Duke Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria
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Image:JosephFerdinand.jpg Duke Joseph Ferdinand Leopold of Bavaria (28 October 1692 - 6 February 1699) was the son of Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (1679-1705, 1714-1726) and his first wife, Marie Antonie of Austria, daughter of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, maternal granddaughter of King Felipe IV of Spain.
Before the War of the Spanish Succession, Joseph Ferdinand 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. The unexpected death of Joseph Ferdinand 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, Philip of Anjou was to receive Naples, Sicily, and Milan, while the rest of the Spanish dominions were to go to Charles, son of Leopold I. But Leopold I. did not accept this treaty and Louis XIV broke treaty, when he enthroned in Spain Philip of Blois.cs:Josef Ferdinand Bavorský