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The role of inbreeding in the extinction of a European royal dynasty.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2009
Alvarez Gonzalo, Ceballos Francisco C, Quinteiro Celsa
Abstract excerpt
The kings of the Spanish Habsburg dynasty (1516-1700) frequently married close relatives in such a way that uncle-niece, first cousins and other consanguineous unions were prevalent in that dynasty. In the historical literature, it has been suggested that inbreeding was a major cause responsible for the extinction of the dynasty when the king Charles II, physically and mentally disabled, died in 1700 and no...
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