Seine beiden Zahnreihen konnten sich nicht treffen, seine Zunge war so groß, dass er nicht klar sprechen konnte, und er wurde als „so hässlich, dass es Angst machte“ beschrieben. Seine Mutter war die Nichte seines Vaters und seine Großmutter war auch seine Tante. Dies ist die Geschichte von Karl II., dem letzten habsburgischen Herrscher Spaniens.
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Von alecb
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And even with all his problems, a king who tried to do his best for his empire…
According to my Anthropology class in uni, one of the few truly universal things in humans is that every ethnic group has a story against incest, to teach the younger generations not to engage in it.
El Hechizado might be the Spanish incest myth.
Carlos II el Hechizado (the bewitched), for many believed to be a euphemism cause saying Charles II the Nutcase would not look good in History books. Also cause some people invented some crazy story about him being the victim to a curse in an attempt to explain why he was actually not very mentally stable.
Yeah, ngl, it looks like the fun guy that lives between bars in every town. Mine is called Paco. Everyone knows Paco. Same vibe.