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Born April 27, 1806 • Naples • Italy
Died August 23, 1878 (aged 72) • France
Notable Family Members spouse Ferdinand VII • father Francis I • daughter Isabella II
Role In Carlist wars

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Baldomero Espartero, prince de Vergara
regent of Spain
Carlos María Isidro de Borbón, conde de Molina
Spanish prince
Pascual Cervera y Topete
Spanish admiral
Leopoldo O’Donnell, duke de Tetuán
prime minister of Spain
Ramon Cabrera, detail of a lithograph
Ramón Cabrera
Spanish political leader
Ramón María Narváez, duke de Valencia
prime minister of Spain
Francisco Espoz y Mina
Spanish military leader
Carlos Luis de Borbón, count de Montemolín
Spanish noble
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
Charles V
Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
ruler of Spain
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Philip II
Philip II
king of Spain and Portugal
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
Mariano Rajoy
Mariano Rajoy
prime minister of Spain
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
Spanish soldier and statesman
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Vasco Núñez de Balboa
Spanish explorer
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain

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