. Louis the Fourteenth and the court of France in the seventeenth century. CHAPTER XII The Spanish Succession—Death of Leopold of Bavaria—TheDuke of Anjou Called to the Throne of Spain—Declara-tion of Innocent XII.—Death of Charles II. of Spain—Reading of the Will—The Duke of Abrantes—Presentationof the Duke of Anjou to the French Court as King ofSpain—Leave-Taking at Meudon—Madame de Montespanand the King—Literary Deaths at the Close of the Seven-teenth Century—Racines Last Mistake—Jean BaptisteRousseau—Birth of Voltaire. CHARLES II. of Spain, whose health was broken,and who was hopeless of a
. Louis the Fourteenth and the court of France in the seventeenth century. CHAPTER XII The Spanish Succession—Death of Leopold of Bavaria—TheDuke of Anjou Called to the Throne of Spain—Declara-tion of Innocent XII.—Death of Charles II. of Spain—Reading of the Will—The Duke of Abrantes—Presentationof the Duke of Anjou to the French Court as King ofSpain—Leave-Taking at Meudon—Madame de Montespanand the King—Literary Deaths at the Close of the Seven-teenth Century—Racines Last Mistake—Jean BaptisteRousseau—Birth of Voltaire. CHARLES II. of Spain, whose health was broken,and who was hopeless of an heir, had selectedas his successor Leopold of Bavaria, a Prince of fiveyears of age; and his will was no sooner made, thanthe Cardinal Porto-Carrero secretly informed the Mar-quis dHarcourt, the French Ambassador, of the fact,who immediately despatched a messenger to LouisXIV. with the intelligence. The King learned thisdecision without exhibiting any symptoms of annoy-ance ; but the Emperor of Germany was less philo-sophic. The Court of Aust
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