Josef Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria on portrait of
Joseph Vivien from 1698.
(
28 October 1692 -
6 February 1699) was the son of
Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1679-1705, 1714-1726) and his first wife,
Maria Antonia of Austria, daughter of
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, maternal granddaughter of King
Felipe IV of Spain.
A family tree showing the relationships of the various claimants to Charles II
Before the
War of the Spanish Succession,
Joseph Ferdinand was the favored choice of the
Kingdom of England and the
Dutch Republic to succeed as the ruler of
Spain, young
Charles II of Spain chose him as his heir. The unexpected death of Joseph Ferdinand in 1699 at the age of six rendered the Anglo-French treaty inoperative and led to the
Second Partition Treaty (1700), agreed upon by France, England, and the Netherlands; under its terms,
Philip of Anjou was to receive the
Kingdom of Naples,
Kingdom of Sicily and the
Duchy of Milan, while the rest of the Spanish dominions were to go to
Charles, son of Leopold I. But Leopold did not accept this treaty and
Louis XIV of France broke the treaty, when he enthroned Philip in Spain.
Joseph, also known as Infante Joseph Ferdinand of Spain, was a result of extreme
inbreeding within the Spanish
Habsburg dynasty. Joseph Ferdinand's mother's (
Maria Antonia of Austria) immediate pedigree was exceptionally loaded with nieces giving birth to children of their uncles. Maria Antonia was the daughter of
Margaret Theresa of Spain and
Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor. Margaret Theresa was Leopold's niece, daughter of his sister
Mariana of Austria and
Philip IV of Spain, who were also an uncle-niece pair.
Joseph Ferdinand's great-uncle was the so-called Bewitched
Charles II of Spain, who was the degenerated last Habsburg monarch of Spain, whom Joseph was destined to succeed, had he not himself predeceased Charles.
Ancestors
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