CHARLES II’S HISTORY (HIS ILNESSES)

The 6^th of November in 1661, was born Charles II,  a unfortunate Spanish king and the last Hausburg monarch.

Charles II had lot illnesses because of the sanguinity oh his family. He was suckled during 4 years. He wasn’t able to stay standing until he was 6 years old because of rickets, aggravate with the lack of sunlight. He had respiratory infections, measles, chicken pox, measles and smallpox. He had epileptic attacks during all his childhood until he was 15 years old. He has an evident intellectual retardation. He didn’t learn read until when he was 10 years old and he never knew write correctly. He was addicted to chocolate too.

His education was careless, because the people thought that he will died young.

He was married with Maria Luis Orleans but the king was in love with Maria Luis, but he never was married with her because he was impotent.

When he was 28 years old, his health was worse; and the monarch get old quickly. For this reason his doctor thought that Charles could suffer progeria.

This was the life of an unfortunate King, the last Hasburg king.

  by: Patricia Dominguez