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Ferdinand VI (Spanish: Fernando; 23 September 1713 – 10 August 1759), called the Learned (el Prudente) and the Just (el Justo), was King of Spain from 9 July 1746 until his death in 1759. He was the third ruler of the Spanish Bourbon dynasty.
On 1 October 1936, General Francisco Franco was proclaimed "Leader of Spain" (Spanish: Caudillo de España) in the parts of Spain controlled by the Nationalists (nacionales) after the Spanish Civil War broke out. At the end of the war, on 1 April 1939, Franco took control of the whole of Spain, ending the Second Republic.
Ferdinand VII (Spanish: Fernando VII; 14 October 1784 – 29 September 1833) was King of Spain during the early 19th century. He reigned briefly in 1808 and then again from 1813 to his death in 1833. Before 1813 he was known as el Deseado (the Desired), and after, as el Rey Felón (the Criminal King).
The following is the family tree of the Spanish monarchs starting from Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon till the present day. The former kingdoms of Aragon (see family tree), Castile (see family tree) and Navarre (see family tree) were independent kingdoms that unified in 1469 as personal union, with the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs, to become the Kingdom of Spain (de ...
King Ferdinand may refer to: Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380–1416) Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516), also Ferdinand V of Castile and León, Ferdinand "the Catholic", King of Aragon, Sicily ((Trinacria) and in Naples as Ferdinand III), and Navarre, first king of a unified Kingdom of Spain; Ferdinand I of León (died 1065), "the Great"
Miller, Townsend Miller (1963) The Castles and the Crown: Spain 1451–1555. New York: Coward-McCann; Prescott, William H. (1838). History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic. Roth, Norman (1995) Conversos, Inquisition, and the Expulsion of the Jews from Spain. (Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press) Stuart, Nancy Rubin.
Charles succeeded to the Spanish throne in 1759 upon the death of his childless half-brother Ferdinand VI. As king of Spain, Charles III made far-reaching reforms to increase the flow of funds to the crown and defend against foreign incursions on the empire
King of Spain, Portugal (until 1640), Naples, Sicily and Sardinia; Duke of Milan; Sovereign of the Netherlands and Count Palatine of Burgundy; son of Philip III: Charles II, the Bewitched Carlos II, el Hechizado: November 6, 1661 – November 1, 1700 (aged 38) September 17, 1665 – November 1, 1700 King of Spain, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia ...