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Ferdinand VII: Quick Facts

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Also Known As Fernando el Deseado • Ferdinand the Desired
Born October 14, 1784 • El Escorial • Spain
Died September 29, 1833 (aged 48) • Madrid • Spain
Title / Office king (1808-1833), Spain
Notable Family Members spouse María Cristina de Borbón • father Charles IV • daughter Isabella II • brother Carlos María Isidro de Borbón, conde de Molina
Role In Peninsular War • Spanish Inquisition

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Painting by Francisco de Goya of King Ferdinand VII wearing a red and white fur-trimmed royal mantle, holding a scepter, with a neutral dark background.
Oil painting by Francisco de Goya showing King Ferdinand VII of Spain standing in ornate state robes with gold embroidery, holding a scepter, against a plain background.
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Painting by Jakob Seisenegger showing Emperor Charles V in ornate Renaissance attire standing beside a large hunting dog, with a green curtain in the background.
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Holy Roman emperor
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
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Francisco Espoz y Mina
Spanish military leader
Gilt and polychrome relief by Alonso de Mena showing Ferdinand II on the left and Isabella on the right, both with hands raised in prayer, framed by ornate gold trim.
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Engraving of Miguel de Cervantes, shown with a mustache and beard, wearing a ruffled collar and cloak, based on works by Gregorio Ferro and Fernando Selma.
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Francisco Franco in military uniform and cap, looking slightly to the side in an undated black and white portrait.
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
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Isabella I
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Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Portrait of Philip II, King of Spain, shown in ornate armor with one hand resting on a helmet, painted in the manner of Sir Anthony More against a dark background.
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Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd duke de Alba, oil painting by Sir Antony More, 1549; in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels.
Fernando Álvarez de Toledo y Pimentel, 3 duque de Alba
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Charles III
king of Spain
Pedro Sánchez, Spanish prime minister
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Adolfo Suárez González
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Manuel Azaña
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Felipe González Márquez
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Spanish politician
Alfonso XIII.
Alfonso XIII
king of Spain

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