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John Joseph of Austria or John of Austria (the Younger) (Spanish: Don Juan José de Austria; 7 April 1629 – 17 September 1679) was a Spanish general and political figure. He was the only illegitimate son of Philip IV of Spain to be acknowledged by the King and trained for military command and political administration.
John Joseph of Austria or John of Austria (the Younger) (Spanish: Don Juan José de Austria; 7 April 1629 – 17 September 1679) was a Spanish general and political figure. He was the only illegitimate son of Philip IV of Spain to be acknowledged by the King and trained for military command and political administration.
Juan José de Austria (born April 7, 1629, Madrid, Spain—died September 17, 1679, Madrid) was the most famous of the illegitimate children of King Philip IV of Spain. He served with some success as a Spanish military commander and from 1677 until his death was chief minister to King Charles II.
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John Joseph of Austria or John of Austria (the Younger) (Spanish: Don Juan José de Austria) (7 April 1629 – 17 September 1679) was a Spanish general and political figure. He was the only illegitimate son of Philip IV of Spain to be acknowledged by the King and trained for military command and political administration.
Archduke John of Austria (German: Erzherzog Johann Baptist Joseph Fabian Sebastian von Österreich, IPA: [ˈɛʁt͡sˌheʁt͡sok ˈjoːhan]; Slovene: Nadvojvoda Janez Habsburško-Lotarinški (or simply Nadvojvoda Janez); 20 January 1782 – 11 May 1859), a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, was an Austrian field marshal and imperial ...
Don Juan José died at the age of fifty in 1679, and as a result the dowager queen returned to the political arena. Don Juan José had never married but had had a number of illegitimate daughters with a Sicilian noblewoman, all of whom entered convents.
Juan José of Austria. 1677. Oil on canvas. On display elsewhere. This is a portrait depicting John Joseph of Austria dressed in half armour, high riding boots, a sash and general’s sash from which his sword hangs. His right hand firmly grasps the general’s sceptre, and his left hand rests haughtily on his hip.
