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

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
By Rachel Challice
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A chronological survey assembled from Spanish sources traces the intrigues, personal scandals, political maneuvers, regencies, contested successions, and international interactions that shaped the royal court over the century. It examines the private lives and policies of successive monarchs and regents, matrimonial alliances and scandals, ministerial struggles and revolutions, and the court's influence on national politics. The narrative integrates documentary material, contemporary memoirs, and portraits, and situates palace events alongside broader political crises. Illustrations and archival references accompany episodic chapters that recount uprisings, reforms, dynastic negotiations, and the gradual transition toward a modern constitutional monarchy.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Alfonso XIII. and Queen Victoria of Spain frontispiece
From a photograph by Franzen, Madrid.
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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