carlos II of Spain born healthy

Maria Josepha (OTL Queen of Poland and Electress of Saxony) is born only in 1699 and she is the eldest of the four...
But the good thing about Austria is who we often can choise between so many archduchess...
So for Infante Ferdinand the most logical brides are not the daughters of either Joseph I or Karl VI but their younger sisters:

the most interesting agewise talking is the youngest surviving Maria Magdalena (born in 1689) or her older sister Maria Josepha (born in 1687)

Oh I agree.

Would Carlos, Prince of Asturias be betrothed or married off to say Maria Josepha?
 
Unlikely. He is born in 1682 so he is a good match for any of Leopold and Eleonore's daughters: the oldest is two years older, the others all youngers (and the oldest can very well being the choised one for both for prestige and babymaking age)
 
Unlikely. He is born in 1682 so he is a good match for any of Leopold and Eleonore's daughters: the oldest is two years older, the others all youngers (and the oldest can very well being the choised one for both for prestige and babymaking age)

They really liked naming their daughters Maria aha. I'd say Maria Elisabeth or Maria nna
 
If we go with Elisabeth and Magdalena, Anna is free to marry her OTL's husband (who is unlikely to be so interested in Henrietta or Maria) and the others can have their OTL's death...
And Carlos and Isabel sound very well together (like Carlos I/Karl V and Isabel of Portugal)...

A lot of European Catholic princesses (and also many princes) have Maria/Marie/Mary as their first (or max second) name in honor of the Virgin
 
If we go with Elisabeth and Magdalena, Anna is free to marry her OTL's husband (who is unlikely to be so interested in Henrietta or Maria) and the others can have their OTL's death...
And Carlos and Isabel sound very well together (like Carlos I/Karl V and Isabel of Portugal)...

A lot of European Catholic princesses (and also many princes) have Maria/Marie/Mary as their first (or max second) name in honor of the Virgin

Very true, so this would Elisabeth for Carlos III and Magdalena for Ferdinand?
 
Yes and Anna married to her cousin John V of Portugal as OTL (so a Queen of Spain, a Queen of Portugal and an Holy Roman empress and Queen of Bohemia and Hungary)
 
Unlikely. He is born in 1682 so he is a good match for any of Leopold and Eleonore's daughters: the oldest is two years older, the others all youngers (and the oldest can very well being the choised one for both for prestige and babymaking age)

This is the first time I've ever seen that they had further names than simply the usual distinguishers "Maria Elisabeth" "Maria Anna Josefa" etc. Interesting to note that most of Maria Theresia's daughters' names (Elisabeth, Josefa, Antonia, Gabriella) were in the Habsburg naming tradition before the queen of Hungary was born, I always thought that they came from her husband's side of the family.

Does anyone know where most of these came from (besides obviously the various saints, since some of them are rather unusual)? And were their brothers anything more than just Josef, Leopold Karl, and Karl? Since I think that the mouthful of names that later emerged amongst the Spanish Borbons (which as said, I thought a trait that perhaps had its roots in France), would likely be emulated amongst the Spanish Habsburgs TTL.
 
This is the first time I've ever seen that they had further names than simply the usual distinguishers "Maria Elisabeth" "Maria Anna Josefa" etc. Interesting to note that most of Maria Theresia's daughters' names (Elisabeth, Josefa, Antonia, Gabriella) were in the Habsburg naming tradition before the queen of Hungary was born, I always thought that they came from her husband's side of the family.

They really did seem unoriginal in their namings aha
 
They really did seem unoriginal in their namings aha

Not really. It's Maria for the Virgin Mary, and then Elisabeth for the Empress' mother, Anna for the emperor's, Theresia for the saint, (perhaps the queen of France? or Leopold's first wife, to emphasize the Spanish side); once we get to Josefa and Magdalene we seem to be running out of names - for her older brother, and the emperor's stepmother (as well as the empress), and then Margarethe.

It's still better than the French Bourbons calling every boy "Louis"
 
Not really. It's Maria for the Virgin Mary, and then Elisabeth for the Empress' mother, Anna for the emperor's, Theresia for the saint, (perhaps the queen of France? or Leopold's first wife, to emphasize the Spanish side); once we get to Josefa and Magdalene we seem to be running out of names - for her older brother, and the emperor's stepmother (as well as the empress), and then Margarethe.

It's still better than the French Bourbons calling every boy "Louis"

Lol this is true
 
This is the first time I've ever seen that they had further names than simply the usual distinguishers "Maria Elisabeth" "Maria Anna Josefa" etc. Interesting to note that most of Maria Theresia's daughters' names (Elisabeth, Josefa, Antonia, Gabriella) were in the Habsburg naming tradition before the queen of Hungary was born, I always thought that they came from her husband's side of the family.

Does anyone know where most of these came from (besides obviously the various saints, since some of them are rather unusual)? And were their brothers anything more than just Josef, Leopold Karl, and Karl? Since I think that the mouthful of names that later emerged amongst the Spanish Borbons (which as said, I thought a trait that perhaps had its roots in France), would likely be emulated amongst the Spanish Habsburgs TTL.

Well you asked so the boys of Leopld and Eleonore Magdalene are:

Joseph Jakob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius (26 July 1678 – 17 April 1711), Archduke of Austria and successor of his father as Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Leopold Joseph Philip Wilhelm Anton Franz Erasmus (2 June 1682 – 3 August 1684), Archduke of Austria.
Charles Franz Joseph Wenceslaus Balthasar Johann Anton Ignaz (1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740), Archduke of Austria and successor of his older brother as Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; the last male member of the House of Habsburg, was the father of Empress Maria Theresa

Francis Stephen was still the grandson of an Austrian Archduchess (Leopold I's half-sister) and really he do not bring any new important name in the family
 
Well you asked so the boys of Leopld and Eleonore Magdalene are:

Joseph Jakob Ignaz Johann Anton Eustachius (26 July 1678 – 17 April 1711), Archduke of Austria and successor of his father as Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Leopold Joseph Philip Wilhelm Anton Franz Erasmus (2 June 1682 – 3 August 1684), Archduke of Austria.
Charles Franz Joseph Wenceslaus Balthasar Johann Anton Ignaz (1 October 1685 – 20 October 1740), Archduke of Austria and successor of his older brother as Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor; the last male member of the House of Habsburg, was the father of Empress Maria Theresa

Francis Stephen was still the grandson of an Austrian Archduchess (Leopold I's half-sister) and really he do not bring any new important name in the family

Thank you, do you mind telling me where you found these? Was it just on wikipedia? Or was it on another site? If so, could you please include a link in a PM (so as not to derail the thread)
 
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