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Carlos, Prince of Asturias

1545 - 1568

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Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias (8 July 1545 – 24 July 1568), was the eldest son and heir apparent of King Philip II of Spain. His mother was Maria Manuela of Portugal, daughter of John III of Portugal. Carlos was known to be mentally unstable and was imprisoned by his father in early 1568, dying after half a year of solitary confinement. His imprisonment and death were utilized in Spain's Black Legend. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos, Prince of Asturias is the 59th most popular companion (up from 97th in 2019), the 71st most popular biography from Spain (up from 114th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Companion.

Carlos, Prince of Asturias is most famous for being the heir to the Spanish throne.

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Among companions, Carlos, Prince of Asturias ranks 59 out of 784. Before him are Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily, Marie Leszczyńska, Catherine Howard, Philippa of Hainault, Olympias, and Eugénie de Montijo. After him are Salman the Persian, Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Anne of Bohemia and Hungary, Elizabeth of York, Magda Goebbels, and Neilia Hunter Biden.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1545, Carlos, Prince of Asturias ranks 3. Before him are Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, and Yi Sun-sin. After him are Elisabeth of Valois, Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma, Túpac Amaru, Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara, John II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg, Powhatan, Anna of Sweden, Azai Nagamasa, and Cığalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha. Among people deceased in 1568, Carlos, Prince of Asturias ranks 1. After him are Elisabeth of Valois, Albert, Duke of Prussia, Jean Parisot de Valette, Lady Katherine Grey, Jacques Arcadelt, Lamoral, Count of Egmont, Stanislaus Kostka, Andrés de Urdaneta, Sophie of Pomerania, Philip de Montmorency, Count of Horn, and Henry V, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Carlos, Prince of Asturias ranks 71 out of 3,355. Before him are Michael Servetus (1509), Eugénie de Montijo (1826), Luis Suárez (1935), Al-Zahrawi (936), Bartolomé de las Casas (1484), and Quintilian (35). After him are Margaret Theresa of Spain (1651), Isabella II of Spain (1830), Isaac Albéniz (1860), Luis Enrique (1970), Joan Enric Vives Sicília (1949), and Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain (1549).

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Among COMPANIONS In Spain

Among companions born in Spain, Carlos, Prince of Asturias ranks 3. Before him are Maria Theresa of Spain (1638), and Eugénie de Montijo (1826). After him are Blanche of Castile (1188), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1482), Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (1470), Catherine of Austria, Queen of Portugal (1507), Berengaria of Navarre (1165), Inês de Castro (1325), María Isabella of Spain (1789), Joanna la Beltraneja (1462), and Brunhilda of Austrasia (543).

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