Don Carlos, Infante of Spain (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Friedrich Schiller
- First Published: 1787
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Sixteenth century
- Setting: Spain
- Principal Characters: Don Carlos, Philip II, Elizabeth de Valois, Marquis de Posa, Domingo, Duke of Alva, Princess de Eboli
- Genres: Drama, History play, Tragedy
- Subjects: History, Parents and children, Love or romance, Marriage, Fear, Fathers, Inheritance or succession, Sixteenth century, Spain or Spanish people, Monarchy
- Locales: Spain
The Story:
King Philip II of Spain did not wish to trust his son, Don Carlos, with any of the crown’s affairs, ostensibly because, even though Don Carlos was twenty-three years old, he was too hot-blooded. Probably the real reason was that Philip, who had forced his father, Charles V, from the throne, now feared his own son. The differences and coldness between the king and his son were aggravated by the fact that Philip was married to Elizabeth de Valois, with whom Don Carlos had been in love. Indeed, the courtship between the two had been sanctioned by France and Spain,...
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