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40 Odd Facts About the Inbred King Charles II of Spain

Trista February 6, 2019 19 min
Charles II of Spain - Habsburg Monarchy

39. King Charles’ Was Known as El Hechizado

King Charles II of Spain by Juan Carreño de Miranda . Wikipedia.

As a result of Charles’ inbreeding, he was severely deformed. The famous “Habsburg jaw” was a severe underbite; Charles’ was so intense that he could not even close his mouth, not even for eating. The people of Spain had a nickname for him: El Hechizado, which loosely translates as “the Bewitched.”

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