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SPAIN - KINGDOM OF SPAIN - ISABELLA II

(29/09/1833-09/1868)

Isabella II (18/10/1830-9/04/1904) was actually called Marie-Louise and was the daughter of Ferdinand VII (1784-1830) and Marie Christine of Sicily (1806-1878). She became queen in 1833 on the death of her father under her mother's regency, which triggered the Carlist Wars. Married to her cousin François, Duke of Cadiz (1822-1902), she did not govern alone until 1854. She was driven from the throne in 1868 and the first Republic proclaimed. Her son Alphonse XII (1857-1885) became king in 1874. She died in 1904 in Paris.