The secret history of the court of Spain during the last centuryChallice, Rachel
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The secret history of the court of Spain during the last century
Challice, Rachel
Spain -- Court and courtiers; Spain -- History -- Bourbons, 1700-
Carlos, Don, Count of Montemolin, son of preceding, 161;
rebellion of, 191;
letter to Isabella II., 191-2
Carlos, Don, son of Alfonso XII., 339
Caroline, Queen, of Naples, 9;
opposition to Napoleon, 10
Castelar, Emilio, 225, 287-8, 295, 298
Chamorro, 84, 85
Charles III., 2;
opposes French marriage, 6
Charles IV., 2, 3;
quarrel with Ferdinand, 5-18;
writes to Napoleon, 19, 43, 45, 59;
at Bayonne, 61;
letter to his son, 63;
abdication, 67
Concha, Manuel de la, General, plot of, 143-5
Cuba, insurrection, 292-3, 297
D
Dulce, General, 143-4, 153, 183-4
E
Erroz, chaplain to Ferdinand VII., plot of, 95
Escoiquiz, tutor to Ferdinand VII., 4;
dismissed, 5;
influence at Court, 3, 6, 7, 50
Espartero, General, 127;
Captain, General, and Grandee, 137-8;
Regent, 140-2, 145, 187, 218-19
Estancelin, 170-1
Eulalia, Doña, 261;
marriage, 278-9
F
Ferdinand VII., Prince of Asturias, 1;
marriage, 6;
hatred of Godoy, 7;
intrigues against his parents, 9-23;
writes to Napoleon, 14, 53, 74-5;
duplicity, 25-9;
receives letter from Napoleon, 53-6;
at Bayonne, 61;
scene with his parents, 65-7;
letter to Berthémy, 73;
and George III., 77;
King, 79;
disposition, 85-6;
home life, 79-104;
second marriage, 83;
third marriage, 92;
fourth marriage, 107;
plot of Baso, 95;
martyr to gout, 101, 108;
attitude towards the revolution, 99-104;
increasing weakness, 110-12;
recovers, 113;
gratitude to his wife, 115-17;
letter to Don Carlos, 118;
death, 121
Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria, 328-9, 331, 339
Ferretti, Figuerola, Colonel, 242-3;
diary of, 244-6, 249, 291, 298-9, 302;
greeted by Alfonso XIII., 303, 314
Fouché, 76
Francisco, Duke of Cadiz (Infante), 106, 146, 165;
marries Isabella II., 166, 174
G
George III., King of England, 77
Girgenti, Count Frederick, 223
Godoy, Manuel, Prince de la Paz, 2, 23;
overthrow, 24-52;
seized by the guard, 29;
house ransacked by the mob, 30
Goya, painter, and Wellington, 72-3
H
Halem, Juan Van, 87, 91
Henry, Prince of Bourbon, 222;
killed in duel, 222
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