The Sad Life and Crazy Anatomy of Spain's King Charles II
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- Charles II was born into one of Europe's most powerful families. After his father's death he became King of Spain at the age of 4, with his mother doubling as his regent. Yet his life certainly wasn't over roses. King Charles II was nicknamed 'the Bewitched' and suffered from a long list of physical deformities as a direct result of the Habsburg's... lack of 'diversity' in marriage.
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This is so sad. Imagine completely ruining your kids bodies just to maintain power.
He must have had a horrible life
first thing that comes to mind is the classic "kiiill meeee" trope
But...how the fuck was he even alive if his blood circulation in his body was as good as not having blood at all?
So sad, alexa play "i am blue"
@𐒛 𐒁 𐒆 𐒛 𐒐 𐒖 I don't even know about it clearly. All I read was about his body reports which, would unallow him to even be alive at the very first place
He was a king
King Charles II was infertile because even God was like, "This madness has to stop."
He probably was incapable of consumating either marriage. If his personal hygiene was so bad, I doubt either of his 2 wives put much effort into getting him to "do his marital duty".
@@ladyv5655 He only had one testicle that was pitch black. It would have been pretty much impossible for Him to produce viable sperm and close to impossible for Him to produce any sperm at all. His testicles were probably dead for over a decade before He Died.
But God was OK
With the 'auto de fe '?
@@stephenlangsl67 Jesus Christ, that poor man.
Poor chap.
Poor guy. It's a miracle he lived as long as he did. He loved his first wife (even though she didn't reciprocate) when she died, he was devastated. He never had a chance of having decent quality of life. Sad all the way around.
He was a monster anyways. He had a troop of unfortunate-looking people he kept around him to ridicule for their looks.
@Jamie Arrington He WAS a disabled Child!!!
@@stephenlangsl67 mutant child
@@faye7199 He probably did it just to make himself feel better.
Was his first wife his family member as well?
Terrifying concept - artists weren't fated to live long happy lives if they presented images of their royal subject in images that failed to flatter them. Those paintings are going to be the ~idealized~ version. If those paintings are the best an artist could manage and still look even CLOSE to the king the reality must have been shocking.
I was thinking the same thing !
Think of Henry XIII and his later portraits- that guy mist have been 4x the size they pictured him! Let’s not mention the smell…
@@Laxxmitknaxx the smell? Edit: oh yeah, he had bad gout in his leg. That guy was emotionally, mentally, familially, and physically a mess.
@@Laxxmitknaxx Henry the 13th?
@@Sulucnumoh420 viii my bad
China had a Qin dynasty, pronounced “chin” dynasty. Europe had the Habsburgs, also a chin dynasty, because of the jaw.
Were the People from the Qin Dynasty inbread though?
Haha
@@stephenlangsl67 No. In Chinese society, the Emperor had one TRUE wife and many concubines. They would ideally have many kids as well. But when a royal marriage was to happen, he would "adopt" basically any woman (but usually the daughter of some sort of high class person) and say "Here is my daughter, marry her". The family whose daughter was adopted would be happy because their daughter would gain a social class, and the Emperor was happy because he did not have to lose any of his children. Versus in Europe, Kingdoms of many countries basically kept trading the same bloodline between themselves. China had that new bloodline, and usually didnt actually allow their REAL daughters to be shipped away and married - or if they did they were the children of the concubines, and thus still bringing in new DNA.
OP, You deserve some sort of award or recognition for this
Ha!!!!👍
Most of that so-called "autopsy report" is impossible. No blood in His body" A heart the size of a peppercorn? IMPOSSIBLE!!!
They were hella stooopid
Very dramatic autopsy indeed, like that one friend everyone has that exaggerates every story
It’s thought that the physician was exaggerating in order to “verify” that Charles was cursed.
Absolutely no one:
The Habsburg:
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good one 🤣
@Guru Charan It's a joke , obviously your triggered , which in it's self is funny
this is not a laughing matter
Such a sad existence. This reminds me of current day issues with inbreeding in certain cultures. The children suffer so much. People are ignorant and selfish.
Thank you for the quality presentation!
Check out any pedigree dog judging finals. It's a genetic HORROR SHOW in real life.
@@lukespector5550 #Truth
His autopsy report is likely a fiction. A heart the size of a peppercorn wouldn't keep a body alive, let alone fuction for decades.
You never know, maybe he had an already small heart and his last illness made it worse, killing him in the process.
@@Felipe2009cvb hearts don’t shrink.
@@Celisar1 the muscle can waste away
I agree. That sounds like over exaggeration
Clearly, it is inaccurate. No one can exist without blood. The one dead testicle and probable hydrocephalus I believe.
There's always a sad irony in trying to maintain a grip on power. That the lengths one's family will go to often become the very instruments of its decline and destruction.
Would you perhaps do a video on the last Emperor of the Han Dynasty? Emperor Xian?
I'd love to. Because of the lack of imagery/footage from earlier eras I am toying around with footage from Total War games to supplement the narrative. I am not a gamer by any means, so it's quite difficult figuring everything out. I hope to be able to release more videos on Ancient China in the near future, it's definitely something I would love to work on!
@@HoH If I might be so bold, a collaboration with the channels of Serious Trivia and History of China might be helpful in the footage department. Both CZcamsrs use aspects from the Total War Three Kingdoms along with historical art to assist with their visuals.
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Such a collaboration would also likely have the benefit of bringing more viewers to all three channels through association.
I hope that is helpful, I enjoy your videos and it has been a great delight seeing history channels spring up over these last few years showing I am not the only one with a passion for understanding the past.
@@grandadmiralzaarin4962 I watch History of China - his videos are great. Thanks for the suggestion! I'll definitely take it into consideration
Charles II was, essentially, cursed as his nickname, El hechizado (the bewitched), had it but it was his family that condemned him to such a miserable life with so much pain.
Excellent content, I really enjoyed the subject. Which I had no knowledge of. And it was delivered really well, cheers
I’ve only just discovered this channel and what a perfect find it is. Tremendous work went into researching, filming and editing this. Thank you!
And yet, even he found a loving wife. There’s hope for all of us.
Well he was king. Wife's were found and used as political pawns
There you go. Great sound and production value. And of course, great information.
Much appreciated!
I have been watching your videos all day. Love your channel very underrated.
I appreciate that, thank you!
This was absolutely fantastic 👏
Not sure if you remember but a few weeks ago you gave me some workout advice. Thanks very much it helped heaps, I gained 10.5kgs. Some simple words seemed to help me so much I was putting on a kilo a week for awhile and I can lift a lot more. So thanks again.
Hey Tessie, still doing OK with the training?
My goodness, could you imagine if your family tree went straight up with no branches?
All jokes aside, this might be the most unfortunate piece of history you’ve shared with us, second to only; the Romanov Dynasty and their heinous demise by the Bolshevik in 1917.
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I agree that the Bolsheviks were scoundrels but the more and more I read about Nicholas' rabid anti-semitism and more importantly his incompetence, despite which he still held stubborn to ideas of his divine right as an autocrat, the less sympathetic I feel for him. There were many who suffered in misery during his rule, unfortunately for them worse was to come.
Like the _Wrong Turn_ movies, right?
Their family had branches that turned into vines!
Superb documentary - Thank you.
Many thanks!
What a sad, miserable life he had. 🙁
His brother was probably also his father, grand father, great grand father, 2x great grandfather, 3x great grandfather, 4x great grand father, 5x great grand father, 6x great grandfather.
Similar results can take place in larger populations. You might want to do an episode on the high rates of dwarfism in Pennsylvania's Amish population. The Amish are attempting to cope with the problem with adopting children from outside their ranks.
I hadnt heard of this. Interesting. Thanx.
@@billd.iniowa2263 Yes! Some of their daughters develope "Maple Syrup Syndrome!" It happens to girls who's parents are first cousins! Something happens to the brain around the late teens and the girls intellect reverts back to small children and they can no longer communicate as a young adult or take care of themselves physically but if it's caught in time it can be treated and cured but since they don't go to doctor it's usually a permanent situation! I saw this on 48 hours years ago where an Amish woman had two daughters with the disease by it was too late for the cure but the girls needed to still see doctors regularly because they could possibly die! Their mother realized that she had to lead a 20th century life in order to take for them properly but her husband, their father, was not on board so she divorced him, learned how to drive and got a mini van so she could take them back and forth to the doctor! She was shunned buy her community but still communicated with her other children! She found out her son was about to marry his first cousin and she told him not to but he went through with it anyway! Very sad and strange!
The problem is being experiences in the UK with those whose families originated on the Indian subcontinent.
I'm of Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and we have similar problems. We are all descended from a group of about 350 people who lived between France and Germany, and 40% of us have genes from one of four "founders" who were part of this population.
There are numerous "Jewish diseases," which sounds like nazi propaganda but in fact refers to rare genetic conditions almost exclusive to us. I and my sister have Alports syndrome, where your kidneys fail early in life and you suffer hearing loss. We had transplants in our teens and are now wearing hearing aids. Both of us are also autistic, nearsighted, and have ADHD.
New York's Hasidic community is adopting kids to deal with this problem too. For my part I have decided not to have children.
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Thank you, Christina!
@@HoH Your are very Welcome sir !
You have a way of speaking that really catches the attention of the listener. You'd make a very good teacher
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Excellent video! I would like to hear more about his health issues and what Dr's think now 🤔
What a sad/unfortunate life
Hi. Greetings from México.
The life of Carlos II was really sad, but what can you tell about the "Black Leyend" o "Leyenda Negra" that England was publiciting about Spain.
Could this autopsy be over-exagerated?
[Sorry for my broken english XD ]
The original Spain was nasty af
The fact that they referred to the poor man as "The Bewitched" showed their lack of knowledge as to the working of genetics!
Thanks for your super interesting video! Out of curiosity, where is your accent from?
Sounds Welsh
The Hapsburg family tree became a bush.........
😂😂🤣🤣🤣
Lmaooo
A wreath basically
and that is also why ancient Egypt had so many dynasties.. When you marry your sister etc etc
There was one individual, "in ancient Egypt" who shacked up with his sister then later on nailed his grandmother. I cant remember if it was king Tut or some other individual.
@Jordan Spencer
Yes okay i was sure Tut was inbreed just not if he was the one who had done what I specified.
they say he was more inbreed then if his parents where brother and sister 😜
Why did the family have Charles' body autopsied? How did such a ghastly report become public knowledge, was it maybe revealed or made up by rivals in the royal court?
Man, this video gave a new subs: me. THANKS.
Many Habsburgs in 16th century and 17th century were actually healthy.
The Tyrolean Habsburgs were not as inbred and many notable Habsburgs were strong.
Is the Tyrolean Habsburg the dynasty before the Spanish Habsburg?
@ There was 2 Tyrolean Habsburgs line. The first line was created before the Spanish Habsburgs but went extinct under Sigismund.
The second line was founded under Leopold V, Archduke of Further Austria. He was the brother of Ferdinand II Holy Roman Emperor. Leopold's family branch went extinct in 1665.
@Ki-SS 77 If you look at some individual in 16th century, they were quite healthy.
Maybe you should not read English sources. He wasn’t an idiot even though he was very ugly. His wife died of an illness and she loved him very much, written by herself in a letter. He was a very deeply religious person. By the way, John of Austria was a son of Charles I of Spain and brother to Philip II, so a great grand uncle to Charles II. So he could have never been king unless he was time trav. The king that stenched from afar was Henry VIII from England. Check it out.
There were two johns of austria ,
John of austria the younger was charles II basterd brother
Henry Viii smelt bad due to ulcers in his legs shortly before he died.
Anyone else unable to stop thinking about the McPoyles? 😄
You had me at "crazy anatomy". 😉
Ah, the Hapsburgs. They truly were the 'kings' of inbreeding.
That jaw though. Hehehe...
Superchads
Excellent content and presentation as usual, I do have a doubt that arose from your previous videos on the Russian Duma under Nicholas II, in that why was Nicholas so stubborn in his belief in his divine right as an autocratic when considering that for one he was not particularly competent as a ruler individually and secondly that Russia's autocracy seemed something of an anachronism compared to other European powers of the time, especially considering how in many respects still lagged behind in many socio-economic indices. I am also curious about his rabid anti-semitism, was he more prejudiced than the average ruler at the time. Apologies for the long winded comment 😅
Wow!! Great video but tragic story of the various monarchies trying to hold power through inbreeding. The physical deformities align with what happens with purebred dogs / cats. Lesson learned……marry outside of your family. It’s MUCH better for the family’s health!
THEY CALL ME THE COFFEEGRINDER
The storyteller looks like my family... The Bourbons. Yes, very sad story indeed.
You might be a Hapsburg if: ...
Yer familty tree does not fork!
If there's only one side of people at a wedding.
Poor charles, good video though
Another great way to start the day. Thanks mate. Oh one question though. What's the European equivalent of a banjo ?
As in the instrument?
@@HoH Yup. 😉 . Wow,, their gene pool must've been so shallow they couldn't drown a small child in it.
Hmmm, I guess that's kind of obvious now I think about it. 😄😁😆😅🤣😂 Have a great year dude.
Thanks, a great year to you too! As for the equivalent of a banjo: I have no idea to be honest. I think you're better off googling it.
No such thing! Thats like calling an erhu an asian cello!
3:10 The guy on the right isn’t Charles II of Spain. It’s Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire.
This guy looks so familiar. Good looking too!
He must have been much more scarier than on paintings…
Franklin Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor were like 5th cousins once removed........which would be far enough removed I think.
The Habsburgs tried to get their hands on england.
I’d be like “I may be Queen to biggest empire in the world (until the British Empire) but I am NOT gonna lay back and think of Spain!”
If appearance or qualities determined the end of an empire or a country, Prince Charles of England would be the prelude to the end of the United Kingdom.
Ancient Egyptian dynasties did this too- though often it was a daughter marrying her father. They also had crazy defects surface, shocker 😅
sounds of king charles II was quite good.
What about a video on Gunther Prien?
Edit, here it is: czcams.com/video/vMuz548kMXU/video.html
I've created a video on his submarine raid on Scapa Flow. It should be on an end-card on this video, or if you search for it on my channel/on CZcams (The Kriegsmarine's U-47 Submarine Raid at Scapa Flow and Sinking of the Royal Oak) it should pop up!
@@HoH THANK YOU! Even though I’m subscribed, I somehow missed this one!
A better case against monarchy could not be made.
Nope
@@aleasyah3032 Yes but never to this level. Most people marry relatives because they have limited options. Also inbreeding is not wrong, marrying your second cousin and even first cousin doesn't really affect the offspring much. It depends.
@@aleasyah3032 if everyone marry each, we all be related together one way or another.
@@aleasyah3032 cool ok
Marrying your second cousin may be very dangerous if your parents are also intermarried
Hard to sayhow much was true or just propaganda against him for looking so strange
Too bad about Juan of Austria (the younger) dying. early. The best that could have been done for Spain was for Carlos II to be forced to abdicate and Juan to be given the crown. At least his mother wasn't his father's own niece.
He still survived smallpox.
The Thrones Have Eyes. 😆 he was completely fucking up their economy lol.. The equivalent of having Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber on the Throne 😆 🤣
In the south we say that they are "Marrying up the road"!
6:52 not a single drop of blood? I find it hard to believe.
Poor man.
Did he have a golden high chair sitting there kicking his legs drooling and crying 😄 🤣
Poor guy!
Wow 😳 that's missed up
Thank you for the fascinating account of Charles 11. Yes truly an irony that in its attempt to hold on ultimate power, the Habsburg practice of inbreeding actually cause its demise.
I so prefer the way the British say dynasty over the the way we say it in the US, I'm gonna say it the British way from now on
Tally ho, good show!
Can someone explain to me how a human being was able to live with no blood, and a heart unable to adequately pump blood (if he had any)? I’m also curious as to how he had necrotized organs encased in his body that did not cause infection that would lead to his death? And how he had a head full of water that didn’t expand as the water kept filling his head and that it had no medical treatment until the late 20th century? I think I’ve got my facts strait. If I’m wrong, please feel free to answer my questions as nicely as I’ve asked them. I am not here to cause shit but to learn so there has been no shade on my part, only curiosity. Thanks!
Youre trying to make sense in a time when lies ruled everyone. The lies could be "divine" marriage, "miracles" or even religious teachings. It was all lies to keep people worried and stupid so you can do whatever you want. The church saying even the king is able to be cursed worked out for them to keep their power. If the next king is able minded or able bodied it also works to strengthen their own legitimacy as the rightful ruler.
Habsburg jaw.
Jay Leno?
chad jaw
I bet he was absolutely scary to behold.
Charles had a sledge hammer chin
I wonder if the Hapsburg jaw is really a result of inbreeding or just another human genetic factor? My maternal cousin brother i.e. my mom's brother's son has exactly the same jaw type and he's the only male child in my mom's side of the family who's having this facial feature. My mom's parents and grandparents (maternal & paternal) were not blood related cousins.
My maternal uncle didn't marry any blood related cousin. His wife however, has a younger brother who's also having the Hapsburg jaw, but his wife's parents and grandparents (maternal & paternal) were not blood related cousins. The said younger brother of my maternal uncle's wife is also the only male child in the family who is having the Hapsburg jaw.
They should probably do a dna test
It's probably caused by recessive genes, which means that in normal (non-inbreeding) families, it would pop up every once in a while. In a family where people marry each other, recessive traits become more common and extreme.
Charles 2nd of Spain
Autopsy report
His body contained not a single drop of blood
His heart the size of a peppercorn
Lungs corroded
Intestines rotting and gangrenous
Single testicle black as coal
His head was full of water
He died 200 years before he was born
Jajajajaja! Me king of Spain! King of Spain is king of WORLD! *DROOLS*
incest weirdo
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Lllolol yassss
Do u go to all videos about Charles II and comment ? Lmao mad funny 😂
Funny thing is that he couldn’t even talk because of his enlarged tongue 😂
so handsome
Jajajaja! Me handsome! *Drools*
This guy is the embodiment of the 12 year old history genius geek that grew up to be a very attractive adult
That is hurendus.
How does one survive with no blood?
How can you survive with no blood and a heart small as a peppercorn etc? Maybe he was born with blood and a bigger heart but he lost all when he got older and died
Poor women who were forced to marry him.
The Hapsburg jaw is ghastly.
Heart the size of a peppercorn and no blood? What???
If your family tree does not fork...
Cautionary Tale to those who keep marrying cousins in their traditions such as countries like Saudia Arabia.
Is the presenter Dutch? There's something odd about his English.
Le Maxo
Why did charles leave Spain phillip of france in his will? Seems a little sketchy?
Would he ever knew what sex was and how to do it?
But …. It isn’t possible that he didn’t have “a single drop of blood” 🤷🏻♀️
Jajajajaja! Me king of Spain king of Spain is king of world! *DROOLS*
how could he even have sex?
Ummmm, how to properly play marriage politics?!? I think NOT. 😆😆
A handsome fella. Lol
DREAM?
Man I wish I still had wet nurses women are amazing
No offense and i don’t mean to judge the way you make content but since you’re a history channel instead of sitting down, talking and showing your whole face in the video as if we’re having an actual conversation may be more of a disservice to your subscribers or people that click on your videos out of curiosity or to just learn. This because growing up going to school and attending history classes, all the stuff our teachers would teach us about history, topics like yours would constantly bore me and made me dread attending history classes due to the fact that all we have to see is a person’s face. This is in no way an insult to your looks or voice or anything. I always found that history video formats are much more interesting and attention grabbing when its similar to a slideshow. Examples of channels that do that format would be like: Weird History, History Tea Time w Lindsay, Real Royalty etc,. Videos in that format are a lot more interesting because while they’re explaining we can physically see what you’re talking about like pictures. It’s showing your audience that imagery you’re explaining but with our own eyes. It’s also WHY those channels seem to do SO incredibly well. I’m a history buff that dreaded almost all my history classes and once i discovered history in YT and the channels i mentioned, history became so much more interesting to me. Unfortunately, history isn’t very interesting to most of the population after school, during their free time or in general. For most people history feels like or is an obligation they don’t like. Having such a small history community here on YT because history isn’t interesting to most people makes it hard for channels like yours to really succeed. If succeeding is what you’re looking for then i really do recommend you at least try it out. I clicked on your video hoping it would be in that format and it wasn’t. If you put your face in the thumbnail (in the corner or something) and have a better background that has to due with the topic at hand while you’re explaining is a better suggestion also if you don’t want to take your face out of the video. It’ll be easier to tell what kind of video it is and that you’ll be giving us the type of format you use without having to click and find out. I’m pretty sure you can get some cheap green sheets at five below for the background. You also have a great interesting voice so narrating could be your thing:) Thanks.
Lol