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Narváez, Ramón María (rämōn` märē`ä närvä`ĕth), 1800–1868, Spanish general and statesman. He distinguished himself fighting for Isabella II Isabella II, 1830–1904, queen of Spain (1833–68), daughter of Ferdinand VII and of Maria Christina . Her uncle, Don Carlos , contested her succession under the Salic law , and thus the Carlist Wars began (see Carlists ).
..... Click the link for more information. against the Carlists (1834–39). When Espartero Espartero, Baldomero, duque de la Victoria, conde de Luchana
..... Click the link for more information. rose to power (1840), Narváez joined the partisans of Maria Christina Maria Christina (märē`ä krēstē`nä), 1806–78, queen of Spain, daughter of Francis I of the Two Sicilies.
..... Click the link for more information. in exile. He returned in 1843 to take part in Espartero's overthrow and was created duque de Valencia in 1845. As leader of the moderate conservatives, Narváez held the premiership, with only brief interruptions, from 1844 to 1851 and had several short ministries later (1856–57, 1864–65, and 1866–68). The "strong man" of Isabelline Spain, his authoritarian policies helped to provoke the uprising that soon after his death caused the downfall of Queen Isabella II.