Was Charles II of Spain Really THAT Inbred?

I took King Charles II of Spain's portraits and transformed them into real life using my technology(cinema 4d and after effects) and photoshop skills to show how he might have looked real. Of course all the renderings are just my own opinion. I also provide commentary and talk about this Spanish Monarch and what his life meant.

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We can't know for sure how he would have looked in real life and there is a good probability that his paintings were beautified by the painters of the time to make him look as good as possible.

With that thought, I reinstated his Habsburg Jaw and the facial scars he would have had from smallpox.

Here's the chart for Charles II Inbreeding:

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[evaperez]

No matter what the painter did to change his looks.
His eyes were sad.

[Theturtleowl]

The fact that his sister, queen Maria Theresa of France had none of these issues is a miracle. What was obvious, is that her own children had health issues. Only her eldest child, the dauphin, survived to adulthood.

[zsong]

Considering the high infant mortality rate, it’s surprising that he lived beyond infancy.

[lordspoice]

"short, lame, epileptic, senile and completely bald before 35, always on the verge of death but repeatedly baffling Christendom by continuing to live." - Will and Ariel Durant describing Charles II

[shyhistorian]

Surprisingly his full sister was healthy and had children. Odd how inbreeding is a game of Russian roulette sometimes.

[ashalily]

Lets also take into account that royal painters often made their subjects look better than how they looked in real life, so if THAT is what the painter painted, you can only imagine what he actually looked like.

[sandrajohnson]

I read about Charles II and his family. Not only was he afflicted with illnesses and many disabilities, his tongue was huge and he couldn't keep it in his mouth. It hung out and he drooled excessively.

[dlcc___x]

when that painting started moving i damn near shat myself

[Jen-zkse]

The fact that most painted portraits of the time were VERY generous considering the looks of a person… this dude must have been a beast.

[lostballintallgrass]

It happened to Jews in Europe as the populations dwindled from persecution and in areas with smaller Jewish communities. Cousins marrying each other was permitted back then to abide by religious rules. My wife's aunt Anita died from a form of leukemia that was so rare that the doctors at Johns Hopkins could only find a single paragraph describing it in their medical books.

[timolaiostimolaii]

His nickname in Spain's History books and records is Charles II "the Bewitched". Although all his terrible issues, chronists says he was a kind person. He was the prototypical figure of genetic degradation of a dinasty because their politics on marriage, but as a human bieng I just can only feel a tremendous pity for this unfortunate king.

[Ash-hihy]

I feel so bad for him. He couldn't help the way he looked and I'm honestly shocked that he lived for as long as he did.

[ShiviRo]

I feel sorry for him. Wasn't his fault. He just paid the highest price for the sins of his relatives (family background). He suffered the most unfortunately.. may his soul rest in peace.

[ItsNotJustRice]

However he was, or acted, dude is tough as nails just from the general story. What kid from the 1700's survives till 39, with all that trouble? Guy seemed like a fighter to have endured and continue with the mental stress, and physical.

[rachelmoore]

I feel really sorry for this guy. I have a lot of health issues myself (keloid scarring, macular degeneration in the eyes, asthma, and more) a lot of which goes back to inbreeding in my own family; though not nearly as severely as with the Hapsburgs. We weren't that crazy. I couldn't imagine what it must have been like to live back then.

[caej]

The inbreeding of the House of Habsburg was preceded by the inbreeding of the House of Trastamara, to which both the Catholic Monarchs, Ferndinand and Isabel, belonged. They were first cousins ​​to each other and their royal house had already a previous habitual practice of inbreeding for at least two centuries. In the genealogical tree that you present, it remains to be noted that Phillip II's parents were also first cousins (emperor Charles V and Isabel of Portugal, their mothers were sisters). So his genetic ills came from at least 400 years of marriage between blood relatives.

[winterweib]

His first wife was real kind to him. It is said it was the best time of his life. He was allowed to play with his toys, and she spoke very gentle, cared for him like a mother.
When she died, they choose a sister of 'Jan Wellem' (Johann Wilhelm) from Neuburg/Danube, since it was said 'these women conceive already when the man puts it's trousers at the bedpost'.
She was high nosed, promised to make all siblings kings and emperors, and when she arrived, she threw a tatrumbecause he was 'so ugly'.
He had tried to be nice, but became afraid and hated her, while she wanted urgent to f...; all became a real catastrophe.

[janc]

How did this poor man with his deformities, and sicknesses live to age 39..That in itself is a miracle.

[anthonywalker]

He actually sounded like a solid guy. He kept the empire running despite all that, and even trying a last minute save by naming a successor.