The researchers, led by geneticist Román Vilas from Spain’s University of Santiago de Compostela, focused on 15 members of the so-called Spanish Habsburgs. This distinctive “Habsburg jaw,” a new analysis published in the Annals of Human Biologyfinds, most likely resulted from inbreeding. ![]() And while the dynasty’s regalia was glittery and their palaces splendid, the royals themselves were markedly less easy on the eyes: Generation after generation, Habsburg monarchs had sharply jutting jaws, bulbous lower lips and long noses. Like many royal families, the Habsburgs made strategic marriages to consolidate their power, often to close relatives. The family tree of the Habsburgs, a German-Austrian ruling family whose domain stretched from Portugal to Transylvania, is a tangled one. ![]() Both men had prominent jaws, which a new study concludes is most likely the result of the family's inbreeding. A portrait (by Juan Carreño de Miranda) of Charles II, the last of the Spanish Habsburg kings, and his father, Philip IV (painted by Diego Velázquez, of whom the king was a patron).
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