THE ROYAL FAMILY
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It. Infanta Maria-dc-la-Paz^ born June 23, 18C2 ; married, April 3, 1883, to i'rinee LuiUvig, eldest son of the late Trince Adalbert of Bavaria. III. Infanta Eulalia, born February 12, 186-1 ; married to Prineo Antoine, son of Frinec Antoine d'Orleans, Due de Montpensier, Mareh 6, 1886. (All sisters of the late King.)
Parents of the late jfiTiwgf.— Queen Isabel, born Oetober 10, 1830 ; the eldest daughter of King Fernando VII.; ascended the throne at the death of her father, September 29, 1833 ; assumed the government on Ijeing declared of age, November 8, 1843 ; exiled September 30, 1868 ; abdicated in favour of her son, June 25, 1870. Married, October 10, 1846, to her cousin Infante Francisco, born May 13, 1822.
C0US171 of the late King.
Infante Don Carlos Maria-de-los-Dolores, born March 30, 1848, son of Prince Juan, and grandson of the Infante Don Carlos, nephew of King Fer- nando VII. Married (1) February 4, 1867, to Princess Marguerite of Bourbon, daughter of Duke Carlos III. of Parma ; (2) April 28, 1894, to ^larie Berthe, Princess de Rohan. Offspring of the hrst union are four daughters and a son. Prince Jaime, born June 27, 1870.
The King, Alfonso XIII., has a civil list, fixed by the Cortes, 1886, of 7,000,000 pesetas, or 280,000Z., exclusive of allowances to members of the royal family ; the Queen Regent having the administration and usufruct of the said sum until the King becomes of age. The annual grant to the Queen, as mother to the King, was fixed by the Cortes, in 1886, at 250,000 pesetas. The immediate successor was assigned 500,000 pesetas, and 250,000 to the second sister, they having been Princesses of Asturias. The parents of the late King, ex-Queen Isabel and her husband, have an allowance of 1,050,000 pesetas, or 42,000Z. ; and the four Infantas, his sisters, of 800,000 pesetas, or 32,000^. The total amount of the civil list and allowances to the relatives of the late King was fixed by the Cortes in 1876 at 10,000,000 pesetas, or 400,000Z. ; now it is 9,500,000 pesetas, or 380,000Z.
The following is a list of the sovereigns and sovereign rulers of Spain, with dates of their accession, since the foundation of the Spanish Monarchy by the union of the crowns of Aragon and Castile : —
House of Aragon. Fernando V., ' The Catholic ' 1512
House of Habshurg.
Carlos 1 1516
Felipe II 1556
Felipe III 1598
Felipe IV 1621
Carlos II 1665
House of Bourbon.
Felipe V 1700
Fernando VI. . . . 1746
Carlos III 1759
Carlos IV 1788
Fernando VII. . . . 1808
House of Bonaparte. Joseph Bonaparte . . . 1808 '
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House of Bourbon.
Fernando VII., restored
1814
Isabel II
1833
Provisional Government
1868
Marshal Serrano, Regent
1869
Hous^of Savoy.
Amadeo ....
1870
Republic.
Executive of the Cortes .
1873
Estanislao Figueras
1873
Pi y Margall, June 8
1873
Nicolas Salmcron, July 18
1873
Emilio Castelar, September 9 .
1873
Marshal Serrano, January 4. .
1874
House of Bourbon.
Alfonso XII. .
1875
^Maria {pro tern.)
1886
Alfonso XIII.
1886
