Bonus Episode: How Inbred Were The Habsburgs?

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🗓️ 1 December 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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This Episode comes from Youtube The Royal House of Habsburg, one of the most powerful dynasties of Medieval and Renaissance Europe, reigned over much of Europe for centuries. But genetic inheritance and the perils of inbreeding may explain their demise. Like many royal families their expansion and hold on power came about in part through inter-family marriages. But over time, generation after generation of inbreeding, helped contribute to some of the physical ailments that often plagued the family as well as the distinctive look with their big lower lips, long noses and the distinctive “Habsburg jaw.” Check out our sister podcast the Mystery of Everything Coffee Collab With The Lore Lodge COFFEE Travel to Peru with me here Travel to Italy With Me here Bonus episodes as well as ad-free episodes on Patreon. Find us on Instagram. Join us on Discord. Submit your relatives on our website Podcast Youtube Channel Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:40.3	And the figure that you can see behind me here is Charles II of Spain,
0:43.3	though I'm sure that a number of you have already known that here,
0:46.3	considering that you've seen these horrifying images in your nightmares probably every night.
0:50.3	Of all the families that we associate with inbreeding, I mean, sorry, sorry, keeping the bloodline pure.
0:55.0	There are a few greater examples in history than the Habsburgs, or I guess perhaps even if we're not
0:59.3	counting history than maybe like the Targaryens or something from Game of Thrones.
1:03.1	And mind you, when I say that, that is not a goal that you want to ever meet, let alone actually
1:07.3	surpass.
1:08.2	I mean, after all, when we were talking about this guy, King Charles
1:10.8	the second or Carlos of Spain, he was the individual that was the last Habsburg ruler to actually
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