Charles II of Habsburg

"The King is very tall. He is a head taller than all the courtiers, ill-built, ugly; he has an elongated face with a protruding forehead; a characteristic Austrian lip; an incorrect bite and an elongated long jaw; dark eyes, delicate skin. His hair is light, curly and below the shoulders. He cannot straighten up and walks leaning against a wall, table or something else. His body is as weak as his mind. From time to time he shows signs of intelligence and memory; usually he looks slow." caring with his wife/looks askance at all girls except her/flexible in relationships/doesn't like to dominate/very kind/suffers from feeblemindedness/completely unadapted to this world/"A child in an adult's body." loves to play pick-up-and-go, hide-and-seek and other children's games with his dwarfs/gets sick very often/no one in the palace takes him seriously except for his mother Mariana, wife and Juan/is very kind and literally "a child in an adult's body"/cannot walk straight and walks either leaning on something/someone, hunched over/cannot chew food because of an incorrect bite/would at least try to do something for Spain, but nothing works out for him. The king received the nickname "the Enchanted" because of the popular belief at the time that his physical and mental disorders were caused by witchcraft or demonic influence. In July 1699, on the advice of his confessor, they began to perform an exorcism on him - of course, the king's health did not improve after this. When the king turned 14, he tried to stop the regency and appoint his illegitimate brother Don Juan José as prime minister. The queen's party won, Don Juan was sent to Messina, and the regency lasted for another two years. spouse - Marie Louise of Orleans (1662-1689), niece of Louis XIV, daughter of Philippe d'Orleans and Henrietta Anne Stuart. The bride was chosen on the advice of his elder brother and regent Juan José. The wedding took place on November 19, 1679. The king was tenderly attached to his wife and loved only her.