Carlos

DON, (kar'los,) B. 1545, was son of Philip II., king of Spain. Betrothed to Prince Elizabeth of France, his father married that lady as his 2d wife. a circumstance which gave great offence to C. Suspected of conspiring against his father, he was thrown into prison, and there (it is supposed) put to death by his father's order, 1567. His melancholy story forms the theme of one of Schiller's finest dramas.- See also CAR LISTS, for the Don Carlos of the present century. [s. 146]