I know that my seemingly obsession towards the Habsburgs/Spain may be scaring/boring some members here, but I swear that I'm only an enthusiast. It would be awkward to write a thread solely to discuss many different Habsburg-related themes at once, so I decided to, once in a while, create a thread about this illustrious family
There is a similar thread buried back in the past (last post on the thread is from 2011 I guess), but I'm no gravedigger, so here's a new thread.
The challenge is not simple as it seems, since it must take into account political, diplomatic and economical matters (and the other sides involved) and a certain patience to discuss royal genealogy.
Well, as it says in the title the challenge is to create the less inbred Habsburg family trees possible, in a way that the dinasty survives in Spain to the present day. Austria would also be included and affected by such change in the genealogical chart, as many people from both branches of the family married amongst themselves and led to atrocities like Charles II of Spain and other very ugly people as Leopold I, the children of Charles II of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria and so on. Bonus points if the Habsburgs manage to survive agnatically in Austria until at least First World War.
While some contest the "Habsburg-inbreeding-destroyed-Spain" theory, probably another reason for that was the very late age by which people like Philip II of Spain and Philip IV of Spain became fathers of their effective male-heirs. As you know, semen loses quality as men age and this can lead to accumulative genetic diseases. So, plus bonus points if the new "fathers" of Spain have children until, at the lastest, their 40 years of age. (I particularly also find the generation gap somewhat bizarre hehe)
Anyway, I hope you liked the premise
Don't be afraid of suggesting many possible options for the situation.
There is a similar thread buried back in the past (last post on the thread is from 2011 I guess), but I'm no gravedigger, so here's a new thread.
The challenge is not simple as it seems, since it must take into account political, diplomatic and economical matters (and the other sides involved) and a certain patience to discuss royal genealogy.
Well, as it says in the title the challenge is to create the less inbred Habsburg family trees possible, in a way that the dinasty survives in Spain to the present day. Austria would also be included and affected by such change in the genealogical chart, as many people from both branches of the family married amongst themselves and led to atrocities like Charles II of Spain and other very ugly people as Leopold I, the children of Charles II of Austria and Maria Anna of Bavaria and so on. Bonus points if the Habsburgs manage to survive agnatically in Austria until at least First World War.
While some contest the "Habsburg-inbreeding-destroyed-Spain" theory, probably another reason for that was the very late age by which people like Philip II of Spain and Philip IV of Spain became fathers of their effective male-heirs. As you know, semen loses quality as men age and this can lead to accumulative genetic diseases. So, plus bonus points if the new "fathers" of Spain have children until, at the lastest, their 40 years of age. (I particularly also find the generation gap somewhat bizarre hehe)
Anyway, I hope you liked the premise