MIRACLE OF THE HOUSE OF HABSBURG
Built this tree based on various previous discussions about Baltasar Carlos or
Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, surviving or
Klaudia Felizitas having a brother:
Ferdinand III,
Holy Roman Emperor [1637-1657], King of Hungary & Bohemia [1637-1646] (1608-1657) 1m: Maria Anna of Spain (1606-1646); 2m: 1648 Maria Leopoldine of Austria (1632-1649); 3m: 1651 Eleonora Gonzaga (1630-1686)
[1m.] Ferdinand IV, Holy Roman Emperor [1657-1700], King of Hungary & Bohemia [1646-1669] (1633-1700) m: 1654 Anna Sophie of Hesse-Darmstadt [1] (1638-1683)
Ferdinand V Bonaventure Philipp Albrecht, Holy Roman Emperor [1700-1712], King of Hungary & Bohemia [1669-1712] (1655-1716) m:
Maria Anna Leopoldine (b.1656)
Eleonore Maria Theresia (b.1658)
Stillborn Son (1660)
Maria Antonia Klementine (b.1663)
Maria Theresia Ferdinande (1664-1664)
Karl Thomas Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria (b.1666)
Stillborn Child (1667)
Maria Elisabeth Karoline (1670-1671)
Joseph Anton Ignaz, Archduke of Austria (b.1672)
[1m.] Maria Anna (1634-1696) m: 1648 Carlos II, King of Spain (1629-1709)
[1m.] Philipp August (1637-1639)
[1m.] Maximilian Thomas (1638-1639)
[1m.] Leopold, Cardinal [1655-], Archbishop-Elector of Trier [1652-1705[2]], Bishop of Olmütz [1655-1705], Bishop of Breslau [1662-1705] Grand Master of the Teutonic Order [1662-1705] (1640-1705)
[1m.] Maria (1646)
[2m.] Karl Joseph, Archduke of Austria[3] (1649-1708) m: 1673 Klaudia Felizitas of Tyrol (1653-1716)
Karl Ferdinand Joseph (1674-1675)
Franz Anton, Archduke of Austria (1677-1713)
Maria Anna Barbara (1678-1679)
Maria Leopoldine Felizitas (1679-1740)
[3m.] Theresia Maria Josepha (1652-1653)
[3m.] Eleonore Maria Josepha (1653-1697) 1m: 1670 Michal Wisniowiecki, King of Poland (1640-1673); 2m: 1678 Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643-1690)[7]
Issue as OTL
[3m.] Maria Anna Josepha (1654-1696) m: 1674 Karl Emil, Elector of Brandenburg (1655-1724)
Karl (1676-1680)
Luise Eleonore (1678-1719)
Anna Maria (1680-1718)
Henriëtte Dorothea (1682-1687)
Friedrich IV Ferdinand, Elector of Brandenburg (1684-1740)
Leopold Wilhelm (1687-1753)
Elisabeth Amalie (1688-1739)
[3m.] Ferdinand Joseph Alois (1657-1658)
Felipe IV,
King of Spain [1621-1665] (1605-1665) 1m: 1615 Élisabeth de France (1601-1644)
Maria Margarita (1621-1621)
Margarita Maria Catalina (1623-1623)
Maria Eugenia (1625-1627)
Stillborn Daughter (1626)
Isabel Maria Teresa (1627-1627)
Baltasar Carlos II, King of Spain, Naples, Sicily, Sardinia [1665-1709] (1629-1709[4]) m: 1648 Maria Anna of Austria (1634-1696)
Maria Isabel (1652-1675) m: [7]
Felipe Fernando (1654-1658)
Fernando Miguel (1656-1656)
Maria Antonia Leonor (b.1659) m: [7]
Carlos III Antonio, King of Spain, Naples, Sicily & Sardinia [from 1709] (b.1661) m: 1674 Maria Beatrice d'Este (b.1658)[6]
Stillborn Son (1664)
Felipe Pedro, Infante of Spain (b.1667)
Francisco Fernando (1634)
Maria Antonia Dominica (1636-1636)
Maria Teresa (1638-1683) m: 1660 Louis XIV, King of France (1638-1715)[5]
Issue as OTL
[1] a match gleaned from one of the aforementioned previous discussions. That one of the daughters of the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt was the likeliest candidate (especially since Ferdinand III had promised to avoid getting the empire involved in the Spanish entanglements) for Ferdinand IV. Anna Sophie had a “moment of weakness” shortly after her sister married the Count of Neuberg, and her election as abbess of Quedlinburg was regarded as suspect for this reason. Here, the moment of weakness is long enough to make her convert to Catholicism and marry Ferdinand IV. Although she later isn't what one can call a very...convinced Catholic.
[2] basing this off something I think
@Valena said once that had Ferdinand IV had survived, Leopold would have been shuffled into one of the archbishop-electorates
[3] things in Tyrol go as OTL. Another discussion between
@Valena and
@VVD0D95 that in the event of Karl Joseph surviving or Klaudia Felizitas having a brother,
he would’ve been married to Margarita Teresa of Spain and Leopold I would’ve married to Klaudia Felizitas with the Tyrol as a dowry.
[4] here is our primary POD. Baltasar Carlos survives (or better yet, never catches the disease that killed him OTL. Felipe IV seems unlikely to remarry here, so he doesn't.
[5] Maria Teresa is admittedly
less of a catch with Baltasar Carlos surviving. However, since there already
is an Austro-Spanish match, and Felipe IV was already decided on a French match back in the 1640s. Until the Restoration happens, she’s the best match that Louis XIV can get.
[6] this marriage is probably the
most ASB one here, but, if her brother seemingly has poor health, she's a potential heiress of sorts (especially if Rinaldo d'Este were to follow his half-brothers to an early grave. And even if he didn't, a Farnese mother might've still
helped Rinaldo (provided him with allies), a Barberini mother is pretty much useless for anything except influence in the papal states.
[7] other: these matches were mostly because I either couldn't think of alternatives (although James II of England
did occur to me for Eleonora Maria Josepha, neither she nor her sister, Maria Anna were considered OTL, although Klaudia Felizitas was) or wasn't sure who'd be up for consideration.
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