Charles II was the last Spanish king who knew the Crown of Aragon. The successor of Charles II, Philip V, abolished the Crown of Aragon forever, something which could be deemed a mistake because Spain had a singular federal crown that had possessions in the current Spanish regions of Aragon, Comunidad Valenciana, Catalonia or the Balears Islands.
If Charles II had had children Spain would have been a different country now probably because Crown of Aragon would be still alive but as Charles II died without any children an international conflict began in order to choose his successor.
The Crown of Aragon supported the successor of the Austrias and the rest of Spain supported the Bourbon candidate who was the ultimate winner, albeit Spain apart from losing the European possessions The Crown of Aragon owned (in current Greece, Italy or France) also had to cede Gibraltar and Menorca to Great Britain.
Yet, Charles II died without any children of his own. It is assured his ancestors had children between them. Hence, he was a sick boy with a feminine look who similarly was unable to have children. When born he was considered an ugly and horrible baby at who was difficult to look.
Charles II
Charles II belonged to the Habsburg dynasty which ended its period in Spain with his death in the year 1700 which whereby started the Spanish war of succession which introduced the Bourbon dynasty something that still takes place as the current King of Spain, Philip VI (the only one political figure who guarantees the unity of the Kingdom of Spain) deeply knows.
The city of Barcelona fell on September 11, 1714 during this war of succession which as I was saying was an international conflict, this is why the day of Catalonia takes place on September, 11th, as the people of Catalonia (both men and women widely know for sure)
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