Marie Louise of Orléans - The first wife of Charles the Bewitched - History of Royal Women

After many years of inbreeding, King Charles II of Spain was destined to die childless. He was described as, “short, lame, epileptic, senile and completely bald before 35, always on the verge of death but repeatedly baffling Christendom by continuing to live.” We are dealing with a man who died of poison two hundred years [read more]

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