INDEX

A
Alagon, Duke of, [79], [81], [84], [85], [121]
Alava, General, [72], [73], [101]
Alcalá Galiano, historian, [3]
Alfonso XII.: birth, [193];
education, [198]–[202];
made King, [248];
character, [252]–4, [280];
travels through Spain, [255];
marriage, [257];
second marriage, [264];
visit to Germany, [268];
return, [269]–71;
ill-health, [271], [275];
escapades, [271–2];
government, [273];
death, [276]
Alfonso XIII., [294–6], [303];
chapter on, [305–13];
baptism, [305];
instruction, [306–8];
youthful occupations, [308–9];
coronation oath, [309–10];
affection for his mother, [310], [315];
grants audience to authoress, [320];
personal traits, [322–3];
ceremony on Maunday Thursday, [332–4];
daily life, [341]–2
Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, [338]–41
Amadeus of Savoy, King of Spain, [224];
claim to the throne, [224]–5;
his courage, [225]–6, [228]–31, [236];
Court life, [232]–4;
abdication, [240]–1
Angelo, Michael, the painter, [212]
Aranjuez: revolution at, [35], [42], [44], [53];
arrival of Maria Cristina at, [107];
Isabella II. at, [174]
Arellano, Ramirez, [87], [91]
Argüelles, Agustin, guardian of Isabella II., [142]–3, [146]–7
B
Ballesteros, General, [101], [103]
Baso, Secretary of Ferdinand VII., plot of, [95]
Bayonne, [61];
Treaty of, [67];
Maria Cristina at, [134]
Beauharnais, Marquis of, French Ambassador in Spain, [14], [39]
Beira, Princess of, [106]
Benavides, Cardinal, [176]–7, [277]
Beramendi, [202]–5, [208]–9
Berthémy, [73], [74]
Bonaparte, Joseph, King of Spain, [68]–70
Bonaparte, Lucien, Prince of Canino, [6], [24]
Bonaparte, Napoleon: proposes Spanish marriage, [10];
has letter from Charles IV., [6], [19];
designs on the Peninsula, [24], [25]–35, [38], [51];
plots against the Royal Family of Spain, [53]–78;
enters Madrid, [68];
letter to Ferdinand VII., [53]–6
Brabo, Gonzalez, Prime Minister, [148], [152], [156], [206]–7
Bulwer, Lord Lytton, British Ambassador in Spain, [164]–5, [178], [189]–90, [217]–18
C
Cabrera, Juan, [228]
Caciquism, [284]–5, [343]
Cadiz, Constitution of 1812, [125]
Calomarde, Minister, [110]–12
Campos, Martinez, [292]–3
Canalejas, President, [323]–4
Canovas, Conservative leader, [272]–3, [274]–5, [288]–9;
letter to Ferretti, [291];
death, [299]–300
Carlos, Don, claimant to Spanish throne, [83], [108];
intrigues, [111];
refuses oath of allegiance, [117];
an exile, [119];
appears before Madrid, [128], [137], [215]
Carlos, Don Juan, son of preceding, [191]
Carlos, Don, Count of Montemolin, son of preceding, [161];
rebellion of, [191];
letter to Isabella II., [191]–2
Carlos, Don, son of Alfonso XII., [339]
Caroline, Queen, of Naples, [9];
opposition to Napoleon, [10]
Castelar, Emilio, [225], [287]–8, [295], [298]
Chamorro, [84], [85]
Charles III., [2];
opposes French marriage, [6]
Charles IV., [2], [3];
quarrel with Ferdinand, [5]–18;
writes to Napoleon, [19], [43], [45], [59];
at Bayonne, [61];
letter to his son, [63];
abdication, [67]
Concha, Manuel de la, General, plot of, [143]–5
Cuba, insurrection, [292]–3, [297]
D
Dulce, General, [143]–4, [153], [183]–4
E
Erroz, chaplain to Ferdinand VII., plot of, [95]
Escoiquiz, tutor to Ferdinand VII., [4];
dismissed, [5];
influence at Court, [3], [6], [7], [50]
Espartero, General, [127];
Captain, General, and Grandee, [137]–8;
Regent, [140]–2, [145], [187], [218]–19
Estancelin, [170]–1
Eulalia, Doña, [261];
marriage, [278]–9
F
Ferdinand VII., Prince of Asturias, [1];
marriage, [6];
hatred of Godoy, [7];
intrigues against his parents, [9]–23;
writes to Napoleon, [14], [53], [74]–5;
duplicity, [25]–9;
receives letter from Napoleon, [53]–6;
at Bayonne, [61];
scene with his parents, [65]–7;
letter to Berthémy, [73];
and George III., [77];
King, [79];
disposition, [85]–6;
home life, [79]–104;
second marriage, [83];
third marriage, [92];
fourth marriage, [107];
plot of Baso, [95];
martyr to gout, [101], [108];
attitude towards the revolution, [99]–104;
increasing weakness, [110]–12;
recovers, [113];
gratitude to his wife, [115]–17;
letter to Don Carlos, [118];
death, [121]
Ferdinand, Prince of Bavaria, [328]–9, [331], [339]
Ferretti, Figuerola, Colonel, [242]–3;
diary of, [244]–6, [249], [291], [298]–9, [302];
greeted by Alfonso XIII., [303], [314]
Fouché, [76]
Francisco, Duke of Cadiz (Infante), [106], [146], [165];
marries Isabella II., [166], [174]
G
George III., King of England, [77]
Girgenti, Count Frederick, [223]
Godoy, Manuel, Prince de la Paz, [2], [23];
overthrow, [24]–52;
seized by the guard, [29];
house ransacked by the mob, [30]
Goya, painter, and Wellington, [72]–3
H
Halem, Juan Van, [87], [91]
Henry, Prince of Bourbon, [222];
killed in duel, [222]
I
Isabella II.: accepted as future Queen, [120];
plot to seize, [143]–5, [147];
proclaimed Queen at thirteen years, [149];
forced to sign a decree, [154];
authorizes her mother’s marriage to Muñoz, [157];
popularity, [157]–8;
marriage proposals, [161], [164];
marriage, [166];
attempt on life of, [167]–9;
separation, [174]–7;
goes to Aranjuez, [174];
returns, [177];
reconciled to her husband, [178];
attempted assassination of, [181]–2;
popularity wanes, [183];
mutiny against, [184];
insurrection against, [194];
coldness towards her sister, [198];
at San Sebastian, [207];
dethroned, [216];
character, [216]–221;
intrigues against, [208];
in Paris, [221], [231];
present at the wedding of Alfonso XII., [264]
Isabella (Infanta), [180];
marriage proposals, [207], [223], [329], [331], [339]
Isabella of Braganza, second wife of Ferdinand VII., [83], [86];
death, [91]
Izquierdo, [39]
J
Janotha, Miss, [318]
Josefa (Infanta), [185]
L
La Granja: secret societies at, [124], [130];
Maria Cristina at, [134];
Queen Victoria at, [317], [341]–2
Lacy, General, [98]
Leon, Diego de, General, plot of, [143]–5
Leopold, Charles, Baron de Colly, [76]
Luisa Carlota of Naples, [106], [136]–7, [142], [146]–7, [163]
Luisa Ferdinanda (Infanta), [144], [166];
marriage, [166]–7, [169]–72, [197]
M
Macanáz, Pedro, Minister of Justice, [80]–1
Madrid: riot of May 2, 1808, [64];
in hands of Napoleon, [68];
cholera at, [123];
Don Carlos appears before, [128], [129]
Marfori, Don Carlos, [209]–10
Maria Antonia of Naples: marriage, [6];
correspondence with Queen Caroline, [9]–10;
dissensions of, [11];
death, [12]
Maria Cristina of Naples, fourth wife of Ferdinand VII., [106]–21;
Regency of, [122]–41;
her beauty and charm, [107];
influence at Court, [108]–9;
manifesto, [114];
decree, [126];
conduct in face of the rebels, [125]–7;
infatuation for and marriage with Muñoz, [129]–33, [156];
daughter by Muñoz, [134]–5, [138];
goes to Valencia, [140];
to France, [141];
returns to Spain, [156];
visits her daughter, [173];
unpopularity, [185]–7;
leaves Spain, [187];
returns, [193], [242];
influence over Alfonso XII., [271]–2;
grief at husband’s death, [276]–7;
Regent, [278]–80, [264]–304;
devotion, [294]–6, [306]–8;
decree as to, [310], [340]
Maria Cristina of Austria, second wife of Alfonso XII., [262]–5
Maria de las Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, [250], [339]
Maria Francisca de Asis, wife of Don Carlos, [83]
Maria Josefa Amelia, third wife of Ferdinand VII., [92]–5;
death, [105];
her character, [105]–6
Maria Luisa of Parma: marries Charles IV., [2];
Queen, [3];
infatuation for Godoy, [4], [8];
letters to her daughter, [30]–4, [39];
correspondence, [40]–3, [47], [59];
at Bayonne, [61]
Maria Luisa, Princess of Etruria, [34];
writes to Murat, [42], [144]
Maria Mercedes, Queen of Alfonso XII., [256]–7;
death, [258]–9;
funeral, [259]–60
Maria Teresa (Infanta), [267], [319], [321], [328]–9, [331], [339]
Maria Victoria del Pozzo, wife of Amadeus, [226], [230], [237]–8, [240]
Marie Amélie, wife of Louis Philippe, [213]
Maura, [294], [312], [319]
Mercedes, Princess of Asturias, [265]–7
Merino, Manuel Martin, attempts to assassinate Isabella II., [180];
executed, [181]
Miraflores, Ambassador, [123], [159], [161]–2, [179]
Montijo, Countess of, [250]–1
Montpensier, Duke of, [162];
marries Infanta Fernanda, [166], [169], [222], [278]–9
Moret, Minister, [303], [311]–12
Morillo, General, [103]
Muñoz, Fernando: marries Maria Cristina, [129], [130];
Duke of Rianzares, [133], [156]
Murat, Grand Duke of Berg, General: in Spain, [27];
at Madrid, [37]–9, [43];
correspondence, [43]–6, [51]
N
Nakens, [274], [300]
Narvaez, Ramon Maria, General, [128], [148], [150];
War Minister and President, [159], [163];
arrogance, [188]–90, [194], [210];
exiled to Paris, [211], [213];
marriage, [214];
Prime Minister, [214]
Nelson, [11]
O
O’Donnell, Leopold, General, [138], [183]–4, [188]–9, [194]–7;
death, [206]
Olozaga, Salustiano, President, [150]–1, [154]–5
P
Pacheco, Francisco, [173], [177]
Pavia, General, [243], [245]–7
Paz, Doña de la, [261];
marriage, [267]
Philippe, Louis, [161], [166];
fall of, [172]
Pilar, Doña, [261]
Pius IX., [207]
Prim, General, [122], [221], [224];
murdered, [227]
R
Riego, Captain, General of Galicia, [96]–7, [101], [104]
Romanos, Mesoneros, historian, [70], [81]–2, [91]
Rosa, Martinez, Prime Minister, [124]
Rovigo, Duke of, [65]
Rubio, Juan, historian, [281]–2, [298]–9
S
Sagasta, Liberal leader, [272]–4, [286]–7, [295], [299]
Salamanca, Premier, [174], [177]–8, [288]
San Gil, insurrection of, [194], [239]
San Luis, Count of, [183], [219]
San Rafael, Marquis of, [239]
Serrano, Francisco, General, [150]–1;
influence, [173], [178], [216], [221];
Regent, [224], [248]
Seville, Duke of, condemned, [290], [295]
Silvela, Minister, [300], [302]–3
T
Tacon, General, [216]
“Trágala,” popular song, [101], [104]
V
Valcarcel, Doña Teresa, [133]–4
Vicente Richard, conspirator, [86], [87]
Victor Emmanuel, King, [226]
Victoria Eugénie, Queen of Alfonso XIII.: chapter on, [314]–44;
bomb outrage on, [316]–17;
grants audience to authoress, [320];
personal traits, [322], [324]–5, [327]
Victoria, Queen of England, letter of, [190], [217], [315]
Vinuesa, Matios, Canon, plot of, [99]
W
Wellington, Duke of, [70];
proclamation to Madrid, [71];
and Goya, [72]–3
Z
Zamora, Leocadia, [211]–12
Zorilla, Ruiz, [224]

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