Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Charles the Third of Spain: The Stanhope Essay, 1900
The eldest son of Elizabeth Farnese, he was born on the 20th of January, 1716, between three and four of the morning: a robust and handsome infant, said the oficial Gazette.1 The usual ceremonial was observed at his birth, but there was no particular stir: merely one more infant was the feeling; yet his birth was a political event of the highest importance. His parents are known to us. Philip V. Shy, timid, superstitious, with a Bourbon love of finery and display, irresolute and always susceptible to the in?uence of a stronger mind. He was exceedingly fond of his wife, but his a?'ection was egotistic and due to his uxorious propensi ties. All his life he felt the necessity of a petticoat to which he could cling. His weak nature made him a puppet in the hands of his masculine second wife, and until his death he remained tied to her apron strings. We may dismiss him with no further comment.
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