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Infante Carlos of Spain
Portrait by Diego Velázquez, 1627
Born	15 September 1607
Died	30 July 1632 (aged 24)
Burial	El Escorial
House	Habsburg
Father	Philip III of Spain
Mother	Margaret of Austria

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House of Habsburg Spanish line
Emperor Charles V (King Charles I)
Children Philip II of Spain Maria, Holy Roman Empress Joan, Princess of Portugal Don John (illegitimate) Margaret of Parma (illegitimate)
Philip II
Children include Carlos, Prince of Asturias Isabella, Lady of the Netherlands Catherine Michaela, Duchess of Savoy Philip III of Spain Maria of Spain
Philip III
Children include Anne, Queen of France Philip IV of Spain Maria Anna, Holy Roman Empress Infante Carlos Cardinal-Infante Ferdinand
Philip IV
Children include Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias Maria Theresa, Queen of France Margaret, Holy Roman Empress Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias Charles II of Spain
Charles II
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Infante Carlos of Spain (15 September 1607 – 30 July 1632), was the second son of King Philip III of Spain and his queen consort, Margaret of Austria.

Life

Infante Carlos was the younger brother of Philip IV, and, as long as the King remained childless, was heir to the Spanish throne. Carlos was never a friend of Philip's favourite and prime minister, the Count-Duke of Olivares, and though he was uninterested in politics, he was used by various nobles in attempts to overthrow Olivares.

During his brother's severest illness, Carlos was on the point of ascending the throne, but Felipe recovered and in 1629 finally fathered a son, Balthasar Carlos. This dissipated Carlos's political importance completely.

Contemporaries described Infante Carlos as prudent and liberal and he seemed to have been a "vigilant observer of royal customs". Other than his brother Fernando, who was assigned a role at an early age, he remained in a child-like position until his mid-twenties. Although he received official visits and expressed political opinions, he remained without an own household, remaining in the household of the king.

Carlos died in 1632, aged 24. Francisco de Quevedo dedicated a sonnet entitled The Burial of the Most Serene Infante Don Carlos to this event.

• Arms of Charles of Austria

Ancestry

Male-line family tree

References

1. Hoffman, Martha K. (2014). Coolidge, Grace E. (ed.). Childhood and Royalty at the Court of Philip III. New Hispanisms: Cultural and Literary Studies. p. 139. ISBN 9781472428806.
2. Hoffman, Martha K. Raised to Rule: Educating Royalty at the Court of the Spanish Habsburgs, 1601 - 1634. Louisiana State University Press. pp. Chapter 7, esp. 153 - 154, 162–166.
3. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Philipp III." . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 120 – via Wikisource.
4. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Margaretha (Königin von Spanien)" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 13 – via Wikisource.
5. ^ Kurth, Godefroid (1911). "Philip II" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
6. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Anna von Oesterreich (Königin von Spanien)" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 151 – via Wikisource.
7. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1860). "Habsburg, Karl II. von Steiermark" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 6. p. 352 – via Wikisource.
8. ^ Wurzbach, Constantin von, ed. (1861). "Habsburg, Maria von Bayern" . Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich [Biographical Encyclopedia of the Austrian Empire] (in German). Vol. 7. p. 20 – via Wikisource.

• 1607 births
• 1632 deaths
• 17th-century House of Habsburg
• 17th-century Spanish nobility
• Burials in the Pantheon of Infantes at El Escorial
• Sons of kings
• Children of Philip III of Spain
• Spanish infantes
• Sons of dukes