During the War of the Spanish Succession, 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 was incompetent. He was the electoral prince of Bavaria, and a great-grandson of Philip IV. His unexpected death in 1699 at the age of six rendered the Anglo-French treaty inoperative and led to the Second Partition Treaty (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.
Josef Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria on portrait of Joseph Vivien from 1698.
Before the War of the Spanish Succession, JosephFerdinand was the favored choice of England and the Netherlands to succeed as the ruler of Spain, young Charles II of Spain chose him as his heir.
JosephFerdinand's great-uncle was the so-called Bewitched Charles II of Spain, who was the degenerated last Habsburg monarch of Spain, whom Joseph was destined to succeed, had he not himself predeceased Charles.
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