Philip IV of Spain, er… rises to the challenge.

>He [**[Don Juan of Austria](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/44/Juan_Jose_de_Austria.jpg)**] was the illegitimate son of [Philip IV](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Philip_IV_of_Spain_-_Vel%C3%A1zquez_1644.jpg) and [La Calderona](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/LaCalderona.jpg), an actress who had initially attracted Philip because of a piece of intriguing gossip: The Duque de Medina de las Torres told the king that lover after lover had failed to deflower the young thespian because of a certain anatomical oddity (most likely a thick hymen). The king, who always wanted what he could not have, marched straight off to see her, only to meet the same fate as the other swains. >After corrective surgery the two became lovers. __________________________________ **Source:** Talty, Stephan. “Portobelo.” *Empire of Blue Water: Captain Morgan’s Great Pirate Army, the Epic Battle for the Americas, and the Catastrophe That Ended the Outlaws’ Bloody Reign*. New York: Crown Publishing Group (NY), 2007. 123. Print. __________________________________ **Further Reading:** [John of Austria (the Younger) / Don Juan José de Austria (John Joseph of Austria)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_of_Austria_the_Younger) [Felipe IV (Philip IV of Spain) / Philip IV of Castile / Philip III of Aragon / Filipe III (Philip III of Portugal)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_IV_of_Spain) [María Inés Calderón / La Calderona / Marizápalos](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Calder%C3%B3n)