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Excerpt from The Edinburgh Review, Vol. 127: Or Critical Journal, for January, 1868;;; April, 1868; To Be Continued Quarterly
The mother of this unfortunate prince was Doiia Maria, an Infanta of Portugal, daughter of J ohn II. And Catherine of Austria, the sister of Charles V. Her marriage with the heir of Charles V. Was an alliance dictated by policy, which the correspondence of age and of personal qualities in bride and bridegroom rendered of more happy augury than is usual in such unions. The Spaniards regarded with pleasure this re newed tie between the two monarchies of the Iberian peninsula. Philip was sixteen'and a half years of age, while Doha Maria was but a few months younger. The prince of the Asturias was regarded as one of the most promising heirs of royalty of his time, and his personal appearance was good and remarkable. Maria of Portugal was possessed likewise of a graceful person and an agreeable face, with a captivating smile. The marriage was solemnised at Salamanca, on the 15th of November, 1543, and Don Carlos was born nearly two years after, on the 8th of J uly, 1545, at Valladolid, where Philip had fixed his residence. The news of the birth of an heir to the crown of Spain was received With rapture, both by the nation and Charles V., who was then holding the diet of the empire at Worms. This joy, however, was speedily changed into universal mourning over the untimely fate of the youthful mother, who died four days after her delivery. Philip was af?icted with profound grief, and retired into complete privacy at the monastery of Albrojo, whence he only returned to Val ladolid two days after the child Don Carlos had undergone the ceremony of baptism in that city.
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