Philipp Prosper of Spain

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Diego Velázquez - Portrait of the Infante Philipp Prosper, oil on canvas, 1659, Kunsthistorisches Museum , Vienna . The painting is one of the painter's last works and the only surviving depiction of Philipp Prosper. The painting was made for the prince's grandfather, Emperor Ferdinand III. and depicts the Infante at the side of his favorite dog in great detail.

Philipp Prosper of Spain (Spanish: Felipe Próspero de Austria) (born November 28, 1657 in Madrid ; † November 1, 1661 in Madrid) was an infant of Spain and Portugal from the House of Habsburg ( Casa de Austria ). As the Spanish Crown Prince, he held the title of Prince of Asturias .

Life

Philipp Prosper was the eldest son of the Spanish King Philip IV (1605–1665) from his second marriage to Maria Anna (1634–1696), daughter of the Roman-German Emperor Ferdinand III . At the celebrations for the birth of the Prince in Huesca , a representation of the newborn was shown kneeling in front of the custodia with the host contained therein , which was intended to indicate that “the illustrious house of Austria is innate by divine approval, the worship of the most holy sacrament.” Also on the occasion of the birth festival the piece El Laurel de Apolo by Pedro Calderón de la Barca was premiered.

Up until Philipp Prosper's birth - his older half-brother Baltasar Carlos had died in 1646 - his half-sister Maria Teresa was considered the heir to the empire, as the Lex Salica was not valid in Spain . Before Philipp Prosper's birth, his mother had a few miscarriages, which may be due to his father's syphilis .

The birth of the seemingly viable Spanish heir to the throne accelerated the conclusion of the Peace in the Pyrenees between Spain and France, which also resulted in the marriage of Maria Teresa to King Louis XIV of France, although this had already been promised to Emperor Leopold I. Because of Philipp Prosper's precarious health, Maria Teresa continued to be the heir to the Spanish crown when she married in 1660.

But Philipp Prosper's birth was also important for the Austrian Habsburgs . Until then, Leopold I was also considered an aspirant to the Spanish throne, a circumstance that the German electors could have influenced in the election of 1658 as they feared a hegemony of the Habsburg emperor.

Philipp Prosper was of a very weak constitution, was considered "degenerate" and suffered from epilepsy and scrofula . He died shortly before his fourth birthday and five days before the birth of his brother, later King Charles II, and was buried in the Escorial , where his remains are in Chapel 6 of the Pantheon of the Infants .

literature

Web links

Commons : Prince Philipp Prosper of Spain  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Stirling Maxwell: Velazquez and his works , Schindler, 1856, p. 145
  2. ↑ George Ticknor: History of beautiful literature in Spain , FA Brockhaus, 1867, p. 119
  3. ^ Adolf Friedrich von Schack: History of dramatic literature and art in Spain , J. Baer, ​​1854, p. 291
  4. ↑ Der Österreichische Volksfreund , Volume 4, F. Wimmer., 1831, p. 84 digitized
  5. ↑ Jutta Schumann: The other sun: Kaiserbild and media strategies in the age of Leopold I , Akademie Verlag, 2003, p. 69
  6. ↑ http://www.royaltyguide.nl/families/habsburg/habsburgspain.htm
predecessor Office successor
Baltasar Carlos of Spain Prince of Asturias
1657–1661 		Charles of Spain
personal data
SURNAME Philipp Prosper of Spain
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Austria, Felipe Próspero de; Philip Prospero of Asturias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Infant of Spain and Portugal
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1657
PLACE OF BIRTH Madrid
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1661
Place of death Madrid