But this a story of genetics as well as history, because historians have long assumed impressionistically that there was something rotten in the gene pool of the Spanish Hapsburgs. Here is an excerpt ...

But the dissolution and subsequent abolishment of the monarchy ... Habsburg became known for its appreciation and patronage of the arts and literature. Notable members include Charles V of Spain ...

Charles II of Spain, born in 1661, suffered a number of serious ailments throughout his life as the House of Habsburg, hellbent on keeping power, refused to marry outside of the family from 1550.

In Habsburg England, Gonzalo Velasco Berenguer offers a reassessment of the much-maligned joint rulership of Philip I of England (Philip II of Spain ... England became an integral part of the Spanish ...