LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| Alfonso XIII. and Queen Victoria of Spain | [frontispiece] |
| From a photograph by Franzen, Madrid. | |
| TO FACE PAGE | |
| Maria Luisa, Queen of Charles IV. | [8] |
| From the painting by Goya in the Museo del Prado. | |
| Maria Antonia, Princess of Asturias, First Wife of Ferdinand VII. | [34] |
| From an engraving. | |
| Maria Isabel Francisca of Braganza, Second Wife of Ferdinand VII. | [84] |
| From an engraving. | |
| Maria Josefa Amalia, Third Wife of Ferdinand VII. | [92] |
| From an engraving. | |
| Maria Cristina, Fourth Wife of Ferdinand VII. and Mother of Isabella II. | [106] |
| From an original painting. | |
| Don Carlos de Bourbon, Duke of Madrid | [112] |
| From a photograph. | |
| Marshal Prim | [122] |
| From an engraving. | |
| General Espartero, Prince of Vergara | [128] |
| From a painting by Casado del Alisal. | |
| Marshal Leopoldo O’Donnell, Duke of Tetuan | [138] |
| From an engraving. | |
| Reception of Isabella II. at the Escorial | [150] |
| From a painting by Benjumea. | |
| Isabella II., Queen of Spain | [162] |
| From a painting by Madrazo. | |
| The Council of Ministers of Isabella II. declares War against Morocco | [184] |
| From a painting by Benjumea. | |
| General Narvaez | [214] |
| From a photograph. | |
| Emilio Castelar | [224] |
| From a photograph. | |
| Amadeus of Savoy, Duke of Aosta, afterwards King of Spain | [226] |
| From a photograph by J. Laurent, Madrid. | |
| Lieutenant-Colonel Luis de Figuerola Ferretti | [242] |
| From a painting by Miss A. J. Challice, exhibited at the Royal Academy, London. | |
| King Alfonso XII. visiting Cholera Patients at Aranjuez | [252] |
| From a painting by J. Bermudo y Mateos. | |
| Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias, and his late Wife, the Infanta Mercedes | [266] |
| From a photograph by Franzen, Madrid. | |
| Praxedes Mateo Sagasta, Liberal Prime Minister | [274] |
| From a photograph. | |
| Death of Alfonso XII. | [276] |
| From a painting by J. A. Benlliure y Gil. | |
| Antonio Canovas del Castillo, Conservative Prime Minister | [292] |
| From a photograph. | |
| The Infanta Maria Teresa and King Alfonso XIII. | [294] |
| From a photograph by Debas, Madrid. | |
| Alfonso XIII., King of Spain | [306] |
| From a photograph by Franzen, Madrid. | |
| The Queen-Mother Maria Cristina of Spain | [310] |
| From a photograph by Debas, Madrid. | |
| Victoria Eugénie, Queen of Spain | [314] |
| From a photograph by J. Beagles and Co. | |
| Queen Victoria of Spain and the Queen-Mother at a Bull-fight | [316] |
| From a photograph. | |
| Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria, Brother-in-law of Alfonso XIII. | [318] |
| From a photograph by Baumann, Münich. | |
| The Infanta Maria Teresa, afterwards Wife of Prince Ferdinand of Bavaria | [320] |
| From a photograph by Franzen, Madrid. | |
| Christening of the Prince of Asturias, Son of Alfonso XIII. | [338] |
CARLOS III. = Maria Amalia of Saxony (daughter of | Augustus III., King of Poland) | Several children, of whom the second son was CARLOS IV. = Maria Luisa of Parma | (his cousin) +------------------------------+--------+-------+ | | | FERNANDO VII. Don Carlos = MF FP = Luisa Carlota = 1. Maria Antonia of Naples | | of Naples = 2. Isabel of Braganza | | = 3. MJA +-------++ | = 4. MCN | | FA = ISABELLA II. | DCM Don Juan = PM (his cousin) | | +--+-----------------------------+ Don Carlos (now living) | | ISABELLA II. = FA (her MLF = Duke of Montpensier | cousin) | | +--+-----------------+ | | | | Mcd = ALFONSO XII. A = Eulalia | (her cousin) (see below) | +----------+-----+--------------------+-----+------------+ | | | | | Isabel = CG ALFONSO XII. = (1) Mcd P DP = LF Eulalia = A | (2) MCA | | | | | +--------------+-------+-------+ +--------+ +--------+--+ | | | | | | MM = CB ALFONSO XIII. = VE MT = Fernando Alfonso Fernando (Infante)
Key
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A = Antonio (son of Duke of Montpensier)
CB = Carlos de Bourbon
CG = Count of Girgenti
DCM = Don Carlos, Count of Montemolin
DP = De la Paz
FA = Francisco de Asis
FP = Francisco de Paula
LF = Luis Ferdinand of Bavaria
MCA = Maria Cristina of Austria
MCN = Maria Cristina of Naples
(sister of Luisa Carlota and of Princess of Beira)
Mcd = Mercedes (cousin to Alfonso XII.)
MF = Maria Francisca of Portugal
(sister of Isabel of Braganza)
MJA = Maria Josefa Amalia of Saxony
MLF = Maria Luisa Fernanda
MM = Maria de las Mercedes (Princess of Asturias)
MT = Maria Teresa
P = Pilar (Infanta)
PM = Princess of Modena
VE = Victoria Eugénie of Battenberg