unknown artist.