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Also Known As Fernando el Deseado • Ferdinand the Desired
Born October 14, 1784 • El Escorial • Spain
Died September 29, 1833 (aged 48) • Madrid • Spain
Title / Office king (1808-1833), Spain
Notable Family Members spouse María Cristina de Borbón • father Charles IV • daughter Isabella II • brother Carlos María Isidro de Borbón, conde de Molina
Role In Peninsular War • Spanish Inquisition

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Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Cardinal Jiménez de Cisneros
Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
Spanish cardinal
Francisco Espoz y Mina
Spanish military leader
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes
Spanish writer
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
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
Juan Carlos
Juan Carlos
king of Spain
Gaspar de Guzmán y Pimental, count-duke de Olivares
prime minister of Spain
Bernardo de Gálvez
Spanish colonial administrator
Manuel de Godoy
prime minister of Spain
Adolfo Suárez González
prime minister of Spain
Azaña, Manuel
Manuel Azaña
president of Spain

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