At Cortegada the peasants to whom I was introduced made the sign of the cross, for they said they had never seen an Englishwoman before; but they had one for their Queen, and she was welcome in the land. “Viva la Reina Victoria!” was the cry which floated across the moonlit waters as the peasants returned to the mainland after the celebration of their annual festival on the island which had been offered for the acceptance of the King and the Queen, and, indeed, this cry is echoed throughout the land. INDEX A Alagon, Duke of, 79, 81, 84, 85, 121 Alava, General, 72, 73, 101 Alcalá Galiano, historian, 3 Alfonso XII.: birth, 193; education, 198-202; made King, 248; character, 252-4, 280; travels through Spain, 255; marriage, 257; second marriage, 264; visit to Germany, 268; return, 269-71; ill-health, 271, 275; escapades, 271-2; government, 273; death, 276 Alfonso XIII., 294-6, 303; chapter on, 305-13; baptism, 305; instruction, 306-8; youthful occupations, 308-9; coronation oath, 309-10; affection for his mother, 310, 315; grants audience to authoress, 320; personal traits, 322-3; ceremony on Maunday Thursday, 332-4; daily life, 341-2 Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, 338-41 Amadeus of Savoy, King of Spain, 224; claim to the throne, 224-5; his courage, 225-6, 228-31, 236; Court life, 232-4; abdication, 240-1 Angelo, Michael, the painter, 212 Aranjuez: revolution at, 35, 42, 44, 53; arrival of Maria Cristina at, 107; Isabella II. at, 174 Arellano, Ramirez, 87, 91 Argüelles, Agustin, guardian of Isabella II., 142-3, 146-7 B Ballesteros, General, 101, 103 Baso, Secretary of Ferdinand VII., plot of, 95 Bayonne, 61; Treaty of, 67; Maria Cristina at, 134 Beauharnais, Marquis of, French Ambassador in Spain, 14, 39 Beira, Princess of, 106 Benavides, Cardinal, 176-7, 277 Beramendi, 202-5, 208-9 Berthémy, 73, 74 Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Spain, 68-70 Bonaparte, Lucien, Prince of Canino, 6, 24 Bonaparte, Napoleon: proposes Spanish marriage, 10; has letter from Charles IV., 6, 19; designs on the Peninsula, 24, 25-35, 38, 51; plots against the Royal Family of Spain, 53-78; enters Madrid, 68; letter to Ferdinand VII., 53-6 Brabo, Gonzalez, Prime Minister, 148, 152, 156, 206-7 Bulwer, Lord Lytton, British Ambassador in Spain, 164-5, 178, 189-90, 217-18 C Cabrera, Juan, 228 Caciquism, 284-5, 343 Cadiz, Constitution of 1812, 125 Calomarde, Minister, 110-12 Campos, Martinez, 292-3 Canalejas, President, 323-4 Canovas, Conservative leader, 272-3, 274-5, 288-9; letter to Ferretti, 291; death, 299-300 Carlos, Don, claimant to Spanish throne, 83, 108; intrigues, 111; refuses oath of allegiance, 117; an exile, 119; appears before Madrid, 128, 137, 215 Carlos, Don Juan, son of preceding, 191