Carlos II was succeeded by the grandson of his oldest half sister Felipe V of Borbon. The various lines descending from him did continue the habit of marrying in the family. If you look at Alfonso XII's official genealogy it's quite baffling. His parents were double first cousins. His grandfathers were brothers, his grandmothers sisters and their parents were also first cousins. To top it off the grandfathers were the maternal uncles of the grandmothers.
Not sure why the study referenced her as showing the least family traits given that, as it states, she was a Habsburg only by marriage and not by blood.
Leopold I of Austria (nicknamed "Hogmouth" by his subjects) and his unfortunate nephew, Carlos II of Spain appear to have been the last Habsburg rulers to exhibit these family traits in exaggerated form. After them the penny seems to have finally dropped and the dynasty eased up on their notorious habit of inbreeding.
Here's a much simplified article for people like me with limited scientific knowledge:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/habsburg-jaw-royal-family-inbreeding-facial-deformity-spain-austria-holy-roman-empire-a9229071.html?utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=Feed[quote ]
Fascinating from what I could gather. Unfortunately I don't know enough about biology to be able to understand very much of it.
An interesting scholarly paper looks at facial deformities in Hapsburg rulers of Spain and Austria . Maxillo facial surgeons score deformities using modern medical assessment tools and scores are compared to degrees of in breeding in each individual.
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