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| | Duke Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Duke Joseph Ferdinand Leopold of Bavaria (28 October 1692 - 6 February 1699) was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1679-1705, 1714-1726) and his first wife, MarieAntonie of Austria, daughter of Leopold I,Holy Roman Emperor, maternal granddaughter of King Felipe IV ofSpain. |
 | | During the War of the SpanishSuccession, Joseph Ferdinand was the favored choice of England and the Netherlands to succeed as the ruler of Spain, as the heir, young Charles II of Spain wasincompetent. |
 | | His unexpected death in 1699 at the age of six rendered the Anglo-French treaty inoperative and led to the Second PartitionTreaty (1700), agreed upon by France, England, and the Netherlands; under its terms,France was to receive Naples, Sicily, and Milan, while the rest of the Spanish dominions were to go to Archduke Charles. |
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