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Don Carlos Timeline

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A boy was born at Valladolid on July 8, 1545. His mother, Maria Manuela of Portugal, The young Infante Carlos was strong and sturdy and for that reason, the King would have him betrothed to Elizabeth of Valois, a few weeks after birth.

The Infant got baptized with his God Fathers being Francis I of France and his wife, Eleanor and Ferdinand the Holy Roman Emperor, the birth of such son was seen as a blessing as Philip II would have a heir of his own as the Prince of Asturias, the child is baptized as Charles or Don Carlos, named after his own grandfather.

Maria Manuela would cradle the baby in her arms and give the baby the best treatment in the first years of his own life.

In the northern part of Europe, Princess in Scotland named Mary is already betrothed to be married to the Dauphin.[1]

On October 4, 1546, Maria Manuela would give birth to another daughter named Infanta Isabel but she would suffer complications and die a few days after the birth of her own daughter.






1.My plan is to marry Mary Queen of Scots to Don Carlos as second husband of Mary Queen of Scots..
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