THE 18 th century in SPAIN: From the HABSBURG to the BOURBON LINES

By WalterN17

  • Felipe III(HABSBURG)

    Felipe III(HABSBURG)
    It was taken to the font by Prince Pedro de Medici, a resident of Spain. He was sworn as prince by the Cortes gathered in San Jerónimo el Real de Madrid on November 11, 1584.

  • Carlos II(HABSBURG)

    Carlos II(HABSBURG)
    Carlos II, also called the Bewitched, was born on November 6, 1661. He was the son of Felipe IV and Mariana de Austria. On the death of his father he inherited all the possessions of the Spanish Habsburgs, among them Sicily. He was King of Spain from 1665 to 1700.

  • Felipe IV(HABSBURG)

    Felipe IV(HABSBURG)
    Felipe IV of Spain, called the Great or the Planet King born in Valladolid, April 8, 1605-Madrid, September 17, 1665, was King of Spain from March 31, 1621 until his death, and of Portugal from the same date until December 1640.

  • Philip V(BOURBON)

    Philip V(BOURBON)
    Great-grandson of Philip IV, He was King of Spain from November 16, 1700 until his death in 1746.

  • Louis I(BOURBON)

    Louis I(BOURBON)
    Son of Philip V, the new inheritor from the trhone from Spain.

  • Ferdinand VI(BOURBON)

    Ferdinand VI(BOURBON)
    He was King of Spain from 1746 to 1759, third son of Felipe V and his first wife María Luisa Gabriela de Saboya.

  • Charles III.(BOURBON)

    Charles III.(BOURBON)
    Carlos was the third male child of Felipe V who reached adulthood and the first he had with his second wife, Isabel Farnesio, so it was his half-brothers Luis I and Fernando VI who succeeded their father at first. Their death without issue would lead Carlos to occupy the Spanish throne.

  • Charles IV(BOURBON)

    Charles IV(BOURBON)
    He was King of Spain from December 14, 1788 to March 19, 1808.