"Charles II of Spain (6 November 1661 – 1 November 1700), also known as El Hechizado (the Bewitched), was the last Habsburg ruler of the Spanish ...
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Empire. He is best remembered for his alleged physical disabilities, and the war that followed his death.
Charles suffered ill-health throughout his life, and from the moment he became king at the age of four in 1665, the succession was a prominent consideration in European politics. Historian John Langdon-Davies summarised this as follows: "Of no man is it more true to say that in his beginning was his end; from the day of his birth, they were waiting for his death."" - (en.wikipedia.org 05.06.2020)
