Infante Carlos of Spain (1607–1632)

Portrait of the infante Don Carlos by Diego Velázquez, 1626/27

Infante Carlos of Spain, also known as Infante Charles of Spain (15 September 1607 – 30 July 1632) was infante of Spain, the second son of Philip III of Spain and Margaret of Austria.

Life

Charles was the younger brother of Philip IV and as long as the King remained childless was heir to the Spanish throne. Charles was never a friend of Philip's favourite and prime minister, the Count-Duke of Olivares, and though he was uninterested in politics, he was used by various nobles in attempts to overthrow Olivares.

During his brother's severest illness, Charles was on the point of ascending the throne but Philip recovered and in 1629 finally fathered a son, Balthasar Charles. This dissipated Charles' political importance completely.

Charles was one of the era's most enigmatic characters due to his strange and possibly unhealthy personality. He died in 1632, aged 25. Francisco de Quevedo dedicated a sonnet entitled The Burial of the Most Serene Infante Don Carlos to this event.

Arms of Charles of Austria

Ancestry

Ancestors of Infante Carlos of Spain (1607–1632)

16. Philip I of Castile^[1] (= 24)

8. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor^[2] (= 22)

17. Joanna I of Castile^[1] (= 25)

4. Philip II of Spain^[3]

18. Manuel I of Portugal^[4]

9. Isabella of Portugal^[2] (= 23)

19. Maria of Aragon^[4]

2. Philip III of Spain

20. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor^[5] (= 12, 30)

10. Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor^[6]

21. Anne of Bohemia and Hungary^[5] (= 13, 31)

5. Anna of Austria^[3] (≠ 15)

22. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor^[7] (= 8)

11. Maria of Austria^[6]

23. Isabella of Portugal^[7] (= 9)

1. Carlos of Spain

24. Philip I of Castile^[8]^[1] (= 16)

12. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor^[9] (= 20, 30)

25. Joanna I of Castile^[1] (= 17)

6. Charles II, Archduke of Inner Austria^[10]

26. Vladislaus II of Hungary and Bohemia^[11]

13. Anne of Bohemia and Hungary^[9] (= 21, 31)

27. Anne of Foix-Candale^[11]

3. Margaret of Austria

28. William IV, Duke of Bavaria^[12]

14. Albert V, Duke of Bavaria^[13]

29. Marie of Baden-Sponheim^[12]

7. Maria Anna of Bavaria^[10]

30. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor^[14] (= 12, 20)

15. Anna of Austria^[13] (≠ 5)

31. Anne of Bohemia and Hungary^[14] (= 13, 21)

References

1 2 3 4 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor at Encyclopædia Britannica
1 2 Kurth, Godefroid (1911). "Philip II". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Philipp III." (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 7. Wikisource. p. 120.
1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Elisabeth (Isabella von Portugal)" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 6. Wikisource. p. 169.
1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maximilian II." (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 7. Wikisource. p. 103.
1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Anna von Oesterreich (Königin von Spanien)" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 6. Wikisource. p. 151.
1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria von Spanien" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 7. Wikisource. p. 19.
↑ Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor at Encyclopædia Britannica
1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Karl II. von Steiermark" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 6. Wikisource. p. 352.
1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Margaretha (Königin von Spanien)" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 7. Wikisource. p. 13.
1 2 Obermayer-Marnach, Eva (1953), "Anna Jagjello", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 299 ; (full text online)
1 2 Goetz, Walter (1953), "Albrecht V.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 158–160 ; (full text online)
1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria von Bayern" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 7. Wikisource. p. 20.
1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Anna von Oesterreich (1528–1587)" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 6. Wikisource. p. 151.

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[Britannia-Charles_V-1] 1 2 3 4 Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor at Encyclopædia Britannica

[CathEncy-Philip_II-2] 1 2 Kurth, Godefroid (1911). "Philip II". In Herbermann, Charles. Catholic Encyclopedia. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

[BLKO-Philip_III-3] 1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Philipp III." (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 7. Wikisource. p. 120.

[BLKO-Isabella-4] 1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Elisabeth (Isabella von Portugal)" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 6. Wikisource. p. 169.

[BLKO-Maximilian_II-5] 1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maximilian II." (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 7. Wikisource. p. 103.

[BLKO-Anna-6] 1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Anna von Oesterreich (Königin von Spanien)" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 6. Wikisource. p. 151.

[BLKO-Maria_von_Spanien-7] 1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria von Spanien" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 7. Wikisource. p. 19.

[8] Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor at Encyclopædia Britannica

[BLKO-Karl_II-9] 1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Karl II. von Steiermark" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 6. Wikisource. p. 352.

[BLKO-Margaretha-10] 1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Margaretha (Königin von Spanien)" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 7. Wikisource. p. 13.

[NDB-Anna_Jagjello-11] 1 2 Obermayer-Marnach, Eva (1953), "Anna Jagjello", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, p. 299 ; (full text online)

[NDB-Albrecht_V-12] 1 2 Goetz, Walter (1953), "Albrecht V.", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 158–160 ; (full text online)

[BLKO-Maria_von_Bayern-13] 1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria von Bayern" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 7. Wikisource. p. 20.

[BLKO-Anna_von_Oesterreich-14] 1 2 Wurzbach, Constantin, von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Anna von Oesterreich (1528–1587)" (in German). Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire]. 6. Wikisource. p. 151.