[95] According to the Venetian ambassador Zanetornato[i] he had thirty-two illegitimate children.
[96] [Hume[j] says he died of fever and ague, though poison was of course hinted and Maria Anna blamed.]
CHAPTER XI. REVIVAL OF SPAIN UNDER THE FIRST BOURBONS
[1700-1788 A.D.]
Du sein de Paris, Madrid reçoit un Roi.
—Voltaire, La Henriade.
On the 1st of November, 1700, died Charles II, the last male of the Austrian dynasty, which had governed Spain from the death of Ferdinand and Isabella.
[1700-1701 A.D.]