The secret history of the court of Spain during the last century

by Rachel Challice

As, in face of his overwhelming influence, it is not possible for the people to elect a deputy of either party in opposition to the one chosen or supported by the cacique of the district, the deputies elected by public vote have mostly been republicans. Hence the suffrage is associated with republicanism in Spain, and Catalonia, where this has been successful, is connected with the idea of Separatism. Thus, with the misreport of things in Madrid, it is thought that Catalonia is wanting in Monarchists. But whenever the wisdom of the King leads to a royal visit to Barcelona, the enthusiasm for the royal visitor always proves that the Press has misinterpreted the state of feeling there; and the welcome that will be given to Queen Victoria when she makes the long-looked-for visit to Barcelona will show that Catalonia is also content that an English Queen should reign over them.

At Cortegada the peasants to whom I was introduced made the sign of the cross, for they said they had never seen an Englishwoman before; but they had one for their Queen, and she was welcome in the land.

“Viva la Reina Victoria!” was the cry which floated across the moonlit waters as the peasants returned to the mainland after the celebration of their annual festival on the island which had been offered for the acceptance of the King and the Queen, and, indeed, this cry is echoed throughout the land.

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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