Ferdinand VII

1784--1833, king of Spain (1808; 1814--33). He precipitated the Carlist Wars by excluding his brother Don Carlos as his successor

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Ferdinand VII

Born Oct. 13, 1784, in San Ildefonso; died Sept. 29, 1833, in Madrid. King of Spain in 1808 and from 1814 to 1833.

Ferdinand VII ascended to the throne on Mar. 19, 1808, after a popular revolution removed the favorite, M. Godoy, from power and forced Charles IV, Ferdinand VII’s father, to abdicate. In the spring of 1808, however, Spain was occupied by the French, and Napoleon I, taking advantage of the dissension within the royal family, succeeded in forcing Ferdinand VII to abdicate on May 10. Napoleon then placed his own brother, Joseph Bonaparte, on the throne. An exile in France since 1808, Ferdinand VII returned to Spain in 1814 after the collapse of French rule in that country. Surrounding himself with a camarilla, he proceeded to undo the accomplishments of the Spanish Revolution of 1808–14. As a result, in 1820 a new revolution erupted, in the face of which Ferdinand VII was compelled to accept the radical Constitution of 1812 even while continuing to lead the counter-revolutionary camp. In 1823, after the revolution was suppressed by French interventionists, Ferdinand VII restored an absolutist regime in Spain.

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