Thursday, November 7, 2013

More about Charles II

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Charles II wearing the robe of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 
painted by Juan Carreño de Miranda in 1677


If you want to learn more about Charles II's genetics and health problems, here you have some more links. You will discover some curious facts about the supposed spell he had been given and the people who were punished for this reason and what was his ordinary life like: 

http://www.nndb.com/people/901/000097610/

http://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2011/09/the-bewitched-king.html

http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/04/14/how-inbreeding-killed-off-a-line-of-kings/


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Inbreeding coeficient in the Habsburg dynasty

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